World Qualification Tournament  | |||||
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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 49 is a competition featured at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, and was held at the Sarhadchi Olympic Center in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 2. The first three ranked athletes qualify their NOCs a place each at the 2012 Olympic Games.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||
 Wu Jingyu (CHN) | 15 | ||||||
 Yang Shu-chun (TPE) | 7 | Wu Jingyu (CHN) | WD | ||||
 Yajaira Peguero (DOM) | 1 |  Lucija Zaninović (CRO) | |||||
| Lucija Zaninović (CRO) | 14 | ||||||
| 3rd place | |||||||
| Yang Shu-chun (TPE) | 8 | ||||||
| Yajaira Peguero (DOM) | 0 | ||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
| Wu Jingyu (CHN) | 11 | ||||||||||||||
 Aischal van der Linde (ARU) | DQ | Aischal van der Linde (ARU) | 0 | ||||||||||||
 Liliana Mircică (ROU) | Wu Jingyu (CHN) | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Julissa Diez Canseco (PER) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Julissa Diez Canseco (PER) | DQ | ||||||||||||||
 Hind Mokhtari (ALG) | |||||||||||||||
| Wu Jingyu (CHN) | 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Erika Kasahara (JPN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Svetlana Igumenova (RUS) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Shraddha Dixit (IND) | 0 |  Ivett Gonda (CAN) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Ivett Gonda (CAN) | 10 | Ivett Gonda (CAN) | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Elaine Teo (MAS) | Erika Kasahara (JPN) | 7 | |||||||||||||
 Andrea Erazo (HON) | DQ | Andrea Erazo (HON) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Erika Kasahara (JPN) | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
 Jannet Alegría (MEX) | 7 | ||||||||||||||
 Gita Cherkezia (GEO) | 0 |  Carola López (ARG) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Carola López (ARG) | 6 | Jannet Alegría (MEX) | 17 | ||||||||||||
 Nour Abdelsalam (EGY) | 8 |  Carolena Carstens (PAN) | 7 | ||||||||||||
 Cynthia Kragbe (CIV) | 0 | Nour Abdelsalam (EGY) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Carolena Carstens (PAN) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jannet Alegría (MEX) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Yang Shu-chun (TPE) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
 Jyra Lizardo (PHI) | 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Mildred Alango (KEN) |  Nila Ahmadi (AFG) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Nila Ahmadi (AFG) | DQ | Jyra Lizardo (PHI) | 0 | ||||||||||||
 Raya Hatahet (JOR) | 8 | Yang Shu-chun (TPE) | 12 | ||||||||||||
 Fransisca Valentina (INA) | 7 | Raya Hatahet (JOR) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Yang Shu-chun (TPE) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
 Brigitte Yagüe (ESP) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Anna Mirkin (ISR) | 8 |  Elizabeth Zamora (GUA) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Zamora (GUA) | 11 | Elizabeth Zamora (GUA) | 6 | ||||||||||||
 Iliyana Eneva (BUL) | DQ |  Krisztina Sikesdi (HUN) | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Rosa Keleku (COD) | Iliyana Eneva (BUL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Krisztina Sikesdi (HUN) | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Zamora (GUA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Yajaira Peguero (DOM) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Sümeyye Manz (GER) | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Kiran Bano (PAK) | 2 | Yajaira Peguero (DOM) | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Yajaira Peguero (DOM) | 14 | Yajaira Peguero (DOM) | 6 | ||||||||||||
 Stavroulla Iosifaki (CYP) | 2 |  Chanatip Sonkham (THA) | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Aminata Traoré (MLI) | 6 | Aminata Traoré (MLI) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chanatip Sonkham (THA) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||
| Lucija Zaninović (CRO) | 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Jennifer Hurley (IRL) | 4 |  Galina Khan (UZB) | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Galina Khan (UZB) | 8 | Lucija Zaninović (CRO) | 14 | ||||||||||||
 Ganna Soroka (UKR) | 7 | Ganna Soroka (UKR) | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Manivanh Khounviseth (LAO) | 2 | Ganna Soroka (UKR) | 8 | ||||||||||||
 Katia Arakaki (BRA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lucija Zaninović (CRO) | 15 | ||||||||||||||
 Sanaa Atabrour (MAR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Haya Jumaa (UAE) | |||||||||||||||
 Natascha Mitrovits (AUT) | DQ | ||||||||||||||
| Natascha Mitrovits (AUT) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Anneleen Goffin (BEL) | Sanaa Atabrour (MAR) | 7 | |||||||||||||
 Federica Mastrantoni (ITA) | DQ | Federica Mastrantoni (ITA) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Sanaa Atabrour (MAR) | 10 | ||||||||||||||
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