Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

Women's 57kg
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Women's 57kg; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	9 August
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
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The women's 57 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August, at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Competition format

The competition was held in a partial double-elimination format.

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match.

Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions. A second repechage bracket was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, again in single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faced the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match.^[1]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 9 August 2012	09:00 15:00 17:00 22:15	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Results

On 13 July 2012, the World Taekwondo Federation released the provisional draw which included the top eight seeds for the competition.^[2] The remainder of the qualified athletes were randomly drawn on 6 August 2012.^[3]

Preliminary round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Gold medal match

1	Tseng Li-Cheng (TPE)	4

	Rangsiya Nisaisom (THA)	1
			1	Tseng Li-Cheng (TPE)	5

			8	Andrea Paoli (LIB)	2
	Nidia Munoz (CUB)	2

8	Andrea Paoli (LIB)	4
						1	Tseng Li-Cheng (TPE)	6

						4	Jade Jones (GBR)	10
5	Ana Zaninović (CRO)	11

	Mayu Hamada (JPN)	14
				Mayu Hamada (JPN)	3

			4	Jade Jones (GBR)	13
	Dragana Gladović (SRB)	1

4	Jade Jones (GBR)	15 (PTG)
									4	Jade Jones (GBR)	6

									2	Hou Yuzhuo (CHN)	4
3	Hedaya Wahba (EGY)	17

	Robin Cheong (NZL)	6
			3	Hedaya Wahba (EGY)	6

			6	Marlène Harnois (FRA)	8
	Yeny Contreras Loyola (CHI)	3

6	Marlène Harnois (FRA)	14
						6	Marlène Harnois (FRA)	3

						2	Hou Yuzhuo (CHN)	8
7	Bineta Diédhiou (SEN)	6

	Suvi Mikkonen (FIN)	9
				Suvi Mikkonen (FIN)	2

			2	Hou Yuzhuo (CHN)	7
	Diana López (USA)	0

2	Hou Yuzhuo (CHN)	1 (SUD)

Gold medal winner, Jade Jones (in blue) at the 2012 London Olympics

Repechage

Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, another single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faced the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match.^[4]


Preliminary Round		Bronze Medal Contest



Dragana Gladović (SRB)	2	Mayu Hamada (JPN)	8

Mayu Hamada (JPN)	15 (PTG)	Marlène Harnois (FRA)	12



Diana López (USA)	4	Tseng Li-Cheng (TPE)	14 (PTG)

Suvi Mikkonen (FIN)	9	Suvi Mikkonen (FIN)	2

References

^ Men's Taekwondo competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
^ "London 2012 Olympic Games Taekwondo -Provisional Draw sheet-". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^ "Provisional Draw Sheet – London 2012 Olympic Games". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
^ Men's Taekwondo competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.

Results Archived 2013-01-04 at archive.today

[1] Men's Taekwondo competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.

[2] "London 2012 Olympic Games Taekwondo -Provisional Draw sheet-". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

[3] "Provisional Draw Sheet – London 2012 Olympic Games". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

[4] Men's Taekwondo competition format. Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.

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