Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg
Women's 57 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | State Sports Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | 28 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 12 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 57 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on September 28 at the State Sports Centre.
South Korean fighter Jung Jae-eun yielded a 2–0 lead over her Vietnamese opponent Tran Hieu Ngan to capture her nation's first ever Olympic gold medal in the sport. Additionally, silver medalist Tran smade history to become Vietnam's first ever Olympic medalist.[1][2] Meanwhile, 1995 World champion Hamide Bıkçın Tosun of Turkey, who lost to Jung in the semifinal and whose delegation complained about alleged biased judging, regrouped to beat Netherlands' Virginia Lourens 7–5 for the bronze.[2]
Competition format
The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event.[3]
Schedule
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday, 28 September 2000 | 09:00 11:30 15:30 20:30 | Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
Competitors
Athlete | Nation |
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Hamide Bıkçın Tosun | ![]() |
Hsu Chih-ling | ![]() |
Cynthia Cameron | ![]() |
Cristiana Corsi | ![]() |
Carmen SIlva | ![]() |
Jung Jae-eun | ![]() |
Virginia Lourens | ![]() |
Areti Athanasopoulou | ![]() |
Shimaa Afifi | ![]() |
Tran Hieu Ngan | ![]() |
Cheryl Ann Sankar | ![]() |
Jasmin Strachan | ![]() |
Results
- Legend
- PTG — Won by points gap
- SUP — Won by superiority
- OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)
- WO — Walkover
Main bracket
Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 7+ | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 7 | ![]() | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ![]() | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ![]() | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 |
Repechage
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
![]() | 5+ | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ![]() | 9 | |||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 |
References
- ^ "Taekwondo Yields One Gold, One Silver". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Medal first for Vietnam". BBC Sport. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Taekwondo – Competition format". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
External links
- Official Report