Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg

The men's 68 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August, at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Men's 68kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	9 August
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Servet Tazegül  Turkey M Bagheri Motamed  Iran Terrence Jennings  United States Rohullah Nikpai  Afghanistan
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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 competes 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.^[1]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 9 August 2012	09:15 15:15 17:15 22:30	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Results

On 13 July 2012, the World Taekwondo Federation released the provisional draw which included the top eight seeds for the competition.^[2] The remainder of the qualified athletes were randomly drawn on 6 August 2012.^[3]

Main bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	1	Servet Tazegül (TUR)	8
	15	Terrence Jennings (USA)	6
						1	Servet Tazegül (TUR)	9
							Hryhorii Husarov (UKR)	2
	14	Hryhorii Husarov (UKR)	10
	8	Logan Campbell (NZL)	6
											1	Servet Tazegül (TUR)	9
											4	Martin Stamper (GBR)	6
	5	Peter López (PER)	3
		Damir Fejzić (SRB)	5
							Damir Fejzić (SRB)	3
						4	Martin Stamper (GBR)	8
		Erick Osornio (MEX)	2
	4	Martin Stamper (GBR)	5
																1	Servet Tazegül (TUR)	6
																2	Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (IRI)	5
	3	Mohammad Abu-Libdeh (JOR)	13 (PTG)
		Isah Mohammad (NGR)	1
						3	Mohammad Abu-Libdeh (JOR)	5
						6	Diogo Silva (BRA)	7
		Dmitriy Kim (UZB)	2
	6	Diogo Silva (BRA)	3 (SUD)
											6	Diogo Silva (BRA)	5
											2	Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (IRI)	5 (SUP)
	7	Rohullah Nikpai (AFG)	12
		Michał Łoniewski (POL)	5
						7	Rohullah Nikpai (AFG)	4
						2	Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (IRI)	5 (SUD)
		David Boui (CAF)	2
	2	Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (IRI)	7

Repechage

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.^[1]

	Preliminary Round