Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 49 kg

The women's 49 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 20 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium . A total of 16 women competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 49 kilograms. Preliminaries started at 9:00, quarterfinals at 15:00, semifinals at 17:00, repechage at 18.00, bronze medal bouts at 19.00 and the final at 20:00. Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions.

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. A repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competeed 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.

Medalists

Results

;Legend
*PTG — Won by Points Gap
*SUP — Won by Superiority
*OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)

Main bracket

16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds
RD1=Preliminary round
RD4=Gold medal match
team-width=210
RD1-team01=flagIOCathlete|Gladys Mora|COL|2008 Summer
RD1-score01=-1
RD1-team02=flagIOCathlete|Yang Shu-Chun|TPE|2008 Summer
RD1-score02=0
RD1-team03=flagIOCathlete|Sara Khoshjamal|IRI|2008 Summer
RD1-score03=5
RD1-team04=flagIOCathlete|Ghizlane Toudali|MAR|2008 Summer
RD1-score04=0
RD1-team05=flagIOCathlete|Mildred Alango|KEN|2008 Summer
RD1-score05=0
RD1-team06="'flagIOCathlete|Wu Jingyu|CHN|2008 Summer
RD1-score06="'7
RD1-team07=flagIOCathlete|Hanna Zajc|SWE|2008 Summer
RD1-score07="'2
RD1-team08=flagIOCathlete|Ivett Gonda|CAN|2008 Summer
RD1-score08=0
RD1-team09=flagIOCathlete|Sumeyye Gulec|GER|2008 Summer
RD1-score09=2
RD1-team10=flagIOCathlete|Dalia Contreras|VEN|2008 Summer
RD1-score10=4
RD1-team11=flagIOCathlete|Manuela Bezzola|SUI|2008 Summer
RD1-score11=0
RD1-team12=flagIOCathlete|Charlotte Craig|USA|2008 Summer
RD1-score12=4
RD1-team13=flagIOCathlete|Theresa Tona|PNG|2008 Summer
RD1-score13=0
RD1-team14=flagIOCathlete|Tran Thi Ngoc Truc|VIE|2008 Summer
RD1-score14=5
RD1-team15=flagIOCathlete|Buttree Puedpong|THA|2008 Summer
RD1-score15=1
RD1-team16=flagIOCathlete|Daynellis Montejo|CUB|2008 Summer
RD1-score16=0

RD2-team01=flagIOCathlete|Yang Shu-Chun|TPE|2008 Summer
RD2-score01=2
RD2-team02=flagIOCathlete|Sara Khoshjamal|IRI|2008 Summer
RD2-score02=0
RD2-team03=flagIOCathlete|Wu Jingyu|CHN|2008 Summer
RD2-score03=8
RD2-team04=flagIOCathlete|Hanna Zajc|SWE|2008 Summer
RD2-score04=1
RD2-team05=flagIOCathlete|Dalia Contreras|VEN|2008 Summer
RD2-score05=3
RD2-team06=flagIOCathlete|Charlotte Craig|USA|2008 Summer
RD2-score06=2
RD2-team07=flagIOCathlete|Tran Thi Ngoc Truc|VIE|2008 Summer
RD2-score07=1
RD2-team08=flagIOCathlete|Buttree Puedpong|THA|2008 Summer
RD2-score08=2

RD3-team01=flagIOCathlete|Yang Shu-Chun|TPE|2008 Summer
RD3-score01=1
RD3-team02=flagIOCathlete|Wu Jingyu|CHN|2008 Summer
RD3-score02=4
RD3-team03=flagIOCathlete|Dalia Contreras|VEN|2008 Summer
RD3-score03=2
RD3-team04=flagIOCathlete|Buttree Puedpong|THA|2008 Summer
RD3-score04=(SUP)
2

RD4-team01=flagIOCathlete|Wu Jingyu|CHN|2008 Summer
RD4-score01=1
RD4-team02=flagIOCathlete|Buttree Puedpong|THA|2008 Summer
RD4-score02=-1

Repechage

3TeamBracket
RD1=Round 1
RD2=Bronze medal match

RD1-team1=flagIOCathlete|Tran Thi Ngoc Truc|VIE|2008 Summer |RD1-score1= 0
RD1-team2=flagIOCathlete|Daynellis Montejo|CUB|2008 Summer |RD1-score2= 4

RD2-team1=flagIOCathlete|Yang Shu-Chun|TPE|2008 Summer |RD2-score1= 2
RD2-team2=flagIOCathlete|Daynellis Montejo|CUB|2008 Summer |RD2-score2= 3

3TeamBracket
RD1=Round 1
RD2=Bronze medal match

RD1-team1=flagIOCathlete|Mildred Alango|KEN|2008 Summer |RD1-score1= (SUP)
2
RD1-team2=flagIOCathlete|Hanna Zajc|SWE|2008 Summer |RD1-score2= 2
RD2-team1=flagIOCathlete|Mildred Alango|KEN|2008 Summer |RD2-score1= 0
RD2-team2=flagIOCathlete|Dalia Contreras|VEN|2008 Summer |RD2-score2= 1

References

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