| Men's 80 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Grand Palais | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 9 August 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 17 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 80 kg competition in Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August 2024 at the Grand Palais. [1]
This is the seventh appearance of the men's 80kg category, debut in 2000, and it has appeared in every games since then.
Maksim Khramtsov is a defending champion, but he did not qualify due to the IOC did not declare him neutral he is not invited to the Games, Stefan Takov took his spot, and lost to Faysal Sawadogo, 2020 silver medalist Saleh Al-Sharabaty lost to Henrique Marques, one of the bronze medalists, Toni Kanaet did not qualify and Seif Eissa lost to Edi Hrnic.
Every practitioner has numbered a seed.
Simone Alessio (ITA)(Bronze medalist)
Carl Nickolas (USA) (loser of bronze medal match)
Seif Eissa (EGY) (Round of 16)
Seo Geon-woo (KOR) (loser of bronze medal match)
Saleh Al-Sharabaty (JOR) (Round of 16)
Firas Katoussi (TUN)(Champion)
Stefan Takov (SRB) (Round of 16)
Mehran Barkhordari (IRI)(silver medalist)
Jasurbek Jaysunov (UZB) (loser of repechages)
Faysal Sawadogo (BUR) (quarterfinals)
Leon Sejranovic (AUS) (loser of repechages)
Henrique Marques (BRA) (quarterfinals)
Joaquín Churchill (CHI) (Round of 16)
Edi Hrnic (DEN)(Bronze medalist)
Farzad Mansouri (EOR) (Round of 16)
Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI) (qualification)
Batyrkhan Toleugali (KAZ) (Round of 16)All times are in local time (UTC+2).
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Friday, 9 August 2024 | 09:00 | Qualification round |
| 09:21 | Round of 16 | |
| 14:40 | Quarterfinals | |
| 16:24 | Semifinals | |
| 19:40 | Repechage | |
| 20:34 | Bronze medal matches | |
| 21:37 | Final |
| Gold medal match | ||||||
| 8 | Mehran Barkhordari (IRI) | 2 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Firas Katoussi (TUN) | 4 | 5 | |||
| Repechage | Bronze Medal | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Carl Nickolas (USA) | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Simone Alessio (ITA) | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Simone Alessio (ITA) | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Jasurbek Jaysunov (UZB) | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Repechage | Bronze Medal | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Leon Sejranovic (AUS) | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Edi Hrnic (DEN) | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Edi Hrnic (DEN) | 15 | 11 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Seo Geon-woo (KOR) | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Qualification round | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Joaquín Churchill (CHI) | 8 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Seo Geon-woo (KOR) | 6 | 16 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Seo Geon-woo (KOR) | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Henrique Marques (BRA) | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Saleh Al-Sharabaty (JOR) | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Henrique Marques (BRA) | 4 | 5P | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Seo Geon-woo (KOR) | 4 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mehran Barkhordari (IRI) | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Jasurbek Jaysunov (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mehran Barkhordari (IRI) | 0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mehran Barkhordari (IRI) | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Simone Alessio (ITA) | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Simone Alessio (ITA) | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Batyrkhan Toleugali (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Batyrkhan Toleugali (KAZ) | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualification round | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Farzad Mansouri (EOR) | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Carl Nickolas (USA) | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Carl Nickolas (USA) | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Faysal Sawadogo (BUR) | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Stefan Takov (SRB) | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Faysal Sawadogo (BUR) | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Carl Nickolas (USA) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Firas Katoussi (TUN) | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Leon Sejranovic (AUS) | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Firas Katoussi (TUN) | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Firas Katoussi (TUN) | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Edi Hrnic (DEN) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Seif Eissa (EGY) | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Edi Hrnic (DEN) | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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