Taekwondo at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 63 kg
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The boys' 63 kg competition in taekwondo
at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
in Singapore
took place on August 17. A total of 10 men competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight
was less than 63 kilogram
s. Preliminaries started at 14:48, quarterfinals started at 16:10, semifinals at 19:02 and the final at 20:09. Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions.
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in the city-state of Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, in the XXIX Olympiad. They were the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics, a major...
in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
took place on August 17. A total of 10 men competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight
Body weight
The term body weight is used in daily English speech as well as in the contexts of biological and medical sciences to describe the mass of an organism's body. Body weight is measured in kilograms throughout the world, although in some countries it is still measured in pounds or stones and pounds...
was less than 63 kilogram
Kilogram
The kilogram or kilogramme , also known as the kilo, is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units and is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram , which is almost exactly equal to the mass of one liter of water...
s. Preliminaries started at 14:48, quarterfinals started at 16:10, semifinals at 19:02 and the final at 20:09. Two bronze medals were awarded at the Taekwondo competitions.
Medalists
Bronze | |
Results
Legend- PTG — Won by Points Gap
- SUP — Won by Superiority
- OT — Won on over time (Golden Point)