# 2013 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's lightweight

The Men's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Exhibition Center of Puebla in Puebla, Mexico on July 16. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 74 kilograms in body mass.

## Results
### Legend

* DQ — Won by disqualification
* K — Won by knockout
* P — Won by punitive declaration
* W — Won by withdrawal

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Ruebyn Richards (GBR) | 0 | | | | |
| Uriel Adriano (MEX) | 4 | Uriel Adriano (MEX) | 7 | | |
| Huang Jiannan (CHN) | 9 | Kim Yoo-jin (KOR) | 2 | | |
| Kim Yoo-jin (KOR) | 10 | | | Uriel Adriano (MEX) | 3 |
| Saifeddine Trabelsi (TUN) | 11 | | | Albert Gaun (RUS) | 2 |
| Gorome Karé (SEN) | 7 | Saifeddine Trabelsi (TUN) | 2 | | |
| Masoud Hajji-Zavareh (IRI) | 1 | Albert Gaun (RUS) | 7 | | |
| Albert Gaun (RUS) | 5 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Maxime Potvin (CAN) | 1 | | | | |
| Ruebyn Richards (GBR) | DQ | Ruebyn Richards (GBR) | 2 | | | | |
| Roberto Centurión (PAR) | | | | Ruebyn Richards (GBR) | 11 | | |
| | | | | Peerathep Sila-on (THA) | 8 | | |
| | | Peerathep Sila-on (THA) | 18 | | | | |
| | | Fernando García (ARG) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ruebyn Richards (GBR) | 13 |
| | | | | | | Mokdad Ounis (GER) | 5 |
| | | Cristian Clementi (ITA) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Shota Gochiashvili (GEO) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Cristian Clementi (ITA) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Mokdad Ounis (GER) | 8 | | |
| | | Balša Radunović (MNE) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Mokdad Ounis (GER) | 5 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| Raúl Martínez (ESP) | 15 | | | | |
| Jerome Browne (TTO) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Raúl Martínez (ESP) | 2 | | |
| | | Bartosz Kołecki (POL) | 1 | | |
| Bartosz Kołecki (POL) | 4 | | | | |
| Placide Bagabo (NZL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Raúl Martínez (ESP) | 2 |
| | | | | Uriel Adriano (MEX) | 3 |
| Osvaldo Rodríguez (CHI) | 6 | | | | |
| A. Naobi Singh (WTF) | 7 | | | | |
| | | A. Naobi Singh (WTF) | 5 | | |
| | | Uriel Adriano (MEX) | 17 | | |
| Raja Zulfadli (SIN) | 1 | | | | |
| Uriel Adriano (MEX) | 6 | | | | |

#### Section 3

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Anicet Kassi (CIV) | 12 | | | | |
| Okan Şimşek (TUR) | DQ | Okan Şimşek (TUR) | 16 | | | | |
| Hani Al-Matrafi (KSA) | | | | Okan Şimşek (TUR) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Huang Jiannan (CHN) | 7 | | |
| | | Rudy Mateo (DOM) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Huang Jiannan (CHN) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Huang Jiannan (CHN) | 10 |
| | | | | | | Hayk Khachatryan (ARM) | 0 |
| | | Spyridon Grammatikopoulos (GRE) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Hayk Khachatryan (ARM) | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | Hayk Khachatryan (ARM) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Vitali Kolas (BLR) | 4 | | |
| | | Vitali Kolas (BLR) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Samuel Morrison (PHI) | 4 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Henrique Precioso (BRA) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Kim Yoo-jin (KOR) | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | Kim Yoo-jin (KOR) | 10$^K$ | | |
| | | | | Marsel Peti (ALB) | 0 | | |
| | | Marsel Peti (ALB) | W | | | | |
| | | Akbar Aitakhunov (KGZ) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kim Yoo-jin (KOR) | 11 |
| | | | | | | Michel Samaha (LIB) | 3 |
| | | Teodor Georgiev (BUL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Michel Samaha (LIB) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Michel Samaha (LIB) | 6 | | |
| Arnold Nkoy (COD) | 5 | | | Anas Al-Adarbi (JOR) | 5 | | |
| Loïc Lubin (MTN) | 3 | Arnold Nkoy (COD) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Anas Al-Adarbi (JOR) | 15 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 5

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Saifeddine Trabelsi (TUN) | | | | | |
| Tari Terry (VAN) | DQ | Bye | | | | | |
| Gregory Markiet (SUR) | DQ | | | Saifeddine Trabelsi (TUN) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Bendik Øyan (NOR) | 5 | | |
| | | Baboucarr Bobb (GAM) | | | | | |
| | | Bendik Øyan (NOR) | DQ | | | | |
| | | | | | | Saifeddine Trabelsi (TUN) | 8 |
| | | | | | | Ilkin Shahbazov (AZE) | 7 |
| | | Sultan Al-Mutairi (KUW) | 13 | | | | |
| | | Andreas Charalampous (CYP) | 12 | | | | |
| | | | | Sultan Al-Mutairi (KUW) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Ilkin Shahbazov (AZE) | 2 | | |
| | | Javier Medina (VEN) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Ilkin Shahbazov (AZE) | 6 | | | | |

#### Section 6

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Karim Khairy (EGY) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Rostand Kiki (BEN) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Rostand Kiki (BEN) | 3 | | |
| | | | | José Estupiñan (COL) | 4 | | |
| | | José Estupiñan (COL) | DQ | | | | |
| | | Junior Louembet (GAB) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | José Estupiñan (COL) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Gorome Karé (SEN) | 8 |
| | | Benaiah Torkornoo (GHA) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Imants Kopjevs (LAT) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Imants Kopjevs (LAT) | 1 | | |
| Serhiy Chaika (UKR) | 6 | | | Gorome Karé (SEN) | 12$^P$ | | |
| Ahmed Maher Saad (QAT) | 5 | Serhiy Chaika (UKR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Gorome Karé (SEN) | 10 | | | | |

#### Section 7

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| Dmitriy Kim (UZB) | DQ | | | | |
| Hama Alzouma (NIG) | | | | | |
| | | Dmitriy Kim (UZB) | 1 | | |
| | | Masoud Hajji-Zavareh (IRI) | 2 | | |
| Carlos Solís (CRC) | 0 | | | | |
| Masoud Hajji-Zavareh (IRI) | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | Masoud Hajji-Zavareh (IRI) | 4 |
| | | | | José Cobas (CUB) | 0 |
| Daniel Bălan (MDA) | DQ | | | | |
| Sidali Larbi Chérif (ALG) | | | | | |
| | | Daniel Bălan (MDA) | 7 | | |
| | | José Cobas (CUB) | 16 | | |
| José Cobas (CUB) | 7 | | | | |
| Mark López (USA) | 2 | | | | |

#### Section 8

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI) | 13 | | | | |
| | | Alon Elboher (ISR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Albert Gaun (RUS) | 8 | | |
| | | Damir Fejzić (SRB) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Albert Gaun (RUS) | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Albert Gaun (RUS) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Jack Marton (AUS) | 1 |
| | | Jack Marton (AUS) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Hsu Wei-hsiang (TPE) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Jack Marton (AUS) | 6 | | |
| Remuela Tinirau (FPO) | 4 | | | Torann Maizeroi (FRA) | 0 | | |
| Sergio García (ECU) | 6 | Sergio García (ECU) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Torann Maizeroi (FRA) | 8 | | | | |