Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg
| Women's 57 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
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| Venue | State Sports Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | 28 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
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Jung Jae-eun |
 South Korea
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Tran Hieu Ngan |
 Vietnam
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Hamide Bıkçın Tosun |
 Turkey
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The women's 57 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on September 27 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, Tran set a historic milestone to become Vietnam's first ever Olympic medalist, as she had to satisfy with the silver. Meanwhile, 1995 World champion Hamide Bıkçın Tosun of Turkey, who lost to Jung in the semifinal upon the animosity of her partisan squad, confidently mounted her strength to beat Netherlands' Virginia Lourens 7–5 for the bronze.
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.
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
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