This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprised a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs. Each NOC was allowed to enter up to a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender, based on the WTF Olympic rankings, such that an athlete per NOC must be among the top six in each weight category.

Four places had been reserved to the host nation Brazil, and another four had been invited by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places were allocated through a qualification process in which athletes had won quota place for their respective NOC.

Timeline Event Date Venue WTF Olympic Rankings December 11–17, 2015 — European Qualification Tournament January 16–17, 2016 Istanbul, Turkey African Qualification Tournament February 6–7, 2016 Agadir, Morocco Oceania Qualification Tournament February 27, 2016 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Pan American Qualification Tournament March 10−11, 2016 Aguascalientes, Mexico Asian Qualification Tournament April 16−17, 2016 Pasay, Philippines

Qualification summary NOC Men Women Total−58 kg −68 kg −80 kg +80 kg −49 kg −57 kg −67 kg +67 kg X 1 X X XX 4 XXX X 4 X 1 XX X 3 X XXX 4 X1 X 1 X 1 X 1 X 1 X XX X4 X X X 3 X X 2 X XX 3 X 1 X 1 X X X3 X XX 3 X 1 XX XX4 X 1 X X X 3 XX X X4 X 1 X 1 X XX X 4 X 1 X XX3 X 1 X 1 XX X 3 X 1 X 1 XX X X4 X 1 X 1 X X X3 X1 X1 X 1 X 1 X1 X 1 X X2 X 1 X1 XX 2 X 1 X1 XX X 3 X 1 X X2 XX XX X 5 XX X 3 XX 2 X XX 3 X 1 XX X 3 X X 2 XX XX4 XX X 3 X 1 Total: 63 NOCs 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 128

Men's events

−58 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes WTF Olympic Rankings(as of December 2015) 6 European Qualification Tournament 2 African Qualification Tournament 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 2 Asian Qualification Tournament 2 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16

−68 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes WTF Olympic Rankings(as of December 2015) 6 European Qualification Tournament 2 African Qualification Tournament 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 2 Asian Qualification Tournament 2 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16

−80 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes WTF Olympic Rankings(as of December 2015) 6 European Qualification Tournament 2 African Qualification Tournament 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 2 Asian Qualification Tournament 2 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16

+80 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes WTF Olympic Rankings(as of December 2015) 6 European Qualification Tournament 2 African Qualification Tournament 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 2 Asian Qualification Tournament 2 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16

Women's events

−49 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes WTF Olympic Rankings(as of December 2015) 6 European Qualification Tournament 2 African Qualification Tournament 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 2 Asian Qualification Tournament 2 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16

−57 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes WTF Olympic Rankings(as of December 2015) 6 European Qualification Tournament 2 African Qualification Tournament 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 2 Asian Qualification Tournament 2 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16

−67 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes WTF Olympic Rankings(as of December 2015) 6 European Qualification Tournament 2 African Qualification Tournament 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 2 Asian Qualification Tournament 2 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16

+67 kg Competition Places Qualified athletes WTF Olympic Rankings(as of December 2015) 6 European Qualification Tournament 2 African Qualification Tournament 2 Oceania Qualification Tournament 1 Pan American Qualification Tournament 2 Asian Qualification Tournament 2 Host nation / Universality places 1 Total 16

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