Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's +80 kg

The men's +80 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place in the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium on August 23. A total of 16 men competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight is more than 80 kilograms. Preliminaries started at 11:00, quarterfinals at 16:00, semifinals at 17:30, repechage at 18.30, bronze medal bouts at 19.30 and the final at 20:30. Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions.

The main bracket consists of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. A repechage is used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who loses to one of the two finalists competes in the repechage, another single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faces the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match.

Cuban competitor Ángel Valodia Matos was leading 3-2 in the bronze medal bout against Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov, until he apparently suffered a broken toe, and was subsequently disqualified for exceeding the allotted one minute of injury time. Matos kicked referee Chakir Chelbat in the face, pushed a judge and spat on the floor of the arena before being escorted out by security. His coach, Leodis González, criticized the referee's ruling as too strict and also accused Kazakhstan of bribing officials.

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) said that Matos and González (pending IOC approval and a possible appeal) would be banned from all its future sanctioned events and his records at the Beijing Games would be erased. As Chelbat received a cut lip that required seven stitches, the WTF is also considering legal action against the Cuban team.

Medalists

Tournament results

;Legend
*PTG — Won by Points Gap
*SUP — Won by Superiority
*KO — Won by knockout
*WDR — Withdraw
*DSQ — Disqualification

Main bracket

16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds
RD1=Preliminary round
RD4=Gold medal match
team-width=185

RD1-team01=flagIOCathlete|Chika Chukwumerije|NGR|2008 Summer
RD1-score01=3
RD1-team02=flagIOCathlete|Nguyen Van Hung|VIE|2008 Summer
RD1-score02=1
RD1-team03=flagIOCathlete|Mickael Borot|FRA|2008 Summer
RD1-score03=5
RD1-team04=flagIOCathlete|Daba Modibo Keita|MLI|2008 Summer
RD1-score04=6
RD1-team05=flagIOCathlete|Alexandros Nikolaidis|GRE|2008 Summer
RD1-score05=4
RD1-team06=flagIOCathlete|Arman Chilmanov|KAZ|2008 Summer
RD1-score06=3
RD1-team07=flagIOCathlete|Abdelkader Zrouri|MAR|2008 Summer
RD1-score07=KO
Round2
1:40
RD1-team08=flagIOCathlete|Juan Diaz|VEN|2008 Summer
RD1-score08=-
RD1-team09=flagIOCathlete|Matt Beach|NZL|2008 Summer
RD1-score09=1
RD1-team10=flagIOCathlete|Liu Xiaobo|CHN|2008 Summer
RD1-score10=4
RD1-team11=flagIOCathlete|Leonardo Basile|ITA|2008 Summer
RD1-score11=1
RD1-team12=flagIOCathlete|Angel Matos|CUB|2008 Summer
RD1-score12="'3
RD1-team13=flagIOCathlete|Akmal Irgashev|UZB|2008 Summer
RD1-score13="'11
RD1-team14=flagIOCathlete|Jon Garcia|ESP|2008 Summer
RD1-score14=10
RD1-team15=flagIOCathlete|Kristopher Moitland|CRC|2008 Summer
RD1-score15=-2
RD1-team16=flagIOCathlete|Cha Dong-Min|KOR|2008 Summer
RD1-score16="'1

RD2-team01=flagIOCathlete|Chika Chukwumerije|NGR|2008 Summer
RD2-score01="'1
RD2-team02=flagIOCathlete|Daba Modibo Keita|MLI|2008 Summer
RD2-score02=0
RD2-team03=flagIOCathlete|Alexandros Nikolaidis|GRE|2008 Summer
RD2-score03="'5
RD2-team04=flagIOCathlete|Abdelkader Zrouri|MAR|2008 Summer
RD2-score04=4
RD2-team05=flagIOCathlete|Liu Xiaobo|CHN|2008 Summer
RD2-score05=1
RD2-team06=flagIOCathlete|Angel Matos|CUB|2008 Summer
RD2-score06="'2
RD2-team07=flagIOCathlete|Akmal Irgashev|UZB|2008 Summer
RD2-score07=0
RD2-team08="'flagIOCathlete|Cha Dong-Min|KOR|2008 Summer
RD2-score08="'2

RD3-team01=flagIOCathlete|Chika Chukwumerije|NGR|2008 Summer
RD3-score01=2
RD3-team02=flagIOCathlete|Alexandros Nikolaidis|GRE|2008 Summer
RD3-score02="'3
RD3-team03=flagIOCathlete|Angel Matos|CUB|2008 Summer
RD3-score03=0
RD3-team04="'flagIOCathlete|Cha Dong-Min|KOR|2008 Summer
RD3-score04="'1

RD4-team01=flagIOCathlete|Alexandros Nikolaidis|GRE|2008 Summer
RD4-score01=4
RD4-team02=flagIOCathlete|Cha Dong-Min|KOR|2008 Summer
RD4-score02="'5

Repechage

3TeamBracket
RD1=Round 1
RD2=Bronze medal match

RD1-team1= flagIOCathlete|Akmal Irgashev|UZB|2008 Summer |RD1-score1= "'6
RD1-team2= flagIOCathlete|Kristopher Moitland|CRC|2008 Summer |RD1-score2= 5

RD2-team1= flagIOCathlete|Chika Chukwumerije|NGR|2008 Summer |RD2-score1= 4
RD2-team2= flagIOCathlete|Akmal Irgashev|UZB|2008 Summer|RD2-score2= 3

3TeamBracket
RD1=Round 1
RD2=Bronze medal match

RD1-team1=flagIOCathlete|Arman Chilmanov|KAZ|2008 Summer |RD1-score1= -
RD1-team2= flagIOCathlete|Abdelkader Zrouri|MAR|2008 Summer |RD1-score2 =WDR

RD2-team1= flagIOCathlete|Arman Chilmanov|KAZ|2008 Summer |RD2-score1= -
RD2-team2= flagIOCathlete|Angel Matos|CUB|2008 Summer |RD2-score2= DSQ

References

* [http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/taekwondo/n214432203.shtml Competition format]