2012 Summer Olympics / Taekwondo - Welterweight (women)
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sport | Taekwondo |
discipline | Welterweight |
gender | Women |
place | Exhibition Center London |
Attendees | 16 athletes from 16 countries |
Competition phase | August 10, 2012 |
The Taekwondo competition in the welterweight women , the weight class up to 67 kg, at the Olympic Summer Games 2012 in London was held on August 10, 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 semi-finals 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 for two bronze medals with the semi-final loser of the other finalist.
Note:
The bout winners and their scores are in bold.
The abbreviation PTG means that at the end of the second round or at any point in the third round the winner has achieved a lead of 12 points 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 victory.
If there is still no winner after the fourth round, the overall impression will be used (SUP).
Title holder
Olympic champion |
Hwang Kyung-seon ( South Korea )
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Beijing 2008 |
Round of 16
Fighter 1 | Result | Fighter 2 |
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0 - 6 |
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4 - 5 SUD |
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5 - 1 |
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5 - 1 |
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4 - 1 |
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1 - 13 PTG |
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11 - 15 |
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0 - 1 |
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Quarter finals
Fighter 1 | Result | Fighter 2 |
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3 - 6 |
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6 - 1 |
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8 - 4 |
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10 - 5 |
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Semifinals
Fighter 1 | Result | Fighter 2 |
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0 - 6 |
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7 - 0 |
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Round of hope
The athletes who lost to the finalist Nur Tatar in the last sixteen and quarter-finals were fought , then those who lost to Hwang Kyung-seon .
Fighter 1 | Result | Fighter 2 |
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2 - 15 PTG |
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3 - 4 |
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Fight for the bronze medal
Fighter 1 | Result | Fighter 2 |
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8 - 3 |
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2 - 8 |
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final
August 10, 2012, 11:15 p.m. (CEST)
Fighter 1 | Result | Fighter 2 |
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5 - 12 |
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Medals
Hwang Kyung-seon , the defending champion, ensured the third South Korean success in this weight class. With three medals (in 2004 she won a bronze medal), she is the most successful taekwondoin at the Olympic Games.
Only Tatar (TUR) and Paige McPherson (USA) won the first welterweight medals for their countries.
With Helena Fromm , the first German Taekwondo won an Olympic medal.
space | Surname | nation |
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1 | Hwang Kyung-seon |
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2 | Only tartare |
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3 | Helena Fromm |
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3 | Paige McPherson |
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