This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprised a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs. Each NOC was allowed to enter up to a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender, based on the WTF Olympic rankings, such that an athlete per NOC must be among the top six in each weight category. [1][2]

Four places had been reserved to the host nation Brazil, and another four had been invited by the Tripartite Commission.[3] The remaining 120 places were allocated through a qualification process in which athletes had won quota place for their respective NOC.[1]

Timeline

EventDateVenue
WTF Olympic Rankings[4]December 11–17, 2015—
European Qualification Tournament[5]January 16–17, 2016Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
African Qualification Tournament[6]February 6–7, 2016Morocco Agadir, Morocco
Oceania Qualification Tournament[7]February 27, 2016Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Pan American Qualification Tournament[7]March 10−11, 2016Mexico Aguascalientes, Mexico
Asian Qualification Tournament[8]April 16−17, 2016Philippines Pasay, Philippines

Qualification summary

NOC Men Women Total
−58 kg−68 kg−80 kg+80 kg−49 kg−57 kg−67 kg+67 kg
 ArubaX1
 AustraliaXXXX4
 AzerbaijanXXXX4
 BelarusX1
 BelgiumXXX3
 BrazilXXXX4
 CambodiaX1
 CanadaX1
 Cape VerdeX1
 Central African RepublicX1
 ChileX1
 ChinaXXXX4
 Chinese TaipeiXXX3
 ColombiaXX2
 CroatiaXXX3
 CubaX1
 Democratic Republic of the CongoX1
 Dominican RepublicXXX3
 EgyptXXX3
 FinlandX1
 FranceXXXX4
 GabonX1
 GermanyXXX3
 Great BritainXXXX4
 HaitiX1
 HondurasX1
 IranXXXX4
 IsraelX1
 Ivory CoastXXX3
 JapanX1
 JordanX1
 KazakhstanXXX3
 LibyaX1
 MaliX1
 MexicoXXXX4
 MoldovaX1
 MongoliaX1
 MoroccoXXX3
 NepalX1
 NetherlandsX1
 New ZealandX1
 NigerX1
 NorwayX1
 PanamaX1
 Papua New GuineaXX2
 PeruX1
 PhilippinesX1
 PolandXX2
 PortugalX1
 Puerto RicoX1
 RussiaXXX3
 SenegalX1
 SerbiaXX2
 South KoreaXXXXX5
 SpainXXX3
 SwedenXX2
 ThailandXXX3
 TongaX1
 TunisiaXXX3
 TurkeyXX2
 United StatesXXXX4
 UzbekistanXXX3
 VenezuelaX1
Total: 63 NOCs1616161616161616128

Men's events

−58 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WTF Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2015)		6 Kim Tae-hun (KOR)
 Farzan Ashourzadeh (IRI)
 Rui Bragança (POR)
 Levent Tuncat (GER)
 César Rodríguez (MEX)
 Si Mohamed Ketbi (BEL)
European Qualification Tournament2 Ron Atias (ISR)
 Jesús Tortosa (ESP)
African Qualification Tournament2 Omar Hajjami (MAR)
 Yousef Shriha (LBA)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Safwan Khalil (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Luisito Pié (DOM)
 Óscar Muñoz (COL)
Asian Qualification Tournament2 Zhao Shuai (CHN)
 Tawin Hanprab (THA)
Invitational / Host Country1 Venilton Teixeira (BRA)
Total16

−68 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WTF Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2015)		6 Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
 Aleksey Denisenko (RUS)
 Jaouad Achab (BEL)
 Saúl Gutiérrez (MEX)
 Servet Tazegül (TUR)
 Joel González (ESP)
European Qualification Tournament2 Karol Robak (POL)
 Filip Grgić (CRO)
African Qualification Tournament2 Ghofran Zaki (EGY)
 Balla Dièye (SEN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Maxemillion Kassman (PNG)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Edgar Contreras (VEN)
 Ignacio Morales (CHI)
Asian Qualification Tournament2 Ahmad Abughaush (JOR)
 Pürevjavyn Temüüjin (MGL)
Invitational / Host Country1 David Boui (CAF)
Total16

−80 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WTF Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2015)		6 Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI)
 Aaron Cook (MDA)
 Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)
 Albert Gaun (RUS)
 Tahir Güleç (GER)
 Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)
European Qualification Tournament2 Milad Beigi (AZE)
 Piotr Paziński (POL)
African Qualification Tournament2 Oussama Oueslati (TUN)
 Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Hayder Shkara (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Steven López (USA)
 Moisés Hernández (DOM)
Asian Qualification Tournament2 Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)
 Liu Wei-ting (TPE)
Invitational / Host Country1 Miguel Ferrera (HON)
Total16

+80 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WTF Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2015)		6 Dmitriy Shokin (UZB)
 Radik Isayev (AZE)
 Sajjad Mardani (IRI)
 Anthony Obame (GAB)
 M'Bar N'Diaye (FRA)
 Cha Dong-min (KOR)
European Qualification Tournament2 Mahama Cho (GBR)
 Arman-Marshall Silla (BLR)
African Qualification Tournament2 Yassine Trabelsi (TUN)
 Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Pita Taufatofua (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Rafael Alba (CUB)
 Stephen Lambdin (USA)
Asian Qualification Tournament2 Qiao Sen (CHN)
 Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ)
Invitational / Host Country1 Maicon Andrade (BRA)
Total16

Women's events

−49 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WTF Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2015)		6 Wu Jingyu (CHN)
 Lucija Zaninović (CRO)
 Yasmina Aziez (FRA)
 Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA)
 Kim So-hui (KOR)
 Itzel Manjarrez (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament2 Patimat Abakarova (AZE)
 Tijana Bogdanović (SRB)
African Qualification Tournament2 Rosa Keleku (COD)
 Maria Andrade (CPV)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Andrea Kilday (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Julissa Diez Canseco (PER)
 Monica Pimentel (ARU)
Asian Qualification Tournament2 Huang Huai-hsuan (TPE)
 Ainur Yesbergenova (KAZ)
Invitational / Host Country1 Iris Sing (BRA)
Total16

−57 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WTF Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2015)		6 Jade Jones (GBR)
 Eva Calvo (ESP)
 Hedaya Malak (EGY)
 Mayu Hamada (JPN)
 Ana Zaninović (CRO)
 Nikita Glasnović (SWE)
European Qualification Tournament2 Raheleh Asemani (BEL)
 Suvi Mikkonen (FIN)
African Qualification Tournament2 Hakima El-Meslahy (MAR)
 Rahma Ben Ali (TUN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Caroline Marton (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Carolena Carstens (PAN)
 Doris Patiño (COL)
Asian Qualification Tournament2 Kimia Alizadeh (IRI)
 Phannapa Harnsujin (THA)
Invitational / Host Country1 Júlia Vasconcelos (BRA)
Total16

−67 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WTF Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2015)		6 Haby Niaré (FRA)
 Elin Johansson (SWE)
 Chuang Chia-chia (TPE)
 Oh Hye-ri (KOR)
 Anastasia Baryshnikova (RUS)
 Nur Tatar (TUR)
European Qualification Tournament2 Farida Azizova (AZE)
 Rabia Gülec (GER)
African Qualification Tournament2 Ruth Gbagbi (CIV)
 Seham El-Sawalhy (EGY)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Carmen Marton (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Paige McPherson (USA)
 Melissa Pagnotta (CAN)
Asian Qualification Tournament2 Cansel Deniz (KAZ)
 Nigora Tursunkulova (UZB)
Invitational / Host Country1 Aniya Louissaint (HAI)
Total16

+67 kg

CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WTF Olympic Rankings
(as of December 2015)		6 Zheng Shuyin (CHN)
 Milica Mandić (SRB)
 Bianca Walkden (GBR)
 Jackie Galloway (USA)
 Gwladys Épangue (FRA)
 María Espinoza (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament2 Tina Røe Skaar (NOR)
 Reshmie Oogink (NED)
African Qualification Tournament2 Mamina Koné (CIV)
 Wiam Dislam (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Samantha Kassman (PNG)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Katherine Rodríguez (DOM)
 Crystal Weekes (PUR)
Asian Qualification Tournament2 Sorn Seavmey (CAM)
 Kirstie Alora (PHI)
Invitational / Host Country1 Nisha Rawal (NEP)
Total16

References

  1. 1 2 "Rio 2016 – WTF Taekwondo Qualification System" (PDF). WTF. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "General Guidelines on Rio 2016 Olympic Games Qualification System" (PDF). World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Olympic Taekwondo 'Wild Cards' Go to Central African Republic, Haiti, Honduras and Nepal". www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/. World Taekwondo Federation. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "WTF Olympic Rankings: List of Qualified Athletes" (PDF). World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Morgan, Liam (10 February 2015). "Istanbul to host European Olympic taekwondo qualifying tournament for Rio 2016". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Taekwondo: Morocco hosts the African qualifying tournament for 2016 Olympics". Maghreb Daily News. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul Offers Taekwondo Fighters Berths to Rio 2016". World Taekwondo Federation. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Noguiera, Emil (14 January 2016). "PH to host Olympic taekwondo qualifying tilt". The Manila Times. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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