# Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

The men's 80 kg taekwondo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 19 August, at the Carioca Arena 3. This event featured five-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist Steven López, representing the United States. López has competed in every Olympic game since 2000. Cheick Sallah Cissé won the event for Côte d'Ivoire, the country's first Olympic gold.

## 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 |
| Friday, 19 August 2016 | 09:15 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.
* Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI)
* Aaron Cook (MDA)
* Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)
* Albert Gaun (RUS)
* Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)
* Tahir Güleç (GER)
* Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)
* Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI)
* Milad Beigi (AZE)
* Oussama Oueslati (TUN)
* Moisés Hernández (DOM)
* Hayder Shkara (AUS)
* Steven López (USA)
* Piotr Paziński (POL)
* Liu Wei-ting (TPE)
* Miguel Ferrera (HON)

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

* PTG — Won by points gap
* SUD — Won by sudden death
| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 13 | Steven López (USA) | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Albert Gaun (RUS) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Albert Gaun (RUS) | 4 | 13 | Steven López (USA) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 14 (PTG) | 5 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Hayder Shkara (AUS) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Hayder Shkara (AUS) | 0 | | | | 5 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 9 | Milad Beigi (AZE) | 7 | | | | |
| 9 | Milad Beigi (AZE) | 13 | | | | | | | 9 | Milad Beigi (AZE) | 7 | | | | |
| 8 | Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI) | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI) | 6 | 9 | Milad Beigi (AZE) | 17 (PTG) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | 13 (PTG) | 1 | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Miguel Ferrera (HON) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Miguel Ferrera (HON) | 1 | | | | | | | | 5 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 8 |
| 15 | Liu Wei-ting (TPE) | 14 (PTG) | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 8 |
| 2 | Aaron Cook (MDA) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Aaron Cook (MDA) | 2 | 15 | Liu Wei-ting (TPE) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | 1 (SUD) | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) | 8 | 10 | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | 1 (SUD) | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | 11 (SUD) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | 11 (SUD) | | | | 10 | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 7 | | | | |
| 11 | Moisés Hernández (DOM) | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 7 | | | | |
| 6 | Tahir Güleç (GER) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Tahir Güleç (GER) | 4 | 6 | Tahir Güleç (GER) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 8 | 3 | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Piotr Paziński (POL) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage | Repechage | Bronze medal matches | Bronze medal matches |
| Steven López (USA) | 0 (SUP) | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | 14 |
| Hayder Shkara (AUS) | 0 | Steven López (USA) | 5 |
| Piotr Paziński (POL) | 6 (SUD) | Piotr Paziński (POL) | 0 |
| Tahir Güleç (GER) | 5 | Milad Beigi (AZE) | 12 (PTG) |