Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg

Competition 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 repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. 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.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

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

Main Bracket

|team-width=180 |RD1-seed01=1 |RD1-team01=Cha Dong-Min |RD1-score01=9 |RD1-seed02= |RD1-team02=Ivan Konrad Trajkovic |RD1-score02=4 |RD1-seed03= |RD1-team03=Alexandros Nikolaidis |RD1-score03=3 |RD1-seed04=8 |RD1-team04=Bahri Tanrıkulu |RD1-score04=7 |RD1-seed05=5 |RD1-team05=Anthony Obame |RD1-score05=9 |RD1-seed06= |RD1-team06=Kaino Thomsen-Fuataga |RD1-score06=2 |RD1-seed07= |RD1-team07=Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije |RD1-score07=0 |RD1-seed08=4 |RD1-team08=Robelis Despaigne |RD1-score08=1 |RD1-seed09=3 |RD1-team09=Carlo Molfetta |RD1-score09=7 |RD1-seed10= |RD1-team10=Alisher Gulov |RD1-score10=3 |RD1-seed11= |RD1-team11=Kenneth Edwards |RD1-score11=4 |RD1-seed12=6 |RD1-team12=Liu Xiaobo |RD1-score12=6 |RD1-seed13=7 |RD1-team13=Akmal Irgashev |RD1-score13=4 |RD1-seed14= |RD1-team14=Daba Modibo Keita |RD1-score14=13 |RD1-seed15= |RD1-team15=Gadzhi Umarov |RD1-score15=3 |RD1-seed16=2 |RD1-team16=François Coulombe-Fortier |RD1-score16=7 |RD2-seed01=1 |RD2-team01=Cha Dong-Min |RD2-score01=1 |RD2-seed02=8 |RD2-team02=Bahri Tanrıkulu |RD2-score02=4 |RD2-seed03=5 |RD2-team03=Anthony Obame |RD2-score03=7 (SUD) |RD2-seed04=4 |RD2-team04=Robelis Despaigne |RD2-score04=6 |RD2-seed05=3 |RD2-team05=Carlo Molfetta |RD2-score05=6 (SUD) |RD2-seed06=6 |RD2-team06=Liu Xiaobo |RD2-score06=5 |RD2-seed07= |RD2-team07=Daba Modibo Keita |RD2-score07=11 |RD2-seed08=2 |RD2-team08=François Coulombe-Fortier |RD2-score08=6 |RD3-seed01=8 |RD3-team01=Bahri Tanrıkulu |RD3-score01=2 |RD3-seed02=5 |RD3-team02=Anthony Obame |RD3-score02=3 |RD3-seed03=3 |RD3-team03=Carlo Molfetta |RD3-score03=6 |RD3-seed04= |RD3-team04=Daba Modibo Keita |RD3-score04=4 |RD4-seed01=5 |RD4-team01=Anthony Obame |RD4-score01=9 |RD4-seed02=3 |RD4-team02=Carlo Molfetta |RD4-score02=9 (SUP)

Repechage

|RD1-team01=Robelis Despaigne |RD1-score01=14 (PTG) |RD1-team02=Kaino Thomsen-Fuataga |RD1-score02=2

|RD2-team01=Robelis Despaigne |RD2-score01=W/O |RD2-team02=Daba Modibo Keita |RD2-score02=

|RD1-team03=Alisher Gulov |RD1-score03=1 |RD1-team04=Liu Xiaobo |RD1-score04=6

|RD2-team03=Bahri Tanrıkulu |RD2-score03=2 |RD2-team04=Liu Xiaobo |RD2-score04=3

References

• Results

References

1. [http://www.london2012.com/taekwondo/event%3Dtaekwondo-men-more-than-80kg/competition-format/ Men's Taekwondo competition format.] {{Webarchive. link. (17 July 2012, accessed 10 October 2025.)
2. "London 2012 Olympic Games Taekwondo -Provisional Draw sheet-". World Taekwondo Federation.
3. "Provisional Draw Sheet – London 2012 Olympic Games". World Taekwondo Federation.