Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

was contested as an official sport at the

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for the first time at the

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. It had previously been a

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in 1988 and

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. Medals were awarded in four

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es each for men and women. Tran Hieu Ngan became the first

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...

ese Olympic medalist in this competition.

Qualification

Medal summary

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

Participating nations

A total of 103 taekwondo jins from 51 nations competed at the Sydney Games:

Controversies

* Bronze medalist Chi Shu-Ju,

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Hadi Saei Hadi Saei ( fa, هادی ساعی, born June 10, 1976) is an Iranian councilor and former taekwondo athlete who became the most successful Iranian athlete in Olympic history and the most titled champion in this sport by winning 9 world class tit ...

and

Pascal Gentil Pascal Gentil (born 15 May 1973 in Paris) is a French taekwondo practitioner. A three-time winner of the European Championships, four-time World Cup Champion and Olympic bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summ ...

complained to the media about what they perceived as biased refereeing which made them lose their possible

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. 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 Steven López (born November 9, 1978) is an American taekwondo competitor, a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist (in the -68 and -80 kg divisions, respectively) and a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist (again in the -80 kg division) and 4 ...

revealed some inside story from his viewpoint in his family's 2009 book, ''Family Power: The True Story of How "The First Family of Taekwondo" Made Olympic History''.《Family Power: The True Story of How "The First Family of Taekwondo" Made Olympic History》，Mark López, Steven López, Diana López，

References

External links

International Olympic Committee results database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics events

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