Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Taekwondo competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held between October 21 and 24, 2023 at the Contact Sports Center, located in Santiago.[1][2]

Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games
Taekwondo pictogram
VenueContact Sports Center
DatesOctober 21–24, 2023
No. of events11 (5 men, 5 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors136 from TBD nations
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Taekwondo at the
2023 Pan American Games
Qualification
Kyorugi
MenWomenMixed
58 kg49 kg
68 kg57 kg
80 kg67 kg
+80 kg+67 kg
TeamTeam
Poomsae
IndividualIndividualPairs

13 medal events are scheduled to be contested. Ten of these events are in Kyorugi (five per gender). In March 2023, PanamSports added a men's and women's team events to the sports program in the Kyorugi division.[3] A total of 136 athletes are scheduled to compete.[4]

Qualification
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 136 taekwondo athletes will qualify to compete. Each nation may enter a maximum of 10 athletes (eight in Kyorugi and two in Poomsae). The host nation, Chile, automatically qualifies the maximum number of athletes (8) and is entered in each event. There will also eight wild card spots awarded in Kyorugi and two in Poomsae. The spots will be awarded at the qualification tournament held in Rio de Janeiro in March 2023.[4]

Participating nations

A total of 5 countries qualified athletes so far. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Medal summary

Kyorugi
Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
58 kg
68 kg
80 kg
+80 kg
Team
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
49 kg
57 kg
67 kg
+67 kg
Team

Poomsae
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual
Women's individual
Mixed pairs

See also

References
  1. "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. "Sport Calendar Pan American Games" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. Palmer, Dan (22 March 2023). "Team taekwondo event added to Santiago 2023 programme". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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