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{{short description|Taekwondo competition}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event       = Taekwondo
| games       = 2004 Summer
| image       = Taekwondo, Athens 2004.png
| image_size  = 150px
| caption     =
| venue       =  Sports Pavilion at the [[Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex]] 
| dates       = August 25 to August 28, 2004
| competitors = 124
| nations     = 60
| prev        = [[Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
| next        = [[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
}}
{{TaekwondoAt2004SummerOlympics}}

'''[[Taekwondo]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]''' were held in the Sports Pavilion at the [[Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex]] in [[Athens|Athens, Greece]] where 124 competitors competed in eight events, four each for men and women.

==Qualification==
{{details|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

==Medal summary==
The host nation [[Greece]] failed to add to the gold won by [[Michalis Mouroutsos]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]], though [[Alexandros Nikolaidis]] and [[Elisavet Mystakidou]] both won silver. [[Chinese Taipei]] (i.e. [[Taiwan]]) won its first two gold medals ever at these events. [[Steven López]] of the United States and [[Chen Zhong]] of China each repeated as Olympic champions. [[Hadi Saei]], [[Huang Chih-hsiung]] and [[Pascal Gentil]] also won medal for the second time.

===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| Flyweight (58&nbsp;kg)<br />{{DetailsLink|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Chu Mu-Yen]]|TPE|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Oscar Salazar (taekwondo)|Oscar Salazar]]|MEX|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Tamer Bayoumi]]|EGY|2004 Summer}}
|-
| Lightweight (68&nbsp;kg)<br />{{DetailsLink|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Hadi Saei]]|IRI|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Huang Chih-hsiung]]|TPE|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Song Myeong-Seob]]|KOR|2004 Summer}}
|-
| Middleweight (80&nbsp;kg)<br />{{DetailsLink|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Steven López]]|USA|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Bahri Tanrıkulu]]|TUR|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Yousef Karami]]|IRI|2004 Summer}}
|-
| Heavyweight (+80&nbsp;kg)<br />{{DetailsLink|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Moon Dae-Sung]]|KOR|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Alexandros Nikolaidis]]|GRE|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Pascal Gentil]]|FRA|2004 Summer}}
|}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
| Flyweight (49&nbsp;kg)<br />{{DetailsLink|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Shih-Hsin]]|TPE|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Yanelis Labrada]]|CUB|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Yaowapa Boorapolchai]]|THA|2004 Summer}}
|-
| Lightweight (57&nbsp;kg)<br />{{DetailsLink|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Jang Ji-Won]]|KOR|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Nia Abdallah]]|USA|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Iridia Salazar]]|MEX|2004 Summer}}
|-
| Middleweight (67&nbsp;kg)<br />{{DetailsLink|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Luo Wei (taekwondo)|Luo Wei]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Elisavet Mystakidou]]|GRE|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Hwang Kyung-Sun]]|KOR|2004 Summer}}
|-
| Heavyweight (+67&nbsp;kg)<br />{{DetailsLink|Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Chen Zhong]]|CHN|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Myriam Baverel]]|FRA|2004 Summer}}
| {{FlagIOCmedalist|[[Adriana Carmona]]|VEN|2004 Summer}}
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = GRE
 | flag_template  = FlagIOCteam
 | event          = 2004 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_TPE = 2 | silver_TPE = 1 | bronze_TPE = 0
 | gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 2
 | gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0
 | gold_IRI = 1 | silver_IRI = 0 | bronze_IRI = 1
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 0 | host_GRE = yes
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1
 | gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 1 | bronze_MEX = 1
 | gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 0
 | gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 0
 | gold_THA = 0 | silver_THA = 0 | bronze_THA = 1
 | gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 0 | bronze_EGY = 1
 | gold_VEN = 0 | silver_VEN = 0 | bronze_VEN = 1
}}

==Participating nations==
A total of 124 taekwondo jins from 60 nations competed at the Athens Games:

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{FlagIOC|ARG|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|AUS|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|AUT|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|AZE|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|BEL|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|BIH|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|BRA|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|CAN|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|CAF|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|CHN|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|COL|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|CRC|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|CIV|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|CRO|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|CUB|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|DEN|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|DOM|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|EGY|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|FIN|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|FRA|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|GBR|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|GRE|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|GUA|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|HAI|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|INA|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|IRI|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|IRQ|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|ISR|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|ITA|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|JPN|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|JOR|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|KAZ|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|LES|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|LBA|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|MAS|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|MEX|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|MAR|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|NEP|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|NED|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|NZL|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|NGR|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|NOR|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|PHI|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|POL|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|PUR|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|RUS|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|RSA|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|KOR|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|ESP|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|TPE|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|THA|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|TRI|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|TUN|2004 Summer|3}}
*{{FlagIOC|TUR|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|UKR|2004 Summer|1}}
*{{FlagIOC|USA|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|UZB|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|VEN|2004 Summer|4}}
*{{FlagIOC|VIE|2004 Summer|2}}
*{{FlagIOC|YEM|2004 Summer|1}}
{{div col end}}

==External links==
*[https://digital.la84.org/digital/api/collection/p17103coll8/id/57866/download Official result book – Taekwondo]

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