Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg
# Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

The women's 57 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on September 28 at the State Sports Centre.

South Korean fighter Jung Jae-eun yielded a 2–0 lead over her Vietnamese opponent Tran Hieu Ngan to capture her nation's first ever Olympic gold medal in the sport. Additionally, silver medalist Tran smade history to become Vietnam's first ever Olympic medalist. Meanwhile, 1995 World champion Hamide Bıkçın Tosun of Turkey, who lost to Jung in the semifinal and whose delegation complained about alleged biased judging, regrouped to beat Netherlands' Virginia Lourens 7–5 for the bronze.

## Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 28 September 2000 | 09:00 11:30 15:30 20:30 | Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |

## Competitors

| Athlete | Nation |
| - | - |
| Hamide Bıkçın Tosun | Turkey |
| Hsu Chih-ling | Chinese Taipei |
| Cynthia Cameron | Australia |
| Cristiana Corsi | Italy |
| Carmen SIlva | Brazil |
| Jung Jae-eun | South Korea |
| Virginia Lourens | Netherlands |
| Areti Athanasopoulou | Greece |
| Shimaa Afifi | Egypt |
| Tran Hieu Ngan | Vietnam |
| Cheryl Ann Sankar | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Jasmin Strachan | Philippines |

## Results

### Legend

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

### Main bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR) | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR) | 6 | | | | | | |
| Hsu Chih-ling (TPE) | Hsu Chih-ling (TPE) | 6 | Hsu Chih-ling (TPE) | Hsu Chih-ling (TPE) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Cynthia Cameron (AUS) | Cynthia Cameron (AUS) | 0 | | | | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR) | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR) | 2 | | | |
| Cristiana Corsi (ITA) | Cristiana Corsi (ITA) | 5 | | | | Jung Jae-eun (KOR) | Jung Jae-eun (KOR) | 3 | | | |
| Carmen Silva (BRA) | Carmen Silva (BRA) | 2 | Cristiana Corsi (ITA) | Cristiana Corsi (ITA) | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jung Jae-eun (KOR) | Jung Jae-eun (KOR) | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jung Jae-eun (KOR) | Jung Jae-eun (KOR) | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE) | Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE) | 0 |
| | | | Virginia Lourens (NED) | Virginia Lourens (NED) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Areti Athanasopoulou (GRE) | Areti Athanasopoulou (GRE) | 7+ | Areti Athanasopoulou (GRE) | Areti Athanasopoulou (GRE) | 6 | | | | | | |
| Shimaa Afifi (EGY) | Shimaa Afifi (EGY) | 7 | | | | Virginia Lourens (NED) | Virginia Lourens (NED) | 6 | | | |
| Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE) | Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE) | 2 | | | | Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE) | Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE) | 9 | | | |
| Cheryl Ann Sankar (TRI) | Cheryl Ann Sankar (TRI) | 0 | Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE) | Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE) | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Jasmin Strachan (PHI) | Jasmin Strachan (PHI) | 3 | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jasmin Strachan (PHI) | Jasmin Strachan (PHI) | 5+ | | | | | | |
| Cheryl Ann Sankar (TRI) | Cheryl Ann Sankar (TRI) | 5 | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR) | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR) | 9 | | | |
| | | | Jasmin Strachan (PHI) | Jasmin Strachan (PHI) | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR) | Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR) | 7 |
| | | | | | | Virginia Lourens (NED) | Virginia Lourens (NED) | 5 |
| | | | Virginia Lourens (NED) | Virginia Lourens (NED) | 6 | | | |
| | | | Cristiana Corsi (ITA) | Cristiana Corsi (ITA) | 5 | | | |
