Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

{{short description|Taekwondo competition}}

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Men's 80kg

| games = 2016 Summer

| image =

| caption =

| venue = Carioca Arena 3

| date = 19 August 2016

| competitors = 16

| nations = 16

| gold = Cheick Sallah Cissé

| goldNOC = CIV

| silver = Lutalo Muhammad

| silverNOC = GBR

| bronze = Oussama Oueslati{{0|space}}

| bronzeNOC = TUN

| bronze2 = Milad Beigi

| bronzeNOC2 = AZE

| prev = 2012

| next = 2020

}}

{{Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

The men's 80 kg taekwondo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 19 August, at the Carioca Arena 3. This event featured five-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist Steven López, representing the United States. López has competed in every Olympic game since 2000. Cheick Sallah Cissé won the event for Côte d'Ivoire, the country's first Olympic gold.

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The top eight athletes in each event were seeded so as not to face each other in the preliminary round. The remainder of the qualified athletes were drawn randomly on 15 August 2016. 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.[http://www.london2012.com/taekwondo/event/men-less-than-80kg/competition-format/index.html competition format.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722141329/http://www.london2012.com/taekwondo/event/men-less-than-80kg/competition-format/index.html |date=2012-07-22 }} Accessed 2 May 2012.

Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC-3).

class="wikitable"

! Date

! Time

! Round

style=background:lemonchiffon|Friday, 19 August 2016style=background:lemonchiffon| 09:15
15:15
17:15
20:15
21:15
22:15
style=background:lemonchiffon| Preliminary round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Repechage
Bronze medal matches
Final

Seeds

Every practitioner was seeded at the event. Practitioners representing the hosting nation were seeded as no. 4 regardless of their current world ranking.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/rio2016/athlete.php?gender=M&weight=M-58|title=Taekwondo in Rio 2016 Male -80kg|publisher=World Taekwondo Federation|website=worldtaekwondofederation.net|accessdate=15 August 2016}}

{{colbegin}}

  1. {{flagIOCathlete|Mehdi Khodabakhshi|IRI|2016 Summer}}
  2. {{flagIOCathlete|Aaron Cook|MDA|2016 Summer}}
  3. {{flagIOCathlete|Cheick Sallah Cissé|CIV|2016 Summer}}
  4. {{flagIOCathlete|Albert Gaun|RUS|2016 Summer}}
  5. {{flagIOCathlete|Lutalo Muhammad|GBR|2016 Summer}}
  6. {{flagIOCathlete|Tahir Güleç|GER|2016 Summer}}
  7. {{flagIOCathlete|Nikita Rafalovich|UZB|2016 Summer}}
  8. {{flagIOCathlete|Ismaël Coulibaly|MLI|2016 Summer}}
  9. {{flagIOCathlete|Milad Beigi|AZE|2016 Summer}}
  10. {{flagIOCathlete|Oussama Oueslati|TUN|2016 Summer}}
  11. {{flagIOCathlete|Moisés Hernández|DOM|2016 Summer}}
  12. {{flagIOCathlete|Hayder Shkara|AUS|2016 Summer}}
  13. {{flagIOCathlete|Steven López|USA|2016 Summer}}
  14. {{flagIOCathlete|Piotr Paziński|POL|2016 Summer}}
  15. {{flagIOCathlete|Liu Wei-ting|TPE|2016 Summer}}
  16. {{flagIOCathlete|Miguel Ferrera|HON|2016 Summer}}

{{colend}}

Results

=Main bracket=

;Legend

  • PTG — Won by points gap
  • SUD — Won by sudden death

{{16TeamBracket

|RD1=Preliminary round

|RD2=Quarterfinals

|RD3=Semifinals

|RD4=Gold medal match

|team-width=200

| RD1-seed01 = 13

| RD1-team01 ={{flagIOCathlete|Steven López|USA|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score01 =7

| RD1-seed02 =4

| RD1-team02 ={{flagIOCathlete|Albert Gaun|RUS|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score02 =4

| RD1-seed03 =5

| RD1-team03 ={{flagIOCathlete|Lutalo Muhammad|GBR|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score03 =14
(PTG)

| RD1-seed04 =12

| RD1-team04 ={{flagIOCathlete|Hayder Shkara|AUS|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score04 =0

| RD1-seed05 =9

| RD1-team05 ={{flagIOCathlete|Milad Beigi|AZE|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score05 =13

| RD1-seed06 =8

| RD1-team06 ={{flagIOCathlete|Ismaël Coulibaly|MLI|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score06 =6

| RD1-seed07 =1

| RD1-team07 ={{flagIOCathlete|Mehdi Khodabakhshi|IRI|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score07 =13
(PTG)

| RD1-seed08 =16

| RD1-team08 ={{flagIOCathlete|Miguel Ferrera|HON|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score08 =1

| RD1-seed09 =15

| RD1-team09 ={{flagIOCathlete|Liu Wei-ting|TPE|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score09 =14
(PTG)

| RD1-seed10 =2

| RD1-team10 ={{flagIOCathlete|Aaron Cook|MDA|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score10 =2

| RD1-seed11 =7

| RD1-team11 ={{flagIOCathlete|Nikita Rafalovich|UZB|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score11 =8

| RD1-seed12 =10

| RD1-team12 ={{flagIOCathlete|Oussama Oueslati|TUN|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score12 =11
(SUD)

| RD1-seed13 =11

| RD1-team13 ={{flagIOCathlete|Moisés Hernández|DOM|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score13 =2

| RD1-seed14 =6

| RD1-team14 ={{flagIOCathlete|Tahir Güleç|GER|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score14 =4

| RD1-seed15 =3

| RD1-team15 ={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Cheick Sallah Cissé|CIV|2016 Summer}}}}

| RD1-score15 =8

| RD1-seed16 =14

| RD1-team16 ={{flagIOCathlete|Piotr Paziński|POL|2016 Summer}}

| RD1-score16 =2

| RD2-seed01 =13

| RD2-team01 ={{flagIOCathlete|Steven López|USA|2016 Summer}}

| RD2-score01 =2

| RD2-seed02 =5

| RD2-team02 ={{flagIOCathlete|Lutalo Muhammad|GBR|2016 Summer}}

| RD2-score02 =9

| RD2-seed03 =9

| RD2-team03 ={{flagIOCathlete|Milad Beigi|AZE|2016 Summer}}

| RD2-score03 =17
(PTG)

| RD2-seed04 =1

| RD2-team04 ={{flagIOCathlete|Mehdi Khodabakhshi|IRI|2016 Summer}}

| RD2-score04 =5

| RD2-seed05 =15

| RD2-team05 ={{flagIOCathlete|Liu Wei-ting|TPE|2016 Summer}}

| RD2-score05 =0

| RD2-seed06 =10

| RD2-team06 ={{flagIOCathlete|Oussama Oueslati|TUN|2016 Summer}}

| RD2-score06 =1
(SUD)

| RD2-seed07 =6

| RD2-team07 ={{flagIOCathlete|Tahir Güleç|GER|2016 Summer}}

| RD2-score07 =1

| RD2-seed08 =3

| RD2-team08 ={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Cheick Sallah Cissé|CIV|2016 Summer}}}}

| RD2-score08 =7

| RD3-seed01 =5

| RD3-team01 ={{flagIOCathlete|Lutalo Muhammad|GBR|2016 Summer}}

| RD3-score01 =12

| RD3-seed02 =9

| RD3-team02 ={{flagIOCathlete|Milad Beigi|AZE|2016 Summer}}

| RD3-score02 =7

| RD3-seed03 =10

| RD3-team03 ={{flagIOCathlete|Oussama Oueslati|TUN|2016 Summer}}

| RD3-score03 =6

| RD3-seed04 =3

| RD3-team04 ={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Cheick Sallah Cissé|CIV|2016 Summer}}}}

| RD3-score04 =7

| RD4-seed01 =5

| RD4-team01 ={{flagIOCathlete|Lutalo Muhammad|GBR|2016 Summer}}

| RD4-score01 =6

| RD4-seed02 =3

| RD4-team02 ={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Cheick Sallah Cissé|CIV|2016 Summer}}}}

| RD4-score02 =8

}}

=Repechage=

{{Repechage

|RD1=Repechage

|RD2=Bronze medal matches

|team-width=200

|RD1-seed01=13

|RD1-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Steven López|USA|2016 Summer}}

|RD1-score01=0
(SUP)

|RD1-seed02=12

|RD1-team02={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Hayder Shkara|AUS|2016 Summer}}}}

|RD1-score02=0

|RD2-seed01=10

|RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Oussama Oueslati|TUN|2016 Summer}}

|RD2-score01=14

|RD2-seed02=13

|RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|Steven López|USA|2016 Summer}}

|RD2-score02=5

|RD1-seed03=14

|RD1-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Piotr Paziński|POL|2016 Summer}}

|RD1-score03=6
(SUD)

|RD1-seed04=6

|RD1-team04={{flagIOCathlete|Tahir Güleç|GER|2016 Summer}}

|RD1-score04=5

|RD2-seed03=14

|RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|Piotr Paziński|POL|2016 Summer}}

|RD2-score03=0

|RD2-seed04=9

|RD2-team04={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Milad Beigi|AZE|2016 Summer}}}}

|RD2-score04=12
(PTG)

}}

References

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