Competition Method
5.1 Taekwondo competition at the Olympic Games shall be
conducted in a single elimination tournament system with
repêchage for the bronze medal contest. The winner of the
final contest will receive the gold medal and the loser will
receive the silver medal.
The repêchage shall be conducted among all contestants who lost to the two finalists in the elimination phase. In the repêchage, the losers of the semifinals during the elimination phase will be seeded directly to each of the repêchage finals, but on the opposite sides of the bracket. Other losers will advance to the repêchage unseeded, at the same side of the bracket in which they contested during the elimination phase.
The two winners of the repêchage finals will each receive a bronze medal.
5.2 In the event of a tied score, a 4th round of two minutes, also
known as the sudden death round, will be conducted after a
minute of rest following the 3rd round. Any points, be it Gam-
jeom or Kyong-go, from the previous three rounds shall not be
taken into consideration in the sudden death round.
When a contestant scores the first point in the sudden death round, he or she shall be declared the winner. When a contestant receives a Gam-jeom in the sudden death round, the opponent shall be declared as the winner.
In the event of a tied score after the end of the sudden death round, the winner shall be decided based on a decision of superiority by all refereeing officials for the initiatives shown in the sudden death round.
5.3 In the event of 17 athletes in a weight category, there will be a
prequalification match to determine a winner that will proceed
to the Round of 16. The athletes for the pre-qualification
match will be decided by random drawing during the official
drawing of lots session. The loser of the pre-qualification
match will be considered as having been eliminated from the
taekwondo competitions at the pertinent Olympic Games, and
will not be considered for repechage under any circumstances.
