| Taekwondo on 2012 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |||
| Up to 58 kg | Up to 49 kg | |||
| Up to 68 kg | Up to 57 kg | |||
| Up to 80 kg | Up to 67 kg | |||
| Over 80 kg | Over 67 kg | |||
| Qualification | ||||
← 2008 2016 → | ||||
Taekwondo competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics were held from August 8 to 11 . 8 sets of awards were played: in 4 weight categories for men and women.
No country has been able to win more than 1 gold award.
23-year-old Anthony Obama , winning silver in the category of over 80 kg, brought Gabon the first Olympic medal in history in all sports.
Medals
Overall classification
| Total number of medals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| one |  Spain | one | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  China | one | one | one | 3 |
| 3 |  Turkey | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  The Republic of Korea | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| five |  Great Britain | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| five |  Italy | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| 7 |  Argentina | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| 7 |  Serbia | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| 9 | France | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| ten | Iran | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| ten | Gabon | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| 12 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | USA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 14 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 14 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 14 | Chinese taipei | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 14 | Germany | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 14 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| 14 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Up to 58 kg | Joel Gonzalez Spain | Lee Dae Hong South Korea | Alexey Denisenko Russia |
| Oscar Munoz Colombia | |||
| Up to 68 kg | Servet Tazegul Turkey | Mohammad Bagheri Iran | Terrence Jennings USA |
| Rohulla Nikpay Afghanistan | |||
| Up to 80 kg | Sebastian Krismanich Argentina | Nicholas Garcia Spain | Lutalo Muhammad Great Britain |
| Mauro Sarmiento Italy | |||
| Over 80 kg | Carlo Molfetta Italy | Anthony Obama Gabon | Robelis Despanier Cuba |
| Liu Xiaobo China |
Women
Champion in the category over 67 kg Militsa Mandic from Serbia (February 2012 photo)
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Up to 49 kg | Wu Jingyu China | Brigitte Yague Spain | Chanatip Songham Thailand |
| Lucia Zaninovich Croatia | |||
| Up to 57 kg | Jade jones Great Britain | Hou yuzhou China | Marlene Arnoy France |
| Zeng Licheng Taiwan | |||
| Up to 67 kg | Hwang Kyung Song South Korea | Nur Tatars Turkey | Paige MacPherson USA |
| Helena Fromm Germany | |||
| Over 67 kg | Militsa Mandic Serbia | Anna Carolina Graff France | Anastasia Baryshnikova Russia |
| Maria Espinosa Mexico |
Sports venues
| Excel london |
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| Outside view |
| Capacity: between 6,000 and 10,000 |
Qualification
Links
- Taekwondo on the official website of the Games (English) (Fr.)
- International Taekwondo Federation (English) (Spanish)