Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg

The taekwondo competition at featherweight of the men in the weight class up to 68 kg at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 9 August 2012 at the Exhibition Centre London. 16 fighters participated.

The competition was held in the knockout system. It started with the first knockout round. The winners then came into the quarter-finals and semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competing for gold and silver medal. The fighters who had lost in the eighth - and quarter-final against one of the finalists, fought in a repechage against each other. The two winners then fought with the semi-final losers of the other finalists to two bronze medals.

Note: The winners of the fights and their scores are bold. The abbreviation PTG means that the winner has reached a lead of 12 points in the third round at the end of the second round or at any time and so the fight ends. SUD means Sudden Death. Event of a draw after the third round, a fourth round is fought. The first vote decides the winner. Should there still be no winner after the fourth round, is considered the overall impression (SUP ).

Title holders

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinal

Repechage

It fought the athletes who in the eighth and quarter- final against the finalists Servet Tazegül, then those who have against Mohammad Bagheri Motamed, lost.

Fights for the bronze medal

Final

August 9, 2012, 23:30 clock (CEST )

Medals

Servet Tazegül scored the first victory in the Turkish Olympic Taekwondo. Rohullah Nikpai won the first Afghan medal at featherweight.