Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg
| Men's 68kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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| Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 9 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Servet Tazegül |
 Turkey
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M Bagheri Motamed |
 Iran
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Terrence Jennings |
 United States
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Rohullah Nikpai |
 Afghanistan
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The men's 68 kg competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August, at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
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 competes 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.
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
On 13 July 2012, the World Taekwondo Federation released the provisional draw which included the top eight seeds for the competition. The remainder of the qualified athletes were randomly drawn on 6 August 2012.
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.
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