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February 02, 2008

Contestants and Qualifying Country Tickets for Taekwondo and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Beijing2008 2nd February 2008

The final numbers are in. I don't have yet the final breakdown of the actual contestants that have qualified, though remember the qualification birth is awarded to the country and not the participant. There is always a contentious issue particularly in Korea where they hold selections again to see who they actually want to send.

Here is a breakdown of the the number of tickets earned for participation per country. A country can't have more then 4 tickets for the Olympic Games.

Australia : 4 places
China : 4
Chinese Taipei : 4
Germany : 4
Korea : 4
New Zealand : 4
Turkey : 4
United States : 4
Venezuela : 4

Brazil : 3
Cuba : 3
Great Britain : 3
Greece : 3
Iran : 3
Italy : 3
Mexico : 3
Morocco : 3
Spain : 3
Thailand : 3
Uzbekistan : 3
Vietnam : 3

Canada : 2
Colombia : 2
Cote d'Ivoire : 2
Croatia : 2
France 2
Kazakhstan : 2
Kenya : 2
Malaysia : 2
Nigeria : 2
Philippines : 2
Puerto Rico : 2
Sweden : 2

Afghanistan : 1
Argentina : 1
Azerbaijan : 1
Benin : 1
Canada : 1
Costa Rica : 1
Dominican Republic : 1
Ecuador : 1
Egypt : 1
Gabon : 1
Guinea : 1
Honduras : 1
Israel : 1
Japan : 1
Jordan : 1
Kyrgyzstan : 1
Libya : 1
Mali : 1
Marshall Island : 1
Nepal : 1
Netherlands : 1
Norway : 1
Peru : 1
Portugal : 1
Qatar : 1
Senegal : 1
Switzerland : 1
Tunisia : 1

When the official list of Contestants is published by the Olympic Committee I will be sure to have them up and published here.

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