Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg
# Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg

The women's +67 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on 23 August 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.

## Controversy

The quarterfinal match between Sarah Stevenson of Great Britain and China's Chen Zhong on August 23 was plagued by controversy. Chen Zhong had led 1-0 through most of the match but 4 seconds before the end, Stevenson landed a clear strike to the face of her opponent. However, only half the judges recorded the hit which was thus not registered, dashing Stevenson's olympic hopes of gaining her the two points that would have secured her a quick victory. Stevenson's coach was furious and protested to the referee and judges, but initially Zhong was awarded the match. The British team protested for over an hour and on seeing the clear video footage of the strike to the face, unprecedently in the sport of Taekwondo, the judges decision was repealed and it was Stevenson who went through to the semi-finals against María del Rosario Espinoza of Mexico. Espinoza however, with a disoriented crowd looking on at the loss of their Chinese gold medal hope, secured a clear victory over Stevenson and went on to win gold, whilst Stevenson took bronze in the bronze medal match against the Egyptian Noha Abd Rabo.

On announcing the change of result in the quarter-final, the tournament director said:

   "The competition supervisory board has looked into this matter deeply, has made video analysis which has been open to all the referees and judges. In applying paragraph two of page 64 of the competition rules of the World Taekwondo Federation we have to change this result and we have to declare the British player as winner. We are very sorry to the spectators of China but justice is first. Thank you for understanding."

## Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, 23 August 2008 | 09:00 15:00 17:00 20:00 | Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |

## Qualifying Athletes

| Athlete | Country |
| - | - |
| Nina Solheim | Norway |
| Noha Abd Rabo | Egypt |
| Che Chew Chan | Malaysia |
| Evgeniya Karimova | Uzbekistan |
| Lorena Benites | Ecuador |
| Carmen Marton | Australia |
| Natália Falavigna | Brazil |
| Kyriaki Kouvari | Greece |
| Khaoula Ben Hamza | Tunisia |
| María del Rosario Espinoza | Mexico |
| Karolina Kedzierska | Sweden |
| Rosana Simon | Spain |
| Chen Zhong | China |
| Adriana Carmona | Venezuela |
| Nadin Dawani | Jordan |
| Sarah Stevenson | Great Britain |

## Results

### Legend

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

### Main bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nina Solheim (NOR) | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Noha Abd Rabo (EGY) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Noha Abd Rabo (EGY) | 3 | Nina Solheim (NOR) | Nina Solheim (NOR) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Che Chew Chan (MAS) | Che Chew Chan (MAS) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Che Chew Chan (MAS) | 5 | Che Chew Chan (MAS) | Che Chew Chan (MAS) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Evgeniya Karimova (UZB) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Evgeniya Karimova (UZB) | 4 | | | | Nina Solheim (NOR) | Nina Solheim (NOR) | (SUP) 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | 2 | | | | |
| 5 | Lorena Benites (ECU) | 0 | | | | | | | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | 2 | | | | |
| 12 | Carmen Marton (AUS) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Carmen Marton (AUS) | 2 | Carmen Marton (AUS) | Carmen Marton (AUS) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | 3 | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Kyriaki Kouvari (GRE) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Kyriaki Kouvari (GRE) | 1 | | | | | | | | Nina Solheim (NOR) | Nina Solheim (NOR) | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | 3 |
| 6 | Khaoula Ben Hamza (TUN) | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | 3 |
| 11 | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | 4 | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) | Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) | 5 | Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) | Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Rosana Simon (ESP) | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Rosana Simon (ESP) | 4 | | | | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | María del Rosario Espinoza (MEX) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | 1 | | | | |
| 7 | Chen Zhong (CHN) | 3 | | | | | | | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | 1 | | | | |
| 10 | Adriana Carmona (VEN) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Adriana Carmona (VEN) | 1 | Chen Zhong (CHN) | Chen Zhong (CHN) | 1 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | 0 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Nadin Dawani (JOR) | 2 | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | 0 2 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| - | - | - | - |
| Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) | 5 | Karolina Kedzierska (SWE) | 2 |
| Khaoula Ben Hamza (TUN) | 4 | Natália Falavigna (BRA) | 5 |
| Noha Abd Rabo (EGY) | 5 | Sarah Stevenson (GBR) | 5 |
| Che Chew Chan (MAS) | 1 | Noha Abd Rabo (EGY) | 1 |
