Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg

Men's 68 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	State Sports Centre
Date	28 September
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Steven López  United States Sin Joon-Sik  South Korea Hadi Saei  Iran

The men's 58 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on September 28 at the State Sports Centre.^[1]

American taekwondo jin Steven López came from behind in the final round to dedeat South Korea's Sin Joon-sik for the gold medal in the men's featherweight class.^[2][3] Meanwhile, Iranian fighter Hadi Saei edged his Turkish-born Austrian opponent Tuncay Çalışkan 4–2 to earn a bronze.

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
Thursday, 28 September 2000	09:00 11:30 15:30 20:30	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Competitors

Athlete	Nation
Alejandro Hernando	Argentina
Hsu Chi-hung	Chinese Taipei
Hadi Saei	Iran
Sin Joon-sik	South Korea
Tuncay Çalışkan	Austria
Nizar Naeeli	Libya
Aslander Dzitiev	Russia
Francisco Zas	Spain
Carlo Massimino	Australia
Steven López	United States
Claudio Nolano	Italy
Aziz Acharki	Germany
Stanislas Ogoudjobi	Benin
Olivier Bernasconi	Monaco

Results

Legend

• KO — Won by knockout
• 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
						Alejandro Hernando (ARG)		0
	Hsu Chi-hung (TPE)		2			Hadi Saei (IRI)		3
	Hadi Saei (IRI)		5								Hadi Saei (IRI)		3
	Sin Joon-sik (KOR)		7								Sin Joon-sik (KOR)		5
	Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT)		3			Sin Joon-sik (KOR)		9
	Nizar Mohamed Naeeli (LBA)		3			Aslander Dzitiev (RUS)		1
	Aslanbek Dzitiyev (RUS)		12													Sin Joon-sik (KOR)		0
	Francisco Zas (ESP)		3													Steven López (USA)		1
	Carlo Massimino (AUS)		3+			Carlo Massimino (AUS)		1
	Steven López (USA)		7			Steven López (USA)		1+
	Claudio Nolano (ITA)		0								Steven López (USA)		2
	Aziz Acharki (GER)		7								Aziz Acharki (GER)		0
	Stanislas Ogoudjobi (BEN)		0			Aziz Acharki (GER)		15
						Olivier Bernasconi (MON)		1

Repechage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Bronze medal match
					Hadi Saei (IRI)	6
	Carlo Massimino (AUS)	9			Carlo Massimino (AUS)	5
	Claudio Nolano (ITA)	7							Hadi Saei (IRI)	4
									Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT)	2
					Aziz Acharki (GER)	7
	Aslander Dzitiev (RUS)	0			Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT)	7+
	Tuncay Çalışkan (AUT)	6

References

1. "Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Featherweight (≤68 kilograms), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
2. Baranger, Walter (29 September 2000). "Sydney 2000 – Taekwondo: Lopez Takes Gold". New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
3. "Gold for Lopez a First for U.S." Los Angeles Times. 29 September 2000. 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