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Welterweight (≤80 kilograms), Men

Date	29 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	14 from 14 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

The change in weight classes for the Olympics, in which only four weight classes were recognized from the world standard of eight weight classes, made this the most wide-open competition in taekwondo at Sydney. There could be no favorite as none of the 16 competitors had ever placed in any class at an international level previously, with many competitors moving up or down in weight. Ángel Matos of Cuba crushed his first opponent, 9-0, and then easily defeated Roman Livaja of Sweden in the semi-finals. The final was closer, but Matos defeated Germany’s Faissal Ebnoutalib, 3-1. The 2000 gold medal remains Matos’s only major international victory. Ebnoutalib was also world silver medalist in 2003, losing to the 68 kg. gold medalist from Sydney, Steven Lopez.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Ángel Matos	CUB	Gold
2	Faissal Ebnoutalib	GER	Silver
3	Víctor Estrada	MEX	Bronze
4	Roman Livaja	SWE
=5	N'Guessan Sebastien Konan	CIV
=5	Warren Hansen	AUS
=7	Felipe Soto	CHI
=7	Mohamed Al-Fararjeh	JOR
=9	Marcel More	SLO
=9	Mokete Mokhosi	LES
=11	Donald Geisler	PHI
=11	Madjid Aflaki Khamesh	IRI
=11	Mario De Meo	ITA
=11	Muhammed Dahmani	DEN

Round One

Date	29 September 2000 — 9:15
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Marcel More	SLO
Match #2	29 Sep 9:15	Roman Livaja	SWE	Superiority	Donald Geisler	PHI
Match #3	29 Sep 9:45	Ángel Matos	CUB	Final score	Felipe Soto	CHI
Match #4	29 Sep 10:15	Víctor Estrada	MEX	Final score	Madjid Aflaki Khamesh	IRI
Match #5	29 Sep 10:45	Faissal Ebnoutalib	GER	Final score	Mohamed Al-Fararjeh	JOR
Match #6	29 Sep 11:00	Warren Hansen	AUS	Final score	Muhammed Dahmani	DEN
Match #7	29 Sep 11:15	Mokete Mokhosi	LES	Final score	Mario De Meo	ITA
Match #8	29 Sep	N'Guessan Sebastien Konan	CIV

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 September 2000 — 11:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep 11:45	Roman Livaja	SWE	Final score	Marcel More	SLO
Match #2	29 Sep 12:15	Ángel Matos	CUB	Final score	Víctor Estrada	MEX
Match #3	29 Sep 14:45	Faissal Ebnoutalib	GER	Final score	Warren Hansen	AUS
Match #4	29 Sep 15:15	N'Guessan Sebastien Konan	CIV	Final score	Mokete Mokhosi	LES

Semi-Finals

Date	29 September 2000 — 15:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep 15:45	Ángel Matos	CUB	Final score	Roman Livaja	SWE
Match #2	29 Sep 16:15	Faissal Ebnoutalib	GER	Final score	N'Guessan Sebastien Konan	CIV

Repêchage Round One

Date	29 September 2000 — 16:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Roman Livaja	SWE
Match #2	29 Sep 17:15	Warren Hansen	AUS	Final score	Mohamed Al-Fararjeh	JOR
Match #3	29 Sep 16:45	Víctor Estrada	MEX	Final score	Felipe Soto	CHI
Match #4	29 Sep	N'Guessan Sebastien Konan	CIV

Repêchage Round Two

Date	29 September 2000 — 19:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep 20:15	Roman Livaja	SWE	Final score	Warren Hansen	AUS
Match #2	29 Sep 19:45	Víctor Estrada	MEX	Final score	N'Guessan Sebastien Konan	CIV

Final Round

Date	29 September 2000 — 20:45

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	29 Sep 21:15	Ángel Matos	CUB	Final score	Faissal Ebnoutalib	GER
Match 3/4	29 Sep 20:45	Víctor Estrada	MEX	Final score	Roman Livaja	SWE