The women's 57 kg competition at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
was held on 9 August, at the
ExCeL Exhibition Centre
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.
Competition format
The competition was held in a partial double-elimination 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 second repechage bracket was used to determine the bronze medal winners. Every competitor who lost to one of the two finalists competed in the repechage, again in 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 British Summer Time
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Results
On 13 July 2012, the
World Taekwondo Federation released the provisional draw which included the top eight seeds for the competition. The remainder of the qualified athletes were randomly drawn on 6 August 2012.
Repechage
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.
Men's Taekwondo competition format.
Accessed 2 May 2012.
References
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Women's 57 kg
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Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics