Taekwondo at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Parque Polideportivo Roca
Dates	7–11 October
No. of events	10 (5 boys, 5 girls)
Competitors	100 (50 boys and 50 girls) from 58 nations
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Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
	Men	Women
	48 kg	44 kg
	55 kg	49 kg
	63 kg	55 kg
	73 kg	63 kg
	+73 kg	+63 kg
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The taekwondo tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held between 7 and 11 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

100 athletes participated in the tournament, that took place at the Parque Polideportivo Roca in Buenos Aires.

Qualification

Summary

NOC	Boys					Girls					Total
	48 kg	55 kg	63 kg	73 kg	+73 kg	44 kg	49 kg	55 kg	63 kg	+63 kg
Afghanistan					X						1
Argentina		X	X			X					3
Armenia				X							1
Azerbaijan			X			X					2
Belgium				X							1
Bhutan							X				1
Brazil								X			1
Canada					X						1
Cape Verde		X									1
Chad				X							1
China							X	X		X	3
Chinese Taipei				X	X						2
Colombia										X	1
Croatia	X					X			X		3
Czech Republic									X		1
Democratic Republic of the Congo			X								1
Djibouti						X					1
Ecuador				X							1
Egypt				X	X			X			3
Gabon								X			1
Georgia	X										1
Germany								X			1
Great Britain		X					X			X	3
Greece		X		X				X			3
Iran			X	X	X	X			X	X	6
Israel		X					X				2
Italy			X						X		2
Ivory Coast									X		1
Japan		X									1
Jordan		X						X	X		3
Kazakhstan						X	X				2
Libya			X								1
Macedonia								X			1
Mali										X	1
Mexico						X			X		2
Mongolia	X										1
Morocco								X		X	2
Nicaragua				X							1
Niger		X									1
Norway					X						1
Palestine	X										1
Poland					X					X	2
Russia	X	X				X	X			X	5
São Tomé and Príncipe									X		1
Saudi Arabia			X								1
Serbia		X		X					X		3
Slovenia					X						1
South Korea	X	X	X			X	X				5
South Sudan			X								1
Spain		X									1
Sweden							X				1
Thailand			X				X	X			3
Tunisia	X								X		2
Turkey						X				X	2
Ukraine			X								1
United States	X						X				2
Uzbekistan	X										1
Vietnam							X				1
58 NOCs	9	12	11	10	8	10	11	10	10	9	100

Men's events

Competition	NOC Qualified
	-48 kg	-55 kg	-63 kg	-73 kg	+73 kg
Host Country	–	Argentina	Argentina	–	–
WT Qualification Tournament	Uzbekistan  Russia  Tunisia  Georgia  South Korea  United States  Croatia	Russia  Greece  Jordan  Serbia  Spain  China  South Korea	Iran  Ukraine  Russia  Italy  South Korea  Saudi Arabia  Thailand  Azerbaijan	Egypt  Iran  Armenia  Belgium  Ecuador  Chinese Taipei  Greece  Serbia	Egypt  Chinese Taipei  Canada  Iran  Slovenia  Norway  Poland
Universality Places	Comoros  Palestine	Cape Verde  Niger	Democratic Republic of the Congo  Libya  South Sudan	Chad  Nicaragua	Afghanistan
Reallocation	Mongolia	Great Britain  Japan  Israel
Total	9	12	11	10	8

Women's events

Competition	NOC Qualified
	-44 kg	-49 kg	-55 kg	-63 kg	+63 kg
Host Country	Argentina	–	–	–	–
WT Qualification Tournament	Russia  South Korea  Croatia  Mexico  Turkey  Iran  Italy  Azerbaijan	United States  China  Russia  Great Britain  South Korea  Vietnam  Thailand	Greece  Jordan  Brazil  Thailand  China  Egypt  Morocco	Mexico  Serbia  Italy  Iran  Jordan  Tunisia  Croatia  Czech Republic	China  Iran  Russia  Poland  Morocco  Turkey  Great Britain
Universality Places	Djibouti	Bhutan  Cambodia	Gabon  Macedonia	Ivory Coast  São Tomé and Príncipe	Mali  Tonga[1]
Reallocation	Kazakhstan	Israel  Kazakhstan  Sweden	Germany		Colombia
Total	10	11	10	10	9

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	0	1	5
2	Iran	3	1	0	4
3	South Korea	1	2	2	5
4	Morocco	1	1	0	2
	Thailand	1	1	0	2
6	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
11	China	0	0	2	2
	Italy	0	0	2	2
	Mexico	0	0	2	2
14	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	Niger	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		10	10	20	40

Medallists

Boys

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' 48 kg details	Dmitrii Shishko  Russia	Ulugbek Rashitov  Uzbekistan	Im Seong-bin  South Korea
			Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi  Tunisia
Boys' 55 kg details	Georgii Popov  Russia	Kim Kang-min  South Korea	Mahamadou Maharana Amadou't  Niger
			Zaid Kareem  Jordan
Boys' 63 kg details	Cho Won-hee  South Korea	Nareupong Thepsen  Thailand	Javad Aghayev  Azerbaijan
			Gabriele Caulo  Italy
Boys' 73 kg details	Ali Eshkevarian  Iran	Badr Achab  Belgium	Eyad Adel Mahmoud  Egypt
			Darlyn Padilla  Ecuador
Boys' +73 kg details	Mohammad Ali Khosravi  Iran	Lee Meng-en  Chinese Taipei	Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai  Afghanistan
			Ethan McClymont  Canada

Girls

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Girls' 44 kg details	Polina Shcherbakova  Russia	Kang Mi-reu  South Korea	Alicia Rodríguez  Mexico
			Lena Stojković  Croatia
Girls' 49 kg details	Elizaveta Ryadninskaya  Russia	Anastasija Zolotic  United States	Lee Ye-ji  South Korea
			Cao Zihan  China
Girls' 55 kg details	Kanthida Saengsin  Thailand	Safia Salih  Morocco	Fani Tzeli  Greece
			Sandy Macedo  Brazil
Girls' 63 kg details	Yalda Valinejad  Iran	Nadica Božanić  Serbia	Leslie Soltero  Mexico
			Assunta Cennamo  Italy
Girls' +63 kg details	Fatima-Ezzahra Aboufaras  Morocco	Kimia Hemmati  Iran	Mu Wenzhe  China
			Kristina Adebaio  Russia