Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

The men's 80 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on August 26 at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.

Men's 80 kg
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueFaliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex
Date28 August
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Steven López  United States
Bahri Tanrıkulu  Turkey
Yousef Karami  Iran
Taekwondo at the
2004 Summer Olympics
MenWomen
58 kg49 kg
68 kg57 kg
80 kg67 kg
+80 kg+67 kg

Moving up to 12 kg heavier than his weight in Sydney four years earlier, U.S. taekwondo jin Steven López defied his odds to crush and heavily kick Turkey's Bahri Tanrıkulu with a score 3–0 for his second Olympic gold.[1][2] Iran's Yousef Karami rallied for a tight 9–8 victory over Azerbaijan's Rashad Ahmadov to grab the bronze medal.[3]

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event.[4]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 28 August 200411:00
16:00
17:30
20:30		Preliminary Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Results
Legend
  • PTG — Won by points gap
  • KO — Won by knockout
  • SUP — Won by superiority
  • OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)
  • WO — Walkover

Main bracket
Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
 Christophe Negrel (FRA) 13  
 Patrick Stevens (NED) 10      Christophe Negrel (FRA) 17  
 Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 10      Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 24  
 Chinedum Osuji (TRI) 3        Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 6  
 Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) 9+        Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) 6+  
 Donald Geisler (PHI) 9      Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) 6  
 Hichem Hamdouni (TUN) 16      Hichem Hamdouni (TUN) 4  
 Jacob Obiorah (NGR) 11        Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) 0
 Craig Brown (GBR) 6        Steven López (USA) 3
 Daniel Trenton (AUS) 12      Daniel Trenton (AUS) 9  
 Kriangkrai Noikoed (THA) 12      Yousef Karami (IRI) 13  
 Yousef Karami (IRI) 16        Yousef Karami (IRI) 6  
 Raid Rasheed (IRQ) 0        Steven López (USA) 7  
 Steven López (USA) 12      Steven López (USA) 4      
 Víctor Estrada (MEX) 8      Víctor Estrada (MEX) 2      
 Ángel Matos (CUB) 7  

Repechage
Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Bronze medal match
                   
       Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 9+  
 Víctor Estrada (MEX) WO      Víctor Estrada (MEX) 9  
 Raid Rasheed (IRQ)          Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 8
     Yousef Karami (IRI) 9
       Yousef Karami (IRI) 12
 Hichem Hamdouni (TUN) RSC      Hichem Hamdouni (TUN) 4  
 Donald Geisler (PHI) 1:41-2  

References
  1. "Lopez captures taekwondo gold". USA Today. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. "Lopez Wins Taekwondo Gold". Associated Press. Los Angeles Times. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. "Iran's Karami bags Olympics taekwondo bronze". Payvand. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. "Taekwondo – Competition format". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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