Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

The men's 80 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 22 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

Men's 80 kg
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
Date22 August 2008
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Hadi Saei  Iran
Mauro Sarmiento  Italy
Zhu Guo  China
Steven López  United States

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
Friday, 22 August 200811:00
16:00
17:30
20:30
Preliminary Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Qualifying Athletes

Athlete Country
Lionel Baguissi Gabon
Carlos Vásquez Venezuela
Aaron Cook Great Britain
Anju Jason Marshall Islands
Bahri Tanrıkulu Turkey
Steven López United States
Mauro Sarmiento Italy
Sebastien Konan Ivory Coast
Abdulqader Hikmat Sarhan Qatar
Rashad Ahmadov Azerbaijan
Sebastien Michaud Canada
Ángel Román Puerto Rico
Miquel Ferrera Honduras
Zhu Guo China
Deepak Bista Nepal
Hadi Saei Iran

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  Lionel Baguissi (GAB) 0
16  Carlos Vásquez (VEN) 5
 Carlos Vásquez (VEN) 2
 Aaron Cook (GBR) 5
8  Aaron Cook (GBR) 7
9  Anju Jason (MHL) 0
 Aaron Cook (GBR) 5
 Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) 6
5  Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) 0
12  Steven López (USA) 3
 Steven López (USA) 1
 Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) 2
4  Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) 4
13  Sebastien Konan (CIV) 1
 Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) 4
 Hadi Saei (IRI) 6
6  Abdulqader Hikmat Sarhan (QAT) 0
11  Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 5
 Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 0 (SUP)
 Sebastien Michaud (CAN) 0
3  Sebastien Michaud (CAN) 2
14  Ángel Román (PUR) 1
 Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 1
 Hadi Saei (IRI) 4
7  Miguel Ferrera (HON) 1
10  Zhu Guo (CHN) 3
 Zhu Guo (CHN) 2
 Hadi Saei (IRI) 3
2  Deepak Bista (NEP) 0
15  Hadi Saei (IRI) 7

Repechage

Round 1   Bronze medal match
 
 Zhu Guo (CHN) 6    
 Deepak Bista (NEP) 2      Zhu Guo (CHN) 4
     Aaron Cook (GBR) 1
 
     Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) 2
 Sebastien Konan (CIV) 0      Steven López (USA) 3
 Steven López (USA) 3    

References

  1. "Taekwondo – Competition format". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
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