Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's +80 kg

Men's +80 kg
at the 2018 Asian Games
Men's +80 kg ; at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Jakarta Convention Center
Date	21 August
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Medalists
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The men's heavyweight (+80 kilograms) event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 21 August 2018 at Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia.^[1]

A total of fifteen competitors from fifteen different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was more than 80 kilograms.

Saeid Rajabi from Iran won the gold medal after defeating the former world champion Dmitriy Shokin from Uzbekistan in the gold medal match in the golden round by the score of 3–2. Dmitriy Shokin was also a silver medalist from the previous edition in Incheon, South Korea.

Rajabi won Iran's first ever gold medal in this heavyweight event at the history of the Asian Games.

The bronze medal was shared by semifinal losers (without having a third place match) Hamza Kattan of Jordan and Ruslan Zhaparov from Kazakhstan.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 21 August 2018	09:00	Round of 16
	09:00	Quarterfinals
	15:00	Semifinals
	15:00	Final

Results

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Dmitriy Shokin (UZB)	15
Sheron Fernando (SRI)	8	Akshay Kumar (IND)	1
Akshay Kumar (IND)	13			Dmitriy Shokin (UZB)	5
Rizky Anugrah Prasetyo (INA)	3			Hamza Kattan (JOR)	4
Yang Tsung-yeh (TPE)	23	Yang Tsung-yeh (TPE)	12
Tan Yen Ming (MAS)	7	Hamza Kattan (JOR)	24
Hamza Kattan (JOR)	17					Dmitriy Shokin (UZB)	2
Saeid Rajabi (IRI)	6					Saeid Rajabi (IRI)	3
Lee Seung-hwan (KOR)	3	Saeid Rajabi (IRI)	5
Kristopher Uy (PHI)	7	Sun Hongyi (CHN)	4
Sun Hongyi (CHN)	9			Saeid Rajabi (IRI)	11
Nattapat Tantramart (THA)	12			Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ)	7
Tenzin Lhendup (BHU)	1	Nattapat Tantramart (THA)	15
Anoj Pujari (NEP)	0	Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ)	30
Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ)	21