| Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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| Men | Women | ||||
| 58 kg | 49 kg | ||||
| 68 kg | 57 kg | ||||
| 80 kg | 67 kg | ||||
| +80 kg | +67 kg | ||||
The women's 57 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place in the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium on August 21. A total of 16 women competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight is less than 57 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 was 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.
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| Gold | Lim Su-Jeong South Korea (KOR) |
| Silver | Azize Tanrıkulu Turkey (TUR) |
| Bronze | Diana López United States (USA) |
| Martina Zubčić Croatia (CRO) |
| Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||
| Mariam Bah (CIV) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Robin Cheong (NZL) | 1 | Robin Cheong (NZL) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Su Li-Wen (TPE) | 0 | Lim Su-Jeong (KOR) | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lim Su-Jeong (KOR) | 1 | Lim Su-Jeong (KOR) | 5 | ||||||||||
| Doris Patiño (COL) | 0 | Veronica Calabrese (ITA) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Veronica Calabrese (ITA) | 2 | Veronica Calabrese (ITA) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu (VIE) | 0 | Bineta Diedhiou (SEN) | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bineta Diedhiou (SEN) | 1 | Lim Su-Jeong (KOR) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Diana López (USA) | 2 | Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR) | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chonnapas Premwaew (THA) | 0 | Diana López (USA) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR) | 7 | Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Teo Elaine (MAS) | 4 | Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR) | 5 | ||||||||||
| Martina Zubčić (CRO) | 4 | Martina Zubčić (CRO) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Bat-El Gatterer (ISR) | 3 | Martina Zubčić (CRO) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Debora Nunes (BRA) | Debora Nunes (BRA) | 2 | |||||||||||
| Lailatou Amadou Lele (NIG) | DSQ | ||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Bronze medal match | |||||||
| Veronica Calabrese (ITA) | 2 | |||||||
| Diana López (USA) | 3 | Diana López (USA) | 3 | |||||
| Teo Elaine (MAS) | 0 | |||||||
| Round 1 | Bronze medal match | |||||||
| Su Li-Wen (TPE) | 4 | |||||||
| Su Li-Wen (TPE) | 1 | Martina Zubčić (CRO) | 5 | |||||
| Robin Cheong (NZL) | 0 | |||||||