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

Event:Women's 67 kg
Games:2000 Summer
Venue:State Sports Centre
Date:29 September
Competitors:12
Nations:12
Gold:Lee Sun-hee
Goldnoc:KOR
Silver:Trude Gundersen
Silvernoc:NOR
Bronze:Yoriko Okamoto
Bronzenoc:JPN
Prev:1992
Next:2004

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)

Results

Legend

Repechage

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Sydney 2000 – Taekwondo: Gold to South Korea. New York Times. 30 September 2000. 26 December 2014.
  2. News: Betti. Leeroy. Okamoto boots her way to bronze. The Japan Times. 30 September 2000. 26 December 2014.
  3. News: Sybil. Ruscoe. Taekwondo: Stevenson edged out for bronze. The Daily Telegraph. 30 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.