Taekwondo
at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueNanjing International Expo Center
Dates17–21 August
No. of events10 (5 boys, 5 girls)

Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 21 August at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing, China. There will be five weight classes for each gender.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender. 74 places will be decided in a qualification tournament held in Taipei at 20–21 March 2014.[1][2] The top 7 of each weight category and the eighth places in the events China did not choose to participate in will qualify.[3] As hosts, China was initially given the maximum quota, but has chosen to participate only in the boys' +73 kg and girls' -49 kg, -63 kg, +63 kg weight categories.[4] A further 20, 10 in each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission.[3]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, all athletes must be a Kukkiwon Dan or Poom certificate holder.[3]

NOC Boys Girls Total
48 kg55 kg63 kg73 kg+73 kg44 kg49 kg55 kg63 kg+63 kg
 AfghanistanX1
 ArgentinaX1
 AustriaX1
 AzerbaijanXXXX4
 BelgiumXXXX4
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaX1
 BrazilXX2
 CameroonX1
 CanadaX1
 Cape VerdeX1
 ChileX1
 ChinaXXXX4
 ColombiaXX2
 Democratic Republic of the CongoX1
 CroatiaXX2
 Czech RepublicX1
 EcuadorX1
 EgyptXXXX4
 Equatorial GuineaX1
 FranceXX2
 GabonX1
 GermanyXXXX4
 Great BritainXX2
 IranXXX3
 ItalyXX2
 Ivory CoastX1
 JordanXX2
 KazakhstanX1
 South KoreaX1
 LebanonX1
 MalaysiaX1
 MaliX1
 MauritaniaX1
 MexicoXXXX4
 MontenegroX1
 MoroccoX1
 NetherlandsXXX3
 NigerX1
 PolandX1
 Puerto RicoX1
 RomaniaX1
 RussiaXXX3
 Saudi ArabiaX1
 SenegalX1
 SerbiaXXX3
 SloveniaX1
 SpainX1
 SurinameX1
 SwazilandX1
 SwedenX1
 Chinese TaipeiXXXXX5
 ThailandXX2
 TurkeyXXX3
 UkraineXXX3
 United StatesX1
 UzbekistanX1
 VietnamX1
 YemenX1
58 NOCs111398999111011100

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[5]

All times are CST (UTC+8)
Event DateEvent DayStarting TimeEvent Details
August 17Sunday14:00Girls' -44 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
Boys' -48 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
August 17Sunday19:00Girls' -44 kg Semifinals & Finals
Boys' -48 kg Semifinals & Finals
August 18Monday14:00Girls' -49 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
Boys' -55 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
August 18Monday19:00Girls' -49 kg Semifinals & Finals
Boys' -55 kg Semifinals & Finals
August 19Tuesday14:00Girls' -55 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
Boys' -63 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
August 19Tuesday19:00Girls' -55 kg Semifinals & Finals
Boys' -63 kg Semifinals & Finals
August 20Wednesday14:00Girls' -63 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
Boys' -73 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
August 20Wednesday19:00Girls' -63 kg Semifinals & Finals
Boys' -73 kg Semifinals & Finals
August 21Thursday14:00Girls' +63 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
Boys' +73 kg Preliminaries & Quarterfinals
August 21Thursday19:00Girls' +63 kg Semifinals & Finals
Boys' +73 kg Semifinals & Finals

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Chinese Taipei2114
2 Iran2013
3 Azerbaijan1102
4 France1012
5 Brazil1001
 Croatia1001
 Thailand1001
 United States1001
9 Belgium0123
10 Germany0112
 Mexico0112
 Russia0112
 Turkey0112
 Ukraine0112
15 South Korea0101
 Uzbekistan0101
17 China*0044
18 Great Britain0022
19 Colombia0011
 Egypt0011
 Netherlands0011
 Spain0011
Totals (22 entries)10102040

Boys' events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
Mehdi Eshaghi
 Iran
Wang Chen-yu
 Chinese Taipei
Daniel Chiovetta
 Germany
Stéphane Audibert
 France
55 kg
Huang Yu-jen
 Chinese Taipei
Joo Dong-hun
 South Korea
Si Mohamed Ketbi
 Belgium
Jesús Tortosa
 Spain
63 kg
Edival Pontes
 Brazil
José Rubén Nava
 Mexico
Nabil Ennadiri
 Netherlands
Christian McNeish
 Great Britain
73 kg
Said Guliyev
 Azerbaijan
Hamza Adnan-Karim
 Germany
Seif Eissa
 Egypt
Danial Salehimehr
 Iran
+73 kg
Yoann Miangué
 France
Denys Voronovskyy
 Ukraine
Talha Bayram
 Turkey
Liun Jintao
 China

Girls' events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
44 kg
Panipak Wongpattanakit
 Thailand
Ceren Ozbek
 Azerbaijan
Chen Zih-ting
 Chinese Taipei
Abigail Stones
 Great Britain
49 kg
Huang Huai-hsuan
 Chinese Taipei
Indra Craen
 Belgium
Zhan Tianrui
 China
Mitzi Carrillo
 Mexico
55 kg
Ivana Babić
 Croatia
Fatma Sarıdoğan
 Turkey
Tatiana Kudashova
 Russia
Laura Roebben
 Belgium
63 kg
Kimia Alizadeh
 Iran
Yulia Turutina
 Russia
Zhang Chen
 China
Debbie Natalia Yopasa
 Colombia
+63 kg
Kendall Yount
 United States
Umida Abdullaeva
 Uzbekistan
Li Chen
 China
Yulia Miiuts
 Ukraine

References

  1. "WTF Qualification Tournament for Nanjing 2014 – Day 1" (PDF). World Taekwondo Federation. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. "WTF Qualification Tournament for Nanjing 2014 – Day 2" (PDF). World Taekwondo Federation. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Qualification System: Taekwondo" (PDF). World Taekwondo Federation. May 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. "39 Countries Grab at Least 1 Qualification Place in Taekwondo for 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games". World Taekwondo Federation. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  5. "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Taekwondo" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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