Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	WTF
Events	8 (men: 4; women: 4)
Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 2004 • 2008 Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Taekwondo made its first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Games in Seoul, South Korea. The opening ceremony featured a mass demonstration of taekwondo with hundreds of adults and children performing moves in unison. Taekwondo was again a demonstration sport at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain. There were no demonstration sports at the 1996 Atlanta Games.^[1] Taekwondo became a medal sport at the 2000 Games and has now been a sport in the Olympic games for three editions.

Background

The quest to bring taekwondo to the Olympics began in 1974 when taekwondo was admitted into the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).^[2] One of the AAUs primary roles is to establish standards for various sports nation-wide. The World Taekwondo Federation's technical standards were adopted by the AAU Taekwondo group. The following year (1975), taekwondo became an affiliate of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).^[2] The GAISF promotes cooperation among various international sports federations and works closely with the Olympics movement. Five years later, (1980), the WTF was granted recognition by the IOC.^[2] The following year (1981), taekwondo was one of the primary events in the World Games,^[2] an international competition specifically for non-Olympic events. In 1982, taekwondo was designated an official demonstration sport for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, and for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.^[2] In 1986 and 1987, taekwondo was included in the following international sporting events: World Cup (1986), Asian Games (1986), World University Games (2003), the All-Africa Games (1986) and the Pan American Games (1987).^[2] In 1994, the IOC adopted Taekwondo as an official Olympic sport for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.^[2]

Events

Medals are awarded in four different weight classes for both men and women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	9	1	2	12
2	China (CHN)	4	0	1	5
3	United States (USA)	2	2	2	6
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2	1	4	7
5	Mexico (MEX)	2	1	2	5
6	Iran (IRI)	2	0	2	4
7	Greece (GRE)	1	3	0	4
8	Cuba (CUB)	1	2	1	4
9	Australia (AUS)	1	1	0	2
10	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	2	4
11	Norway (NOR)	0	2	0	2
12	France (FRA)	0	1	3	4
13	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	1	2
15	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	0	1
	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
21	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	2	2
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	2	2
23	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1

See also

• World Taekwondo Federation

References

v • d • e Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics 1988 (demonstration) • 1992 (demonstration) • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 List of medalists

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