| WTF Olympic Rankings (as of December 2015) - 6 | | --. Dmitriy Shokin | UZB | | 1. Radik Isayev | AZE | | --. Sajjad Mardani | IRI | | --. Anthony Obame | GAB | | --. Bar N'Diaye M' | FRA | | 3. Cha Dong-min | KOR | | European Qualification Tournament - 2 | | --. Mahama Cho | GBR | | --. Arman-Marshall Silla | BLR | | African Qualification Tournament - 2 | | --. Yassine Trabelsi | TUN | | 2. Abdoul Razak Issoufou | NIG | | Oceania Qualification Tournament - 1 | | --. Pita Taufatofua | TGA | | Pan American Qualification Tournament - 2 | | --. Rafael Castillo | CUB | | --. Stephen Lambdin | USA | | Asian Qualification Tournament - 2 | | --. Qiao Sen | CHN | | --. Ruslan Zhaparov | KAZ | | Invitational / Host Country - 1 | | 3. Maicon Andrade | BRA |
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| Qualification Timeline - Events | | WTF Olympic Rankings - December 11–17, 2015 | | WTF Grand Prix Final - December 4–5, 2015 Mexico City. Mexico | | European Qualification Tournament - January 16–17, 2016 - Istanbul, Turkey | | African Qualification Tournament - February 6–7, 2016 - Agadir, Morocco | | Oceania Qualification Tournament - February 27, 2016 - Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | | Pan American Qualification Tournament - March 10−11, 2016 - Aguascalientes, Mexico | | Asian Qualification Tournament - April 16−17, 2016 - Pasay, Philippines |
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