The men's +80 kg competition in taekwondo at the

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took place on August 23 at the

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. Cuban competitor Ángel Valodia Matos was leading 3-2 in the bronze medal bout against

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's Arman Chilmanov, until he apparently suffered a broken toe and was subsequently ruled to have retired after the allotted one minute of injury time expired. After a brief argument, Matos kicked referee Chakir Chelbat in the face, punched a judge in the arm and spat on the floor of the arena before he and his coach, Leudin González, who had criticized the referee's ruling as too strict and also accused Kazakhstan of bribing officials, were escorted out by security. The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) subsequently banned Matos and González from WTF sanctioned events for life, and ordered Matos's results from the Beijing Games to be deleted from the records. As Chelbat received a cut lip that required seven stitches, the WTF also considered taking legal action against the Cuban team.

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

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( UTC+8)

Qualifying Athletes

Results

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

Main bracket

Repechage

References

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Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics