The men's 68 kg competition in

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Summary

This is the seventh appearance of the men's 68 kg category, debut in 2000, and it has appeared in every games since then. Ulugbek Rashitov defended his Tokyo 2020 title and became an eventual champion by beating Zaid Kareem,

Bradly Sinden Bradly John Sinden (born 19 September 1998) is a British Taekwondo athlete who won gold at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships, becoming the first British male World Taekwondo champion. At the following 2020 Summer Olympics, he reached the ...

lost to potentially silver medalist Zaid Kareem, later Sinden lost to

Liang Yushuai Liang Yushuai (born 10 September 2000) is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the men's bantamweight event at the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. He also won the silver medal in his event at ...

in the bronze medal match, one of the bronze medalists,

Hakan Reçber Hakan Reçber (born 17 August 1999) is a Turkish taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kw ...

lost to Kareem, later Reçber lost to potentially bronze medalist

Edival Pontes Edival Marques Quirino Pontes also known as Netinho (born October 11, 1997) is a Brazilian taekwondo athlete. He won the bronze medal in the 68 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the silver medal in the men's lightweight event at the 202 ...

in repechage, and

Zhao Shuai Zhao Shuai (; born 15 August 1995) is a Chinese taekwondo practitioner. He won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World Championships, placing third earlier in 2015. He served as the flag bearer for China at the opening ceremony of the ...

did not qualify.

Seeds

Each practitioner has every number, the hosting nation is seeded 4 based on Universality places. # (Champion) # (loser of bronze medal matches (Walkover)) # (loser of repechages) # (quarterfinals) # (loser of bronze medal matches) # (silver medalist) # (quarterfinals) # (round of 16) # (bronze medalist) # (round of 16) # (bronze medalist) # (round of 16) # (round of 16) # (round of 16) # (round of 16) # (qualifying round) # (loser of repechages)

Results

Gold medal match

Repechage

Main bracket

Pool A

Pool B

References

External links

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