Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

The women's 57 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on September 28 at the State Sports Centre.

Women's 57 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	State Sports Centre
Date	28 September
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Jung Jae-eun  South Korea Tran Hieu Ngan  Vietnam Hamide Bıkçın Tosun  Turkey

South Korean fighter Jung Jae-eun yielded a 2–0 lead over her Vietnamese opponent Tran Hieu Ngan to capture her nation's first ever Olympic gold medal in the sport. Additionally, silver medalist Tran smade history to become Vietnam's first ever Olympic medalist. Meanwhile, 1995 World champion Hamide Bıkçın Tosun of Turkey, who lost to Jung in the semifinal and whose delegation complained about alleged biased judging, regrouped to beat Netherlands' Virginia Lourens 7–5 for the bronze.

Competition format

The main bracket consisted of a single elimination tournament, culminating in the gold medal match. The taekwondo fighters eliminated in earlier rounds by the two finalists of the main bracket advanced directly to the repechage tournament. These matches determined the bronze medal winner for the event.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 28 September 2000	09:00 11:30 15:30 20:30	Preliminary Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final

Results

Legend

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

Main bracket

	Preliminary round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
						Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR)		6
	Hsu Chih-ling (TPE)		6			Hsu Chih-ling (TPE)		3
	Cynthia Cameron (AUS)		0								Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR)		2
	Cristiana Corsi (ITA)		5								Jung Jae-eun (KOR)		3
	Carmen Silva (BRA)		2			Cristiana Corsi (ITA)		1
						Jung Jae-eun (KOR)		8
																Jung Jae-eun (KOR)		2
																Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE)		0
						Virginia Lourens (NED)		8
	Areti Athanasopoulou (GRE)		7+			Areti Athanasopoulou (GRE)		6
	Shimaa Afifi (EGY)		7								Virginia Lourens (NED)		6
	Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE)		2								Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE)		9
	Cheryl Ann Sankar (TRI)		0			Tran Hieu Ngan (VIE)		8
						Jasmin Strachan (PHI)		3

Repechage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Jasmin Strachan (PHI)

5+

Cheryl Ann Sankar (TRI)

5

Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR)

9

Jasmin Strachan (PHI)

3

Hamide Bıkçın Tosun (TUR)

7

Virginia Lourens (NED)

5

Virginia Lourens (NED)

6

Cristiana Corsi (ITA)

5

External links

• Official Report