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

Event:Men's 68 kg
Games:2000 Summer
Venue:State Sports Centre
Date:28 September
Competitors:14
Nations:14
Gold:Steven López
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Sin Joon-Sik
Silvernoc:KOR
Bronze:Hadi Saei
Bronzenoc:IRI
Prev:1992
Next:2004

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)

Results

Legend

Repechage

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Featherweight (≤68 kilograms), Men . Olympedia . 28 August 2020.
  2. News: Walter. Baranger. Sydney 2000 – Taekwondo: Lopez Takes Gold. New York Times. 29 September 2000. 26 December 2014.
  3. News: Gold for Lopez a First for U.S.. Los Angeles Times. 29 September 2000. 26 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Taekwondo – Competition format. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042514/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/TKW/. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference. 23 December 2014.