Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

Women's 57 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
Date	21 August 2008
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Lim Su-Jeong  South Korea Azize Tanrıkulu  Turkey Diana López  United States Martina Zubčić  Croatia

The women's 57 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 21 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. Two bronze medals were awarded at the taekwondo competitions. A repechage was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, another single-elimination competition. Each semifinal loser faced the last remaining repechage competitor from the opposite half of the bracket in a bronze medal match.

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 21 August 2008	09:00 15:00 17:00 20:00	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Qualifying Athletes

Athlete	Country
Mariam Bah	Ivory Coast
Robin Cheong	New Zealand
Su Li-Wen	Chinese Taipei
Lim Su-Jeong	South Korea
Doris Patiño	Colombia
Veronica Calabrese	Italy
Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu	Vietnam
Bineta Diédhiou	Senegal
Diana López	United States
Chonnapas Premwaew	Thailand
Azize Tanrıkulu	Turkey
Elaine Teo	Malaysia
Martina Zubčić	Croatia
Bat-El Gatterer	Israel
Debora Nunes	Brazil
Lailatou Amadou Lele	Niger

Results

Legend

• PTG — Won by points gap
• SUP — Won by superiority
• OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)

Main bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	1	Mariam Bah (CIV)	0
	16	Robin Cheong (NZL)	1
						Robin Cheong (NZL)		1
						Lim Su-Jeong (KOR)		4
	8	Su Li-Wen (TPE)	0
	9	Lim Su-Jeong (KOR)	1
											Lim Su-Jeong (KOR)		5
											Veronica Calabrese (ITA)		1
	5	Doris Patiño (COL)	0
	12	Veronica Calabrese (ITA)	2
						Veronica Calabrese (ITA)		3
						Bineta Diédhiou (SEN)		0
	4	Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu (VIE)	0
	13	Bineta Diédhiou (SEN)	1
																Lim Su-Jeong (KOR)		1
																Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR)		0
	6	Diana López (USA)	2
	11	Chonnapas Premwaew (THA)	0
						Diana López (USA)		1
						Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR)		2
	3	Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR)	7
	14	Elaine Teo (MAS)	4
											Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR)		5
											Martina Zubčić (CRO)		3
	7	Martina Zubčić (CRO)	4
	10	Bat-El Gatterer (ISR)	3
						Martina Zubčić (CRO)		3
						Debora Nunes (BRA)		2
	2	Debora Nunes (BRA)
	15	Lailatou Amadou Lele (NIG)	DSQ

Repechage

	Round 1				Bronze medal match
	Diana López (USA)	3			Diana López (USA)	3
	Elaine Teo (MAS)	0			Veronica Calabrese (ITA)	2
	Su Li-Wen (TPE)	1			Martina Zubčić (CRO)	5
	Robin Cheong (NZL)	0			Su Li-Wen (TPE)	4