2012 Summer Olympics / Taekwondo - Flyweight (Men)

sport	Taekwondo
discipline	Flyweight
gender	Men
place	Exhibition Center London
Attendees	16 athletes from 16 countries
Competition phase	August 8, 2012

The taekwondo competition in the men's flyweight , up to 58 kg, at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London was held on August 8, 2012 in the Exhibition Center London . 16 fighters took part.

The competition was carried out in a knockout system . It started with the round of 16. The winners then went to the quarter-finals and semi-finals. The winners of the semifinals competed for gold and silver medals. The fighters, who had lost to one of the finalists in the last sixteen and quarter-finals, fought against each other in a round of hope. The two winners then fought with the semi-final loser of the other finalist for two bronze medals.

Note:
The bout winners and their scores are in bold.
The abbreviation PTG means that the winner has reached a lead of 12 points at the end of the second round or at any point in the third round and the fight ends.
SUD means Sudden Death. In the event of a tie after the third round, a fourth round will be fought. The first evaluation decides on the winner.
If there is still no winner after the fourth round, the overall impression will be used (SUP).

Title holder

Olympic champion

Guillermo Pérez ( Mexico )

Beijing 2008

Round of 16

Fighter 1	Result	Fighter 2
Joel González	7 - 6	Uno Sanli
Diego García	4 - 9	Safwan Khalil
Mokdad El-Yamine	1 - 8	Óscar Muñoz
Tameem al-Kubati	8 - 3	Yulis Mercedes
Pen-Ek Karaket	7 - 8 SUD	Lee Dae-hoon
Nursultan Mamayev	0 - 1 SUD	Tamer Bayoumi
Alexei Denisenko	5 - 2	Heiner Oviedo
Lê Huỳnh Châu	1 - 5	Wei Chen-yang

Quarter finals

Fighter 1	Result	Fighter 2
Joel González	5 - 3	Safwan Khalil
Óscar Muñoz	14 - 2 PTG	Tameem al-Kubati
Lee Dae-hoon	11 - 10 SUD	Tamer Bayoumi
Alexei Denisenko	10 - 7 SUD	Wei Chen-yang

Semifinals

Fighter 1	Result	Fighter 2
Joel González	13 - 4	Óscar Muñoz
Lee Dae-hoon	7 - 6	Alexei Denisenko

Round of hope

The athletes who lost to finalist Joel González in the last sixteen and quarter-finals , then those who lost to Lee Dae-hoon , fought .

Fighter 1	Result	Fighter 2
Safwan Khalil	4 - 1 SOUTH	Uno Sanli
Pen-Ek Karaket	6 - 4	Tamer Bayoumi

Fight for the bronze medal

Fighter 1	Result	Fighter 2
Safwan Khalil	1 - 3	Alexei Denisenko
Óscar Muñoz	6 - 4	Pen-Ek Karaket

final

August 8, 2012, 11:30 p.m. (CEST)

Fighter 1	Result	Fighter 2
Joel González	17 - 8	Lee Dae-hoon

Medals

Joel González achieved the first Spanish Olympic victory in Taekwondo and the first medal win in this weight class.
Lee Dae-hoon and Alexei Denissenko achieved the first medal wins for their countries in this weight class.
Óscar Muñoz succeeded in winning the first Colombian medal in Taekwondo.

space	Surname	nation
01	Joel González	Spain
02	Lee Dae-hoon	South Korea
03	Alexei Denisenko	Russia
03	Óscar Muñoz	Colombia

Web links

• Flyweight men

Individual evidence