Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Taekwondo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 20 to August 23. The tournament was held at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. There were four weight categories for both men and women. Each NOC can enter 2 men and 2 women, but only 1 athlete per weight category. There was one global Olympic Qualification Tournament and one qualification tournament for each continent. In addition, 4 invitational places were awarded.{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/taekwondo/n214273226.shtml|title=Two-time champion Chen leads China's taekwondo squad to Olympics|accessdate=2008-04-04}}

Timeline

class=wikitable ! width=300\|Event !! width=200\|Date !! width=230\|Venue
World Qualification Tournament{{cite web \|title=World Qualification Tournament for Beijing 2008 Results \|url=https://www.britishtaekwondo.org.uk/2007/10/world-qualification-tournament-for-beijing-2008-results/ \|publisher=British Taekwondo \|access-date=15 May 2021 \|date=1 October 2007}}	September 28–30, 2007	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Manchester, United Kingdom
African Qualification Tournament	November 1–2, 2007	{{flagicon\|Libya\|1977}} Tripoli, Libya
Asian Qualification Tournament	November 28–30, 2007	{{flagicon\|VIE}} Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Oceania Qualification Tournament	December 1, 2007	{{flagicon\|New Caledonia\|1853}} Nouméa, New Caledonia
Pan American Qualification Tournament{{cite web \|title=Pan American Qualification Tournament \|url=http://www.patu.org/pdfs/PanAmOlympicQualificationTournamentforBeijing2008/Cali_Olympic_Qualification_Final_Bracket_Sheets.pdf \|publisher=Pan-American Taekwondo Union \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213162946/http://www.patu.org/pdfs/PanAmOlympicQualificationTournamentforBeijing2008/Cali_Olympic_Qualification_Final_Bracket_Sheets.pdf \|access-date=15 May 2021\|archive-date=2012-02-13 }}	December 8–9, 2007	{{flagicon\|COL}} Cali, Colombia
European Qualification Tournament{{cite web \|title=European Olympic Qualification Tournament Results \|url=https://www.taekwondo-oezer.de/wp-content/uploads/Turniere/20080126-27-Europ%C3%A4isches-Olympia-Qualifikationsturnier-2008-Platzierungen.pdf \|publisher=TAEKWONDO ÖZER E. V. \|access-date=19 May 2024 \|date=}}	January 26–27, 2008	{{flagicon\|TUR}} Istanbul, Turkey

Qualification summary

width=40\|−58 kg \|\| width=40\|−68 kg \|\| width=40\|−80 kg \|\| width=40\|+80 kg \|\| width=40\|−49 kg \|\| width=40\|−57 kg \|\| width=40\|−67 kg \|\| width=40\|+67 kg
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! rowspan="2" width=200 align="left"\|NOC ! colspan=4\|Men ! colspan=4\|Women ! width=55 rowspan="2"\|Total
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|AFG\|2008 Summer}}	X	X							2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ARG\|2008 Summer}}							X		1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}	X	X					X	X	4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|AZE\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|BIZ\|2008 Summer}}	X								1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|BEN\|2008 Summer}}	X								1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}	X					X		X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CAN\|2008 Summer}}			X		X		X		3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}			X	X	X			X	4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|TPE\|2008 Summer}}	X	X			X	X			4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|COL\|2008 Summer}}					X	X			2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CRC\|2008 Summer}}				X					1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CRO\|2008 Summer}}						X	X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CUB\|2008 Summer}}		X		X	X				3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|DOM\|2008 Summer}}	X								1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ECU\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|EGY\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}				X			X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GAB\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}}	X	X			X		X		4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}	X		X					X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GRE\|2008 Summer}}				X			X	X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GUI\|2008 Summer}}							X		1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|HON\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|IRI\|2008 Summer}}	X		X		X				3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ISR\|2008 Summer}}						X			1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}			X	X		X			3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CIV\|2008 Summer}}			X			X			2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}							X		1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|JOR\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|KAZ\|2008 Summer}}				X			X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|KEN\|2008 Summer}}	X				X				2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|KGZ\|2008 Summer}}		X							1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|LBA\|2008 Summer}}		X							1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MAS\|2008 Summer}}						X		X	2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MLI\|2008 Summer}}				X					1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MHL\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MEX\|2008 Summer}}	X	X						X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MAR\|2008 Summer}}				X	X		X		3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NEP\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NED\|2008 Summer}}		X							1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NZL\|2008 Summer}}		X		X		X			3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NIG\|2008 Summer}}						X			1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NGR\|2008 Summer}}		X		X					2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|PNG\|2008 Summer}}					X				1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|PER\|2008 Summer}}		X							1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|PHI\|2008 Summer}}	X						X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|POR\|2008 Summer}}	X								1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|PUR\|2008 Summer}}			X				X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|QAT\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|SEN\|2008 Summer}}						X			1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|KOR\|2008 Summer}}		X		X		X	X		4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ESP\|2008 Summer}}	X			X				X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|SWE\|2008 Summer}}					X			X	2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|SUI\|2008 Summer}}					X				1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|THA\|2008 Summer}}	X				X	X			3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|TUN\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|TUR\|2008 Summer}}		X	X			X	X		4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|UAE\|2008 Summer}}							X		1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}		X	X		X	X			4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|UZB\|2008 Summer}}		X		X				X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|VEN\|2008 Summer}}			X	X	X			X	4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|VIE\|2008 Summer}}				X	X	X			3
Total: 64 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
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Chu Mu-yen\|TPE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Levent Tuncat\|GER\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Tshomlee Go\|PHI\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Dickson Wamwiri\|KEN\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Jean Moloise Ogoudjobi\|BEN\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Behzad Khodadad\|IRI\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Rohullah Nikpai\|AFG\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Dech Sutthikunkarn\|THA\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Ryan Carneli\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Márcio Wenceslau\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Guillermo Perez\|MEX\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Gabriel Mercedes\|DOM\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Pedro Póvoa\|POR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Tyrone Robinson\|GBR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Juan Antonio Ramos\|ESP\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Alfonso Martinez\|BIZ\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

=−68 kg=

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Son Tae-jin\|KOR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Gessler Viera\|CUB\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Burak Hasan\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Ezedin Belgasem\|LBA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Isah Mohammad\|NGR\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Rasul Abduraim\|KGZ\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Dmitriy Kim\|UZB\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Sung Yu-chi\|TPE\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Logan Campbell\|NZL\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	{ align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Peter López\|PER\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Mark López\|USA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Idulio Islas\|MEX\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Servet Tazegül\|TUR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Daniel Manz\|GER\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Dennis Bekkers\|NED\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Nesar Ahmad Bahave\|AFG\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

=−80 kg=

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Sébastien Michaud\|CAN\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Steven López\|USA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Mauro Sarmiento\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Sebastien Konan\|CIV\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Lionel Baguissi\|GAB\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Hadi Saei\|IRI\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Abdulqader Hikmat\|QAT\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Deepak Bista\|NEP\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Anju Jason\|MHL\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	{ align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Juan Sánchez\|PUR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Miguel Ferrera\|HON\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Carlos Vásquez\|VEN\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Bahri Tanrıkulu\|TUR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Rashad Ahmadov\|AZE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Aaron Cook\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Zhu Guo\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

=+80 kg=

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Mickaël Borot\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Daba Modibo Keïta\|MLI\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Cha Dong-min\|KOR\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Abdelkader Zrouri\|MAR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Chika Chukwumerije\|NGR\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Arman Chilmanov\|KAZ\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Nguyễn Văn Hùng\|VIE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Akmal Irgashev\|UZB\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Matthew Beach\|NZL\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	{ align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Ángel Matos\|CUB\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Kristopher Moitland\|CRC\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Juan Díaz\|VEN\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Jon García\|ESP\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Leonardo Basile\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Alexandros Nikolaidis\|GRE\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Liu Xiaobo\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

Women's events

=−49 kg=

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Yang Shu-chun\|TPE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Daynellis Montejo\|CUB\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Ivett Gonda\|CAN\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Mildred Alango\|KEN\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Ghizlane Toudali\|MAR\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Hoàng Hà Giang\|VIE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Maenum Chirdkiatisak\|THA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Sara Khoshjamal Fekri\|IRI\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Theresa Tona\|PNG\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Gladys Mora\|COL\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Dalia Contreras\|VEN\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Charlotte Craig\|USA\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Hanna Zajc\|SWE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Manuela Bezzola\|SUI\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Sümeyye Güleç\|GER\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Wu Jingyu\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

=−57 kg=

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Lim Su-jeong\|KOR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Veronica Calabrese\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Chonnapas Premwaew\|THA\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Mariam Bah\|CIV\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Bineta Diédhiou\|SEN\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Tseng Pei-hua\|TPE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thu\|VIE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Elaine Teo\|MAS\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Robin Cheong\|NZL\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Débora Nunes\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Diana López\|USA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Doris Patiño\|COL\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Martina Zubčić\|CRO\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Azize Tanrıkulu\|TUR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Bat-El Gatterer\|ISR\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Lailatou Amadou Lele\|NIG\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

=−67 kg=

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Gwladys Épangue\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Hwang Kyung-seon\|KOR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Sandra Šarić\|CRO\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Mouna Benabderrassoul\|MAR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Mariama Dalanda Barry\|GUI\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Liya Nurkina\|KAZ\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Toni Rivero\|PHI\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Yoriko Okamoto\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Tina Morgan\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Vanina Sánchez\|ARG\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Karine Sergerie\|CAN\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Asunción Ocasio\|PUR\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Sibel Güler\|TUR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Elisavet Mystakidou\|GRE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Pınar Budak\|GER\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Maitha Al-Maktoum\|UAE\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

=+67 kg=

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Kyriaki Kouvari\|GRE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Sarah Stevenson\|GBR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|María Espinoza\|MEX\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Noha Abd Rabo\|EGY\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Khaoula Ben Hamza\|TUN\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Che Chew Chan\|MAS\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Nadin Dawani\|JOR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Evgeniya Karimova\|UZB\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Amy Ash\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Lorena Benítes\|ECU\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Natália Falavigna\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Adriana Carmona\|VEN\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Rosana Simón\|ESP\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Karolina Kedzierska\|SWE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Nina Solheim\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Chen Zhong\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

References

External links

[http://www.wtf.org/ World Taekwondo Federation]

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Category:Qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008

class=wikitable ! width=300\|Event !! width=200\|Date !! width=230\|Venue
World Qualification Tournament{{cite web \|title=World Qualification Tournament for Beijing 2008 Results \|url=https://www.britishtaekwondo.org.uk/2007/10/world-qualification-tournament-for-beijing-2008-results/ \|publisher=British Taekwondo \|access-date=15 May 2021 \|date=1 October 2007}}	September 28–30, 2007	{{flagicon\|GBR}} Manchester, United Kingdom
African Qualification Tournament	November 1–2, 2007	{{flagicon\|Libya\|1977}} Tripoli, Libya
Asian Qualification Tournament	November 28–30, 2007	{{flagicon\|VIE}} Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Oceania Qualification Tournament	December 1, 2007	{{flagicon\|New Caledonia\|1853}} Nouméa, New Caledonia
Pan American Qualification Tournament{{cite web \|title=Pan American Qualification Tournament \|url=http://www.patu.org/pdfs/PanAmOlympicQualificationTournamentforBeijing2008/Cali_Olympic_Qualification_Final_Bracket_Sheets.pdf \|publisher=Pan-American Taekwondo Union \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213162946/http://www.patu.org/pdfs/PanAmOlympicQualificationTournamentforBeijing2008/Cali_Olympic_Qualification_Final_Bracket_Sheets.pdf \|access-date=15 May 2021\|archive-date=2012-02-13 }}	December 8–9, 2007	{{flagicon\|COL}} Cali, Colombia
European Qualification Tournament{{cite web \|title=European Olympic Qualification Tournament Results \|url=https://www.taekwondo-oezer.de/wp-content/uploads/Turniere/20080126-27-Europ%C3%A4isches-Olympia-Qualifikationsturnier-2008-Platzierungen.pdf \|publisher=TAEKWONDO ÖZER E. V. \|access-date=19 May 2024 \|date=}}	January 26–27, 2008	{{flagicon\|TUR}} Istanbul, Turkey

width=40\|−58 kg \|\| width=40\|−68 kg \|\| width=40\|−80 kg \|\| width=40\|+80 kg \|\| width=40\|−49 kg \|\| width=40\|−57 kg \|\| width=40\|−67 kg \|\| width=40\|+67 kg
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! rowspan="2" width=200 align="left"\|NOC ! colspan=4\|Men ! colspan=4\|Women ! width=55 rowspan="2"\|Total
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|AFG\|2008 Summer}}	X	X							2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ARG\|2008 Summer}}							X		1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}	X	X					X	X	4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|AZE\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|BIZ\|2008 Summer}}	X								1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|BEN\|2008 Summer}}	X								1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}	X					X		X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CAN\|2008 Summer}}			X		X		X		3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}			X	X	X			X	4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|TPE\|2008 Summer}}	X	X			X	X			4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|COL\|2008 Summer}}					X	X			2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CRC\|2008 Summer}}				X					1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CRO\|2008 Summer}}						X	X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CUB\|2008 Summer}}		X		X	X				3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|DOM\|2008 Summer}}	X								1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ECU\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|EGY\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}				X			X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GAB\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}}	X	X			X		X		4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}	X		X					X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GRE\|2008 Summer}}				X			X	X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|GUI\|2008 Summer}}							X		1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|HON\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|IRI\|2008 Summer}}	X		X		X				3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ISR\|2008 Summer}}						X			1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}			X	X		X			3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|CIV\|2008 Summer}}			X			X			2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}							X		1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|JOR\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|KAZ\|2008 Summer}}				X			X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|KEN\|2008 Summer}}	X				X				2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|KGZ\|2008 Summer}}		X							1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|LBA\|2008 Summer}}		X							1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MAS\|2008 Summer}}						X		X	2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MLI\|2008 Summer}}				X					1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MHL\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MEX\|2008 Summer}}	X	X						X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|MAR\|2008 Summer}}				X	X		X		3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NEP\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NED\|2008 Summer}}		X							1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NZL\|2008 Summer}}		X		X		X			3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NIG\|2008 Summer}}						X			1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NGR\|2008 Summer}}		X		X					2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|PNG\|2008 Summer}}					X				1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|PER\|2008 Summer}}		X							1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|PHI\|2008 Summer}}	X						X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|POR\|2008 Summer}}	X								1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|PUR\|2008 Summer}}			X				X		2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|QAT\|2008 Summer}}			X						1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|SEN\|2008 Summer}}						X			1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|KOR\|2008 Summer}}		X		X		X	X		4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|ESP\|2008 Summer}}	X			X				X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|SWE\|2008 Summer}}					X			X	2
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|SUI\|2008 Summer}}					X				1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|THA\|2008 Summer}}	X				X	X			3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|TUN\|2008 Summer}}								X	1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|TUR\|2008 Summer}}		X	X			X	X		4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|UAE\|2008 Summer}}							X		1
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}		X	X		X	X			4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|UZB\|2008 Summer}}		X		X				X	3
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|VEN\|2008 Summer}}			X	X	X			X	4
align="left"\|{{flagIOC\|VIE\|2008 Summer}}				X	X	X			3
Total: 64 NOCs	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	128

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Chu Mu-yen\|TPE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Levent Tuncat\|GER\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Tshomlee Go\|PHI\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Dickson Wamwiri\|KEN\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Jean Moloise Ogoudjobi\|BEN\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Behzad Khodadad\|IRI\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Rohullah Nikpai\|AFG\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Dech Sutthikunkarn\|THA\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Ryan Carneli\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Márcio Wenceslau\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Guillermo Perez\|MEX\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Gabriel Mercedes\|DOM\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Pedro Póvoa\|POR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Tyrone Robinson\|GBR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Juan Antonio Ramos\|ESP\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Alfonso Martinez\|BIZ\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Son Tae-jin\|KOR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Gessler Viera\|CUB\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Burak Hasan\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Ezedin Belgasem\|LBA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Isah Mohammad\|NGR\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Rasul Abduraim\|KGZ\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Dmitriy Kim\|UZB\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Sung Yu-chi\|TPE\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Logan Campbell\|NZL\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	{ align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Peter López\|PER\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Mark López\|USA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Idulio Islas\|MEX\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Servet Tazegül\|TUR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Daniel Manz\|GER\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Dennis Bekkers\|NED\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Nesar Ahmad Bahave\|AFG\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16

width=300\|Competition	width=80\|Places	width=300\|Qualified athletes
class = "wikitable"
World Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Sébastien Michaud\|CAN\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Steven López\|USA\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Mauro Sarmiento\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}
African Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Sebastien Konan\|CIV\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Lionel Baguissi\|GAB\|2008 Summer}}
Asian Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Hadi Saei\|IRI\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Abdulqader Hikmat\|QAT\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Deepak Bista\|NEP\|2008 Summer}}
Oceania Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Anju Jason\|MHL\|2008 Summer}}
Pan American Qualification Tournament	{ align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Juan Sánchez\|PUR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Miguel Ferrera\|HON\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Carlos Vásquez\|VEN\|2008 Summer}}
European Qualification Tournament	align="center"\|3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Bahri Tanrıkulu\|TUR\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Rashad Ahmadov\|AZE\|2008 Summer}} {{flagIOCathlete\|Aaron Cook\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}
Host nation / Universality places	align="center"\|1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Zhu Guo\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}
Total	16