2016 Summer Olympics / Taekwondo

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venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Arena Carioca 3
Nations	63
Athletes	128 (64 , 64 )
date	17th to 20th August 2016
decisions	8th
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At the XXXII. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , eight Taekwondo competitions were held, four each for women and men. The venue was the Arena Carioca 3 in the Barra da Tijuca district .

Balance sheet

Carioca-Arena 3 (front)

Medal table

space	country				total
1	South Korea	2	-	3	5
2	China	2	-	-	2
3	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
4th	Azerbaijan	1	-	2	3
5	Ivory Coast	1	-	1	2
6th	Jordan	1	-	-	1
7th	Spain	-	1	1	2
	Thailand	-	1	1	2
9	France	-	1	-	1
	Mexico	-	1	-	1
	Niger	-	1	-	1
	Russia	-	1	-	1
	Serbia	-	1	-	1
14th	Egypt	-	-	1	1
	Brazil	-	-	1	1
	Dominican Republic	-	-	1	1
	Iran	-	-	1	1
	Tunisia	-	-	1	1
	Turkey	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Flyweight Zhao Shuai Tawin Hanprab Kim Tae-hun Luisito Pié lightweight Ahmad Abughaush Alexei Denisenko Joel González Lee Dae-hoon medium weight Cheick Sallah Cisse Lutalo Muhammad Milad Beigi Oussama Oueslati Heavyweight Radik İsayev Abdoulrazak Issoufou Alfaga Maicon de Andrade Cha Dong-min

Women competitor gold silver bronze Flyweight Kim So-hui Tijana Bogdanović Patimat Abakarova Panipak Wongpattanakit lightweight Jade Jones Eva Calvo Hedaya Malak Kimia Alisadeh medium weight Oh Hye-ri Haby Niaré Ruth Gbagbi Only Tatar Heavyweight Zheng Shuyin Maria Espinoza Jackie Galloway Bianca Walkden

Time schedule

Competitions	August
Women	17th	18th	19th	20th
Fly weight up to 49 kg
Light weight up to 57 kg
Average weight up to 67 kg
Heavy weight over 67 kg
Men	17th	18th	19th	20th
Fly weight up to 58 kg
Light weight up to 68 kg
Average weight up to 80 kg
Heavy weight over 80 kg

Results men

Flyweight (up to 58 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	CHN	Zhao Shuai
2	THA	Tawin Hanprab
3	COR	Kim Tae-hun
	DOM	Luisito Pié
5	MEX	Carlos Navarro
	ESP	Jesús Tortosa
7th	MAR	Omar Hajjami
	OUT	Safwan Khalil

Date: August 17, 2016
16 participants from 16 countries

Feather weight (up to 68 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	JOR	Ahmad Abughaush
2	RUS	Alexei Denisenko
3	ESP	Joel González
	COR	Lee Dae-hoon
5	BEL	Jaouad Achab
	VEN	Edgar Contreras
7th	EGY	Ghofran Ahmed
	DOOR	Serve tazegül

The medal winners

Date: August 18, 2016
16 participants from 16 countries

Middle weight (up to 80 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	CIV	Cheick Sallah Cisse
2	GBR	Lutalo Muhammad
3	AZE	Milad Beigi
	TO DO	Oussama Oueslati
5	United States	Steven Lopez
	POLE	Piotr Paziński
7th	GER	Tahir Gülec
	OUT	Hayder Shkara

Date: August 19, 2016
16 participants from 16 countries

Heavy weight (over 80 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	AZE	Radik İsayev
02	NIG	Abdoulrazak Issoufou Alfaga
03	BRA	Maicon de Andrade
	COR	Cha Dong-min
05	GBR	Mahama Cho
	UZB	Dmitriy Shokin
07th	FRA	M'Bar N'Diaye
	KAZ	Ruslan Zhaparov

Award ceremony

Date: August 20, 2016
16 participants from 16 countries

Results women

Flyweight (up to 49 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	COR	Kim So-hui
2	SRB	Tijana Bogdanović
3	AZE	Patimat Abakarova
	THA	Panipak Wongpattanakit
5	FRA	Yasmina Aziez
	MEX	Itzel Manjarrez
7th	BY	Julissa Diez Canseco
	CHN	Wu Jingyu

Award ceremony

Date: August 17, 2016
16 participants from 16 countries

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	GBR	Jade Jones
2	ESP	Eva Calvo
3	EGY	Hedaya Malak
	IRI	Kimia Alisadeh
5	BEL	Raheleh Asemani
	SWE	Nikita Glasnović
7th	MAR	Naima Bakkal
	THA	Phannapa Harnsujin

The medal winners

Date: August 18, 2016
16 participants from 16 countries

Middle weight (up to 67 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	COR	Oh Hye-ri
2	FRA	Haby Niaré
3	CIV	Ruth Gbagbi
	DOOR	Only tartare
5	AZE	Fəridə Əzizova
	TPE	Chuang Chia-chia
7th	HAI	Aniya Louissaint
	CAN	Melissa Pagnotta

Date: August 19, 2016
16 participants from 16 countries

Heavy weight (over 67 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Zheng Shuyin
2	MEX	Maria Espinoza
3	United States	Jackie Galloway
	GBR	Bianca Walkden
5	MAR	Wiam Dislam
	FRA	Gwladys Épangue
7th	PHI	Kirstie Alora
	NEP	Nisha Rawal

Date: August 20, 2016
16 participants from 16 countries

qualification

Qualification criteria

128 athletes took part in the competitions, 64 women and 64 men. 16 athletes competed in each weight class. The host NOK was guaranteed four quota places . Another four athletes were invited by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) after the qualification phase . Each NOK could qualify a total of up to eight athletes, four women and four men, but a maximum of one athlete per weight class. Achieving quota places was decisive for the allocation of starting places.

The following qualification criteria applied in parallel to women and men. The six highest placed athletes in the world rankings as of December 2015 won a quota place. Further places were then awarded at the continental qualifying tournaments. In Europe , Asia , Africa and America the top two in each weight class qualified, in Oceania the respective winner. Wildcards were given to the Central African Republic, Haiti, Honduras and Nepal.

List of qualifying tournaments:

• Europe in Istanbul , January 16-17, 2016 
• Africa in Agadir , February 6-7, 2016 
• Oceania in Port Moresby , February 27, 2016 
• America in Aguascalientes , March 10-11, 2016 
• Asia in Pasay , April 16-17 , 2016 

Quota places won

Won quota places according to NOKs
	Women				Men
competition	Class up to 49 kg	Class up to 57 kg	Class up to 67 kg	Class over 67 kg	Class up to 58 kg	Class up to 68 kg	Class up to 80 kg	Class over 80 kg	total
Egypt		X				X	X		3
Aruba					X				1
Azerbaijan			X	X	X		X		4th
Australia	X		X			X	X		4th
Belgium	X	X				X			3
Brazil	X			X	X	X			4th
Chile		X							1
China	X			X	X			X	4th
Germany			X			X	X		3
Dominican Rep.	X		X					x	3
Dem. Rep. Congo					X				1
Ivory Coast			X				X	X	3
Finland						X			1
France				X	X		X	X	4th
Gabon				X					1
Great Britain			X	X		X		X	4th
Haiti							X		1
Honduras			X						1
Iran	X		X	X		X			4th
Israel	X								1
Japan						X			1
Jordan		X							1
Cambodia								X	1
Canada							X		1
Cape Verde					X				1
Kazakhstan				X	X		X		3
Colombia	X					X			2
Croatia		X			X	X			3
Cuba				X					1
Libya	X								1
Mali			X						1
Morocco	X					X		X	3
Mexico	X	X			X			X	4th
Moldova			X						1
Mongolia		X							1
Nepal								X	1
New Zealand					X				1
Netherlands								X	1
Niger				X					1
Norway								X	1
Panama						X			1
Papua New Guinea		X						X	2
Peru					X				1
Philippines								X	1
Poland		X	X						2
Portugal	X								1
Puerto Rico								X	1
Republic of China			X		X		X		3
Russia		X	X				X		3
Sweden						X	X		2
Senegal		X							1
Serbia					X			X	2
Spain	X	X				X			3
South Korea	X	X		X	X		X		5
Thailand	X				X	X			3
Tonga				X					1
Tunisia			X	X		X			3
Turkey		X					X		2
Uzbekistan			X	X			X		3
Venezuela		X							1
United States			X	X			X	X	4th
Belarus				X					1
Central African Rep.		X							1
Total quota places	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	128

Web links

Commons : 2016 Summer Olympics / Taekwondo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Qualification system - Games of the XXXI Olympiad - Rio 2016 (English). Retrieved August 3, 2016.
2. ↑ Olympic Taekwondo 'Wild Cards' Go to Central African Republic, Haiti, Honduras and Nepal. World Taekwondo Federation , May 25, 2016, accessed August 3, 2016 .