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Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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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.

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4 places are reserved for Great Britain as host nation, 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.

Men's events

  • Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

    • Women's events

  • Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

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    Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification Wikipedia
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