Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg

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Men's 58 kg
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue State Sports Centre
Date27 September
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Michalis Mouroutsos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Silver medal icon.svg Gabriel Esparza Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Huang Chih-hsiung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
  1992
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The men's 58 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on 27 September at the State Sports Centre. [1]

Greece's Michalis Mouroutsos handily defeated the Spaniard Gabriel Esparza with a score of 4–2 to take the gold in the men's flyweight class. [2] [3] The bronze medal was awarded to Chinese Taipei's Huang Chih-hsiung, who overwhelmed Argentina's Gabriel Taraburelli for a 3–0 victory in the repechage. [3] [4]

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event. [5]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 27 September 200009:00
11:30
15:30
20:30
Preliminary Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Competitors

AthleteNation
Gabriel Taraburelli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Gabriel Sagastume Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
Roberto Cruz Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Kiyoteru Higuchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Huang Chih-hsiung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Talaat Abada Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Michalis Mouroutsos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
József Salim Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Juan Moreno Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Naser Buftain Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Mfanukhona Dlamini Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland
Paul Lyons Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Younès Sekkat Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Gabriel Esparza Flag of Spain.svg  Spain


Results

Legend

Main bracket

Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
Flag of Argentina.svg  Gabriel Taraburelli  (ARG)7
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Gabriel Sagastume  (GUA)−1 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Roberto Cruz  (PHI)5
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Roberto Cruz  (PHI)4Flag of Argentina.svg  Gabriel Taraburelli  (ARG)1
Flag of Japan.svg  Kiyoteru Higuchi  (JPN)0 Flag of Greece.svg  Michalis Mouroutsos  (GRE)2
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang Chih-hsiung  (TPE)4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang Chih-hsiung  (TPE)1
Flag of Egypt.svg  Talaat Abada  (EGY)0 Flag of Greece.svg  Michalis Mouroutsos  (GRE)2
Flag of Greece.svg  Michalis Mouroutsos  (GRE)5Flag of Greece.svg  Michalis Mouroutsos  (GRE)4
Flag of Hungary.svg  József Salim  (HUN)2Flag of Spain.svg  Gabriel Esparza  (ESP)2
Flag of the United States.svg  Juan Moreno  (USA)0 Flag of Hungary.svg  József Salim  (HUN)1+
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Naser Buftain  (KUW)0:00-3 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Naser Buftain  (KUW)1
Flag of Swaziland.svg  Mfanukhona Dlamini  (SWZ)RSCFlag of Hungary.svg  József Salim  (HUN)0
Flag of Australia.svg  Paul Lyons  (AUS)4 Flag of Spain.svg  Gabriel Esparza  (ESP)5
Flag of Morocco.svg  Younès Sekkat  (MAR)4+Flag of Morocco.svg  Younès Sekkat  (MAR)1
Flag of Spain.svg  Gabriel Esparza  (ESP)3

Repechage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal match
Flag of Argentina.svg  Gabriel Taraburelli  (ARG)5
Flag of Morocco.svg  Younès Sekkat  (MAR)4
Flag of Argentina.svg  Gabriel Taraburelli  (ARG)0
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang Chih-hsiung  (TPE)3
Flag of Hungary.svg  József Salim  (HUN)0
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang Chih-hsiung  (TPE)7Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang Chih-hsiung  (TPE)1
Flag of Egypt.svg  Talaat Abada  (EGY)2

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