Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg

Men's 58kg
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Men's 58kg; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	8 August
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
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The men's 58 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August, at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. 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 British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 8 August 2012	09:15 15:15 17:17 22:30	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Results

On 13 July 2012 the World Taekwondo Federation released the provisional draw which included the top eight seeds for the competition.^[2] The remainder of the qualified athletes were randomly drawn on 6 August 2012.^[3]

Main Bracket

Legend

SUD - Win by sudden death point.
PTG - Win by point gap. This happens when a competitor has a 12-point lead at the end of the second round or achieves a 12-point lead at any point in the 3rd round.

Preliminary round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Gold medal match

1	Joel González (ESP)	7

14	Uno Sanli (SWE)	6
			1	Joel González (ESP)	5

			8	Safwan Khalil (AUS)	3
13	Diego García (MEX)	4

8	Safwan Khalil (AUS)	9
						1	Joel González (ESP)	13

						9	Óscar Muñoz (COL)	4
5	Mokdad El-Yamine (ALG)	1

9	Óscar Muñoz (COL)	8
			9	Óscar Muñoz (COL)	14 (PTG)

			16	Tameem Al-Kubati (YEM)	2
16	Tameem Al-Kubati (YEM)	8

4	Gabriel Mercedes (DOM)	3
									1	Joel González (ESP)	17

									12	Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR)	8
3	Pen-Ek Karaket (THA)	7

12	Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR)	8 (SUD)
			12	Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR)	11 (SUD)

			6	Tamer Bayoumi (EGY)	10
11	Nursultan Mamayev (KAZ)	0

6	Tamer Bayoumi (EGY)	1 (SUD)
						12	Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR)	7

						7	Aleksey Denisenko (RUS)	6
7	Aleksey Denisenko (RUS)	5

10	Heiner Oviedo (CRC)	2
			7	Aleksey Denisenko (RUS)	10 (SUD)

			2	Wei Chen-Yang (TPE)	7
15	Le Huynh Chau (VIE)	1

2	Wei Chen-Yang (TPE)	5

Repechage

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.^[4]


Round 1		Bronze medal match



Safwan Khalil (AUS)	4 (SUD)	Safwan Khalil (AUS)	1

Uno Sanli (SWE)	1	Aleksey Denisenko (RUS)	3



Pen-Ek Karaket (THA)	6	Óscar Muñoz (COL)	6

Tamer Bayoumi (EGY)	4	Pen-Ek Karaket (THA)	4

References

^ Men's Taekwondo competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
^ "London 2012 Olympic Games Taekwondo -Provisional Draw sheet-". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^ "Provisional Draw Sheet – London 2012 Olympic Games". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^ Men's Taekwondo competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.

External links

London 2012 event Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today london2012.com

[1] Men's Taekwondo competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.

[2] "London 2012 Olympic Games Taekwondo -Provisional Draw sheet-". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

[3] "Provisional Draw Sheet – London 2012 Olympic Games". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

[4] Men's Taekwondo competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.

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