Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg explained

Event:Men's 68 kg
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
Date:21 August 2008
Competitors:16
Nations:16
Gold:Son Tae-Jin[1]
Goldnoc:KOR
Silver:Mark López
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Servet Tazegül
Bronzenoc:TUR
Bronze2:Sung Yu-Chi
Bronzenoc2:TPE
Prev:2004
Next:2012

The men's 68 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 21 the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. 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.[2]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Results

Legend

Repechage

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beijing 2008 Olympics--People's Daily Online .
  2. Web site: Taekwondo – Competition format. NBC Olympics. 4 February 2013.