# Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg

The men's 58 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 17 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.

## Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC-3).
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2016 | 9:15 15:15 17:15 20:15 21:15 22:15 | 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.
* Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI)
* Kim Tae-hun (KOR)
* Rui Bragança (POR)
* Venilton Teixeira (BRA)
* Carlos Navarro (MEX)
* Levent Tuncat (GER)
* Si Mohamed Ketbi (BEL)
* Zhao Shuai (CHN)
* Jesús Tortosa (ESP)
* Safwan Khalil (AUS)
* Luisito Pie (DOM)
* Yousef Shriha (LBA)
* Ron Atias (ISR)
* Óscar Muñoz (COL)
* Tawin Hanprab (THA)
* Omar Hajjami (MAR)

## Results
### Main bracket
#### Legend

* DSQ – Disqualified
* PTG – Won by points gap
* SUD – Won by sudden death (golden point)
| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 13 | Ron Atias (ISR) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Venilton Teixeira (BRA) | 16 (PTG) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Venilton Teixeira (BRA) | 16 (PTG) | 4 | Venilton Teixeira (BRA) | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Carlos Navarro (MEX) | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Carlos Navarro (MEX) | 23 (PTG) | 5 | Carlos Navarro (MEX) | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Yousef Shriha (LBA) | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Yousef Shriha (LBA) | 9 | | | | 5 | Carlos Navarro (MEX) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Zhao Shuai (CHN) | 9 | | | | |
| 9 | Jesús Tortosa (ESP) | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | Zhao Shuai (CHN) | 9 | | | | |
| 8 | Zhao Shuai (CHN) | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Zhao Shuai (CHN) | 7 | 8 | Zhao Shuai (CHN) | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 | Omar Hajjami (MAR) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI) | 3 | 16 | Omar Hajjami (MAR) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Omar Hajjami (MAR) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Omar Hajjami (MAR) | 4 | | | | | | | | 8 | Zhao Shuai (CHN) | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Tawin Hanprab (THA) | 4 |
| 15 | Tawin Hanprab (THA) | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | Tawin Hanprab (THA) | 4 |
| 2 | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | 10 | 15 | Tawin Hanprab (THA) | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Si Mohamed Ketbi (BEL) | 1 | 10 | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 8 | | | | 15 | Tawin Hanprab (THA) | 11 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 11 | Luisito Pié (DOM) | 7 | | | | |
| 11 | Luisito Pié (DOM) | | | | | | | | 11 | Luisito Pié (DOM) | 7 | | | | |
| 6 | Levent Tuncat (GER) | DSQ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Levent Tuncat (GER) | DSQ | 11 | Luisito Pié (DOM) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Rui Bragança (POR) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rui Bragança (POR) | 14 (PTG) | 3 | Rui Bragança (POR) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage | Repechage | Bronze medal matches | Bronze medal matches |
| Omar Hajjami (MAR) | 1 | Luisito Pié (DOM) | 6 (SUD) |
| Jesús Tortosa (ESP) | 4 | Jesús Tortosa (ESP) | 5 |
| Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | 4 | Kim Tae-hun (KOR) | 7 |
| Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 1 | Carlos Navarro (MEX) | 5 |