2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament

Oceania Qualification Tournament
Venue	Taurama Aquatic & Leisure Centre
Location	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Dates	27 February 2016

The 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games took place in 27 February 2016 at the Taurama Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The winners of each of the eight categories qualifies for the Olympics.[1]

Athletes from Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga qualified for the Olympics.[2]

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−58 kg	Safwan Khalil Australia	Issac Myrie Solomon Islands	None awarded
−58 kg	Safwan Khalil Australia	Issac Myrie Solomon Islands	None awarded
−68 kg	Maxemillion Kassman Papua New Guinea	Bruce Jonathan Vanuatu	Herick Henry Solomon Islands
−68 kg	Maxemillion Kassman Papua New Guinea	Bruce Jonathan Vanuatu	Arash Arian Refugee Olympic Team
−80 kg	Hayder Shkara Australia	Vaughn Scott New Zealand	None awarded
−80 kg	Hayder Shkara Australia	Vaughn Scott New Zealand	None awarded
+80 kg	Pita Taufatofua Tonga	Dafydd Sanders New Zealand	Joseph Mackie Vanuatu
+80 kg	Pita Taufatofua Tonga	Dafydd Sanders New Zealand	Jonathan Paschalis Papua New Guinea

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−49 kg	Andrea Kilday New Zealand	Rose Tona Papua New Guinea	None awarded
−49 kg	Andrea Kilday New Zealand	Rose Tona Papua New Guinea	None awarded
−57 kg	Caroline Marton Australia	None awarded	None awarded
−57 kg	Caroline Marton Australia	None awarded	None awarded
−67 kg	Carmen Marton Australia	Rhiannon O'Neill New Zealand	None awarded
−67 kg	Carmen Marton Australia	Rhiannon O'Neill New Zealand	None awarded
+67 kg	Samantha Kassman Papua New Guinea	None awarded	None awarded
+67 kg	Samantha Kassman Papua New Guinea	None awarded	None awarded

Qualification summary

NOC	Men				Women				Total
NOC	−58kg	−68kg	−80kg	+80kg	−49kg	−57kg	−67kg	+67kg	Total
Australia	X		X			X	X		4
New Zealand					X				1
Papua New Guinea		X						X	2
Tonga				X					1
Total: 4 NOCs	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8

Results

Men

−58 kg

	Final

	Safwan Khalil (AUS)
	Issac Myrie (SOL)

−68 kg

	Semifinals					Final

	Bruce Jonathan (VAN)
	Herick Henry (SOL)					Bruce Jonathan (VAN)
	Maxemillion Kassman (PNG)					Maxemillion Kassman (PNG)
	Arash Arian (ROA)

−80 kg

	Final

	Hayder Shkara (AUS)
	Vaughn Scott (NZL)

+80 kg

Semifinals		Final

Dafydd Sanders (NZL)
Joseph Mackie (VAN)		Dafydd Sanders (NZL)	2
Jonathan Paschalis (PNG)	3	Pita Taufatofua (TGA)	3
Pita Taufatofua (TGA)	4

Women

−49 kg

	Final

	Andrea Kilday (NZL)
	Rose Tona (PNG)

−57 kg

Caroline Marton (AUS) qualified automatically.

−67 kg

	Final

	Carmen Marton (AUS)
	Rhiannon O'Neill (NZL)

+67 kg

Samantha Kassman (PNG) qualified automatically.

References

"Eight Rio 2016 places at Oceania Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
"The Result of the "Oceania Qualification Tournament 2016 for the XXXI Olympiad"". World Taekwondo Federation. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

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[1] "Eight Rio 2016 places at Oceania Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[2] "The Result of the "Oceania Qualification Tournament 2016 for the XXXI Olympiad"". World Taekwondo Federation. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.