Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg
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The men's +80 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on August 29 at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex.
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Venue | Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex | ||||||||||||
Date | 29 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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South Korean taekwondo jin and 1999 world champion Moon Dae-sung unleashed a wicked roundhouse kick to knock out two-meter tall fighter and home favorite Alexandros Nikolaidis of Greece from the mat for an Olympic gold just a minute into the bout.[1][2] Meanwhile, France's Pascal Gentil opened up a four-point gap over Jordan's Ibrahim Kamal, and defeated him 6–2 to repeat his bronze medal victory from Sydney four years earlier.[1][3]