Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

Taekwondo at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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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Medalists

Gold  Lim Su-Jeong
South Korea (KOR)
Silver  Azize Tanrıkulu
Turkey (TUR)
Bronze  Diana López
United States (USA)
 Martina Zubčić
Croatia (CRO)

Tournament results

Legend

Main bracket

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  

Repechage

  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  

References