Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg
| Men's 68 kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
 Left-right: Denisenko, Abughaush, González, Lee | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Carioca Arena 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Date | 18 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics  | |||||
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| List of taekwondo practitioners | |||||
| Qualification | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| 58 kg | 49 kg | ||||
| 68 kg | 57 kg | ||||
| 80 kg | 67 kg | ||||
| +80 kg | +67 kg | ||||
The men's 68 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 August, at the Carioca Arena 3.
Competition format
The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The top eight athletes in each event were seeded so as not to face each other in the preliminary round. The remainder of the qualified athletes were drawn randomly on 15 August 2016. Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions. A repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, another single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faced the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match.[1]
Schedule
All times are in local time (UTC-3).
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Thursday, 18 August 2016 | 09:00 15:00 17:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 | Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal matches Final |
Seeds
Every practitioner was seeded at the event. Practitioners representing the hosting nation were seeded as no. 4 regardless of their current world ranking.[2]
Results
Main bracket
- Legend
- PTG – Won by points gap
- SUD – Won by sudden death (golden point)
- WD – Withdrew from contest
| Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Edgar Contreras (VEN)
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Alexey Denisenko (RUS)
| 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alexey Denisenko (RUS)
| 19 (PTG) | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Servet Tazegül (TUR)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Servet Tazegül (TUR)
| 14 (PTG) | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Ignacio Morales (CHI)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alexey Denisenko (RUS)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jaouad Achab (BEL)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Balla Dièye (SEN)
| 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Karol Robak (POL)
| 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Karol Robak (POL)
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jaouad Achab (BEL)
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Jaouad Achab (BEL)
| 15 (PTG) | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Maxemillion Kassman (PNG)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alexey Denisenko (RUS)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Ahmad Abughaush (JOR)
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  David Boui (CAF)
| 0 (WD) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR)
| 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Ghofran Zaki (EGY)
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR)
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR)
| 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Joel González (ESP)
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Filip Grgić (CRO)
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Joel González (ESP)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Joel González (ESP)
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Pürevjavyn Temüüjin (MGL)
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Saúl Gutiérrez (MEX)
| 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Pürevjavyn Temüüjin (MGL)
| 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Repechage
| Repechage | Bronze medal matches | ||||||||||
| 7 | Ghofran Zaki (EGY) |
6 | 1 | Jaouad Achab (BEL) |
7 | ||||||
| 2 | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) |
14 | 2 | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) |
11 | ||||||
| 5 | Servet Tazegül (TUR) |
4 | 6 | Joel González (ESP) |
4 | ||||||
| 13 | Edgar Contreras (VEN) |
5 (SUD) |
13 | Edgar Contreras (VEN) |
3 | ||||||
References
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- ↑ competition format. Accessed 2 May 2012.
- ↑ "Taekwondo in Rio 2016 Female -49kg". worldtaekwondofederation.net. World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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