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Flyweight (≤49 kilograms), Women

Date	27 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	12 from 12 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

This was the first gold medal awarded in taekwondo at the Olympics, and the heavy favorite was Chi Shu-Ju of Chinese Taipei, who had been World Champion in both 1997 and 1999. Australia pinned its hopes on Lauren Burns, a vegetarian with not much of an international record. Burns met Chi in the quarter-finals and they tied, 3-3, but the referee awarded the match to Burns on a superiority ruling. Burns used that impetus to win the gold medal, to the delight of the Australian crowd. Chi came thru the repêchage round to win the bronze medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Lauren Burns	AUS	Gold
2	Urbia Meléndez	CUB	Silver
3	Chi Shu-Ju	TPE	Bronze
4	Hanne Høegh Poulsen	DEN
=5	Águeda Pérez	MEX
=5	Döndü Güvenç	TUR
7	Likeleli Alinah Thamae	LES
=8	Juana Wangsa Putri	INA
=8	Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mai	VIE
=10	Eva Marie Ditan	PHI
=10	Fadime Helvacioglu	GER
=10	Kay Poe	USA

Round One

Date	27 September 2000 — 9:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mai	VIE
Match #2	27 Sep 9:00	Döndü Güvenç	TUR	Final score	Eva Marie Ditan	PHI
Match #3	27 Sep 9:30	Urbia Meléndez	CUB	Final score	Águeda Pérez	MEX
Match #4	27 Sep	Likeleli Alinah Thamae	LES
Match #5	27 Sep	Juana Wangsa Putri	INA
Match #6	27 Sep 10:00	Hanne Høegh Poulsen	DEN	Final score	Kay Poe	USA
Match #7	27 Sep 10:30	Chi Shu-Ju	TPE	Final score	Fadime Helvacioglu	GER
Match #8	27 Sep	Lauren Burns	AUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 September 2000 — 11:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep 11:30	Döndü Güvenç	TUR	Final score	Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mai	VIE
Match #2	27 Sep 12:00	Urbia Meléndez	CUB	Final score	Likeleli Alinah Thamae	LES
Match #3	27 Sep 14:30	Hanne Høegh Poulsen	DEN	Final score	Juana Wangsa Putri	INA
Match #4	27 Sep 15:00	Lauren Burns	AUS	Superiority	Chi Shu-Ju	TPE

Semi-Finals

Date	27 September 2000 — 15:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep 15:30	Urbia Meléndez	CUB	Final score	Döndü Güvenç	TUR
Match #2	27 Sep 16:00	Lauren Burns	AUS	Final score	Hanne Høegh Poulsen	DEN

Repêchage Round One

Date	27 September 2000 — 16:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Döndü Güvenç	TUR
Match #2	27 Sep	Chi Shu-Ju	TPE
Match #3	27 Sep 16:30	Águeda Pérez	MEX	Final score	Likeleli Alinah Thamae	LES
Match #4	27 Sep	Hanne Høegh Poulsen	DEN

Repêchage Round Two

Date	27 September 2000 — 19:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep 20:00	Chi Shu-Ju	TPE	Final score	Döndü Güvenç	TUR
Match #2	27 Sep 19:30	Hanne Høegh Poulsen	DEN	Final score	Águeda Pérez	MEX

Final Round

Date	27 September 2000 — 20:30

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Sep 21:00	Lauren Burns	AUS	Final score	Urbia Meléndez	CUB
Match 3/4	27 Sep 20:30	Chi Shu-Ju	TPE	Final score	Hanne Høegh Poulsen	DEN