Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg

Men's 58 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex
Date	26 August
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Chu Mu-Yen   Chinese Taipei Óscar Salazar   Mexico Tamer Bayoumi   Egypt
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The men's 58 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on August 26 at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.

Chu Mu-yen collected one of Chinese Taipei's first ever Olympic gold medals at these Games in the event after beating Mexico's Óscar Salazar 5–1 in their final match. ^[1] Meanwhile, the bronze medal was awarded to Egyptian fighter Tamer Bayoumi, who easily thwarted Spain's Juan Antonio Ramos in the repechage final 7–1. Despite high hopes, Greece's home favorite Michalis Mouroutsos missed his Olympic title defense after losing the quarterfinal match 2–8 to Bayoumi. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 26 August 2004	11:00 16:00 17:30 20:30	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

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
	Tamer Bayoumi  (EGY)		10
	Marcel Ferreira  (BRA)		2			Tamer Bayoumi  (EGY)		8
	Ussadate Sutthikunkarn  (THA)		2			Michalis Mouroutsos  (GRE)		2
	Michalis Mouroutsos  (GRE)		5								Tamer Bayoumi  (EGY)		4
	Ezedin Belgasem  (LBA)		1:15-1								Chu Mu-Yen  (TPE)		5
	Chu Mu-Yen  (TPE)		RSC			Chu Mu-Yen  (TPE)		9
	Tshomlee Go  (PHI)		6			Juan Antonio Ramos  (ESP)		1
	Juan Antonio Ramos  (ESP)		7													Chu Mu-Yen  (TPE)		5
	Satriyo Rahadhani  (INA)		5													Óscar Salazar  (MEX)		1
	Paul Green  (GBR)		6			Paul Green  (GBR)		2
	Seyfula Magomedov  (RUS)		10			Nguyen Quoc Huan  (VIE)		4
	Nguyen Quoc Huan  (VIE)		12								Nguyen Quoc Huan  (VIE)		0
	Oleksandr Shaposhnyk  (UKR)		7								Óscar Salazar  (MEX)		8
	Akram Abdullah  (YEM)		5			Oleksandr Shaposhnyk  (UKR)		2
	Óscar Salazar  (MEX)		10			Óscar Salazar  (MEX)		6
	Gabriel Mercedes  (DOM)		1

Repechage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Bronze medal match
					Tamer Bayoumi  (EGY)	WO
	Oleksandr Shaposhnyk  (UKR)				Gabriel Mercedes  (DOM)
	Gabriel Mercedes  (DOM)	WO							Tamer Bayoumi  (EGY)	7
									Juan Antonio Ramos  (ESP)	1
					Nguyen Quoc Huan  (VIE)	0
	Juan Antonio Ramos  (ESP)	WO			Juan Antonio Ramos  (ESP)	8
	Ezedin Belgasem  (LBA)

References

1. "Chinese Taipei wins two golds in taekwondo". People's Daily. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
2. "Applause in Athens". Al-Ahram Weekly. 27 August 2004. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
3. Lin, Chieh-yu (27 August 2004). "Taekwondo team wins two gold medals". Taipei Times . Retrieved 23 December 2014.
4. "Taekwondo – Competition format". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

External links

• Official Report Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine