Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg

The men's 58 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on 27 September at the State Sports Centre.^[1]

Men's 58 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Olympic Taekwondo
Venue	State Sports Centre
Date	27 September
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Michalis Mouroutsos  Greece Gabriel Esparza  Spain Huang Chih-hsiung  Chinese Taipei
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Greece's Michalis Mouroutsos handily defeated the Spaniard Gabriel Esparza with a score of 4–2 to take the gold in the men's flyweight class.^[2][3] The bronze medal was awarded to Chinese Taipei's Huang Chih-hsiung, who overwhelmed Argentina's Gabriel Taraburelli for a 3–0 victory in the repechage.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 27 September 2000	09:00 11:30 15:30 20:30	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Competitors

Athlete	Nation
Gabriel Taraburelli	Argentina
Gabriel Sagastume	Guatemala
Roberto Cruz	Philippines
Kiyoteru Higuchi	Japan
Huang Chih-hsiung	Chinese Taipei
Talaat Abada	Egypt
Michalis Mouroutsos	Greece
József Salim	Hungary
Juan Moreno	United States
Naser Buftain	Kuwait
Mfanukhona Dlamini	Swaziland
Paul Lyons	Australia
Younès Sekkat	Morocco
Gabriel Esparza	Spain

Results

Legend

• PTG — Won by points gap
• SUP — Won by superiority
• OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)
• WO — Walkover
• RSC — Referee Stops Contest

Main bracket

Preliminary round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Gabriel Taraburelli (ARG)

7

Gabriel Sagastume (GUA)

−1

Roberto Cruz (PHI)

5

Roberto Cruz (PHI)

4

Gabriel Taraburelli (ARG)

1

Kiyoteru Higuchi (JPN)

0

Michalis Mouroutsos (GRE)

2

Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE)

4

Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE)

1

Talaat Abada (EGY)

0

Michalis Mouroutsos (GRE)

2

Michalis Mouroutsos (GRE)

5

Michalis Mouroutsos (GRE)

4

József Salim (HUN)

2

Gabriel Esparza (ESP)

2

Juan Moreno (USA)

0

József Salim (HUN)

1+

Naser Buftain (KUW)

0:00-3

Naser Buftain (KUW)

1

Mfanukhona Dlamini (SWZ)

RSC

József Salim (HUN)

0

Paul Lyons (AUS)

4

Gabriel Esparza (ESP)

5

Younès Sekkat (MAR)

4+

Younès Sekkat (MAR)

1

Gabriel Esparza (ESP)

3

Repechage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Bronze medal match
						Gabriel Taraburelli (ARG)		5
						Younès Sekkat (MAR)		4
											Gabriel Taraburelli (ARG)		0
											Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE)		3
						József Salim (HUN)		0
	Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE)		7			Huang Chih-hsiung (TPE)		1
	Talaat Abada (EGY)		2

References

1. "Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Flyweight (≤58 kilograms), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
2. "Sydney 2000 – Taekwondo: Poe Loses; Australians Win Gold". New York Times. 28 September 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
3. Browne, Andrew (27 September 2000). "Australian student wins first taekwondo gold". Rediff.com. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
4. "Chinese Taipei Huang Chih-Hsiung Wins Men's 58kg Taekwondo Bronze". People's Daily. 27 September 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
5. "Taekwondo – Competition format". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

External links

• Official Report