# Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg

The men's 58 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 8 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 |
| Wednesday, 8 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
#### Legend

* SUD - Win by sudden death point.
* PTG - Win by point gap. This happens when a competitor has a 12-point lead at the end of the second round or achieves a 12-point lead at any point in the 3rd round.
| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 | Joel González (ESP) | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Uno Sanli (SWE) | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Uno Sanli (SWE) | 6 | 1 | Joel González (ESP) | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Diego García (MEX) | 4 | 8 | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 9 | | | | 1 | Joel González (ESP) | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 9 | Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 4 | | | | |
| 5 | Mokdad El-Yamine (ALG) | 1 | | | | | | | 9 | Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 4 | | | | |
| 9 | Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 8 | 9 | Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 14 (PTG) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 | Tameem Al-Kubati (YEM) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Tameem Al-Kubati (YEM) | 8 | 16 | Tameem Al-Kubati (YEM) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Gabriel Mercedes (DOM) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Gabriel Mercedes (DOM) | 3 | | | | | | | | 1 | Joel González (ESP) | 17 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR) | 8 |
| 3 | Pen-Ek Karaket (THA) | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR) | 8 |
| 12 | Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR) | 8 (SUD) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR) | 8 (SUD) | 12 | Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR) | 11 (SUD) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Tamer Bayoumi (EGY) | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Nursultan Mamayev (KAZ) | 0 | 6 | Tamer Bayoumi (EGY) | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Tamer Bayoumi (EGY) | 1 (SUD) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Tamer Bayoumi (EGY) | 1 (SUD) | | | | 12 | Lee Dae-Hoon (KOR) | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) | 6 | | | | |
| 10 | Heiner Oviedo (CRC) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Heiner Oviedo (CRC) | 2 | 7 | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) | 10 (SUD) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Wei Chen-Yang (TPE) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Le Huynh Chau (VIE) | 1 | 2 | Wei Chen-Yang (TPE) | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Wei Chen-Yang (TPE) | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

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.
| Round 1 | Round 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 4 (SUD) | Safwan Khalil (AUS) | 1 |
| Uno Sanli (SWE) | 1 | Aleksey Denisenko (RUS) | 3 |
| Pen-Ek Karaket (THA) | 6 | Óscar Muñoz (COL) | 6 |
| Tamer Bayoumi (EGY) | 4 | Pen-Ek Karaket (THA) | 4 |