Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (The Olympics was postponed to at least 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [2] The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs. Each NOC is allowed to enter up to one competitor per event, resulting in a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender.

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Five quota places will be awarded to the top-ranked practitioners in each of the eight weight classes (four per gender) through the World Taekwondo (WT) Olympic rankings, while the highest-ranked practitioner of each weight category on merit points standing will grant one quota place each for their respective NOC through the WT Grand Slam Champions Series. If an NOC has qualified a minimum of two male and a minimum of two female athletes through ranking, it cannot participate in the respective Continental Qualification Tournament, unless it relinquishes the places obtained through ranking. [1]

Four places have been reserved to the host nation Japan, and another four have been invited by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places are allocated through a qualification process in which athletes have won quota place for their respective NOC. 48 taekwondo fighters, 24 in each gender and the top 6 in each weight category, are eligible to compete through the WT Olympic rankings, while the rest through the five Continental Qualification Tournaments. [1]

If an NOC having qualified through a Qualification Tournament relinquishes a quota place, it would be allocated to the nation of the next highest placed athlete in the respective weight category of that tournament as long as the addition of the place does not exceed the maximum quota for that nation. [1]

Timeline

EventDateVenue
WT Olympic RankingsDecember 7, 2019
WT Grand Slam Series RankingsDecember 20, 2019
African Qualification Tournament February 22–23, 2020 Flag of Morocco.svg Rabat, Morocco
Oceania Qualification Tournament February 29, 2020 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gold Coast, Australia
Pan American Qualification Tournament March 11–12, 2020 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Heredia, Costa Rica
European Qualification Tournament May 7–8, 2021 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia, Bulgaria [note 1]
Asian Qualification Tournament May 21–22, 2021 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman, Jordan [note 2]

Qualification summary

The following table summarises the outcome of qualification for the taekwondo tournament at the 2020 Olympics. 57 nations gained at least one quota place for Tokyo. China and South Korea were the most successful nation, gaining six places each, followed by the leading European nations, Great Britain and Turkey with five apiece. The Tripartite Commission quotas were announced on June 24, 2021. [6]

NOCMenWomenTotal
−58 kg −68 kg −80 kg +80 kg −49 kg −57 kg −67 kg +67 kg
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan Check-green.svg1
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Check-green.svg1
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Check-green.svg1
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Check-green.svg1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg3
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Check-green.svg1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg6
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Check-green.svg1
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba Check-green.svg1
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Check-green.svg1
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg3
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Check-green.svg1
Flag of France.svg  France Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Check-green.svg1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Check-green.svg1
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg5
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Check-green.svg1
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Check-green.svg1
Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras Check-green.svg1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Check-green.svg1
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg3
Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland Check-green.svg1
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Check-green.svg1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Jordan Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Check-green.svg1
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Check-green.svg1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Check-green.svg1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Check-green.svg1
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Check-green.svg1
Flag of North Macedonia (3-2).svg  North Macedonia Check-green.svg1
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Check-green.svg1
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Check-green.svg1
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Check-green.svg1
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Check-green.svg1
Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg3
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Check-green.svg1
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg6
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Check-green.svg1
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg5
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg2
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg4
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Check-green.svg1
Total: 62 NOCs1617161617171616131

Men's events

Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

−58 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6Flag of South Korea.svg  Jang Jun  (KOR)
Flag of Italy.svg  Vito Dell'Aquila  (ITA)
Flag of Spain.svg  Jesús Tortosa  (ESP)
Flag of Iran.svg  Armin Hadipour  (IRI)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Mikhail Artamonov  (ROC)
Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Jack Woolley  (IRL) [note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0
African Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Solomon Demse  (ETH)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi  (TUN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1Flag of Australia.svg  Safwan Khalil  (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Argentina.svg  Lucas Guzmán  (ARG)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Jefferson Ochoa  (COL)
European Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Hungary.svg  Omar Salim  (HUN)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Rui Bragança  (POR)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2Flag of the Philippines.svg  Kurt Bryan Barbosa  (PHI)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Ramnarong Sawekwiharee  (THA)
Host nation / Universality places1Flag of Japan.svg  Sergio Suzuki  (JPN)
Total16

−68 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Dae-hoon  (KOR)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Bradly Sinden  (GBR)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Shuai  (CHN)
Flag of Spain.svg  Javier Pérez  (ESP)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jaouad Achab  (BEL)
Flag of Iran.svg  Mirhashem Hosseini  (IRI) [note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0
African Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdelrahman Wael  (EGY)
Flag of Mali.svg  Seydou Fofana  (MLI)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  Tom Burns  (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Edival Pontes  (BRA)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Bernardo Pié  (DOM)
European Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Nedžad Husić  (BIH)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Hakan Reçber  (TUR)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang Yu-jen  (TPE)
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Ulugbek Rashitov  (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places1Flag of Japan.svg  Ricardo Suzuki  (JPN)
Additional1Olympic flag.svg  Abdullah Sediqi  (EOR)
Total17

−80 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Maksim Khramtsov  (ROC)
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Milad Beigi  (AZE)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Cheick Sallah Cissé  (CIV)
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Nikita Rafalovich  (UZB)
Flag of Spain.svg  Raúl Martínez  (ESP)
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Toni Kanaet  (CRO) [note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0
African Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Egypt.svg  Seif Eissa  (EGY)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Achraf Mahboubi  (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1Flag of Australia.svg  Jack Marton  (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Ícaro Miguel Soares  (BRA)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Moisés Hernández  (DOM)
European Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Alessio  (ITA)
Flag of Norway.svg  Richard Ordemann  (NOR)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Saleh Al-Sharabaty  (JOR)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Liu Wei-ting  (TPE)
Host nation / Universality places1Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Faysal Sawadogo  (BUR)
Total16

+80 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Vladislav Larin  (ROC)
Flag of South Korea.svg  In Kyo-don  (KOR)
Flag of Germany.svg  Alexander Bachmann  (GER)
Flag of Niger.svg  Abdoul Razak Issoufou  (NIG)
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Ivan Trajkovič  (SLO)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Mahama Cho  (GBR) [note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0
African Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Seydou Gbané  (CIV)
Flag of Gabon.svg  Anthony Obame  (GAB)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1Flag of Tonga.svg  Pita Taufatofua  (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Rafael Alba  (CUB)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Carlos Sansores  (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament 2Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Ivan Šapina  (CRO)
Flag of North Macedonia (3-2).svg  Dejan Georgievski  (MKD)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Hongyi  (CHN)
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Ruslan Zhaparov  (KAZ)
Host nation / Universality places1Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Farzad Mansouri  (AFG)
Total16

Women's events

Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

−49 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Panipak Wongpattanakit  (THA)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Sim Jae-young  (KOR)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Tijana Bogdanović  (SRB)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Rukiye Yıldırım  (TUR)
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Kristina Tomić  (CRO)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Jingyu  (CHN) [note 3]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Yvette Yong  (CAN) [note 4]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0
African Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Egypt.svg  Nour Abdelsalam  (EGY)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Oumaima El-Bouchti  (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 0
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Colombia.svg  Andrea Ramírez  (COL)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Victoria Stambaugh  (PUR)
European Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Spain.svg  Adriana Cerezo  (ESP)
Flag of Israel.svg  Avishag Semberg  (ISR)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Su Po-ya  (TPE)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Trương Thị Kim Tuyền  (VIE)
Host nation / Universality places1Flag of Japan.svg  Miyu Yamada  (JPN)
Additional1Olympic flag.svg  Dina Pouryounes  (EOR)
Total17

−57 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
5Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Jade Jones  (GBR)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Ah-reum  (KOR)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Tatiana Kudashova  (ROC)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Hatice Kübra İlgün  (TUR)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Skylar Park  (CAN)
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Lijun  (CHN)
African Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Morocco.svg  Nada Laaraj  (MAR)
Flag of Niger.svg  Tekiath Ben Yessouf  (NIG)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1Flag of Australia.svg  Stacey Hymer  (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2Flag of the United States.svg  Anastasija Zolotic  (USA)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Nishy Lee Lindo  (CRC) [note 5]
European Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Greece.svg  Fani Tzeli  (GRE)
Flag of Poland.svg  Patrycja Adamkiewicz  (POL)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Iran.svg  Nahid Kiani  (IRI)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lo Chia-ling  (TPE)
Host nation / Universality places1Flag of Japan.svg  Mayu Hamada  (JPN)
Additional1Olympic flag.svg  Kimia Alizadeh  (EOR)
Total17

−67 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ruth Gbagbi  (CIV)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Nur Tatar  (TUR)
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Matea Jelić  (CRO)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Lauren Williams  (GBR)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Mengyu  (CHN)
Flag of the United States.svg  Paige McPherson  (USA) [note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0
African Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Egypt.svg  Hedaya Malak  (EGY)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Elizabeth Anyanacho  (NGR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1Flag of Tonga.svg  Malia Paseka  (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Brazil.svg  Milena Titoneli  (BRA)
Flag of Haiti.svg  Aliyah Shipman  (HAI)
European Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Farida Azizova  (AZE)
Flag of France.svg  Magda Wiet-Hénin  (FRA)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Julyana Al-Sadeq  (JOR)
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Nigora Tursunkulova  (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places1Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Naomie Katoka  (COD)
Total16

+67 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Bianca Walkden  (GBR)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zheng Shuyin  (CHN)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Da-bin  (KOR)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Milica Mandić  (SRB)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Nafia Kuş  (TUR)
Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksandra Kowalczuk  (POL) [note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0
African Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Aminata Traoré  (CIV)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Faith Ogallo  (KEN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1Flag of Australia.svg  Reba Stewart  (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Katherine Rodríguez  (DOM)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Briseida Acosta  (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament 2Flag of France.svg  Althéa Laurin  (FRA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Reshmie Oogink  (NED)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Cansel Deniz  (KAZ)
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Svetlana Osipova  (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places1Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Keyla Ávila  (HON)
Total16

Notes

  1. The European Qualification Tournament was originally scheduled to be held on April 24–25, 2020 in Milan but was moved to Moscow, Russia due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. It was moved once again to Sofia, Bulgaria. [3]
  2. The qualifying tournament was moved from Wuxi to Amman because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] [5]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the Olympic Rankings, the spot for the Grand Slam winner was re-allocated to the Olympic Rankings.
  4. No eligible athlete contested the Oceania Qualification Tournament, and this quota was redistributed to Yvette Yong of Canada. [7]
  5. Fernanda Aguirre of Chile originally won the quota but she had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Taekwondo" (PDF). WTF . Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. "European Qualification Tournament 2021: Bulgaria!". World Taekwondo Europe. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. "WT President Chungwon Choue's message regarding the Tokyo 2020 qualification tournaments". World Taekwondo. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. Pavitt, Michael (22 February 2020). "World Taekwondo moves Asian Olympic qualifier from China to Jordan over coronavirus fears". World Taekwondo . Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. Mora, Esteban (24 June 2021). "Exclusive: Wild cards for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". www.mastkd.com/. MasTKD. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. Nichols, Paula; Chloe, Morrison (2 July 2021). "Team Canada to have two taekwondo athletes at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 2 July 2021.