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Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...
competitions at the
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was held from July 19 to 22 at the Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre) in
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. Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of eight taekwondo events were held: four each for men and women.


Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the taekwondo competitions:


Medal table


Medalists

The following is the list of medallists per event.


Men's events


Women's events


Participating nations

A total of 28 nations qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Qualification

A total of 109 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete at the games. The top twelve athletes, along with the host nation per weight category, excluding the women's +67 kg (which will qualify only 8 athletes) will qualify at qualification tournament in March 2015. A further nine wildcards (five male, four female) will be distributed by the
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, to countries which did not qualify any athletes at the qualification tournament.


References

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