Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Taekwondo
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueMakuhari Messe
Dates24–27 July 2021
No. of events8
Competitors132
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Makuhari Messe

Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured 128 taekwondo fighters competing in eight weight categories; four for men, and four for women. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualification

Taekwondo competition at these Games featured a total of 128 athletes, 64 males and 64 females, and 16 in each of the eight weight categories. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed to enter up to one competitor per event, resulting in a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender. In each weight class, five quota spots were available through World Taekwondo (WT) Olympic rankings, one quota spot was available through the WT Grand Slam Champions Series, nine quota spots were available through continental qualification events (two per continent, except Oceania with one), and quota spot was available either to the host (four classes chosen by the host, two per gender) or as a Tripartite Commission invitation (the remaining four classes).

If an NOC had qualified at least two female or male athletes through ranking, it could not participate in the respective Continental Qualification Tournament unless it relinquished the places obtained through ranking. This included the host, Japan, with its automatic qualification of two women and two men.

Schedule

Schedule
Event↓/Date → Jul 24 Jul 25 Jul 26 Jul 27
Men's 58 kg F
Men's 68 kg F
Men's 80 kg F
Men's +80 kg F
Women's 49 kg F
Women's 57 kg F
Women's 67 kg F
Women's +67 kg F

Participating

Events by gender

Weights 1 2 3 4
Men's 16 17 16 16
Women's 17 17 16 16

Participating nations

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 ROC2114
2 Croatia1012
 Serbia1012
4 Italy1001
 Thailand1001
 United States1001
 Uzbekistan1001
8 Great Britain0213
9 South Korea0123
10 Jordan0101
 North Macedonia0101
 Spain0101
 Tunisia0101
14 Egypt0022
 Turkey0022
16 China0011
 Chinese Taipei0011
 Cuba0011
 France0011
 Israel0011
 Ivory Coast0011
Totals (21 entries)881632

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (58 kg)
Vito Dell'Aquila
 Italy
Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi
 Tunisia
Jang Jun
 South Korea
Mikhail Artamonov
 ROC
Featherweight (68 kg)
Ulugbek Rashitov
 Uzbekistan
Bradly Sinden
 Great Britain
Hakan Reçber
 Turkey
Zhao Shuai
 China
Welterweight (80 kg)
Maksim Khramtsov
 ROC
Saleh Al-Sharabaty
 Jordan
Toni Kanaet
 Croatia
Seif Eissa
 Egypt
Heavyweight (+80 kg)
Vladislav Larin
 ROC
Dejan Georgievski
 North Macedonia
In Kyo-don
 South Korea
Rafael Alba
 Cuba

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight (49 kg)
Panipak Wongpattanakit
 Thailand
Adriana Cerezo
 Spain
Tijana Bogdanović
 Serbia
Avishag Semberg
 Israel
Featherweight (57 kg)
Anastasija Zolotic
 United States
Tatiana Minina
 ROC
Lo Chia-ling
 Chinese Taipei
Hatice Kübra İlgün
 Turkey
Welterweight (67 kg)
Matea Jelić
 Croatia
Lauren Williams
 Great Britain
Ruth Gbagbi
 Ivory Coast
Hedaya Wahba
 Egypt
Heavyweight (+67 kg)
Milica Mandić
 Serbia
Lee Da-bin
 South Korea
Althéa Laurin
 France
Bianca Walkden
 Great Britain

Team event

A team demonstration event with 5 teams is held. Its medal will not be officially calculated. 5 teams were divided into 2 groups. Iran and Japan in one group and China, Ivory Coast and Russian Olympic Committee in the other. Iran won against Japan and China won against its group mates and went to final match. China won against Iran 41–22 in final match.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Taekwondo". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Taekwondo at Summer Olympics Games 2021 live stream, Schedule, News, Wiki". Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Tokyo 2020 – WTF Taekwondo Qualification System
  5. ^ "Schedule - Taekwondo Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Taekwondo Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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