# Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.

## 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.
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.
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.

## Schedule

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
### Participating nations

* Aruba (1)
* Australia (4)
* Azerbaijan (4)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (3)
* Brazil (4)
* Cambodia (1)
* Canada (1)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Chile (1)
* China (4)
* Colombia (2)
* Croatia (3)
* Cuba (1)
* Dominican Republic (3)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
* Egypt (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (4)
* Gabon (1)
* Germany (3)
* Great Britain (4)
* Haiti (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Iran (4)
* Israel (1)
* Ivory Coast (3)
* Japan (1)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Libya (1)
* Mali (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Moldova (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (3)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Niger (1)
* Norway (1)
* Panama (1)
* Papua New Guinea (2)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Russia (3)
* Senegal (1)
* Serbia (2)
* South Korea (5)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Thailand (3)
* Tonga (1)
* Tunisia (3)
* Turkey (2)
* United States (4)
* Uzbekistan (3)
* Venezuela (1)

### Competitors
## Medal summary

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

### Medal table

* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Brazil* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (58 kg) details | Zhao Shuai China | Tawin Hanprab Thailand | Luisito Pie Dominican Republic |
| Flyweight (58 kg) details | Zhao Shuai China | Tawin Hanprab Thailand | Kim Tae-hun South Korea |
| Featherweight (68 kg) details | Ahmad Abughaush Jordan | Alexey Denisenko Russia | Lee Dae-hoon South Korea |
| Featherweight (68 kg) details | Ahmad Abughaush Jordan | Alexey Denisenko Russia | Joel González Spain |
| Welterweight (80 kg) details | Cheick Sallah Cissé Ivory Coast | Lutalo Muhammad Great Britain | Milad Beigi Azerbaijan |
| Welterweight (80 kg) details | Cheick Sallah Cissé Ivory Coast | Lutalo Muhammad Great Britain | Oussama Oueslati Tunisia |
| Heavyweight (+80 kg) details | Radik Isayev Azerbaijan | Abdoul Razak Issoufou Niger | Maicon Siqueira Brazil |
| Heavyweight (+80 kg) details | Radik Isayev Azerbaijan | Abdoul Razak Issoufou Niger | Cha Dong-min South Korea |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (49 kg) details | Kim So-hui South Korea | Tijana Bogdanović Serbia | Patimat Abakarova Azerbaijan |
| Flyweight (49 kg) details | Kim So-hui South Korea | Tijana Bogdanović Serbia | Panipak Wongpattanakit Thailand |
| Featherweight (57 kg) details | Jade Jones Great Britain | Eva Calvo Spain | Hedaya Malak Egypt |
| Featherweight (57 kg) details | Jade Jones Great Britain | Eva Calvo Spain | Kimia Alizadeh Iran |
| Welterweight (67 kg) details | Oh Hye-ri South Korea | Haby Niaré France | Ruth Gbagbi Ivory Coast |
| Welterweight (67 kg) details | Oh Hye-ri South Korea | Haby Niaré France | Nur Tatar Turkey |
| Heavyweight (+67 kg) details | Zheng Shuyin China | María Espinoza Mexico | Bianca Walkden Great Britain |
| Heavyweight (+67 kg) details | Zheng Shuyin China | María Espinoza Mexico | Jackie Galloway United States |