Summer Olympics 2020 / Taekwondo / Qualification

Taekwondo competitions at the 2020 Olympics
qualification
Flyweight	Men	Women
Featherweight	Men	Women
medium weight	Men	Women
Heavyweight	Men	Women

The qualification for the competitions in Taekwondo the 2020 Olympic Games should take place from 6 December 2019 to 25 April 2020th However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the period has been extended.

Each nation may have a maximum of one athlete per competition, so each nation may have a maximum of eight athletes (four of each gender). The athletes fight for quota places for their respective National Olympic Committee , which decides which athlete will compete in the Games in Tokyo.

In each weight class, the top five athletes in the Olympic ranking of World Taekwondo will receive quota places. If at least two male and two female athletes were able to qualify via the ranking lists, athletes from this nation cannot take part in the respective continental qualifying tournament, unless the NOK waives a quota position won through the ranking lists.

The Japanese delegation are as host to up to four quota places, invitation places will be from the "for the remaining four weight classes Tripartite Commission forgiven." In addition, two places will be awarded in continental qualifying tournaments in Africa, Asia, Europe and Pan America and one place in the qualifying tournament in Oceania.

Should a NOK that has qualified through a qualifying tournament forego a quota place, this place will be assigned to the nation of the next best athlete in the respective weight class of this tournament.

Overview

nation	Men				Women				Athletes
	Fly weight	Feather weight	Medium weight	Heavy-weight	Fly weight	Feather weight	Medium weight	Heavy-weight
Egypt		X	X		X		X		4th
Argentina	X								1
Azerbaijan			X						1
Ethiopia	X								1
Australia	X		X			X		X	4th
Belgium		X							1
Brazil		X	X				X		3
Chile						X			1
China		X			X	X	X	X	5
Germany				X					1
Dominican Republic		X	X					X	3
Ivory Coast			X	X			X	X	4th
Gabon				X					1
Great Britain		X		X		X	X	X	5
Haiti							X		1
Iran	X	X							2
Ireland	X								1
Italy	X								1
Japan	X	X			X	X			4th
Canada						X			1
Kenya								X	1
Colombia	X				X				2
Croatia			X		X		X		3
Cuba				X					1
Mali		X							1
Morocco			X		X	X			3
Mexico				X				X	2
New Zealand		X							1
Niger				X		X			2
Nigeria							X		1
Poland								X	1
Puerto Rico					X				1
Russia	X		X	X		X			4th
Serbia					X			X	2
Slovenia				X					1
Spain	X	X	X						3
South Korea	X	X		X	X	X		X	6th
Thailand					X				1
Tonga				X			X		2
Tunisia	X								1
Turkey					X	X	X	X	4th
Uzbekistan			X						1
United States						X	X		2
Total: 43 NOKs	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	91

Men

Flyweight (up to 58 kg)

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
Grand Prix Final	6-7 December 2019	Moscow	6 1	Jang Jun
				Jesús Tortosa
				Armin Hadipour
				Vito Dell'Aquila
				Mikhail Artamonov
				Jack Woolley
WT Grand Slam Series ranking list	20th December 2019	Amman 2	0 1	-
Africa qualifying tournament	22-23 February 2020	Rabat	2	Solomon Demse
				Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi
Oceania qualification tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold coast	1	Safwan Khalil
Qualification tournament Panamerica	11-12 March 2020	Heredia	2	Lucas Lautaro Guzmán
				Jefferson Ochoa
Qualifying tournament Asia		Amman 2	2
Qualifying tournament Europe		Moscow	2
Wildcard / host	-	-	1	Sergio Suzuki
total			16	12

Feather weight (up to 68 kg)

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
Grand Prix Final	6-7 December 2019	Moscow	6 1	Lee Dae-hoon
				Bradly Sinden
				Zhao Shuai
				Javier Perez Polo
				Jaouad Achab
				Mirhashem Hosseini
WT Grand Slam Series ranking list	20th December 2019	Amman 2	0 1	-
Africa qualifying tournament	22-23 February 2020	Rabat	2	Abdelrahman Wael
				Seydou Fofana
Oceania qualification tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold coast	1	Tom Burns
Qualification tournament Panamerica	11-12 March 2020	Heredia	2	Edival Pontes
				Berndardo Pié
Qualifying tournament Asia		Amman 2	2
Qualifying tournament Europe		Moscow	2
Wildcard / host	-	-	1	Ricardo Suzuki
total			16	12

Middle weight (up to 80 kg)

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
Grand Prix Final	6-7 December 2019	Moscow	6 1	Maksim Khramtsov
				Milad Beigi
				Cheick Sallah Cisse
				Nikita Rafalovich
				Raúl Martínez
				Toni Kanaet
WT Grand Slam Series ranking list	20th December 2019	Amman 2	0 1	-
Africa qualifying tournament	22-23 February 2020	Rabat	2	Soap Eissa
				Achraf Mahboubi
Oceania qualification tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold coast	1	Jack Marton
Qualification tournament Panamerica	11-12 March 2020	San Jose	2	Ícaro Miguel Soares
				Moisés Hernández
Qualifying tournament Asia		Amman 2	2
Qualifying tournament Europe		Moscow	2
Wildcard / host	-	-	1
total			16	11

Heavy weight (over 80 kg)

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
Grand Prix Final	6-7 December 2019	Moscow	6 1	Vladislav Larin
				In Kyo-don
				Alexander Bachmann
				Abdoulrazak Issoufou Alfaga
				Ivan Trajkovic
				Mahama Cho
WT Grand Slam Series ranking list	20th December 2019	Amman 2	0 1	-
Africa qualifying tournament	22-23 February 2020	Rabat	2	Seydou Gbané
				Anthony Obame
Oceania qualification tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold coast	1	Pita Taufatofua
Qualification tournament Panamerica	11-12 March 2020	San Jose	2	Rafael Alba
				Carlos Sansores
Qualifying tournament Asia		Amman 2	2
Qualifying tournament Europe		Moscow	2
Wildcard / host	-	-	5
total			16	11

Women

Flyweight (up to 49 kg)

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
Grand Prix Final	6-7 December 2019	Moscow	6 1	Panipak Wongpattanakit
				Sim Jae-young
				Tijana Bogdanović
				Rukiye Yıldırım
				Kristina Tomić
				Wu Jingyu
WT Grand Slam Series ranking list	20th December 2019	Amman 2	0 1	-
Africa qualifying tournament	22-23 February 2020	Rabat	2	Nour Abdelsalam
				Oumaima el-Bouchti
Oceania qualification tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold coast	0	-
Qualification tournament Panamerica	11-12 March 2020	San Jose	2	Andrea Ramírez
				Victoria Stambaugh
Qualifying tournament Asia		Amman 2	2
Qualifying tournament Europe		Moscow	2
Wildcard / host	-	-	1	Miyu Yamada
total			16	11

No eligible athlete took part in the Oceania Qualifier.

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
Grand Prix Final	6-7 December 2019	Moscow	5	Jade Jones
				Lee Ah-reum
				Tatiana Kudaschowa
				İrem Yaman
				Skylar Park
WT Grand Slam Series ranking list	20th December 2019	Amman 2	1	Zhou Lijun
Africa qualifying tournament	22-23 February 2020	Rabat	2	Nada Laaraj
				Tekiath Ben Yessouf
Oceania qualification tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold coast	1	Stacey Hymer
Qualification tournament Panamerica	11-12 March 2020	San Jose	2	Fernanda Aguirre
				Anastasija Zolotic
Qualifying tournament Asia		Amman 2	2
Qualifying tournament Europe		Moscow	2
Wildcard / host	-	-	1	Mayu Hamada
total			16	12

Middle weight (up to 67 kg)

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
Grand Prix Final	6-7 December 2019	Moscow	6 1	İrem Yaman
				Matea Jelić
				Lauren Williams
				Zhang Mengyu
				Ruth Gbagbi
				Paige McPherson
WT Grand Slam Series ranking list	20th December 2019	Amman 2	0 1	-
Africa qualifying tournament	22-23 February 2020	Rabat	2	Hedaya Malak
				Elizabeth Anyanacho
Oceania qualification tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold coast	1	Malia Paseka
Qualification tournament Panamerica	11-12 March 2020	San Jose	2	Milena Titoneli
				Aliyah Shipman
Qualifying tournament Asia		Amman 2	2
Qualifying tournament Europe		Moscow	2
Wildcard / host	-	-	1
total			16	11

Heavy weight (over 67 kg)

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified athletes
Grand Prix Final	6-7 December 2019	Moscow	6 1	Bianca Walkden
				Zheng Shuyin
				Lee Da-am
				Milica Mandic
				Nafia Kuş
				Aleksandra Kowalczuk
WT Grand Slam Series ranking list	20th December 2019	Amman 2	0 1	-
Africa qualifying tournament	22-23 February 2020	Rabat	2	Aminata Traoré
				Faith Ogallo
Oceania qualification tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold coast	1	Reba Stewart
Qualification tournament Panamerica	11-12 March 2020	San Jose	2	Katherine Rodríguez
				Briseida Acosta
Qualifying tournament Asia		Amman 2	2
Qualifying tournament Europe		Moscow	2
Wildcard / host	-	-	1
total			16	11

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¹ The Grand Slam winner had already qualified via the Grand Prix Final, so this quota position was given to another athlete in the Grand Prix Final.

²Originally, the Asian qualifying tournament was to take place from April 10th to 11th, 2020 in the Chinese city of Wuxi . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , however, the tournament was moved to Amman in Jordan and later also canceled.

Web links

• World Taekwondo Qualification System (English)