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Taekwondo — Heavyweight, Men

Times held 8
Total participants 68
Total countries 50

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1988 Heavyweight (>83 kilograms), Men Olympic (non-medal) 13 13
1992 Heavyweight (>83 kilograms), Men Olympic (non-medal) 8 8
2000 Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men Olympic 12 12
2004 Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men Olympic 16 16
2008 Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men Olympic 16 16
2012 Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men Olympic 16 16
2016 Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men Olympic 15 15
2020 Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men Olympic 16 16

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2000 Kim Gyeong-HunKOR Daniel TrentonAUS Pascal GentilFRA
2004 Mun Dae-SeongKOR Alexandros NikolaidisGRE Pascal GentilFRA
2008 Cha Dong-MinKOR Alexandros NikolaidisGRE Arman Chilmanov
Chika Chukwumerije		KAZ
NGR
2012 Carlo MolfettaITA Anthony ObameGAB Liu Xiaobo
Robelis Despaigne		CHN
CUB
2016 Radik İsayevAZE Razak AlfagaNIG Maicon Siqueira
Cha Dong-Min		BRA
KOR
2020 Vladislav LarinROC Dejan GeorgievskiMKD Rafael Alba
In Gyo-Don		CUB
KOR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Republic of Korea KOR 3 0 2 5
Azerbaijan AZE 1 0 0 1
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
ROC ROC 1 0 0 1
Greece GRE 0 2 0 2
Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
Gabon GAB 0 1 0 1
Niger NIG 0 1 0 1
North Macedonia MKD 0 1 0 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 2 2
France FRA 0 0 2 2
Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Nigeria NGR 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Cha Dong-Min KOR 1 0 1 2
Kim Gyeong-Hun KOR 1 0 0 1
Carlo Molfetta ITA 1 0 0 1
Mun Dae-Seong KOR 1 0 0 1
Radik İsayev AZE 1 0 0 1
Vladislav Larin ROC 1 0 0 1