Taekwondo at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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Taekwondo is being contested over 4 days at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Beginning Wednesday August 20 through to Saturday August 23.
Each day, there will be 2 finals being played out. I hope that television coverage will be good this time. Typically, the finals are televised simply because they determine the most important outcome – however, in the sport of Taekwondo it may be more interesting to watch the preliminary matches leading up to the finals.
Perth, Western Australia, is lucky enough to be in the same timezone as Beijing. So we needn’t stay up too late and lose valuable sleep time.
| Date | Divisions Contested | |
| Wednesday | August 20 | Mens -58kg & Female -49kg |
| Thursday | August 21 | Mens -68kg & Female -57kg |
| Friday | August 22 | Mens -80kg & Female -67kg |
| Saturday | August 23 | Mens +80k & Female +67kg |
I encourage you to actively engage in the forum and see what additional "Taekwondo" information you can contribute. Player profiles, times, venues etc.
Olympic games updates » Blog Archive » Taekwondo at the 2008 Beijing Olympics says:
August 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pm
[...] Original post by Taekwondo: ATA Western Australia [...]
Kim Seng says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
Results of 1st day competition – 20th August 2008:
Women -49 kgs:
1st: Jingyu WU, China
2nd: Buttree PUEDPONG, Thailand
3rd: Daynells MONTEJO, Cuba
3rd: Dalia CONTRERAS, Venezuela
Men -58 kgs:
1st: Guilemo PEREZ, Mexico
2nd: Yulis Gabriel MERCEDES, Dominican Republic
3rd: Mu-Yen CHU, Chinese Taipei
3rd: Rohullah NIKPAI, Afghanistan
Kim Seng says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:08 am
Results of 2nd day competition – 21st August 2008:
Women -57 kgs:
1st: Sujeong LIM, South Korea
2nd: Azize TANRIKULU, Turkey
3rd: Diana LOPEZ, USA
3rd: Martina ZUBCIC, Croatia
Men -68 kgs:
1st: Taejin SON, South Korea
2nd: Mark LOPEZ, USA
3rd: Servet TAZEGUL, Turkey
3rd: Yu-Chi SUNG, Chinese Taipei
Kim Seng says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 am
Results of 3rd day competition – 22nd August 2008:
Women -67 kgs:
1st: Kyungseon HWANG, South Korea
2nd: Karine SERGERIE, Canada
3rd: Sandra SARIC, Croatia
3rd: Gwaladys EPANGUE, France
Men -80 kgs:
1st: Hadi SAEI, Iran
2nd: Mauro SARMIENTO, Italy
3rd: Guo ZHU, China
3rd: Steven LOPEZ, USA
Kim Seng says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Results of the 4th day competition – 23rd August 2008:
Women +67 kgs:
1st: Marta del Rosario ESPINOZA, Mexico
2nd: Nina SOLHEIM, Norway
3rd: Natalia FAVLAVIGNA, Brazil
3rd: Sarah STEVENSON, Great Britain
Men +80 kgs:
1st: Dongmin CHA, South Korea
2nd: Alexandros NIKOLAIDIS, Greece
3rd: Chika CHUKWUMERIJE, NIgeria
3rd: Arman CHILMANOV, Kazakhstan
Kim Seng says:
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 pm
2008 Beijing Olympics: Taekwondo medal tally
1st: South Korea, 4 Gold
2nd: Mexico, 2 Gold
3rd: China, 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
4th: Iran, 1 Gold
5th: USA, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
6th: Turkey, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
7th: Canada, Dominican Republic, Greece, Italy, Norway, Thailand, all (1) Silver each
- 13th:
14th: Chinese Taipei, Croatia, two (2) Bronze each
-15th:
16th: Afghanistan, Brazil, Cuba, France, Great Britain, Kazakstan, NIgeria, Venezuela,
- 22nd: – all with one (1) Bornze each.