How many events does tae kwon do have?
It depends on the tournament. At the 2008 Olympics there were 8
events: (1) Men's flyweight sparring, (2) Men's featherweight
sparring, (3) Men's welterweight sparring, (4) Men's heavyweight
sparring, (5) Women's flyweight sparring, (6) Women's featherweight
sparring, (7) Women's welterweight sparring, (8) Women's
heavyweight sparring.
At the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships there were sixteen
events:
(1) men's finweight sparring, (2)
men's flyweight sparring, (3) men's bantamweight sparring, (4)
men's featherweight sparring, (5) men's lightweight sparring,
(6) men's welterweight sparring, (7)
men's middleweight sparring, (8) men's heavyweight sparring, (9)
women's finweight sparring, (10) women's flyweight sparring, (11)
women's bantamweight sparring, (12) women's featherweight sparring,
(13) women's lightweight sparring, (14) women's welterweight
sparring, (15) women's middleweight sparring and (16) women's
heavyweight sparring,
At the 2009 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games
there were 72 events. the forms events were divided by gender, age
and belt ranking. There was also a form event for teams. The
fighting events were divided by gender, weight and belt
ranking.
At the 2009 fall tournament sponsored by the Taekwondo of
America Association there were a variety of events in forms,
demonstration teams, breaking and sparring.