Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg

Taekwondo at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Men Women
  58 kg     49 kg  
  68 kg     57 kg  
  80 kg     67 kg  
  +80 kg     +67 kg  

These are the results of the women's 49 kg (also known as flyweight) competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. A total of 12 women competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 49 kilograms. Competition took place in the State Sports Centre at the Sydney Olympic Park on September 27.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Lauren Burns
Australia (AUS)
Silver  Urbia Melendez
Cuba (CUB)
Bronze  Chi Shu-Ju
Chinese Taipei (TPE)

Tournament results

The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket. Those fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the bronze medalist for the event.

Legend

Main bracket

Preliminary round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Gold medal match
                           
  Nguyen (VIE) bye  
           Nguyen (VIE) 1  
  Guvenc (TUR) 6     Guvenc (TUR) 2  
  Ditan (PHI) 1         Guvenc (TUR) 1  
  Perez (MEX) 1         Melendez (CUB) 3  
  Melendez (CUB) 4       Melendez (CUB) 3
         Thamae (LES) 0  
  Thamae (LES) bye         Melendez (CUB) 2
  Wangsa Putri (INA) bye         Burns (AUS) 4
           Wangsa Putri (INA) 2  
  Poulsen (DEN) 4     Poulsen (DEN) 7  
  Poe (USA) 3         Poulsen (DEN) 0
  Helvacioglu (GER) 0         Burns (AUS) 1  
  Chi (TPE) 1       Chi (TPE) 3
         Burns (AUS) 3 (SUP)  
  Burns (AUS) bye  

Repechage

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Bronze medal match
                   
        Guvenc (TUR) 0  
  Chi (TPE) bye       Chi (TPE) 3  
             Chi (TPE) 4
      Poulsen (DEN) 0
        Poulsen (DEN) 2
  Thamae (LES) 3       Perez (MEX) 1  
  Perez (MEX) 5  

References