The women's 49 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 20, 2008 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 in the taekwondo competition. 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 RoundWednesday, 20 August 2008 09:0015:0017:0020:00 Preliminary RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal

Qualifying Athletes Athlete Country Gladys Mora Yang Shu-Chun Sara Khoshjamal Ghizlane Toudali Mildred Alango Wu Jingyu Hanna Zajc Ivett Gonda Sümeyye Gülec Dalia Contreras Manuela Bezzola Charlotte Craig Theresa Tona Tran Thi Ngoc Truc Buttree Puedpong Daynellis Montejo

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

Main bracket

Repechage

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