Taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 59 kg

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{{Infobox sports competition event

|event = Women's 59 kg

|games = 2002 Asian Games

|venue = Gudeok Gymnasium

|date = 13 October 2002

|competitors = 10

|nations = 10

|gold = Yun Sung-hee

|goldNOC = KOR

|silver = Tseng Pei-hua

|silverNOC = TPE

|bronze = Lê Thị Nhung

|bronzeNOC = VIE

|bronze2 = Wang Shuo

|bronzeNOC2 = CHN

|prev = 1998

|next = 2006

}}

{{Taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games}}

{{main|Taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games}}

The women's featherweight (−59 kilograms) event at the 2002 Asian Games took place on Sunday 13 October 2002 at Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea.

A total of ten competitors from ten different countries (NOCs) competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 59 kilograms.

Yun Sung-hee of South Korea won the gold medal after beating Tseng Pei-hua of Chinese Taipei in gold medal match 4–1, The bronze medal was shared by Chinese Wang Shuo and Vietnamese Lê Thị Nhung. Athletes from Iran, Bhutan, India and Kazakhstan lost in quarterfinal and they all finished fifth.

The silver medalist Tseng Pei-hua later changed her name to Tseng Li-cheng.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

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! width=220|Date

! width=50|Time

! width=100|Event

rowspan=4|Sunday, 13 October 2002rowspan=3|14:00Round 1
Round 2
Semifinals
19:00bgcolor=ffffcc|Final

Results

{{16TeamBracket

|compact=y

|seeds=n

|nowrap=n

|byes=1

|RD1=Round 1

|RD2=Round 2

|RD3=Semifinals

|RD4=Final

| team-width=220

| score-width=30

| RD1-team03={{flagIOC2athlete|Kalindi Tamayo|PHI|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD1-score03=2

| RD1-team04={{flagIOC2athlete|Lê Thị Nhung|VIE|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD1-score04=2

| RD1-team13={{flagIOC2athlete|Bandana Shrestha|NEP|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD1-score13=3

| RD1-team14={{flagIOC2athlete|P. Ranibara Devi|IND|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD1-score14=3

| RD2-team01={{flagIOC2athlete|Marzieh Asadi|IRI|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD2-score01=2

| RD2-team02={{flagIOC2athlete|Lê Thị Nhung|VIE|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD2-score02=4

| RD2-team03={{flagIOC2athlete|Tshering Chhoden|BHU|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD2-score03=0

| RD2-team04={{flagIOC2athlete|Tseng Pei-hua|TPE|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD2-score04=10

| RD2-team05={{flagIOC2athlete|Xeniya Stamova|KAZ|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD2-score05=0

| RD2-team06={{flagIOC2athlete|Yun Sung-hee|KOR|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD2-score06=4

| RD2-team07={{flagIOC2athlete|P. Ranibara Devi|IND|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD2-score07=1

| RD2-team08={{flagIOC2athlete|Wang Shuo|CHN|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD2-score08=4

| RD3-team01={{flagIOC2athlete|Lê Thị Nhung|VIE|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD3-score01=1

| RD3-team02={{flagIOC2athlete|Tseng Pei-hua|TPE|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD3-score02=7

| RD3-team03={{flagIOC2athlete|Yun Sung-hee|KOR|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD3-score03=7

| RD3-team04={{flagIOC2athlete|Wang Shuo|CHN|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD3-score04=2

| RD4-team01={{flagIOC2athlete|Tseng Pei-hua|TPE|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD4-score01=1

| RD4-team02={{flagIOC2athlete|Yun Sung-hee|KOR|2002 Asian Games}}

| RD4-score02=4

}}

References

  • [http://www.busan.go.kr/data/01_cityhall/05/result.pdf 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 729]