Tokyo Olympics 2020: Which country won the most medals in taekwondo?

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Which country won the most medals in taekwondo?

Vladislav Larin

Taekwondo was one of the most popular sports at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. We got to witness some of the greatest talents all over the world representing their countries and win prestigious medals.

Taekwondo has been contested in the Olympics since the year 2000 in Sydney, Australia. With four separate events for men and women based on their weight categories, the sport is amazing to watch as highly technical athletes display their skills. In the Tokyo Olympics 2020, one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals were handed out. While gold and silver are determined by elimination, bronze medals are contested via the repechage. Let’s take a look at how countries around the world performed in this sport this year.

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ROC leads with most medals won in Taekwondo at Tokyo Olympics

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Team ROC in action

ROC is the Russian Olympics Committee. Athletes from Russia represent ROC instead of Russia in the Olympics. In Tokyo, Taekwondo was dominated by the ROC as they took home a total of four medals this year. They won two gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal. While the men won three out of the four, they managed to secure only one medal out of possible four in the women’s events.

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Following Russia’s collective of four medals, Great Britain and South Korea each won three medals. South Korea and Great Britain have been very dominant in the sport in the past few years. South Korea won a stunning tally of five medals in 2016 while Britain won three last Olympics as well.

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Maksim Khramtsov

For ROC, Mikhail Artamonov won bronze in the flyweight category. Maksim Khramtsov won gold in the middleweight category. Another gold followed in the heavyweight category as Vladislav Larin beat everybody and became the champion. The one woman who bagged a medal for ROC was Tatiana Minina who lost to Anastasija Zolotic of the United States to get a silver medal.

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