| Taekwondo on 2008 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |||
| up to 58 kg | up to 49 kg | |||
| up to 68 kg | up to 57 kg | |||
| up to 80 kg | up to 67 kg | |||
| over 80 kg | over 67 kg | |||
Taekwondo competitions at the XXIX Summer Olympics for men in super lightweight (up to 58 kg) were held on August 20, 2008 in the gym of the University of Science and Technology of Beijing .
Rohulla Nikpay , having won bronze, brought his country the first ever Olympic medal in all sports.
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Medals
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Guillermo Perez Mexico | Julis Gabriel Mercedes Dominican Republic | Zhu Muyan Taiwan |
| Rohulla Nikpay Afghanistan |
Competition Format
The winners of the fights of the preliminary round of the main grid go to the quarter-finals; the winners of the quarter-finals go to the semifinals; the winners of the semi-finals go to the finals, where they play a gold and silver medal. The losers to the finalists, respectively, in the preliminary round and in the quarter finals meet each other in two comforting matches. The winner of the consolation match is in the battles for the bronze medal with the losing semi-finalist from the other half of the grid. Two bronze medals are awarded.
Results
- Abbreviations
- SUP - Winning with clear advantage
- Main competitions
| Preliminary round | Quarter final | Semifinal | The final | ||||||||||
| Guillermo Perez ( MEX ) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Michael Harvey Great Britain | 2 | Guillermo Perez ( MEX ) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Rohulla Nikpay ( AFG ) | four | Rohulla Nikpay ( AFG ) | one | ||||||||||
| Levent Tuncat Germany | 3 | Guillermo Perez ( MEX ) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Chautawal Khawlaor Thailand | four | Chautawal Khawlaor Thailand | one | ||||||||||
| Jean Moloise Ogujoby Benin | 2 | Chautawal Khawlaor Thailand | 2 | ||||||||||
| Chomley Go Philippines | 0 | Ryan Carneli Australia | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ryan Carneli Australia | one | Guillermo Perez ( MEX ) | (SUP) one | ||||||||||
| Zhu Muyan ( TPE ) | 7 | Julis Gabriel Mercedes ( DOM ) | one | ||||||||||
| Dixon Womuiri Kenya | 0 | Zhu Muyan ( TPE ) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Julis Gabriel Mercedes ( DOM ) | 3 | Julis Gabriel Mercedes ( DOM ) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Pedro Povoa Puerto rico | 0 | Julis Gabriel Mercedes ( DOM ) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Alfonso Martinez Belize | one | Juan Antonio Ramos Spain | 2 | ||||||||||
| Juan Antonio Ramos Spain | 2 | Juan Antonio Ramos Spain | 3 | ||||||||||
| Reza Naderian Iran | one | Marcio Wenceslas Brazil | 2 | ||||||||||
| Marcio Wenceslas Brazil | 2 | ||||||||||||
- Comforting competition
| First round | Third place match | |||||||
| Chautawal Khawlaor Thailand | 2 | |||||||
| Zhu Muyan ( TPE ) | one | Zhu Muyan ( TPE ) | four | |||||
| Pedro Povoa Puerto rico | −1 | |||||||
| Rohulla Nikpay ( AFG ) | four | |||||||
| Michael Harvey Great Britain | one | Juan Antonio Ramos Spain | one | |||||
| Rohulla Nikpay ( AFG ) | 2 | |||||||
Links
- Taekwondo on the website of the official website of the Games (English) (Chinese) (French)