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Featherweight (≤68 kilograms), Men

Date 8 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationGrand Palais, Paris, France
Participants17 from 17 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

Apart from Uzbekistan’s Ulugbek Rashitov, the reigning Olympic champion, there were three 2023 World champions in the competition: Türkiye’s Hakan Reçber (bantamweight), also a bronze medalist from Tokyo, Britain’s Bradly Sinden (featherweight). also a silver medalist from Tokyo, and Croatia’s Marko Golubić (lightweight).

Rashitov dominated the contest in the Grand Palais, beating all opponents in the round-of-16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals by scoring wins in the first two rounds of each match.

In the final, Rashitov defeated Jordan’s Zaid Mustafa in two rounds, scoring 5-4, 3-1, securing the first-round win with a stunning turning kick to the head that earned five points. Mustafa strengthened Jordan’s Olympic position in taekwondo, which had already brought the country two Olympic medals, gold at Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo. The Uzbek fighter gained his second gold medal after claiming his first in Tokyo three years before, when he made history by becoming his country’s first Olympic taekwondo champion.

Brazil’s Edival Pontes and China’s Liang Yushuai won the bronze medals in Paris.

PosBib/SeedCompetitorNOC
1401Ulugbek RashitovUZBGold
2406Zaid MustafaJORSilver
=3409Liang YushuaiCHNBronze
=3411Edival PontesBRABronze
=5402Bradly SindenGBR
=5405Javier PérezESP
=7417Lo Wai FungHKG
=7403Hakan ReçberTUR
=9404Souleyman AlaphilippeFRA
=9407Marko GolubićCRO
=11408Levente JózsaHUN
=11415Kevin Sogo KassmanPNG
=11412Banlung TubtimdangTHA
=11414Ibrahim MaigaBUR
=11413Ahmed NassarEGY
=11410Bernardo PiéDOM
17416Yahya Al-GhotanyEOR

Qualifying Round

Date8 August 2024 — 09:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the round of 16.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 Aug 09:00Lo Wai FungHKGWin by final scoreYahya Al-GhotanyEOR

Round One

Date8 August 2024 — 09:21
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 Aug 09:21Souleyman AlaphilippeFRAWin by final scoreAhmed NassarEGY
Match #208 Aug 09:46Javier PérezESPWin by final scoreBanlung TubtimdangTHA
Match #308 Aug 10:10Liang YushuaiCHNWin by final scoreLevente JózsaHUN
Match #408 Aug 10:35Ulugbek RashitovUZBWin by final scoreLo Wai FungHKG
Match #508 Aug 10:59Bradly SindenGBRWin by final scoreKevin Sogo KassmanPNG
Match #608 Aug 11:24Marko GolubićCROWin by final scoreBernardo PiéDOM
Match #708 Aug 11:48Zaid MustafaJORWin by final scoreEdival PontesBRA
Match #808 Aug 12:13Hakan ReçberTURWin by final scoreIbrahim MaigaBUR

Quarter-Finals

Date8 August 2024 — 14:40
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 Aug 14:40Javier PérezESPWin by final scoreSouleyman AlaphilippeFRA
Match #208 Aug 15:06Ulugbek RashitovUZBWin by final scoreLiang YushuaiCHN
Match #308 Aug 15:32Bradly SindenGBRWin by final scoreMarko GolubićCRO
Match #408 Aug 15:58Zaid MustafaJORWin by final scoreHakan ReçberTUR

Semi-Finals

Date8 August 2024 — 16:24
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 Aug 16:24Ulugbek RashitovUZBWin by final scoreJavier PérezESP
Match #208 Aug 16:50Zaid MustafaJORWin by final scoreBradly SindenGBR

Repêchage

Date8 August 2024 — 19:30
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 Aug 19:30Liang YushuaiCHNWin by final scoreLo Wai FungHKG
Match #208 Aug 19:53Edival PontesBRAWin by final scoreHakan ReçberTUR

Final Round

Date8 August 2024 — 20:49
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/208 Aug 21:19Ulugbek RashitovUZBWin by final scoreZaid MustafaJOR
Match 3/508 AugLiang YushuaiCHNWin by withdrawalBradly SindenGBR
Match 3/508 Aug 20:49Edival PontesBRAWin by final scoreJavier PérezESP