Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

Women's 57 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	State Sports Centre
Date	28 September
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Jung Jae-eun   South Korea Tran Hieu Ngan   Vietnam Hamide Bıkçın Tosun   Turkey
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The women's 57 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on September 28 at the State Sports Centre.

South Korean fighter Jung Jae-eun yielded a 2–0 lead over her Vietnamese opponent Tran Hieu Ngan to capture her nation's first ever Olympic gold medal in the sport. Additionally, silver medalist Tran smade history to become Vietnam's first ever Olympic medalist. ^{[1] [2]} Meanwhile, 1995 World champion Hamide Bıkçın Tosun of Turkey, who lost to Jung in the semifinal and whose delegation complained about alleged biased judging, regrouped to beat Netherlands' Virginia Lourens 7–5 for the bronze. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 28 September 2000	09:00 11:30 15:30 20:30	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Competitors

Athlete	Nation
Hamide Bıkçın Tosun	Turkey
Hsu Chih-ling	Chinese Taipei
Cynthia Cameron	Australia
Cristiana Corsi	Italy
Carmen Silva	Brazil
Jung Jae-eun	South Korea
Virginia Lourens	Netherlands
Areti Athanasopoulou	Greece
Shimaa Afifi	Egypt
Tran Hieu Ngan	Vietnam
Cheryl Ann Sankar	Trinidad and Tobago
Jasmin Strachan	Philippines

Results

Legend

• PTG — Won by points gap
• SUP — Won by superiority
• OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)
• WO — Walkover

Main bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
						Hamide Bıkçın Tosun  (TUR)		6
	Hsu Chih-ling  (TPE)		6			Hsu Chih-ling  (TPE)		3
	Cynthia Cameron  (AUS)		0								Hamide Bıkçın Tosun  (TUR)		2
	Cristiana Corsi  (ITA)		5								Jung Jae-eun  (KOR)		3
	Carmen Silva  (BRA)		2			Cristiana Corsi  (ITA)		1
						Jung Jae-eun  (KOR)		8
																Jung Jae-eun  (KOR)		2
																Tran Hieu Ngan  (VIE)		0
						Virginia Lourens  (NED)		8
	Areti Athanasopoulou  (GRE)		7+			Areti Athanasopoulou  (GRE)		6
	Shimaa Afifi  (EGY)		7								Virginia Lourens  (NED)		6
	Tran Hieu Ngan  (VIE)		2								Tran Hieu Ngan  (VIE)		9
	Cheryl Ann Sankar  (TRI)		0			Tran Hieu Ngan  (VIE)		8
						Jasmin Strachan  (PHI)		3

Repechage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Jasmin Strachan  (PHI)

5+

Cheryl Ann Sankar  (TRI)

5

Hamide Bıkçın Tosun  (TUR)

9

Jasmin Strachan  (PHI)

3

Hamide Bıkçın Tosun  (TUR)

7

Virginia Lourens  (NED)

5

Virginia Lourens  (NED)

6

Cristiana Corsi  (ITA)

5

References

1. "Taekwondo Yields One Gold, One Silver". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
2. "Medal first for Vietnam". BBC Sport. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
3. "Taekwondo – Competition format". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

External links

• Official Report Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine