# Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg

The men's 68 kg competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 18 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 |
| 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.
* Jaouad Achab (BEL)
* Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
* Saúl Gutiérrez (MEX)
* Alexey Denisenko (RUS)
* Servet Tazegül (TUR)
* Joel González (ESP)
* Ghofran Ahmed (EGY)
* Karol Robak (POL)
* Balla Dièye (SEN)
* Ahmad Abughaush (JOR)
* Filip Grgić (CRO)
* Ignacio Morales (CHI)
* Edgar Contreras (VEN)
* Pürevjavyn Temüüjin (MGL)
* David Boui (CAF)
* Maxemillion Kassman (PNG)

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

* PTG – Won by points gap
* SUD – Won by sudden death (golden point)
* WD – Withdrew from contest
| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 13 | Edgar Contreras (VEN) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Alexey Denisenko (RUS) | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Alexey Denisenko (RUS) | 12 | 4 | Alexey Denisenko (RUS) | 19 (PTG) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Servet Tazegül (TUR) | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Servet Tazegül (TUR) | 14 (PTG) | 5 | Servet Tazegül (TUR) | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Ignacio Morales (CHI) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Ignacio Morales (CHI) | 1 | | | | 4 | Alexey Denisenko (RUS) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Jaouad Achab (BEL) | 1 | | | | |
| 9 | Balla Dièye (SEN) | 12 | | | | | | | 1 | Jaouad Achab (BEL) | 1 | | | | |
| 8 | Karol Robak (POL) | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Karol Robak (POL) | 15 | 8 | Karol Robak (POL) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Jaouad Achab (BEL) | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Jaouad Achab (BEL) | 15 (PTG) | 1 | Jaouad Achab (BEL) | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Maxemillion Kassman (PNG) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Maxemillion Kassman (PNG) | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | Alexey Denisenko (RUS) | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR) | 10 |
| 15 | David Boui (CAF) | 0 (WD) | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR) | 10 |
| 2 | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | 6 | 2 | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR) | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ghofran Zaki (EGY) | 1 | 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR) | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR) | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR) | 9 | | | | 10 | Ahmad Abughaush (JOR) | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Joel González (ESP) | 7 | | | | |
| 11 | Filip Grgić (CRO) | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | Joel González (ESP) | 7 | | | | |
| 6 | Joel González (ESP) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Joel González (ESP) | 4 | 6 | Joel González (ESP) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 14 | Pürevjavyn Temüüjin (MGL) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Saúl Gutiérrez (MEX) | 11 | 14 | Pürevjavyn Temüüjin (MGL) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Pürevjavyn Temüüjin (MGL) | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage | Repechage | Bronze medal matches | Bronze medal matches |
| Ghofran Zaki (EGY) | 6 | Jaouad Achab (BEL) | 7 |
| Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | 14 | Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) | 11 |
| Servet Tazegül (TUR) | 4 | Joel González (ESP) | 4 |
| Edgar Contreras (VEN) | 5 (SUD) | Edgar Contreras (VEN) | 3 |