The Taekwondo competition at the 2012 Games will include 128 athletes, 64 in each gender, 16 in each of the eight weight divisions. Each competing nation will be allowed to enter a maximum of 4 competitors, two of each gender. Each nation will therefore be eligible to compete in a maximum of half the weight categories.Taekwondo qualification for London 2012
4 places are reserved for Great Britain as Host Country, and a further four shall invitational as decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places shall be allocated through a qualification process, in which athletes win quota places for their respective nation.
Timeline Event Date Venue World Qualification Tournament June 30 – July 3, 2011 Baku, AzerbaijanOceania Qualification Tournament September 11, 2011 Nouméa, New Caledonia Pan American Qualification Tournament November 18–20, 2011 Querétaro, Mexico Asian Qualification Tournament November 26–27, 2011 Bangkok, ThailandAfrican Qualification Tournament January 11–12, 2012 Cairo, Egypt European Qualification Tournament January 27–29, 2012 Kazan, Russia
Qualification summary NOC Men Women Total−58kg −68kg −80kg +80kg −49kg −57kg −67kg +67kg XX 2 X 1 X X 2 X 1 X X 2 X X 2 X X2 X1 XX X 3 X X 2 X 1 XXX 3 X XX 3 X 1 X 1 XX 2 X X X3 X 1 X X XX 4 X 1 X X2 X 1 X X 2 XX XX 4 X 1 X 1 X 1 XX X 3 XX 2 X 1 X 1 XX 2 X X X3 X XX3 X 1 X 1 X 1 XX X X4 X X X3 X 1 XX X 3 X X 2 X 1 X 1 X 1 X 1 X XX X4 X X2 X 1 X X X3 X XX3 X X XX4 X X X 3 X X 2 XX 2 X XX 3 X1 X X X 3 X X2 XX XX 4 X X X3 X X 2 X 1 Total: 63 NOCs 1616161616161616128
Men's events
−58 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes World Qualification Tournament 3 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 3 Asian Qualification Tournament 3 African Qualification Tournament 2 European Qualification Tournament 3 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16
−68 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes World Qualification Tournament 3 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 3 Asian Qualification Tournament 3 African Qualification Tournament 2 European Qualification Tournament 3 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16
−80 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes World Qualification Tournament 3 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 3 Asian Qualification Tournament 3 African Qualification Tournament 2 European Qualification Tournament 3 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16
+80 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes World Qualification Tournament 3 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 3 Asian Qualification Tournament 3 African Qualification Tournament 2 European Qualification Tournament 3 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16
Women's events
−49 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes World Qualification Tournament 3 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 3 Asian Qualification Tournament 3 African Qualification Tournament 2 European Qualification Tournament 3 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16
−57 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes World Qualification Tournament 3 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 3 Asian Qualification Tournament 3 African Qualification Tournament 2 European Qualification Tournament 3 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16
−67 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes World Qualification Tournament 3 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 3 Asian Qualification Tournament 3 African Qualification Tournament 2 European Qualification Tournament 3 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16
+67 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes World Qualification Tournament 3 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 3 Asian Qualification Tournament 3 African Qualification Tournament 2 European Qualification Tournament 3 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16
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