2016 Oceania Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament

Oceania Qualification Tournament
Venue	Taurama Aquatic & Leisure Centre
Location	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Dates	27 February 2016

The 2016 Oceania Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympic Games took place in 27 February 2016 at the Taurama Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The winners of each of the eight categories qualifies for the Olympics.^[1]

Athletes from Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga qualified for the Olympics.^[2]

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−58 kg	Safwan Khalil  Australia	Issac Myrie  Solomon Islands	None awarded
			None awarded
−68 kg	Maxemillion Kassman  Papua New Guinea	Bruce Jonathan  Vanuatu	Herick Henry  Solomon Islands
			Arash Arian  Refugee Olympic Team
−80 kg	Hayder Shkara  Australia	Vaughn Scott  New Zealand	None awarded
			None awarded
+80 kg	Pita Taufatofua  Tonga	Dafydd Sanders  New Zealand	Joseph Mackie  Vanuatu
			Jonathan Paschalis  Papua New Guinea

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−49 kg	Andrea Kilday  New Zealand	Rose Tona  Papua New Guinea	None awarded
			None awarded
−57 kg	Caroline Marton  Australia	None awarded	None awarded
			None awarded
−67 kg	Carmen Marton  Australia	Rhiannon O'Neill  New Zealand	None awarded
			None awarded
+67 kg	Samantha Kassman  Papua New Guinea	None awarded	None awarded
			None awarded

Qualification summary

NOC	Men				Women				Total
	−58kg	−68kg	−80kg	+80kg	−49kg	−57kg	−67kg	+67kg
Australia	X		X			X	X		4
New Zealand					X				1
Papua New Guinea		X						X	2
Tonga				X					1
Total: 4 NOCs	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8

Results

Men

−58 kg

	Final
	Safwan Khalil (AUS)
	Issac Myrie (SOL)

−68 kg

	Semifinals					Final
	Bruce Jonathan (VAN)
	Herick Henry (SOL)					Bruce Jonathan (VAN)
	Maxemillion Kassman (PNG)					Maxemillion Kassman (PNG)
	Arash Arian (ROA)

−80 kg

	Final
	Hayder Shkara (AUS)
	Vaughn Scott (NZL)

+80 kg

	Semifinals					Final
	Dafydd Sanders (NZL)
	Joseph Mackie (VAN)					Dafydd Sanders (NZL)		2
	Jonathan Paschalis (PNG)		3			Pita Taufatofua (TGA)		3
	Pita Taufatofua (TGA)		4

Women

−49 kg

	Final
	Andrea Kilday (NZL)
	Rose Tona (PNG)

−57 kg

•  Caroline Marton (AUS) qualified automatically.

−67 kg

	Final
	Carmen Marton (AUS)
	Rhiannon O'Neill (NZL)

+67 kg

•  Samantha Kassman (PNG) qualified automatically.

References

1. "Eight Rio 2016 places at Oceania Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
2. "The Result of the "Oceania Qualification Tournament 2016 for the XXXI Olympiad"". World Taekwondo Federation. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.