Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg
The men's 68 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 21 the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.
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| Venue | Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 21 August 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Men | Women | |
| 58 kg | 49 kg | |
| 68 kg | 57 kg | |
| 80 kg | 67 kg | |
| +80 kg | +67 kg | |
Competition format
The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. Two bronze medals were awarded at the taekwondo competitions. A repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, another single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faced the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match.[1]
Schedule
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Thursday, 21 August 2008 | 11:00 16:00 17:30 20:30 | Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
Qualifying athletes
| Athlete | Country |
|---|---|
| Burak Hasan |  |
| Peter López |  |
| Isah Adam Muhammad |  |
| Idulio Islas |  |
| Nesar Ahmad Bahave |  |
| Mark Lopez |  |
| Rasul Abduraim |  |
| Daniel Manz |  |
| Servet Tazegül |  |
| Gessler Viera |  |
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| Dennis Bekkers |  |
| Dmitriy Kim |  |
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| Sun Yu-Chi |  |
| Logan Campbell |  |
Results
- Legend
- PTG — Won by points gap
- SUP — Won by superiority
- OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)
Main bracket
| Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | | (SUP) 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 | | DSQ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Repechage
| Round 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||
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References
- "Taekwondo – Competition format". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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