Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Taekwondo competition at the 2012 Games will include 128 athletes, 64 in each gender, 16 in each of the eight weight divisions. Each competing nation will be allowed to enter a maximum of 4 competitors, two of each gender. Each nation will therefore be eligible to compete in a maximum of half the weight categories.[1]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

4 places are reserved for Great Britain as host nation, and a further four shall invitational as decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places shall be allocated through a qualification process, in which athletes win quota places for their respective nation.

Qualification summary
NOC Men Women Total
−58kg−68kg−80kg+80kg−49kg−57kg−67kg+67kg
 AfghanistanXX2
 AlgeriaX1
 ArgentinaXX2
 ArmeniaX1
 AustraliaXX2
 AzerbaijanXX2
 BrazilXX2
 CambodiaX1
 CanadaXXX3
 Central African RepublicXX2
 ChileX1
 ChinaXXX3
 Chinese TaipeiXXX3
 ColombiaX1
 Costa RicaX1
 Ivory CoastX1
 CroatiaXX2
 CubaXXX3
 Dominican RepublicX1
 EgyptXXXX4
 FinlandX1
 FranceXX2
 GabonX1
 GermanyXX2
 Great BritainXXXX4
 GreeceX1
 GrenadaX1
 GuatemalaX1
 IranXXX3
 ItalyXX2
 JamaicaX1
 JapanXX2
 JordanXXX3
 KazakhstanXXX3
 KyrgyzstanX1
 LebanonX1
 MaliX1
 MexicoXXXX4
 MoroccoXXX3
 NetherlandsX1
 New ZealandXXX3
 NigeriaXX2
 PanamaX1
 Papua New GuineaX1
 PeruX1
 PolandX1
 RussiaXXXX4
 SamoaXX2
 SenegalX1
 SerbiaXXX3
 SloveniaXXX3
 South KoreaXXXX4
 SpainXXX3
 SwedenXX2
 TajikistanXX2
 ThailandXXX3
 TunisiaX1
 TurkeyXXX3
 UkraineXX2
 United StatesXXXX4
 UzbekistanXXX3
 VietnamXX2
 YemenX1
Total: 63 NOCs1616161616161616128

Qualification timeline
EventDateVenue
World Qualification Tournament[2]June 30 – July 3, 2011 Baku, Azerbaijan
Oceania Qualification Tournament[3]September 11, 2011 Nouméa, New Caledonia
Pan American Qualification Tournament[4]November 18–20, 2011 Querétaro, Mexico
Asian Qualification Tournament[5]November 26–27, 2011 Bangkok, Thailand
African Qualification Tournament[6]January 11–12, 2012 Cairo, Egypt
European Qualification TournamentJanuary 27–29, 2012 Kazan, Russia
Tripartite Commission InvitationsApril 14, 2012—

Men's events
  • Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

−58 kg
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
World Qualification Tournament3 Pen-ek Karaket (THA)
 Gabriel Mercedes (DOM)
 Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Safwan Khalil (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament3 Óscar Muñoz (COL)
 Heiner Oviedo (CRC)
 Damián Villa (MEX)
Asian Qualification Tournament3 Wei Chen-yang (TPE)
 Nursultan Mamayev (KAZ)
 Lê Huỳnh Châu (VIE)
African Qualification Tournament2 Tamer Bayoumi (EGY)
 Mokdad El-Yamine (ALG)
European Qualification Tournament3 Aleksey Denisenko (RUS)
 Joel González (ESP)
 Uno Sanli (SWE)
Invitational / Host Nation[7]1 Tameem Al-Kubati (YEM)
Total16

−68 kg
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
World Qualification Tournament3 Servet Tazegül (TUR)
 Mohammad Bagheri Motamed (IRI)
 Diogo Silva (BRA)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Logan Campbell (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament3 Idulio Islas (MEX)
 Peter López (PER)
 Terrence Jennings (USA)
Asian Qualification Tournament3 Mohammad Abu-Libdeh (JOR)
 Dmitriy Kim (UZB)
 Rohullah Nikpai (AFG)
African Qualification Tournament2 David Boui (CAF)
 Isah Mohammad (NGR)
European Qualification Tournament3 Damir Fejzić (SRB)
 Michał Łoniewski (POL)
 Hryhorii Husarov (UKR)
Invitational / Host Nation[8]1 Martin Stamper (GBR)
Total16

−80 kg
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
World Qualification Tournament3 Ramin Azizov (AZE)
 Yousef Karami (IRI)
 Mauro Sarmiento (ITA)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Vaughn Scott (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament3 Sebastián Crismanich (ARG)
 Steven López (USA)
 Sébastien Michaud (CAN)
Asian Qualification Tournament3 Nesar Ahmad Bahave (AFG)
 Rasul Abduraim (KGZ)
 Farkhod Negmatov (TJK)
African Qualification Tournament2 Issam Chernoubi (MAR)
 Abdelrahman Ossama (EGY)
European Qualification Tournament3 Arman Yeremyan (ARM)
 Tommy Mollet (NED)
 Nicolás García (ESP)
Invitational / Host Nation[8]1 Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)
Total16

+80 kg
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
World Qualification Tournament3 Cha Dong-min (KOR)
 Gadzhi Umarov (RUS)
 Alexandros Nikolaidis (GRE)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Kaino Thomsen (SAM)
Pan American Qualification Tournament3 Robelis Despaigne (CUB)
 François Coulombe-Fortier (CAN)
 Kenneth Edwards (JAM)
Asian Qualification Tournament3 Liu Xiaobo (CHN)
 Alisher Gulov (TJK)
 Akmal Irgashev (UZB)
African Qualification Tournament2 Anthony Obame (GAB)
 Chika Chukwumerije (NGR)
European Qualification Tournament3 Bahri Tanrıkulu (TUR)
 Carlo Molfetta (ITA)
 Ivan Trajkovič (SLO)
Invitational / Host Nation[7]1 Daba Modibo Keïta (MLI)
Total16

Women's events
  • Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

−49 kg
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
World Qualification Tournament3 Wu Jingyu (CHN)
 Lucija Zaninović (CRO)
 Yang Shu-chun (TPE)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Theresa Tona (PNG)
Pan American Qualification Tournament3 Elizabeth Zamora (GUA)
 Jannet Alegría (MEX)
 Carola López (ARG)
Asian Qualification Tournament3 Chanatip Sonkham (THA)
 Erika Kasahara (JPN)
 Dana Haidar (JOR)
African Qualification Tournament2 Sanaa Atabrour (MAR)
 Catherine Kang (CAF)
European Qualification Tournament3 Brigitte Yagüe (ESP)
 Sümeyye Manz (GER)
 Kristina Kim (RUS)
Invitational / Host Nation[7]1 Carolena Carstens (PAN)
Total16

−57 kg
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
World Qualification Tournament3 Tseng Pei-hua (TPE)
 Hou Yuzhuo (CHN)
 Ana Zaninović (CRO)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Robin Cheong (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament3 Nidia Muñoz (CUB)
 Yeny Contreras (CHI)
 Diana López (USA)
Asian Qualification Tournament3 Rangsiya Nisaisom (THA)
 Andrea Paoli (LIB)
 Mayu Hamada (JPN)
African Qualification Tournament2 Hedaya Malak (EGY)
 Bineta Diédhiou (SEN)
European Qualification Tournament3 Dragana Gladović (SRB)
 Suvi Mikkonen (FIN)
 Marlène Harnois (FRA)
Invitational / Host Nation[8]1 Jade Jones (GBR)
Total16

−67 kg
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
World Qualification Tournament3 Kim Mi-kyung (KOR)
 Farida Azizova (AZE)
 Elin Johansson (SWE)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Carmen Marton (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament3 Karine Sergerie (CAN)
 Paige McPherson (USA)
 Andrea St. Bernard (GRN)
Asian Qualification Tournament3 Sousan Hajipour (IRI)
 Chu Hoàng Diệu Linh (VIE)
 Gulnafis Aitmukhambetova (KAZ)
African Qualification Tournament2 Seham El-Sawalhy (EGY)
 Ruth Gbagbi (CIV)
European Qualification Tournament3 Nur Tatar (TUR)
 Helena Fromm (GER)
 Franka Anić (SLO)
Invitational / Host Nation[8]1 Sarah Stevenson (GBR)
Total16

+67 kg
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
World Qualification Tournament3 Gwladys Épangue (FRA)
 An Sae-bom (KOR)
 Anastasia Baryshnikova (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Talitiga Crawley (SAM)
Pan American Qualification Tournament3 Natália Falavigna (BRA)
 María Espinoza (MEX)
 Glenhis Hernández (CUB)
Asian Qualification Tournament3 Nadin Dawani (JOR)
 Feruza Yergeshova (KAZ)
 Natalya Mamatova (UZB)
African Qualification Tournament2 Wiam Dislam (MAR)
 Khaoula Ben Hamza (TUN)
European Qualification Tournament3 Maryna Konieva (UKR)
 Milica Mandić (SRB)
 Nuša Rajher (SLO)
Invitational / Host Nation[7]1 Sorn Davin (CAM)
Total16

References
  1. Taekwondo qualification for London 2012
  2. "2012 World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament" (PDF). WTF. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  3. "Oceania Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for London 2012 Olympic Games" (PDF). WTF. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  4. "Pan American Qualification Tournament for LOG" (PDF). WTF. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  5. "Asian Qualification Tournament for London 2012" (PDF). WTF. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  6. "African Olympic Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Great Success on Jan. 12 in Cairo, Egypt". WTF. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  7. "Cambodia, Mali, Panama, Yemen Earn 1 Wild Card Each for London Olympic Taekwondo Competition". WTF. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  8. Telegraph staff and agencies (May 26, 2011). "London 2012 Olympics: GB Taekwondo select weight categories for Games". The Telegraph. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
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