# Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg

The men's 68 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on August 27 at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.
Iran's Hadi Saei secured a tight 4–3 victory over Chinese Taipei's Huang Chih-hsiung to pick up the Olympic gold medal in the event, adding it to his bronze from Sydney four years earlier. Meanwhile, South Korean taekwondo fighter Song Myeong-seob edged his worthy adversary Diogo Silva of Brazil 12–7 to score a bronze.

## Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 11:00 16:00 17:30 20:30 | Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |

## Results
### Legend

* PTG — Won by points gap
* KO — Won by knockout
* SUP — Won by superiority
* OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)
* WO — Walkover

### Main bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| Mohamed Omrani (TUN) | Mohamed Omrani (TUN) | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Carlo Massimino (AUS) | Carlo Massimino (AUS) | 7 | Carlo Massimino (AUS) | Carlo Massimino (AUS) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Gabriel Sagastume (GUA) | Gabriel Sagastume (GUA) | 11 | Gabriel Sagastume (GUA) | Gabriel Sagastume (GUA) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Duncan Mahlangu (RSA) | Duncan Mahlangu (RSA) | 7 | | | | Gabriel Sagastume (GUA) | Gabriel Sagastume (GUA) | 5 | | | |
| Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT) | Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT) | KO | | | | Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) | Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) | 7 | | | |
| Bertrand Gbongou Liango (CAF) | Bertrand Gbongou Liango (CAF) | 1:45-3 | Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT) | Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) | Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) | 8 | Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) | Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein (EGY) | Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein (EGY) | 1 | | | | | | | Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) | Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE) | 3 |
| Hadi Saei (IRI) | Hadi Saei (IRI) | RSC | | | | | | | Hadi Saei (IRI) | Hadi Saei (IRI) | 4 |
| Carlo Molfetta (ITA) | Carlo Molfetta (ITA) | 1:53-2 | Hadi Saei (IRI) | Hadi Saei (IRI) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Luis Alberto García (VEN) | Luis Alberto García (VEN) | 5 | Diogo Silva (BRA) | Diogo Silva (BRA) | 6 | | | | | | |
| Diogo Silva (BRA) | Diogo Silva (BRA) | 6 | | | | Hadi Saei (IRI) | Hadi Saei (IRI) | 9+ | | | |
| Alejandro Hernando (ARG) | Alejandro Hernando (ARG) | 10 | | | | Song Myeong-Seob (KOR) | Song Myeong-Seob (KOR) | 9 | | | |
| Jesper Roesen (DEN) | Jesper Roesen (DEN) | 11 | Jesper Roesen (DEN) | Jesper Roesen (DEN) | 11 | | | | | | |
| Song Myeong-Seob (KOR) | Song Myeong-Seob (KOR) | 15 | Song Myeong-Seob (KOR) | Song Myeong-Seob (KOR) | 13 | | | | | | |
| Niyamaddin Pashayev (AZE) | Niyamaddin Pashayev (AZE) | 13 | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | Gabriel Sagastume (GUA) | 10 | | |
| Diogo Silva (BRA) | WO | Diogo Silva (BRA) | 12 | | |
| Carlo Molfetta (ITA) | | | | Diogo Silva (BRA) | 7 |
| | | | | Song Myeong-Seob (KOR) | 12 |
| | | Song Myeong-Seob (KOR) | 8 | | |
| Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT) | 4 | Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein (EGY) | 6 | | |
| Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein (EGY) | 8 | | | | |