| Men's 58 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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 From left to right; Magomedov, Park, Jendoubi, and Ravet on the podium. | |||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Grand Palais | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 7 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 58 kg | 49 kg | |
| 68 kg | 57 kg | |
| 80 kg | 67 kg | |
| +80 kg | +67 kg | |
The men's 58 kg competition in Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2024 at the Grand Palais. [1]
This is the seventh appearance of the men's 58kg category, debut in 2000, and it has appeared in every games since then.
Vito Dell'Aquila was a defending Olympic champion, but he lost to Gashim Magomedov, later Dell'Aquila got into repechages, and lost to Cyrian Ravet in bronze medal matches, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi won a bronze medal as well, by beating Adrián Vicente, after, Magomedov got into finals, and Park Tae-joon beat Magomedov to win a gold medal, became the first time since 2016, that Korea won gold, Mikhail Artamonov did not qualify because of the IOC did not declare them neutral and he was not invited to the Games.
All times are Central European Time (UTC+02:00) [2]
| Date | Time | Event |
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| 7 August 2024 | 09:00 | Qualification Contest |
| 09:46 | Round of 16 | |
| 14:40 | Quarterfinals | |
| 16:36 | Semifinals | |
| 19:40 | Repechages | |
| 20:34 | Bronze medal match | |
| 21:37 | Final |
| Gold medal match | ||||||
| 5 |  Park Tae-joon (KOR) | 9 | 13 | |||
| 10 |  Gashim Magomedov (AZE) | 0 | 1 | |||
| Repechage | Bronze Medal | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA) | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Cyrian Ravet (FRA) | w/o | |||||||||||
| 4 | Cyrian Ravet (FRA) | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 |  Yohandri Granado (VEN) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Repechage | Bronze Medal | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Jack Woolley (IRL) | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2 |  Adrián Vicente (ESP) | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Adrián Vicente (ESP) | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 |  Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN) | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Qualification round | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Georgi Gurtsiev (AIN) | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Cyrian Ravet (FRA) | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Cyrian Ravet (FRA) | 5 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Park Tae-joon (KOR) | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Park Tae-joon (KOR) | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Yohandri Granado (VEN) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Park Tae-joon (KOR) | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN) | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Nouridine Issaka (NIG) | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Bailey Lewis (AUS) | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bailey Lewis (AUS) | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN) | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 |  Lev Korneev (SRB) | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Bocar Diop (SEN) | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Lev Korneev (SRB) | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualification round | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  Omar Yaser Ismail (PLE) | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 |  Hadi Tiranvalipour (EOR) | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Omar Yaser Ismail (PLE) | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Adrián Vicente (ESP) | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Adrián Vicente (ESP) | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Gashim Magomedov (AZE) | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Jack Woolley (IRL) | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Gashim Magomedov (AZE) | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Gashim Magomedov (AZE) | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA) | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Lucas Guzmán (ARG) | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Omar Salim (HUN) | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Omar Salim (HUN) | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA) | 9 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA) | 6 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Samirkhon Ababakirov (KAZ) | 12 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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