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Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

January 01, 1970

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]

Taekwondo
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueCarioca Arena 3
Dates17–20 August 2016
No. of events8
Competitors128 from 63 nations
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Qualification edit

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 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]

Schedule edit

Daily schedule
Date → Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20
Men's 58 kg 68 kg 80 kg +80 kg
Women's 49 kg 57 kg 67 kg +67 kg

Participating edit

Participating nations edit

Competitors edit

Main article: List of taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Medal summary edit

After finishing in third in 2012, this Olympics marks South Korea's return to the top of the Taekwondo medal standings.

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea2035
2  China2002
3  Great Britain1113
4  Azerbaijan1023
5  Ivory Coast1012
6  Jordan1001
7  Spain0112
  Thailand0112
9  France0101
  Mexico0101
  Niger0101
  Russia0101
  Serbia0101
14  Brazil*0011
  Dominican Republic0011
  Egypt0011
  Iran0011
  Tunisia0011
  Turkey0011
  United States0011
Totals (20 entries)881632

Men's events edit

Women's events edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Rio 2016 – WTF Taekwondo Qualification System" (PDF). WTF. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ "General Guidelines on Rio 2016 Olympic Games Qualification System" (PDF). World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2015.[permanent dead link]

External links edit

 
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January 01, 1970
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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 Taekwondoat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadVenueCarioca Arena 3Dates17 20 August 2016No of events8Competitors128 from 63 nations 20122020 Contents 1 Qualification 2 Schedule 3 Participating 3 1 Participating nations 3 2 Competitors 4 Medal summary 4 1 Medal table 4 2 Men s events 4 3 Women s events 5 References 6 External linksQualification editMain article Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics 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 Schedule editDaily schedule Date Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20 Men s 58 kg 68 kg 80 kg 80 kg Women s 49 kg 57 kg 67 kg 67 kgParticipating editParticipating nations edit nbsp Aruba 1 nbsp Australia 4 nbsp Azerbaijan 4 nbsp Belarus 1 nbsp Belgium 3 nbsp Brazil 4 nbsp Cambodia 1 nbsp Canada 1 nbsp Cape Verde 1 nbsp Central African Republic 1 nbsp Chile 1 nbsp China 4 nbsp Colombia 2 nbsp Croatia 3 nbsp Cuba 1 nbsp Dominican Republic 3 nbsp Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 nbsp Egypt 3 nbsp Finland 1 nbsp France 4 nbsp Gabon 1 nbsp Germany 3 nbsp Great Britain 4 nbsp Haiti 1 nbsp Honduras 1 nbsp Iran 4 nbsp Israel 1 nbsp Ivory Coast 3 nbsp Japan 1 nbsp Jordan 1 nbsp Kazakhstan 3 nbsp Libya 1 nbsp Mali 1 nbsp Mexico 4 nbsp Moldova 1 nbsp Mongolia 1 nbsp Morocco 3 nbsp Nepal 1 nbsp Netherlands 1 nbsp New Zealand 1 nbsp Niger 1 nbsp Norway 1 nbsp Panama 1 nbsp Papua New Guinea 2 nbsp Peru 1 nbsp Philippines 1 nbsp Poland 2 nbsp Portugal 1 nbsp Puerto Rico 1 nbsp Russia 3 nbsp Senegal 1 nbsp Serbia 2 nbsp South Korea 5 nbsp Spain 3 nbsp Sweden 2 nbsp Chinese Taipei 3 nbsp Thailand 3 nbsp Tonga 1 nbsp Tunisia 3 nbsp Turkey 2 nbsp United States 4 nbsp Uzbekistan 3 nbsp Venezuela 1 Competitors edit Main article List of taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer OlympicsMedal summary editAfter finishing in third in 2012 this Olympics marks South Korea s return to the top of the Taekwondo medal standings Medal table edit Host nation Brazil RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp South Korea20352 nbsp China20023 nbsp Great Britain11134 nbsp Azerbaijan10235 nbsp Ivory Coast10126 nbsp Jordan10017 nbsp Spain0112 nbsp Thailand01129 nbsp France0101 nbsp Mexico0101 nbsp Niger0101 nbsp Russia0101 nbsp Serbia010114 nbsp Brazil 0011 nbsp Dominican Republic0011 nbsp Egypt0011 nbsp Iran0011 nbsp Tunisia0011 nbsp Turkey0011 nbsp United States0011Totals 20 entries 881632 Men s events edit Event Gold Silver Bronze Flyweight 58 kg details Zhao Shuai nbsp China Tawin Hanprab nbsp Thailand Luisito Pie nbsp Dominican Republic Kim Tae hun nbsp South Korea Featherweight 68 kg details Ahmad Abughaush nbsp Jordan Alexey Denisenko nbsp Russia Lee Dae hoon nbsp South Korea Joel Gonzalez nbsp Spain Welterweight 80 kg details Cheick Sallah Cisse nbsp Ivory Coast Lutalo Muhammad nbsp Great Britain Milad Beigi nbsp Azerbaijan Oussama Oueslati nbsp Tunisia Heavyweight 80 kg details Radik Isayev nbsp Azerbaijan Abdoul Razak Issoufou nbsp Niger Maicon Siqueira nbsp Brazil Cha Dong min nbsp South Korea Women s events edit Event Gold Silver Bronze Flyweight 49 kg details Kim So hui nbsp South Korea Tijana Bogdanovic nbsp Serbia Patimat Abakarova nbsp Azerbaijan Panipak Wongpattanakit nbsp Thailand Featherweight 57 kg details Jade Jones nbsp Great Britain Eva Calvo nbsp Spain Hedaya Malak nbsp Egypt Kimia Alizadeh nbsp Iran Welterweight 67 kg details Oh Hye ri nbsp South Korea Haby Niare nbsp France Ruth Gbagbi nbsp Ivory Coast Nur Tatar nbsp Turkey Heavyweight 67 kg details Zheng Shuyin nbsp China Maria Espinoza nbsp Mexico Bianca Walkden nbsp Great Britain Jackie Galloway nbsp United StatesReferences edit The Olympic Games Taekwondo Rio 2016 Archived from the original on 28 April 2015 Retrieved 8 May 2015 a b c Rio 2016 WTF Taekwondo Qualification System PDF WTF Retrieved 8 May 2015 General Guidelines on Rio 2016 Olympic Games Qualification System PDF World Taekwondo Federation Retrieved 8 May 2015 permanent dead link External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio2016 com Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 Retrieved 23 July 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR Olympics archived World Taekwondo Federation NBC Olympics Taekwondo Results Book Taekwondo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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