Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
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Venue | Carioca Arena 3 |
Dates | 17–20 August 2016 |
No. of events | 8 |
Competitors | 128 from 63 nations |
Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 17 to 20 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 128 taekwondo fighters competed in eight weight categories; four for men, and four for women.[1]
Qualification
Taekwondo competition at these Games featured a total of 128 athletes, 64 in each gender, and 16 in each of the eight weight categories. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter up to a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender, based on the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Olympic rankings, such that an athlete per NOC must be among the top six in each weight category. If an NOC had qualified only two female and male athletes through ranking, it could not participate in the respective Continental Qualification Tournament unless it had relinquishing the places obtained through ranking.[2][3]
Four places had been reserved to the host nation Brazil, and another four had been invited by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places were allocated through a qualification process in which athletes had won quota place for their respective NOC. 48 taekwondo fighters, 24 in each gender and the top 6 in each weight category, were eligible to compete through the ITTF Olympic rankings, while the rest through the five Continental Qualification Tournaments.[2]
If an NOC having qualified through a Qualification Tournament relinquishing a quota place, it would be allocated to the nation of the next highest placed athlete in the respective weight category of that tournament as long as the addition of the place did not exceed the maximum quota for that nation.[2]
Zeitplan
Date → | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 |
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Men's | 58 kg | 68 kg | 80 kg | +80 kg |
Women's | 49 kg | 57 kg | 67 kg | +67 kg |
Participating
Participating nations
Aruba (1)
Australien (4)
Aserbaidschan (4)
Weißrussland (1)
Belgien (3)
Brasilien (4)
Kambodscha (1)
Kanada (1)
Kap Verde (1)
Zentralafrikanische Republik (1)
Chile (1)
China (4)
Kolumbien (2)
Kroatien (3)
Cuba (1)
Dominikanische Republik (3)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
Ägypten (3)
Finnland (1)
Frankreich (4)
Gabun (1)
Deutschland (3)
Great Britain (4)
Haiti (1)
Honduras (1)
Iran (4)
Israel (1)
Ivory Coast (3)
Japan (1)
Jordanien (1)
Kasachstan (3)
Libyen (1)
Mali (1)
Mexiko (4)
Moldawien (1)
Mongolei (1)
Marokko (3)
Nepal (1)
Niederlande (1)
Neuseeland (1)
Niger (1)
Norwegen (1)
Panama (1)
Papua-Neuguinea (2)
Peru (1)
Philippinen (1)
Polen (2)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (1)
Russland (3)
Senegal (1)
Serbien (2)
Südkorea (5)
Spanien (3)
Schweden (2)
Chinese Taipei (3)
Thailand (3)
Tonga (1)
Tunesien (3)
Türkei (2)
Vereinigte Staaten (4)
Usbekistan (3)
Venezuela (1)
Competitors
Special Mentions
- The Chinese athlete Jingyu Wu and double Olympic champion did not get the golden triplet, losing in the quarterfinals before the Serbian Tijana Bogdanovic who took the silver medal, so Jingyu Wu agreed to the repechage losing to Patimat Abakarova of Azerbaijan.
- Jordan Ahmad Abughaush won the first medal for his country by winning the gold against Russian Alexey Denisenko in the -68kg category.
- Servet Tazegül of Turkey Olympic champion 2012, bronze in 2008 and favorite to the podium, he leaves with the empty vain to lose the repechage against the Venezuelan Edgar Contreras in the -68kg category.
- Jade Jones becomes double Olympic champion at -57kg being the first British to get it.
- Kimia Alizadeh (-57kg) from Iran is the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal in any sport.
- Cheick Sallah Cissé is the first athlete in the history of Côte d'Ivoire to win a gold medal by beating a cardiac encounter and a second to finish the third round he defeats Lutalo Muhammad of Great Britain in the -80kg category. His compatriot Ruth Gbagbi on the other hand obtains the bronze and thus becomes the first woman in the history of his country to obtain an Olympic medal.
- The Olympic legend, Steven Lopez, participates in his fifth Olympic Games.
- Azerbaijan for the first time appears in the medal table, Radik Izayev in the category + 80kg is awarded the gold.
- Abdul Razak Issoufou of Niger obtains the silver, since 1972, Niger had not obtained any medal.
- The Local Maicon Siqueira, is the first man to get a medal for Brazil in this sport, 8 years after Natália Falavigna, being the only two Brazilians to get a medal, both bronze.
- The Mexican Maria del Rosario Espinoza gets 3 medals, an achievement that only Hwang Kyung-seon of South Korea, being thus the only two women to get on the podium in 3 consecutive Olympic games.
- South Korea, China, United States, Iran, Mexico, Turkey and France are the only nations to obtain medals in each edition since Taekwondo is an official Olympic sport
Medal summary
After finishing in third in 2012, this Olympics marks South Korea's return to the top of the Taekwondo medal standings.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (58 kg) |
Zhao Shuai![]() |
Tawin Hanprab![]() |
Luisito Pie![]() |
Kim Tae-hun![]() | |||
Featherweight (68 kg) |
Ahmad Abughaush![]() |
Alexey Denisenko![]() |
Lee Dae-hoon![]() |
Joel González![]() | |||
Welterweight (80 kg) |
Cheick Sallah Cissé![]() |
Lutalo Muhammad![]() |
Milad Beigi![]() |
Oussama Oueslati![]() | |||
Heavyweight (+80 kg) |
Radik Isayev![]() |
Abdoul Razak Issoufou![]() |
Maicon Siqueira![]() |
Cha Dong-min![]() |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (49 kg) |
Kim So-hui![]() |
Tijana Bogdanović![]() |
Patimat Abakarova![]() |
Panipak Wongpattanakit![]() | |||
Featherweight (57 kg) |
Jade Jones![]() |
Eva Calvo![]() |
Hedaya Malak![]() |
Kimia Alizadeh![]() | |||
Welterweight (67 kg) |
Oh Hye-ri![]() |
Haby Niaré![]() |
Ruth Gbagbi![]() |
Nur Tatar![]() | |||
Heavyweight (+67 kg) |
Zheng Shuyin![]() |
María Espinoza![]() |
Bianca Walkden![]() |
Jackie Galloway![]() |
See also
References
- ^ "The Olympic Games: Taekwondo". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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- ^ "General Guidelines on Rio 2016 Olympic Games Qualification System" (PDF). World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
External links
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- Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-08-26)
- Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- World Taekwondo Federation
- NBC Olympics: Taekwondo
- Results Book – Taekwondo