Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's +80 kg

The men's heavyweight (+80 kilograms) event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 21 August 2018 at Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia.[1]

Men's +80 kg at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Jakarta Convention Center
Date	21 August
Competitors	15 from 15 nations
Medalists
Saeid Rajabi    Iran   Dmitriy Shokin    Uzbekistan   Hamza Kattan    Jordan   Ruslan Zhaparov    Kazakhstan

Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games
Poomsae
	Men	Women
	individual	individual
	team	team
Kyorugi
	Men	Women
	58 kg	49 kg
	63 kg	53 kg
	68 kg	57 kg
	80 kg	67 kg
	+80 kg	+67 kg

A total of fifteen competitors from fifteen different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was more than 80 kilograms.

Saeid Rajabi from Iran won the gold medal after defeating the former world champion Dmitriy Shokin from Uzbekistan in the gold medal match in the golden round by the score of 3–2. Dmitriy Shokin was also a silver medalist from the previous edition in Incheon, South Korea.

Rajabi won Iran's first ever gold medal in this heavyweight event at the history of the Asian Games.

The bronze medal was shared by semifinal losers (without having a third place match) Hamza Kattan of Jordan and Ruslan Zhaparov from Kazakhstan.