Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

Men's 80kg at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Carioca Arena 3
Date	19 August 2016
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Cheick Sallah Cissé  Ivory Coast Lutalo Muhammad  Great Britain Oussama Oueslatispace  Tunisia Milad Beigi  Azerbaijan

The men's 80 kg taekwondo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 19 August, at the Carioca Arena 3. This event featured five-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist Steven López, representing the United States. López has competed in every Olympic game since 2000. Cheick Sallah Cissé won the event for Côte d'Ivoire, the country's first Olympic gold.

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The top eight athletes in each event were seeded so as not to face each other in the preliminary round. The remainder of the qualified athletes were drawn randomly on 15 August 2016. 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.^[1]

Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC-3).

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 19 August 2016	09:15 15:15 17:15 20:15 21:15 22:15	Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal matches Final

Seeds

Every practitioner was seeded at the event. Practitioners representing the hosting nation were seeded as no. 4 regardless of their current world ranking.^[2]

1.  Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI)
2.  Aaron Cook (MDA)
3.  Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)
4.  Albert Gaun (RUS)
5.  Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)
6.  Tahir Güleç (GER)
7.  Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)
8.  Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI)
9.  Milad Beigi (AZE)
10.  Oussama Oueslati (TUN)
11.  Moisés Hernández (DOM)
12.  Hayder Shkara (AUS)
13.  Steven López (USA)
14.  Piotr Paziński (POL)
15.  Liu Wei-ting (TPE)
16.  Miguel Ferrera (HON)

Results

Main bracket

Legend

• PTG — Won by points gap
• SUD — Won by sudden death

	Preliminary round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	13	Steven López (USA)	7
	4	Albert Gaun (RUS)	4
						13	Steven López (USA)	2
						5	Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)	9
	5	Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)	14 (PTG)
	12	Hayder Shkara (AUS)	0
											5	Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)	12
											9	Milad Beigi (AZE)	7
	9	Milad Beigi (AZE)	13
	8	Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI)	6
						9	Milad Beigi (AZE)	17 (PTG)
						1	Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI)	5
	1	Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI)	13 (PTG)
	16	Miguel Ferrera (HON)	1
																5	Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)	6
																3	Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)	8
	15	Liu Wei-ting (TPE)	14 (PTG)
	2	Aaron Cook (MDA)	2
						15	Liu Wei-ting (TPE)	0
						10	Oussama Oueslati (TUN)	1 (SUD)
	7	Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	8
	10	Oussama Oueslati (TUN)	11 (SUD)
											10	Oussama Oueslati (TUN)	6
											3	Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)	7
	11	Moisés Hernández (DOM)	2
	6	Tahir Güleç (GER)	4
						6	Tahir Güleç (GER)	1
						3	Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)	7
	3	Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)	8
	14	Piotr Paziński (POL)	2

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal matches
	Steven López (USA)	0 (SUP)			Oussama Oueslati (TUN)	14
	Hayder Shkara (AUS)	0			Steven López (USA)	5
	Piotr Paziński (POL)	6 (SUD)			Piotr Paziński (POL)	0
	Tahir Güleç (GER)	5			Milad Beigi (AZE)	12 (PTG)

References

1. competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
2. "Taekwondo in Rio 2016 Male -80kg". worldtaekwondofederation.net. World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

External links

• Results