Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg
The men's 68 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 August, at the Carioca Arena 3.
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 Left-right: Denisenko, Abughaush, González, Lee | |||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Carioca Arena 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 18 August 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| List of practitioners Qualification | ||
| 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. The top eight athletes in each event were seeded so as not to face each other in the preliminary round. The remainder of the qualified athletes were drawn randomly on 15 August 2016. 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 in local time (UTC-3).
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 09:00 15:00 17:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 | Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal matches Final |
Seeds
Every practitioner was seeded at the event.[2]
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Results
Main bracket
- Legend
- PTG – Won by points gap
- SUD – Won by sudden death (golden point)
- WD – Withdrew from contest
| Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | | 19 (PTG) | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | | 14 (PTG) | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | | 15 (PTG) | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | | 0 (WD) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Repechage
| Repechage | Bronze medal matches | ||||||||||
| 7 | |
6 | 1 | |
7 | ||||||
| 2 | |
14 | 2 | |
11 | ||||||
| 5 | |
4 | 6 | |
4 | ||||||
| 13 | |
5 (SUD) |
13 | |
3 | ||||||
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg. |
- competition format. Accessed 2 May 2012.
- "Taekwondo in Rio 2016 Men's 68 kg". worldtaekwondofederation.net. World Taekwondo Federation. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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