Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg

The men's +80 kg competition in Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 10 August 2024 at the Grand Palais.^[1]

Men's +80 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais
Date	10 August 2024
Competitors	17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Arian Salimi  Iran Caden Cunningham  Great Britain Rafael Alba  Cuba Cheick Sallah Cissé  Ivory Coast
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Background

This is the seventh appearance of the men's super heavyweight category.

Vladislav Larin is a defending champion, but the IOC did not claim him neutral, Nikita Rafalovich took his spot, but lost to the eventual champion Arian Salimi, marking Iran won gold in taekwondo for the first time since Beijing 2008, in the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, 2020 silver medalist Dejan Georgievski lost to Artsiom Plonis and did not qualify, one of the bronze medalists, In Kyo-don did not qualify, and the only returning medalist Rafael Alba won by beating Emre Kutalmış Ateşli and lost to Caden Cunningham, the silver medalist, later, Alba won by beating the 2016 silver medalist, Abdoul Razak Issoufou and Ivan Šapina to win a bronze medal.

Seeds

Every practitioner has numbered a seed.

1.  Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) (Bronze medalist)
2.  Carlos Sansores (MEX) (loser of bronze medals)
3.  Ivan Šapina (CRO) (loser of bronze medals)
4.  Caden Cunningham (GBR) (silver medalist)
5.  Emre Kutalmış Ateşli (TUR) (round of 16)
6.  Richard Ordemann (NOR) (quarterfinals)
7.  Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) (loser of repechages)
8.  Song Zhaoxiang (CHN) (round of 16)
9.  Jonathan Healy (USA) (quarterfinals)
10.  Arian Salimi (IRI) (Champion)
11.  Patrik Divkovič (SLO) (round of 16)
12.  Rafael Alba (CUB) (bronze medalist)
13.  Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG) (loser of repechages)
14.  Alasan Ann (GAM) (round of 16)
15.  Paivou Gomis (GBS) (round of 16)
16.  Gibson Mara (PNG) (qualification)
17.  Kasra Mehdipournejad (EOR) (round of 16)

Results

Gold medal match

	Gold medal match
	4	Caden Cunningham (GBR)	6	1	3
	10	Arian Salimi (IRI)	3	9	6

Repechage

	Repechage							Bronze Medal
								3	Ivan Šapina (CRO)	1	0
								12	Rafael Alba (CUB)	6	9
	12	Rafael Alba (CUB)	0	2	6
	13	Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG)	4	0	0

	Repechage							Bronze Medal
	7	Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	2	0	0
	2	Carlos Sansores (MEX)	1	2	1
								2	Carlos Sansores (MEX)	4	6	3
								1	Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)	5	5	5

Main bracket

Pool A

	Qualification round							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
								13	Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG)	5	0
								4	Caden Cunningham (GBR)	6	0
															4	Caden Cunningham (GBR)	0	0	4
															12	Rafael Alba (CUB)	0	4	2
								5	Emre Kutalmış Ateşli (TUR)	0	0
								12	Rafael Alba (CUB)	3	9
																						4	Caden Cunningham (GBR)	11	5	5
																						1	Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)	6	7	5
								9	Jonathan Healy (USA)	3	7	8
								8	Song Zhaoxiang (CHN)	4	3	0
															9	Jonathan Healy (USA)	2	0
															1	Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)	4	1
								1	Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)	6	13
									Kasra Mehdipournejad (EOR)	1	1
	16	Gibson Mara (PNG)	4	0	2
		Kasra Mehdipournejad (EOR)	3	6	15

Pool B

	Qualification round							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals
								15	Paivou Gomis (GBS)	1	1
								2	Carlos Sansores (MEX)	8	7
															2	Carlos Sansores (MEX)	2	4	0
															10	Arian Salimi (IRI)	2	6	12
								7	Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	2	1
								10	Arian Salimi (IRI)	8	5
																						10	Arian Salimi (IRI)	5	9	9
																						3	Ivan Šapina (CRO)	12	8	6
								11	Patrik Divkovič (SLO)	2	2	9
								6	Richard Ordemann (NOR)	2	2	12
															6	Richard Ordemann (NOR)	5	7	3
															3	Ivan Šapina (CRO)	3	13	5
								3	Ivan Šapina (CRO)	7	10
								14	Alasan Ann (GAM)	1	1