By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Taekwondo has done many things wrong since becoming an Olympic sport in 2000, but the Korean martial art got most things right at the London Games.

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - If the wall of noise from an Olympic home crowd were a banned substance, Team GB would have been kicked out of the London Games on day one.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Anthony Obame earned Gabon's first Olympic medal on Saturday when he took silver in the taekwondo heavyweight division at the London Games, as Italian Carlo Molfetta took gold in the final.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Serbian Milica Mandic won the taekwondo gold medal in the women's heavyweight division at the London Games, beating Anne-Caroline Graffe of France in the final on Saturday.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Anthony Obame earned Gabon's first Olympic medal on Saturday when he took silver in the taekwondo heavyweight division at the London Games, losing to Italian Carlo Molfetta in the final.

LONDON (Reuters) - Serbian Milica Mandic won the taekwondo gold medal in the women's heavyweight division at the London Games, beating Anne-Caroline Gaffe of France in the final on Saturday.

After a tight opening two rounds, Mandic opened up in the third and picked off world champion Graffe with quick kicks to the body, running out a 9-7 winner to earn Serbia their first gold medal of the Games.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina's Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich won the men's welterweight taekwondo gold medal by beating Nicolas Garcia Hemme of Spain in the final at the London Games on Friday.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - South Korean Hwang Kyung-seon defended her Olympic taekwondo title by beating Turkey's Nur Tatar in the welterweight division at the London Games on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina's Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich won the men's welterweight taekwondo gold medal by beating Nicolas Garcia Hemme of Spain in the final at the London Games on Friday.

Crismanich, who won the Pan American qualifiers for London, beat Hemme 1-0 in a cagey final to win Argentina's first Olympic taekwondo medal. The Argentine scored the deciding point with seconds remaining then survived an onslaught to seal the gold.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - South Korean Hwang Kyung-seon defended her Olympic taekwondo title by beating Turkey's Nur Tatar in the welterweight division at the London Games on Friday.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Jade Jones won Britain's first Olympic taekwondo gold medal after beating China's Hou Yuzhuo in the final of the women's featherweight division at the London Games on Thursday.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey's Servet Tazegul won the men's taekwondo featherweight gold medal at the London Games on Thursday, beating Iran's Mohammad Baghrei Motamed in the final by a score of 6-5.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Jade Jones won Britain's first Olympic taekwondo gold medal after beating China's Hou Yuzhuo in the final of the women's featherweight division at the London Games on Thursday.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey's Servet Tazegul won the men's taekwondo featherweight gold medal at the London Games on Thursday, beating Iran's Mohammad Baghrei Motamed in the final by a score of 6-5.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Defending champion China's Wu Jingyu won the women's flyweight (-49kg) taekwondo gold at the London Games on Wednesday, overwhelming Spaniard Brigitte Yague Enrique from the outset with snapping kicks to the midsection and head.

By Peter Rutherford

LONDON (Reuters) - Joel Gonzalez Bonilla was proud to earn Spain's first taekwondo gold medal on Wednesday and said his victory in the Olympic flyweight (-58kg) category was the culmination of four years of blood, sweat and tears.

LONDON (Reuters) - Joel Gonzalez Bonilla of Spain won the men's flyweight (-58kg) taekwondo gold medal at the London Games on Wednesday, beating Lee Dae-hoon of South Korea in the final.

Bonilla, the 2011 world champion, swept through the competition and looked particularly impressive in the semi-final where he demolished Oscar Munoz Oviedo 13-4.

LONDON (Reuters) - China's Wu Jingyu won the women's flyweight (-49kg) taekwondo gold medal at the London Games on Wednesday, beating Brigitte Yague Enrique of Spain in the final.

Wu, the defending champion from the Beijing Olympics, overwhelmed the Spaniard from the outset with snapping kicks to the midsection and head, and finished an 8-1 winner.