Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Taekwondo competition at the 2012 Games will include 128 athletes, 64 in each gender, 16 in each of the eight weight divisions. Each competing nation will be allowed to enter a maximum of 4 competitors, two of each gender. Each nation will therefore be eligible to compete in a maximum of half the weight categories.^[1]

4 places are reserved for Great Britain as Host Country,^[2] and a further four shall invitational as decided by the Tripartite Commission.^[3] The remaining 120 places shall be allocated through a qualification process, in which athletes win quota places for their respective nation.

Timeline

width=300	Event !	width=200	Date !	width=230	Venue
World Qualification Tournament^[4]	June 30 – July 3, 2011	Baku, Azerbaijan
Oceania Qualification Tournament^[5]	September 11, 2011	Nouméa, New Caledonia
Pan American Qualification Tournament^[6]	November 18–20, 2011
Asian Qualification Tournament^[7]	November 26–27, 2011	Bangkok, Thailand
African Qualification Tournament^[8]	January 11–12, 2012
	January 27–29, 2012

Qualification summary

NOC	Men				Women				width=55 rowspan="2"	Total
NOC	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	width=40	width=40	+67kg
		X	X						2
	X								1
			X		X				2
			X						1
	X						X		2
			X				X		2
		X						X	2
								X	1
			X	X			X		3
		X			X				2
						X			1
				X	X	X			3
	X				X	X			3
	X								1
	X								1
					X	X			2
				X		X		X	3
	X								1
	X		X			X	X		4
						X			1
						X		X	2
				X					1
					X		X		2
		X	X			X	X		4
				X					1
							X		1
					X				1
		X	X				X		3
			X	X					2
							X		1
				X					1
					X	X			2
		X			X			X	3
	X						X	X	3
			X						1
						X			1
				X					1
	X	X			X			X	4
			X		X			X	3
			X						1
		X	X			X			3
		X		X					2
					X				1
					X				1
		X							1
		X							1
	X			X	X			X	4
				X				X	2
						X			1
		X				X		X	3
				X			X	X	3
	X			X			X	X	4
	X		X		X				3
	X						X		2
			X	X					2
	X				X	X			3
								X	1
		X		X			X		3
		X						X	2
		X	X			X	X		4
		X		X				X	3
	X						X		2
	X								1
Total: 63 NOCs	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	128

Men's events

−58 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified athletes
	3
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1
	3
	3
African Qualification Tournament	2
	3
Host nation / Universality places	1
Total	16

−68 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified athletes
	3
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1
	3
	3
African Qualification Tournament	2
	3
Host nation / Universality places	1
Total	16

−80 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified athletes
	3
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1
	3
	3
African Qualification Tournament	2
	3
Host nation / Universality places	1
Total	16

+80 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified athletes
	3
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1
	3
	3
African Qualification Tournament	2
	3
Host nation / Universality places	1
Total	16

Women's events

−49 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified athletes
	3
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1
	3
	3
African Qualification Tournament	2
	3
Host nation / Universality places	1
Total	16

−57 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified athletes
	3
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1
	3
	3
African Qualification Tournament	2
	3
Host nation / Universality places	1
Total	16

−67 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified athletes
	3
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1
	3
	3
African Qualification Tournament	2
	3
Host nation / Universality places	1
Total	16

+67 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified athletes
	3
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1
	3
	3
African Qualification Tournament	2
	3
Host nation / Universality places	1
Total	16

Notes and References

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/taekwondo/9358050.stm Taekwondo qualification for London 2012
Web site: London 2012 Olympics: GB Taekwondo select weight categories for Games . https://archive.today/20130114051317/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/8538818/London-2012-Olympics-GB-Taekwondo-select-weight-categories-for-Games.html . dead . January 14, 2013 . The Telegraph . May 26, 2011 . June 26, 2011 . Telegraph staff and agencies.
Web site: Cambodia, Mali, Panama, Yemen Earn 1 Wild Card Each for London Olympic Taekwondo Competition. 17 April 2012. WTF. 17 April 2012.
Web site: 2012 World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament. 3 July 2011. WTF. 21 November 2011.
Web site: Oceania Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for London 2012 Olympic Games. 11 September 2011. WTF. 11 September 2011.
Web site: Pan American Qualification Tournament for LOG. 21 November 2011. WTF. 21 November 2011.
Web site: Asian Qualification Tournament for London 2012. 27 November 2011. WTF. 27 November 2011.
Web site: African Olympic Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Great Success on Jan. 12 in Cairo, Egypt. 13 January 2012. WTF. 13 January 2012.