Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women. Tran Hieu Ngan became the first Vietnamese Olympic medalist in this competition.[1]
Qualification
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Medal summary
Men's events
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| Lightweight (68 kg) Template:DetailsLink |
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| Middleweight (80 kg) Template:DetailsLink |
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Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Lightweight (57 kg) Template:DetailsLink |
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| Middleweight (67 kg) Template:DetailsLink |
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Medal table
Participating nations
A total of 103 taekwondo athletes from 51 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
Controversies
- Bronze medalist Chi Shu-Ju, Hamide Bıkçın Tosun, Hadi Saei and Pascal Gentil complained to the media about what they perceived as biased refereeing which made them lose their possible gold medal.[2][3] Pascal Gentil even refused to be photographed with his fellow medalists Kim Kyong-Hun and Daniel Trenton in the medal ceremony. Gold medalist Steven López revealed some inside story in his family's 2009 book.[4]
References
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- ↑ 《Family Power: The True Story of How "The First Family of Taekwondo" Made Olympic History》,Mark López, Steven López, Diana López,Template:ISBN
External links
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