Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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

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

Qualification summary

NOC	Men				Women				Total
	−58 kg	−68 kg	−80 kg	+80 kg	−49 kg	−57 kg	−67 kg	+67 kg
Aruba					X				1
Australia	X		X			X	X		4
Azerbaijan			X	X	X		X		4
Belarus				X					1
Belgium	X	X				X			3
Brazil	X			X	X	X			4
Cambodia								X	1
Canada							X		1
Cape Verde					X				1
Central African Republic		X							1
Chile		X							1
China	X			X	X			X	4
Chinese Taipei			X		X		X		3
Colombia	X					X			2
Croatia		X			X	X			3
Cuba				X					1
Democratic Republic of the Congo					X				1
Dominican Republic	X		X					X	3
Egypt		X				X	X		3
Finland						X			1
France				X	X		X	X	4
Gabon				X					1
Germany	X		X				X		3
Great Britain			X	X		X		X	4
Haiti							X		1
Honduras			X						1
Iran	X		X	X		X			4
Israel	X								1
Ivory Coast			X				X	X	3
Japan						X			1
Jordan		X							1
Kazakhstan				X	X		X		3
Libya	X								1
Mali			X						1
Mexico	X	X			X			X	4
Moldova			X						1
Mongolia		X							1
Morocco	X					X		X	3
Nepal								X	1
Netherlands								X	1
New Zealand					X				1
Niger				X					1
Norway								X	1
Panama						X			1
Papua New Guinea		X						X	2
Peru					X				1
Philippines								X	1
Poland		X	X						2
Portugal	X								1
Puerto Rico								X	1
Russia		X	X				X		3
Senegal		X							1
Serbia					X			X	2
South Korea	X	X		X	X		X		5
Spain	X	X				X			3
Sweden						X	X		2
Thailand	X				X	X			3
Tonga				X					1
Tunisia			X	X		X			3
Turkey		X					X		2
United States			X	X			X	X	4
Uzbekistan			X	X			X		3
Venezuela		X							1
Total: 63 NOCs	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	128

Men's events

−58 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified 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 Tournament	2	Ron Atias (ISR)  Jesús Tortosa (ESP)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Omar Hajjami (MAR)  Yousef Shriha (LBA)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Safwan Khalil (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Luisito Pié (DOM)  Óscar Muñoz (COL)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Zhao Shuai (CHN)  Tawin Hanprab (THA)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Venilton Teixeira (BRA)
Total	16

−68 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified 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 Tournament	2	Karol Robak (POL)  Filip Grgić (CRO)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Ghofran Zaki (EGY)  Balla Dièye (SEN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Maxemillion Kassman (PNG)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Edgar Contreras (VEN)  Ignacio Morales (CHI)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Ahmad Abughaush (JOR)  Pürevjavyn Temüüjin (MGL)
Host nation / Universality places	1	David Boui (CAF)
Total	16

−80 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified 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 Tournament	2	Milad Beigi (AZE)  Piotr Paziński (POL)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Oussama Oueslati (TUN)  Ismaël Coulibaly (MLI)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Hayder Shkara (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Steven López (USA)  Moisés Hernández (DOM)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)  Liu Wei-ting (TPE)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Miguel Ferrera (HON)
Total	16

+80 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified 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 Tournament	2	Mahama Cho (GBR)  Arman-Marshall Silla (BLR)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Yassine Trabelsi (TUN)  Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Pita Taufatofua (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Rafael Alba (CUB)  Stephen Lambdin (USA)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Qiao Sen (CHN)  Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Maicon Andrade (BRA)
Total	16

Women's events

−49 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified 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 Tournament	2	Patimat Abakarova (AZE)  Tijana Bogdanović (SRB)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Rosa Keleku (COD)  Maria Andrade (CPV)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Andrea Kilday (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Julissa Diez Canseco (PER)  Monica Pimentel (ARU)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Huang Huai-hsuan (TPE)  Ainur Yesbergenova (KAZ)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Iris Sing (BRA)
Total	16

−57 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified 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 Tournament	2	Raheleh Asemani (BEL)[note 1]  Suvi Mikkonen (FIN)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Hakima El-Meslahy (MAR)  Rahma Ben Ali (TUN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Caroline Marton (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Carolena Carstens (PAN)  Doris Patiño (COL)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Kimia Alizadeh (IRI)  Phannapa Harnsujin (THA)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Júlia Vasconcelos (BRA)
Total	16

−67 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified 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 Tournament	2	Farida Azizova (AZE)  Rabia Gülec (GER)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Ruth Gbagbi (CIV)  Seham El-Sawalhy (EGY)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Carmen Marton (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Paige McPherson (USA)  Melissa Pagnotta (CAN)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Cansel Deniz (KAZ)  Nigora Tursunkulova (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Aniya Louissaint (HAI)
Total	16

+67 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified 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 Tournament	2	Tina Røe Skaar (NOR)  Reshmie Oogink (NED)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Mamina Koné (CIV)  Wiam Dislam (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Samantha Kassman (PNG)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Katherine Rodríguez (DOM)  Crystal Weekes (PUR)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Sorn Seavmey (CAM)  Kirstie Alora (PHI)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Nisha Rawal (NEP)
Total	16

Notes

1. Raheleh Asemani won the quota as a member of Refugee Olympic Team, but later granted Belgian citizenship and applied to compete instead for the Belgian team.

References

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