| 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, Saleh Al-Sharabaty lost to Henrique Marques, one of the bronze medalists, Toni Kanaet did not qualify and Seif Eissa lost to Edi Hrnic.
All times are in local time (UTC+2).
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 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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