# Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

The men's 80 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 10 August, at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

## Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. 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 British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Friday, 10 August 2012 | 09:15 15:15 17:17 22:30 | Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |

## Results

On 13 July 2012, the World Taekwondo Federation released the provisional draw which included the top eight seeds for the competition. The remainder of the qualified athletes were randomly drawn on 6 August 2012.

### Main bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 | Ramin Azizov (AZE) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Steven López (USA) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Steven López (USA) | 2 | 1 | Ramin Azizov (AZE) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Rasul Abduraim (KGZ) | 1 | 8 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) | 5 | | | | 8 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Nicolás García (ESP) | 2 | | | | |
| 5 | Nicolás García (ESP) | 8 | | | | | | | 5 | Nicolás García (ESP) | 2 | | | | |
| 11 | Yousef Karami (IRI) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Yousef Karami (IRI) | 2 | 5 | Nicolás García (ESP) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Farkhod Negmatov (TJK) | 1 | 4 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 7 | | | | | | | | 5 | Nicolás García (ESP) | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Sebastián Crismanich (ARG) | 1 |
| 3 | Abdelrahman Ahmed (EGY) | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Sebastián Crismanich (ARG) | 1 |
| 13 | Tommy Mollet (NED) | 9 (SUD) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Tommy Mollet (NED) | 9 (SUD) | Tommy Mollet (NED) | Tommy Mollet (NED) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | 8 | Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Sébastien Michaud (CAN) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Sébastien Michaud (CAN) | 4 | | | | | Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Sebastián Crismanich (ARG) | 2 | | | | |
| 7 | Sebastián Crismanich (ARG) | 9 | | | | | | | 7 | Sebastián Crismanich (ARG) | 2 | | | | |
| 14 | Vaughn Scott (NZL) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Vaughn Scott (NZL) | 5 | 7 | Sebastián Crismanich (ARG) | 9 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Nesar Ahmad Bahave (AFG) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Nesar Ahmad Bahave (AFG) | 4 | | Nesar Ahmad Bahave (AFG) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Issam Chernoubi (MAR) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Preliminary Round | Preliminary Round | Bronze Medal Contest | Bronze Medal Contest |
| Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 11 | Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | 3 |
| Yousef Karami (IRI) | 7 | Lutalo Muhammad (GBR) | 9 |
| Vaughn Scott (NZL) | 6 | Nesar Ahmad Bahave (AFG) | 0 |
| Nesar Ahmad Bahave (AFG) | 11 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) | 4 |