Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg
| Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place in the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium on August 22. A total of 16 men competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight is less than 80 kilograms. Preliminaries started at 11:00, quarterfinals at 16:00, semifinals at 17:30, repechage at 18.30, bronze medal bouts at 19.30 and the final at 20:30. Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions.
The main bracket consists of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. A repechage is used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who loses to one of the two finalists competes in the repechage, another single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faces the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match.
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[edit] Medalists
| Gold |  Hadi SaeiIran (IRI) |
| Silver |  Mauro SarmientoItaly (ITA) |
| Bronze |  Zhu GuoChina (CHN) |
 Steven LópezUnited States (USA) |
[edit] Tournament results
- Legend
- PTG — Won by Points Gap
- SUP — Won by Superiority
[edit] Main bracket
| Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||
 Lionel Baguissi (GAB) |
0 | ||||||||||||
 Carlos Vásquez (VEN) |
5 | Carlos Vásquez (VEN) |
2 | ||||||||||
 Aaron Cook (GBR) |
7 | Aaron Cook (GBR) |
5 | ||||||||||
 Anju Jason (MHL) |
0 | Aaron Cook (GBR) |
5 | ||||||||||
 Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR) |
0 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) |
6 | ||||||||||
| Steven López (USA) |
3 | Steven López (USA) |
1 | ||||||||||
| Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) |
4 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) |
2 | ||||||||||
 Sebastien Konan (CIV) |
1 | Mauro Sarmiento (ITA) |
4 | ||||||||||
 Abdulqader Hikmat Sarhan (QAT) |
0 | Hadi Saei (IRI) |
6 | ||||||||||
 Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) |
5 | Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) |
0 (SUP) | ||||||||||
 Sebastien Michaud (CAN) |
2 | Sebastien Michaud (CAN) |
0 | ||||||||||
 Ángel Román (PUR) |
1 | Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) |
1 | ||||||||||
 Miguel Ferrera (HON) |
1 | Hadi Saei (IRI) |
4 | ||||||||||
| Zhu Guo (CHN) |
3 | Zhu Guo (CHN) |
2 | ||||||||||
 Deepak Bista (NEP) |
0 | Hadi Saei (IRI) |
3 | ||||||||||
| Hadi Saei (IRI) |
7 | ||||||||||||
[edit] Repechage
| Round 1 | Bronze medal match | |||||||
| Aaron Cook (GBR) |
1 | |||||||
| Zhu Guo (CHN) |
6 | Zhu Guo (CHN) |
4 | |||||
| Deepak Bista (NEP) |
2 | |||||||
| Round 1 | Bronze medal match | |||||||
| Steven López (USA) |
3 | |||||||
| Sebastien Konan (CIV) |
0 | Rashad Ahmadov (AZE) |
2 | |||||
| Steven López (USA) |
3 | |||||||
