# Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

The women's 57 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 August, at the Carioca Arena 3. The defending champion, Jade Jones, representing Great Britain, successfully defended her title, winning her second Olympics gold. Eva Calvo from Spain finished with a silver medal, beating second-time Olympian Hedaya Malak in the semifinal and Iran's Kimia Alizadeh in the quarterfinal, both of whom went on to win a bronze in the repechage.

## 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 |
| 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.
* Jade Jones (GBR)
* Eva Calvo (ESP)
* Hedaya Malak (EGY)
* Júlia Vasconcelos (BRA)
* Nikita Glasnović (SWE)
* Mayu Hamada (JPN)
* Ana Zaninović (CRO)
* Carolena Carstens (PAN)
* Raheleh Asemani (BEL)
* Kimia Alizadeh (IRI)
* Rahma Ben Ali (TUN)
* Caroline Marton (AUS)
* Suvi Mikkonen (FIN)
* Doris Patiño (COL)
* Phannapa Harnsujin (THA)
* Naima Bakkal (MAR)

## Results
### Legend

* PTG – Won by points gap
* SUD – Won by sudden death (golden point)

### Main bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 13 | Suvi Mikkonen (FIN) | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Júlia Vasconcelos (BRA) | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Júlia Vasconcelos (BRA) | 9 | 13 | Suvi Mikkonen (FIN) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Nikita Glasnović (SWE) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Nikita Glasnović (SWE) | 4 | 5 | Nikita Glasnović (SWE) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Caroline Marton (AUS) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Caroline Marton (AUS) | 0 | | | | 5 | Nikita Glasnović (SWE) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Jade Jones (GBR) | 9 | | | | |
| 9 | Raheleh Asemani (BEL) | 13 (PTG) | | | | | | | 1 | Jade Jones (GBR) | 9 | | | | |
| 8 | Carolena Carstens (PAN) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Carolena Carstens (PAN) | 1 | 9 | Raheleh Asemani (BEL) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Jade Jones (GBR) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Jade Jones (GBR) | 12 | 1 | Jade Jones (GBR) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Naima Bakkal (MAR) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Naima Bakkal (MAR) | 4 | | | | | | | | 1 | Jade Jones (GBR) | 16 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Eva Calvo (ESP) | 7 |
| 15 | Phannapa Harnsujin (THA) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Eva Calvo (ESP) | 7 |
| 2 | Eva Calvo (ESP) | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Eva Calvo (ESP) | 6 | 2 | Eva Calvo (ESP) | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ana Zaninović (CRO) | 6 | 10 | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 7 | | | | 2 | Eva Calvo (ESP) | 1 (SUD) | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Hedaya Malak (EGY) | 0 | | | | |
| 11 | Rahma Ben Ali (TUN) | 0 | | | | | | | 3 | Hedaya Malak (EGY) | 0 | | | | |
| 6 | Mayu Hamada (JPN) | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Mayu Hamada (JPN) | 9 | 6 | Mayu Hamada (JPN) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Hedaya Malak (EGY) | 3 (SUD) | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Hedaya Malak (EGY) | 13 (PTG) | 3 | Hedaya Malak (EGY) | 3 (SUD) | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Doris Patiño (COL) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage | Repechage | Bronze medal matches | Bronze medal matches |
| Phannapa Harnsujin (THA) | 10 | Nikita Glasnović (SWE) | 1 |
| Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 14 | Kimia Alizadeh (IRI) | 5 |
| Naima Bakkal (MAR) | 0 | Hedaya Malak (EGY) | 1 (SUD) |
| Raheleh Asemani (BEL) | 12 (PTG) | Raheleh Asemani (BEL) | 0 |