Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg

The men's 58 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 men competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 58 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 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 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.

Results

Legend

• PTG — Won by Points Gap
• SUP — Won by Superiority

Main bracket

Repechage

References

• Competition format