Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (The Olympics was postponed to at least 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[2] The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs. Each NOC is allowed to enter up to one competitor per event, resulting in a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender.

Taekwondo at the
2020 Summer Olympics
List of practitioners
Qualification
MenWomen
58 kg49 kg
68 kg57 kg
80 kg67 kg
+80 kg+67 kg

Five quota places will be awarded to the top-ranked practitioners in each of the eight weight classes (four per gender) through the World Taekwondo (WT) Olympic rankings, while the highest-ranked practitioner of each weight category on merit points standing will grant one quota place each for their respective NOC through the WT Grand Slam Champions Series. If an NOC has qualified a minimum of two male and a minimum of two female athletes through ranking, it cannot participate in the respective Continental Qualification Tournament, unless it relinquishes the places obtained through ranking.[1]

Four places have been reserved to the host nation Japan, and another four have been invited by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places are allocated through a qualification process in which athletes have won quota place for their respective NOC. 48 taekwondo fighters, 24 in each gender and the top 6 in each weight category, are eligible to compete through the WT Olympic rankings, while the rest through the five Continental Qualification Tournaments.[1]

If an NOC having qualified through a Qualification Tournament relinquishes a quota place, it would be allocated to the nation of the next highest placed athlete in the respective weight category of that tournament as long as the addition of the place does not exceed the maximum quota for that nation.[1]

Timeline
EventDateVenue
WT Olympic RankingsDecember 7, 2019—
WT Grand Slam Series RankingsDecember 20, 2019—
African Qualification TournamentFebruary 22–23, 2020 Rabat
Oceania Qualification TournamentFebruary 29, 2020 Gold Coast
Pan American Qualification TournamentMarch 11–12, 2020 Heredia
European Qualification TournamentMay 7–9, 2021 Sofia[note 1]
Asian Qualification TournamentTBA Amman[note 2]

Qualification summary
NOC Men Women Total
−58 kg−68 kg−80 kg+80 kg−49 kg−57 kg−67 kg+67 kg
 ArgentinaX1
 AustraliaXXXX4
 AzerbaijanX1
 BelgiumX1
 BrazilXXX3
 CanadaX1
 ChileX1
 ChinaXXXXX5
 ColombiaXX2
 CroatiaXXX3
 CubaX1
 Dominican RepublicXXX3
 EgyptXXXX4
 EthiopiaX1
 GabonX1
 GermanyX1
 Great BritainXXXXX5
 HaitiX1
 IranXX2
 IrelandX1
 ItalyX1
 Ivory CoastXXXX4
 JapanXXXX4
 KenyaX1
 MaliX1
 MexicoXX2
 MoroccoXXX3
 New ZealandX1
 NigerXX2
 NigeriaX1
 PolandX1
 Puerto RicoX1
 RussiaXXXX4
 SerbiaXX2
 SloveniaX1
 South KoreaXXXXXX6
 SpainXXX3
 ThailandX1
 TongaXX2
 TunisiaX1
 TurkeyXXXX4
 United StatesXX2
 UzbekistanX1
Total: 43 NOCs1616161616161616128

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
CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings6 Jang Jun (KOR)
 Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA)
 Jesús Tortosa (ESP)
 Armin Hadipour (IRI)
 Mikhail Artamonov (RUS)
 Jack Woolley (IRL)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0—
African Qualification Tournament2 Solomon Demse (ETH)
 Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Safwan Khalil (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Lucas Guzmán (ARG)
 Jefferson Ochoa (COL)
Asian Qualification Tournament2
European Qualification Tournament2
Invitational / Host Country1 Sergio Suzuki (JPN)
Total16

−68 kg
CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings6 Lee Dae-hoon (KOR)
 Bradly Sinden (GBR)
 Zhao Shuai (CHN)
 Javier Pérez (ESP)
 Jaouad Achab (BEL)
 Mirhashem Hosseini (IRI)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0—
African Qualification Tournament2 Abdelrahman Wael (EGY)
 Seydou Fofana (MLI)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Tom Burns (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Edival Pontes (BRA)
 Bernardo Pié (DOM)
Asian Qualification Tournament2
European Qualification Tournament2
Invitational / Host Country1 Ricardo Suzuki (JPN)
Total16

−80 kg
CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings6 Maksim Khramtsov (RUS)
 Milad Beigi (AZE)
 Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV)
 Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)
 Raúl Martínez (ESP)
 Toni Kanaet (CRO)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0—
African Qualification Tournament2 Seif Eissa (EGY)
 Achraf Mahboubi (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Jack Marton (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA)
 Moisés Hernández (DOM)
Asian Qualification Tournament2
European Qualification Tournament2
Invitational / Host Country1
Total16

+80 kg
CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings6 Vladislav Larin (RUS)
 In Kyo-don (KOR)
 Alexander Bachmann (GER)
 Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG)
 Ivan Trajkovič (SLO)
 Mahama Cho (GBR)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0—
African Qualification Tournament2 Seydou Gbané (CIV)
 Anthony Obame (GAB)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Pita Taufatofua (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Rafael Alba (CUB)
 Carlos Sansores (MEX)
Asian Qualification Tournament2
European Qualification Tournament2
Invitational / Host Country1
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
CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings6 Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA)
 Sim Jae-young (KOR)
 Tijana Bogdanović (SRB)
 Rukiye Yıldırım (TUR)
 Kristina Tomić (CRO)
 Wu Jingyu (CHN)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0—
African Qualification Tournament2 Nour Abdelsalam (EGY)
 Oumaima El-Bouchti (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament0—
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Andrea Ramírez (COL)
 Victoria Stambaugh (PUR)
Asian Qualification Tournament2
European Qualification Tournament2
Invitational / Host Country1 Miyu Yamada (JPN)
Total16

−57 kg
CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings5 Jade Jones (GBR)
 Lee Ah-reum (KOR)
 İrem Yaman (TUR)
 Tatiana Kudashova (RUS)
 Skylar Park (CAN)
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings1 Zhou Lijun (CHN)
African Qualification Tournament2 Nada Laaraj (MAR)
 Tekiath Ben Yessouf (NIG)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Stacey Hymer (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Fernanda Aguirre (CHI)
 Anastasija Zolotic (USA)
Asian Qualification Tournament2
European Qualification Tournament2
Invitational / Host Country1 Mayu Hamada (JPN)
Total16

−67 kg
CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings6 Ruth Gbagbi (CIV)
 Nur Tatar (TUR)
 Matea Jelić (CRO)
 Lauren Williams (GBR)
 Zhang Mengyu (CHN)
 Paige McPherson (USA)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0—
African Qualification Tournament2 Hedaya Malak (EGY)
 Elizabeth Anyanacho (NGR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Malia Paseka (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Milena Titoneli (BRA)
 Aliyah Shipman (HAI)
Asian Qualification Tournament2
European Qualification Tournament2
Invitational / Host Country1
Total16

+67 kg
CompetitionPlacesQualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings6 Bianca Walkden (GBR)
 Zheng Shuyin (CHN)
 Lee Da-bin (KOR)
 Milica Mandić (SRB)
 Nafia Kuş (TUR)
 Aleksandra Kowalczuk (POL)[note 3]
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings0—
African Qualification Tournament2 Aminata Traoré (CIV)
 Faith Ogallo (KEN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament1 Reba Stewart (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament2 Katherine Rodríguez (DOM)
 Briseida Acosta (MEX)
Asian Qualification Tournament2
European Qualification Tournament2
Invitational / Host Country1
Total16

Notes
  1. The European Qualification Tournament was originally scheduled to be held on April 24–25, 2020 in Milan but was moved to Moscow, Russia due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. It was moved once again to Sofia, Bulgaria.[3]
  2. The qualifying tournament was moved from Wuxi to Amman because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]
  3. With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the Olympic Rankings, the spot for the Grand Slam winner was re-allocated to the Olympic Rankings

References
  1. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Taekwondo" (PDF). WTF. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. "European Qualification Tournament 2021: Bulgaria!". World Taekwondo Europe. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. "WT President Chungwon Choue's message regarding the Tokyo 2020 qualification tournaments". World Taekwondo. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. Pavitt, Michael (22 February 2020). "World Taekwondo moves Asian Olympic qualifier from China to Jordan over coronavirus fears". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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