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	Medal Tally
Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	51	21	28	100
2.	US	36	38	36	110
3.	Russia	23	21	28	72
4.	Great Britain	19	13	15	47
5.	Germany	16	10	15	41
6.	Australia	14	15	17	46
7.	South Korea	13	10	8	31
8.	Japan	9	6	10	25
9.	Italy	8	10	10	28
10.	France	7	16	17	40
11.	Ukraine	7	5	15	27
12.	Netherlands	7	5	4	16
13.	Jamaica	6	3	2	11
14.	Spain	5	10	3	18
15.	Kenya	5	5	4	14
16.	Belarus	4	5	10	19
17.	Romania	4	1	3	8
18.	Ethiopia	4	1	2	7
19.	Canada	3	9	6	18
20.	Poland	3	6	1	10
21.	Hungary	3	5	2	10
21.	Norway	3	5	2	10
23.	Brazil	3	4	8	15
24.	Czech Republic	3	3	0	6
25.	Slovakia	3	2	1	6
26.	New Zealand	3	1	5	9
27.	Georgia	3	0	3	6
28.	Cuba	2	11	11	24
29.	Kazakhstan	2	4	7	13
30.	Denmark	2	2	3	7
31.	Mongolia	2	2	0	4
31.	Thailand	2	2	0	4
33.	North Korea	2	1	3	6
34.	Argentina	2	0	4	6
34.	Switzerland	2	0	4	6
36.	Mexico	2	0	1	3
37.	Turkey	1	4	3	8
38.	Zimbabwe	1	3	0	4
39.	Azerbaijan	1	2	4	7
40.	Uzbekistan	1	2	3	6
41.	Slovenia	1	2	2	5
42.	Bulgaria	1	1	3	5
42.	Indonesia	1	1	3	5
44.	Finland	1	1	2	4
45.	Latvia	1	1	1	3
46.	Belgium	1	1	0	2
46.	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2
46.	Estonia	1	1	0	2
46.	Portugal	1	1	0	2
50.	India	1	0	2	3
51.	Iran	1	0	1	2
52.	Bahrain	1	0	0	1
52.	Cameroon	1	0	0	1
52.	Panama	1	0	0	1
52.	Tunisia	1	0	0	1
56.	Sweden	0	4	1	5
57.	Croatia	0	2	3	5
57.	Lithuania	0	2	3	5
59.	Greece	0	2	2	4
60.	Trinidad & Tobago	0	2	0	2
61.	Nigeria	0	1	3	4
62.	Austria	0	1	2	3
62.	Ireland	0	1	2	3
62.	Serbia	0	1	2	3
65.	Algeria	0	1	1	2
65.	Bahamas	0	1	1	2
65.	Colombia	0	1	1	2
65.	Kyrgystan	0	1	1	2
65.	Morocco	0	1	1	2
65.	Tajikistan	0	1	1	2
71.	Chile	0	1	0	1
71.	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
71.	Iceland	0	1	0	1
71.	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
71.	Singapore	0	1	0	1
71.	South Africa	0	1	0	1
71.	Sudan	0	1	0	1
71.	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
79.	Armenia	0	0	6	6
80.	Chinese Taipei	0	0	4	4
81.	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
81.	Egypt	0	0	1	1
81.	Israel	0	0	1	1
81.	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
81.	Moldova	0	0	1	1
81.	Togo	0	0	1	1
81.	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

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Venue

Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium

Location

Beijing Science and Technology University

No. of Gold medals

Schedule

August 20-23

A traditional Korean martial art, taekwondo means "the way of kicking and striking". The trademark of the sport is its combination of kick movements, and the hands and feet are used to overcome an opponent. Its origins are not well known but three possibilities are often described.
Though various Korean forms of martial arts have existed but in the early 20th century, taekwondo became the dominant form. In 1973, the first World Championships were held in that year, after the Korean government recognised the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) as the legitimate governing body of the sport.
The game was featured on the programme of the 1988 and 1992 Olympics as a demonstration sport. It was at the 103rd IOC Session which was held in Paris in 1994 when taekwondo became an official medal sport beginning with the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

Medal Winners at Athens Games 2004

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
+80kg Men	MOON, Dae Sung (Korea)	NIKOLAIDIS, Alexandros (Greece)	GENTIL, Pascal (France)
-49kg Women	CHEN, Shih Hsin	LABRADA DIAZ, Yanelis Yuliet (Cuba)	BOORAPOLCHAI, Yaowapa (Chinese Taipei)
-58kg Men	CHU, Mu Yen (Chinese Taipei)	SALAZAR BLANCO, Oscar Francisco (Mexico)	BAYOUMI, Tamer (Egypt)
49-57kg Women	JANG, Ji Won (Korea)	ABDALLAH, Nia (USA)	SALAZAR BLANCO, Iridia (Mexico)
57-67kg Women	LUO, Wei (China)	MYSTAKIDOU, Elisavet (Greece)	HWANG, Kyung Sun (Korea)
58-68kg Men	SAEIBONEHKOHAL, Hadi (Iran)	HUANG, Chih Hsiung (Chinese Taipei)	SONG, Myeong Seob (Korea)
68-80kg Men	LOPEZ, Steven (USA)	TANRIKULU, Bahri (Turkey)	KARAMI, Yossef (Iran)
+67kg Women	NIKOLAIDIS, Alexandros CHEN, Zhong (China)	BAVEREL, Myriam (France)	Bronze: CARMONA, Adriana (Venezuela)

List of events

+ 80 kg Men 58 kg Men 58 - 68 kg Men 68 - 80 kg Men + 67 kg Women 49 kg Women 49 - 57 kg Women 57 - 67 kg Women