Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 67 kg

Women's 67 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	State Sports Centre
Date	29 September
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Lee Sun-hee  South Korea Trude Gundersen  Norway Yoriko Okamoto  Japan

The women's 67 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on September 29 at the State Sports Centre.

South Korea's Lee Sun-hee had added another gold medal to her sporting squad in the final match against Norway's Trude Gundersen with a score of 6–3.^[1] Japanese fighter Yoriko Okamoto booted her stretch to prevail a tight, 6–5 victory over 17-year-old British teen Sarah Stevenson for the bronze.^[2][3]

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event.^[4]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 29 September 2000	09:00 11:30 15:30 20:30	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Competitors

Athlete	Nation
Lee Sun-hee	South Korea
Elena Benítez	Spain
Kirsimarja Koskinen	Finland
Mirjam Mueskens	Netherlands
Lisa O'Keefe	Australia
Barbara Kunkel	United States
Trude Gundersen	Norway
Meriem Bidani	Morocco
Yoriko Okamoto	Japan
Sarah Stevenson	Great Britain
Monica del Real	Mexico
He Lumin	China

Results

Legend

• PTG — Won by points gap
• SUP — Won by superiority
• OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)
• WO — Walkover

Main bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
						Lee Sun-hee (KOR)		5
	Elena Benítez (ESP)		0			Kirsimarja Koskinen (FIN)		1
	Kirsimarja Koskinen (FIN)		7								Lee Sun-hee (KOR)		4
	Mirjam Mueskens (NED)		8								Mirjam Mueskens (NED)		1
	Lisa O'Keefe (AUS)		6			Mirjam Mueskens (NED)		6
						Barbara Kunkel (USA)		2
																Lee Sun-hee (KOR)		6
																Trude Gundersen (NOR)		3
						Trude Gundersen (NOR)		7
	Meriem Bidani (MAR)		1			Yoriko Okamoto (JPN)		4
	Yoriko Okamoto (JPN)		4								Trude Gundersen (NOR)		2+
	Sarah Stevenson (GBR)		8								Sarah Stevenson (GBR)		2
	Monica del Real (MEX)		4			Sarah Stevenson (GBR)		6
						He Lumin (CHN)		5

Repechage

	Semifinals					Bronze medal match
	Mirjam Mueskens (NED)		5
	Yoriko Okamoto (JPN)		7			Yoriko Okamoto (JPN)		6
	Sarah Stevenson (GBR)		7			Sarah Stevenson (GBR)		5
	Kirsimarja Koskinen (FIN)		4

References

1. "Sydney 2000 – Taekwondo: Gold to South Korea". New York Times. 30 September 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
2. Betti, Leeroy (30 September 2000). "Okamoto boots her way to bronze". The Japan Times. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
3. Ruscoe, Sybil (30 September 2000). "Taekwondo: Stevenson edged out for bronze". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
4. "Taekwondo – Competition format". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

External links

• Official Report