Taekwondo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
Competitors | 128 |
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Taekwondo was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. It was the second time that the sport was included in the Olympic program; it would become an official sport eight years later at the 2000 Games. A total of 64 men and 64 women competed in eight different weight classes. Each event featured a single-elimination tournament to determine the winner.
Celebrities
The head coach for the U.S. Olympic Taekwondo team was the renowned Dong Keun Park, former member of the Korean National Team from 1960 through 1966. He Captained this team for five years, and has been inducted into every Taekwondo Hall of Fame as the Greatest Fighter of his Era. He was undefeated in his lifetime, which included more than 200 competitions with multiple bouts in each as a National team member.
Grandmaster Dong Keun Park was the winningest coach from any nation in any sport at the 1992 Barcelona games, with 13 of 16 USA Taekwondo athletes medaling. He is a ninth degree black belt Senior Grandmaster of the Jido Kwan lineage, and is still actively teaching and coaching at his Jersey City, NJ dojang.
Men's events
Finweight (–50 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Gergely Salim (DEN) | 5 | ||||||||
Chang Jung-San (TPE) | 4 | Gergely Salim (DEN) | 5 | ||||||
Paul Lyons (AUS) | 0 | Javier Argudo (ESP) | 1 | ||||||
Javier Argudo (ESP) | 3 | Gergely Salim (DEN) | 3 | ||||||
Narayan Gurung (NEP) | 3 | Juan Moreno (USA) | 1 | ||||||
Juan Moreno (USA) | 5 | Juan Moreno (USA) | 3 | ||||||
Hector Laureano (PUR) | 2 | Jefi Tri Aji (INA) | -1 | ||||||
Jefi Tri Aji (INA) | 4 |
Flyweight (50–54 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Seo Sung-Kyo (KOR) | 2 | ||||||||
Luis Zuniga (MEX) | 1 | Seo Sung-Kyo (KOR) | 3 | ||||||
Arlindo Gouveia (VEN) | 4 | Arlindo Gouveia (VEN) | 4 | ||||||
Thierry Dedegbe (FRA) | 2 | Arlindo Gouveia (VEN) | 2 | ||||||
Dirc Talumewo (INA) | 6 | Dirc Talumewo (INA) | 1 | ||||||
Ferass Jayyausi (JOR) | 4 | Dirc Talumewo (INA) | WD | ||||||
Walter Vargas (PHI) | 3 | Wang Ming-Sung (TPE) | |||||||
Wang Ming-Sung (TPE) | 4 |
Bantamweight (54–58 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
William de Jesus Cordoba (MEX) | 2 | ||||||||
Josef Salim (DEN) | -1 | William de Jesus Cordoba (MEX) | 2 | ||||||
Domenico D'Alise (ITA) | 4 | Domenico D'Alise (ITA) | 1 | ||||||
Angel Alonso (ESP) | 3 | William de Jesus Cordoba (MEX) | 0 | ||||||
Diego Yanez (CHI) | 2 | Sayed Youssef Najem (CAN) | 0 | ||||||
Stephen Fernández (PHI) | 2 | Stephen Fernández (PHI) | -1 | ||||||
Lee Han Won (USA) | 1 | Sayed Youssef Najem (CAN) | 0 | ||||||
Sayed Youssef Najem (CAN) | 2 |
Featherweight (58–64 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Vitaly Bachiura (EUN) | 1 | ||||||||
Jung Woo Yong (CAN) | 5 | Jung Woo Yong (CAN) | 0 | ||||||
Kim Byong-Cheol (KOR) | 4 | Kim Byong-Cheol (KOR) | 2 | ||||||
Hironobu Yamashita (JPN) | 0 | Kim Byong-Cheol (KOR) | WD | ||||||
Ekrem Boyali (TUR) | 3 | Ekrem Boyali (TUR) | |||||||
Carlos Rivas (VEN) | 2 | Ekrem Boyali (TUR) | 2 | ||||||
Spiridon Badas (GRE) | 3 | Luca Massaccesi (ITA) | 1 | ||||||
Luca Massaccesi (ITA) | 5 |
Lightweight (64–70 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Musa Cicek (GER) | 0 | ||||||||
Chou Kuei-Ming (TPE) | 3 | Chou Kuei-Ming (TPE) | 0 | ||||||
Jose Santolaria (ESP) | 5 | Jose Santolaria (ESP) | 4 | ||||||
Humberto Norambuena (CHI) | 1 | Jose Santolaria (ESP) | 4 | ||||||
Fariborz Askari (IRI) | 3 | Fariborz Askari (IRI) | 1 | ||||||
James Villasana (USA) | 3 | Fariborz Askari (IRI) | 3 | ||||||
Djamel Khali (FRA) | 4 | Djamel Khali (FRA) | 2 | ||||||
Adel Saleh Al-Joban (BRN) | 1 |
Welterweight (70–76 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Mohammad Al-Qaimi (KUW) | 3 | ||||||||
Dragan Jurilj (CRO) | 2 | Mohammad Al-Qaimi (KUW) | |||||||
Dafejimue Adeogbeji (NGR) | -1 | Ha Tae-Kyoung (KOR) | WD | ||||||
Ha Tae-Kyoung (KOR) | 4 | Ha Tae-Kyoung (KOR) | 3 | ||||||
Reza Mehmandoust (IRI) | WD | Lee Jae Hun (CAN) | 2 | ||||||
Adel Hasan Ali (BRN) | Reza Mehmandoust (IRI) | ||||||||
Anthony DeCarlo (AUS) | 2 | Lee Jae Hun (CAN) | WD | ||||||
Lee Jae Hun (CAN) | 3 |
Middleweight (76–83 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Khaled Ibrahim (EGY) | 3 | ||||||||
Markus Woznicki (GER) | 1 | Khaled Ibrahim (EGY) | 4 | ||||||
Juan Sous Godoy (ESP) | 5 | Juan Sous Godoy (ESP) | 4 | ||||||
Anatoli Likhodievski (EUN) | 0 | Juan Sous Godoy (ESP) | 2 | ||||||
Ammar Fahed (JOR) | 3 | Herbert Perez (USA) | 3 | ||||||
Mansour Bagheri (IRI) | 2 | Ammar Fahed (JOR) | 0 | ||||||
Herbert Perez (USA) | 4 | Herbert Perez (USA) | 1 | ||||||
Metin Sahin (TUR) | 3 |
Heavyweight (+83 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Kim Je-Kyoung (KOR) | 6 | ||||||||
Oliver Schawe (GER) | 1 | Kim Je-Kyoung (KOR) | 3 | ||||||
Amr Hassan (EGY) | 2 | Amr Hassan (EGY) | 2 | ||||||
Tawfiq Nwaiser (JOR) | 0 | Kim Je-Kyoung (KOR) | 3 | ||||||
Ali Sahin (TUR) | 3 | Emmanuel Oghenejobo (NGR) | -1 | ||||||
Emmanuel Oghenejobo (NGR) | 4 | Emmanuel Oghenejobo (NGR) | 6 | ||||||
Simon Hosking (AUS) | 0 | Simon Hosking (AUS) | 2 | ||||||
Abdullah Daylem Farhan (KUW) | 0 |
Women's events
Finweight (–43 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Amanda Broadbent (GBR) | WD | ||||||||
Sita Rai (NEP) | Amanda Broadbent (GBR) | 2 | |||||||
Rahmi Kurnia (INA) | 2 | Rahmi Kurnia (INA) | 5 | ||||||
Helle Panzieri (DEN) | 1 | Rahmi Kurnia (INA) | 4 | ||||||
Mo Sun-Young (KOR) | 3 | Lo Yueh-Ying (TPE) | 4 | ||||||
Monica Torres (MEX) | 3 | Monica Torres (MEX) | |||||||
Sabrina Agarbati (ITA) | 3 | Lo Yueh-Ying (TPE) | WD | ||||||
Lo Yueh-Ying (TPE) | 5 |
Flyweight (43–47 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Kathy Walker (GBR) | |||||||||
Arzu Tan (TUR) | WD | Arzu Tan (TUR) | 1 | ||||||
Piera Muggiri (ITA) | 1 | Piera Muggiri (ITA) | 1 | ||||||
Minako Hatakeyama (JPN) | 1 | Piera Muggiri (ITA) | 0 | ||||||
Patricia Mariscal Alcalá (MEX) | 3 | Elisabet Delgado (ESP) | 1 | ||||||
Terry Poindexter (USA) | 3 | Terry Poindexter (USA) | 0 | ||||||
Elisabet Delgado (ESP) | 4 | Elisabet Delgado (ESP) | 2 | ||||||
Anita Falieros (AUS) | 3 |
Bantamweight (47–51 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Ivett Ayala (PUR) | 1 | ||||||||
Hwang Eun-Suk (KOR) | 4 | Hwang Eun-Suk (KOR) | 4 | ||||||
Anita Zeh Vendelboe (DEN) | 0 | Hii King Hung (MAS) | 2 | ||||||
Hii King Hung (MAS) | 3 | Hwang Eun-Suk (KOR) | 1 | ||||||
Diane Murray (USA) | 1 | Diane Murray (USA) | 1 | ||||||
Katherine Franklin (AUS) | 0 | Diane Murray (USA) | 1 | ||||||
Catherine Noble (FRA) | WD | Catherine Noble (FRA) | 1 | ||||||
Pramila Thapa (NEP) |
Featherweight (51–55 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Beatriz Lucero (PHI) | WD | ||||||||
Maria Zigmantovich (EUN) | Beatriz Lucero (PHI) | 1 | |||||||
Siauw Lung (INA) | Aysegul Ergin (TUR) | 2 | |||||||
Aysegul Ergin (TUR) | WD | Aysegul Ergin (TUR) | 0 | ||||||
Miet Filipovic (CRO) | Tung Ya-Ling (TPE) | 3 | |||||||
Dolores Knoll (MEX) | WD | Dolores Knoll (MEX) | 1 | ||||||
Tung Ya-Ling (TPE) | WD | Tung Ya-Ling (TPE) | 2 | ||||||
Josefina Lopez (ESP) |
Lightweight (55–60 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Chen Yi-An (TPE) | 1 | ||||||||
Sonny Seidel (GER) | 1 | Chen Yi-An (TPE) | 3 | ||||||
Jeung Eun-Ok (KOR) | 4 | Jeung Eun-Ok (KOR) | 1 | ||||||
Ineabelle Díaz (PUR) | 1 | Chen Yi-An (TPE) | WD | ||||||
Hafida El Ouacef (MAR) | 4 | Susilawati (INA) | |||||||
Miho Konno (JPN) | 2 | Hafida El Ouacef (MAR) | 0 | ||||||
Judith Pirchmoser (AUT) | 0 | Susilawati (INA) | 3 | ||||||
Susilawati (INA) | 3 |
Welterweight (60–65 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Eva Dinkhauser (AUT) | |||||||||
Brigitte Geffroy (FRA) | WD | Brigitte Geffroy (FRA) | 3 | ||||||
Rahma Bahou (MAR) | Shelley Vettese-Baert (CAN) | 2 | |||||||
Shelley Vettese-Baert (CAN) | WD | Brigitte Geffroy (FRA) | |||||||
Jennifer Laney (USA) | 1 | Elena Benitez (ESP) | WD | ||||||
Sarah Chung (MAS) | 0 | Jennifer Laney (USA) | 0 | ||||||
Maureen Bell (NZL) | 0 | Elena Benitez (ESP) | 1 | ||||||
Elena Benitez (ESP) | 4 |
Middleweight (65–70 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Mary Alindogan (PHI) | |||||||||
Lee Sun-hee (KOR) | WD | Lee Sun-hee (KOR) | 3 | ||||||
Denise Parmley (AUS) | 2 | Denise Parmley (AUS) | 2 | ||||||
Abbe Kivrik (TUR) | 1 | Lee Sun-hee (KOR) | 2 | ||||||
Anke Girg (GER) | Marcia King (CAN) | 0 | |||||||
Morfou Drosidou (GRE) | WD | Morfou Drosidou (GRE) | 2 | ||||||
Marcia King (CAN) | WD | Marcia King (CAN) | 3 | ||||||
Lamia Boulkacem (MAR) |
Heavyweight (+70 kg)
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||
Ala Bychenko (EUN) | 2 | ||||||||
Adriana Carmona (VEN) | 2 | Adriana Carmona (VEN) | 2 | ||||||
Jenny Amador (PUR) | 1 | Susan Graham (NZL) | 3 | ||||||
Susan Graham (NZL) | 1 | Susan Graham (NZL) | -1 | ||||||
Bettina Hipf (GER) | Coral Bistuer Ruiz (ESP) | 1 | |||||||
Coral Bistuer Ruiz (ESP) | WD | Coral Bistuer Ruiz (ESP) | 0 | ||||||
Lynnette Love (USA) | WD | Lynnette Love (USA) | 0 | ||||||
Angela Mitchell (CAN) |