Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg

The women's 49 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. It took place on August 20, 2008 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

Women's 49 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
Date	20 August 2008
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Wu Jingyu  China Buttree Puedpong  Thailand Daynellis Montejo  Cuba Dalia Contreras  Venezuela

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.

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 20 August 2008	09:00 15:00 17:00 20:00	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Qualifying Athletes

Athlete	Country
Gladys Mora	Colombia
Yang Shu-Chun	Chinese Taipei
Sara Khoshjamal	Iran
Ghizlane Toudali	Morocco
Mildred Alango	Kenya
Wu Jingyu	China
Hanna Zajc	Sweden
Ivett Gonda	Canada
Sümeyye Gülec	Germany
Dalia Contreras	Venezuela
Manuela Bezzola	Switzerland
Charlotte Craig	United States
Theresa Tona	Papua New Guinea
Tran Thi Ngoc Truc	Vietnam
Buttree Puedpong	Thailand
Daynellis Montejo	Cuba

Results

Legend

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

Main bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	1	Gladys Mora (COL)	−1
	16	Yang Shu-Chun (TPE)	0
						Yang Shu-Chun (TPE)		2
						Sara Khoshjamal (IRI)		0
	8	Sara Khoshjamal (IRI)	5
	9	Ghizlane Toudali (MAR)	0
											Yang Shu-Chun (TPE)		1
											Wu Jingyu (CHN)		4
	5	Mildred Alango (KEN)	0
	12	Wu Jingyu (CHN)	7
						Wu Jingyu (CHN)		8
						Hanna Zajc (SWE)		1
	4	Hanna Zajc (SWE)	2
	13	Ivett Gonda (CAN)	0
																Wu Jingyu (CHN)		1
																Buttree Puedpong (THA)		−1
	6	Sümeyye Gülec (GER)	2
	11	Dalia Contreras (VEN)	4
						Dalia Contreras (VEN)		3
						Charlotte Craig (USA)		2
	3	Manuela Bezzola (SUI)	0
	14	Charlotte Craig (USA)	4
											Dalia Contreras (VEN)		2
											Buttree Puedpong (THA)		(SUP) 2
	7	Theresa Tona (PNG)	0
	10	Tran Thi Ngoc Truc (VIE)	5
						Tran Thi Ngoc Truc (VIE)		1
						Buttree Puedpong (THA)		2
	2	Buttree Puedpong (THA)	1
	15	Daynellis Montejo (CUB)	0

Repechage

	Round 1				Bronze medal match
	Tran Thi Ngoc Truc (VIE)	0			Daynellis Montejo (CUB)	3
	Daynellis Montejo (CUB)	4			Yang Shu-Chun (TPE)	2
	Mildred Alango (KEN)	(SUP) 2			Dalia Contreras (VEN)	1
	Hanna Zajc (SWE)	2			Mildred Alango (KEN)	0