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Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (The Olympics was postponed to at least 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[2] The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs. Each NOC is allowed to enter up to one competitor per event, resulting in a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender.

Five quota places will be awarded to the top-ranked practitioners in each of the eight weight classes (four per gender) through the World Taekwondo (WT) Olympic rankings, while the highest-ranked practitioner of each weight category on merit points standing will grant one quota place each for their respective NOC through the WT Grand Slam Champions Series. If an NOC has qualified a minimum of two male and a minimum of two female athletes through ranking, it cannot participate in the respective Continental Qualification Tournament, unless it relinquishes the places obtained through ranking.[1]

Four places have been reserved to the host nation Japan, and another four have been invited by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places are allocated through a qualification process in which athletes have won quota place for their respective NOC. 48 taekwondo fighters, 24 in each gender and the top 6 in each weight category, are eligible to compete through the WT Olympic rankings, while the rest through the five Continental Qualification Tournaments.[1]

If an NOC having qualified through a Qualification Tournament relinquishes a quota place, it would be allocated to the nation of the next highest placed athlete in the respective weight category of that tournament as long as the addition of the place does not exceed the maximum quota for that nation.[1]

Timeline

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Event Date Venue
WT Olympic Rankings December 7, 2019
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings December 20, 2019
African Qualification Tournament February 22–23, 2020 Morocco Rabat, Morocco
Oceania Qualification Tournament February 29, 2020 Australia Gold Coast, Australia
Pan American Qualification Tournament March 11–12, 2020 Costa Rica Heredia, Costa Rica
European Qualification Tournament May 7–8, 2021 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria[note 1]
Asian Qualification Tournament May 21–22, 2021 Jordan Amman, Jordan[note 2]

Qualification summary

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The following table summarises the outcome of qualification for the taekwondo tournament at the 2020 Olympics. 57 nations gained at least one quota place for Tokyo. China and South Korea were the most successful nation, gaining six places each, followed by the leading European nations, Great Britain and Turkey with five apiece. The tripartie commission quotas were announced on June 24, 2021.[6]

NOC Men Women Total
−58 kg −68 kg −80 kg +80 kg −49 kg −57 kg −67 kg +67 kg
 Afghanistan Yes 1
 Argentina Yes 1
 Australia Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Azerbaijan Yes Yes 2
 Belgium Yes 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes 1
 Brazil Yes Yes Yes 3
 Burkina Faso Yes 1
 Canada Yes Yes 2
 China Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 6
 Chinese Taipei Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Colombia Yes Yes 2
 Croatia Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Costa Rica Yes 1
 Cuba Yes 1
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Yes 1
 Dominican Republic Yes Yes Yes 3
 Egypt Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Ethiopia Yes 1
 France Yes Yes 2
 Gabon Yes 1
 Germany Yes 1
 Great Britain Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
 Greece Yes 1
 Haiti Yes 1
 Honduras Yes 1
 Hungary Yes 1
 Iran Yes Yes Yes 3
 Ireland Yes 1
 Israel Yes 1
 Italy Yes Yes 2
 Ivory Coast Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Japan Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Jordan Yes Yes 2
 Kazakhstan Yes Yes 2
 Kenya Yes 1
 Mali Yes 1
 Mexico Yes Yes 2
 Morocco Yes Yes Yes 3
 Netherlands Yes 1
 New Zealand Yes 1
 Niger Yes Yes 2
 Nigeria Yes 1
 North Macedonia Yes 1
 Norway Yes 1
 Philippines Yes 1
 Poland Yes Yes 2
 Portugal Yes 1
 Puerto Rico Yes 1
 Refugee Olympic Team Yes Yes Yes 3
 ROC Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Serbia Yes Yes 2
 Slovenia Yes 1
 South Korea Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 6
 Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Thailand Yes Yes 2
 Tonga Yes Yes 2
 Tunisia Yes 1
 Turkey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
 United States Yes Yes 2
 Uzbekistan Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Vietnam Yes 1
Total: 62 NOCs 16 17 16 16 17 17 16 16 131

Men's events

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Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

−58 kg

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Competition Places Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6  Jang Jun (KOR)
 Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA)
 Jesús Tortosa (ESP)
 Armin Hadipour (IRI)
 Mikhail Artamonov (ROC)
 Jack Woolley (IRL)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings 0
African Qualification Tournament 2  Solomon Demse (ETH)
 Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Safwan Khalil (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2  Lucas Guzmán (ARG)
 Jefferson Ochoa (COL)
European Qualification Tournament 2  Omar Salim (HUN)
 Rui Bragança (POR)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2  Kurt Bryan Barbosa (PHI)
 Ramnarong Sawekwiharee (THA)
Host nation / Universality places 1  Sergio Suzuki (JPN)
Total 16

−68 kg

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Competition Places Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6  Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
 Bradly Sinden (GBR)
 Zhao Shuai (CHN)
 Javier Pérez (ESP)
 Jaouad Achab (BEL)
 Mirhashem Hosseini (IRI)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings 0
African Qualification Tournament 2  Abdelrahman Wael (EGY)
 Seydou Fofana (MLI)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Tom Burns (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2  Edival Pontes (BRA)
 Bernardo Pié (DOM)
European Qualification Tournament 2  Nedžad Husić (BIH)
 Hakan Reçber (TUR)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2  Huang Yu-jen (TPE)
 Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places 1  Ricardo Suzuki (JPN)
Additional 1  Abdullah Sediqi (EOR)
Total 17

−80 kg

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Competition Places Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6  Maksim Khramtsov (ROC)
 Milad Beigi (AZE)
 Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)
 Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)
 Raúl Martínez (ESP)
 Toni Kanaet (CRO)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings 0
African Qualification Tournament 2  Seif Eissa (EGY)
 Achraf Mahboubi (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Jack Marton (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2  Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA)
 Moisés Hernández (DOM)
European Qualification Tournament 2  Simone Alessio (ITA)
 Richard Ordemann (NOR)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2  Saleh Al-Sharabaty (JOR)
 Liu Wei-ting (TPE)
Host nation / Universality places 1  Faysal Sawadogo (BUR)
Total 16

+80 kg

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Competition Places Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6  Vladislav Larin (ROC)
 In Kyo-don (KOR)
 Alexander Bachmann (GER)
 Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG)
 Ivan Trajkovič (SLO)
 Mahama Cho (GBR)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings 0
African Qualification Tournament 2  Seydou Gbané (CIV)
 Anthony Obame (GAB)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Pita Taufatofua (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2  Rafael Alba (CUB)
 Carlos Sansores (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament 2  Ivan Šapina (CRO)
 Dejan Georgievski (MKD)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2  Sun Hongyi (CHN)
 Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ)
Host nation / Universality places 1  Farzad Mansouri (AFG)
Total 16

Women's events

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Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

−49 kg

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Competition Places Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
7  Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA)
 Sim Jae-young (KOR)
 Tijana Bogdanović (SRB)
 Rukiye Yıldırım (TUR)
 Kristina Tomić (CRO)
 Wu Jingyu (CHN)[note 3]
 Yvette Yong (CAN)[note 4]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings 0
African Qualification Tournament 2  Nour Abdelsalam (EGY)
 Oumaima El-Bouchti (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 0
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2  Andrea Ramírez (COL)
 Victoria Stambaugh (PUR)
European Qualification Tournament 2  Adriana Cerezo (ESP)
 Avishag Semberg (ISR)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2  Su Po-ya (TPE)
 Trương Thị Kim Tuyền (VIE)
Host nation / Universality places 1  Miyu Yamada (JPN)
Additional 1  Dina Pouryounes (EOR)
Total 17

−57 kg

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Competition Places Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
5  Jade Jones (GBR)
 Lee Ah-reum (KOR)
 Tatiana Kudashova (ROC)
 Hatice Kübra İlgün (TUR)
 Skylar Park (CAN)
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings 1  Zhou Lijun (CHN)
African Qualification Tournament 2  Nada Laaraj (MAR)
 Tekiath Ben Yessouf (NIG)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Stacey Hymer (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2  Anastasija Zolotic (USA)
 Nishy Lee Lindo (CRC)[note 5]
European Qualification Tournament 2  Fani Tzeli (GRE)
 Patrycja Adamkiewicz (POL)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2  Nahid Kiani (IRI)
 Lo Chia-ling (TPE)
Host nation / Universality places 1  Mayu Hamada (JPN)
Additional 1  Kimia Alizadeh (EOR)
Total 17

−67 kg

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Competition Places Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6  Ruth Gbagbi (CIV)
 Nur Tatar (TUR)
 Matea Jelić (CRO)
 Lauren Williams (GBR)
 Zhang Mengyu (CHN)
 Paige McPherson (USA)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings 0
African Qualification Tournament 2  Hedaya Malak (EGY)
 Elizabeth Anyanacho (NGR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Malia Paseka (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2  Milena Titoneli (BRA)
 Aliyah Shipman (HAI)
European Qualification Tournament 2  Farida Azizova (AZE)
 Magda Wiet-Hénin (FRA)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2  Julyana Al-Sadeq (JOR)
 Nigora Tursunkulova (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places 1  Naomie Katoka (COD)
Total 16

+67 kg

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Competition Places Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2019)
6  Bianca Walkden (GBR)
 Zheng Shuyin (CHN)
 Lee Da-bin (KOR)
 Milica Mandić (SRB)
 Nafia Kuş (TUR)
 Aleksandra Kowalczuk (POL)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings 0
African Qualification Tournament 2  Aminata Traoré (CIV)
 Faith Ogallo (KEN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament 1  Reba Stewart (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament 2  Katherine Rodríguez (DOM)
 Briseida Acosta (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament 2  Althéa Laurin (FRA)
 Reshmie Oogink (NED)
Asian Qualification Tournament 2  Cansel Deniz (KAZ)
 Svetlana Osipova (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places 1  Keyla Ávila (HON)
Total 16

Notes

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  1. ^ The European Qualification Tournament was originally scheduled to be held on April 24–25, 2020 in Milan but was moved to Moscow, Russia due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. It was moved once again to Sofia, Bulgaria.[3]
  2. ^ The qualifying tournament was moved from Wuxi to Amman because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the Olympic Rankings, the spot for the Grand Slam winner was re-allocated to the Olympic Rankings. Cite error: The named reference "Grand Slam" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ No eligible athlete contested the Oceania Qualification Tournament, and this quota was redistributed to Yvette Yong of Canada.[7]
  5. ^ Fernanda Aguirre of Chile originally won the quota but she had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Taekwondo" (PDF). WTF. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "European Qualification Tournament 2021: Bulgaria!". World Taekwondo Europe. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "WT President Chungwon Choue's message regarding the Tokyo 2020 qualification tournaments". World Taekwondo. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. ^ Pavitt, Michael (22 February 2020). "World Taekwondo moves Asian Olympic qualifier from China to Jordan over coronavirus fears". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. ^ Mora, Esteban (24 June 2021). "Exclusive: Wild cards for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". www.mastkd.com/. MasTKD. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. ^ Nichols, Paula; Chloe, Morrison (2 July 2021). "Team Canada to have two taekwondo athletes at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2021.