Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

Taekwondo made its first appearance at the Olympics as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics 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 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1] Taekwondo became a full medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and has been a sport in the Olympic games since then.

Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeTKW
Governing bodyWTF
Events8 (men: 4; women: 4)
Games
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session confirmed Taekwondo’s place on the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 initial sports programme on February 3, 2022, marking the eighth consecutive time the sport has been part of the world’s greatest sporting event.[2]

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation
24198816 South Korea
25199216 South Korea
26
2720008 South Korea
2820048 Chinese Taipei
2920088 South Korea
3020128 Spain
3120168 South Korea
3220208 ROC

Background

The quest to bring taekwondo to the Olympics began in 1974 when taekwondo was admitted into the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).[3] One of the AAU's primary roles is to establish standards for various sports nationwide. The World Taekwondo Federation's technical standards were adopted by the AAU Taekwondo group.

In 1975, taekwondo became an affiliate of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).[3] The GAISF promotes cooperation among various international sports federations and works closely with the Olympics movement. Five years later, in 1980, the WTF was granted recognition by the IOC.[3] The following year, taekwondo was one of the primary events in the World Games,[3] 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.[3]

In 1986 and 1987, taekwondo was included in the following international sporting events: World Cup (1986), Asian Games (1986), All-Africa Games (1986), and the Pan American Games (1987).[3] In 1994, the IOC adopted taekwondo as an official Olympic sport for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.[3]

Olympic competition format

For Olympic competition, there will be a single elimination tournament for each of the weight categories. The winner of the tournament final will receive the gold medal, and the loser will receive the silver medal while a Repechage competition will occur for the bronze medal contest.

Repechage: Single elimination in the morning session runs until the finalists have been decided. At this point, anyone who has lost to a finalist in the single elimination competition enters the repechage, the reasoning being that any one of these fighters might have been the 'third best' fighter, had they not come up against one of the top 2. "In the repechage, the losers of the semifinals during the elimination phase will be seeded directly to each of repechage finals, but on the opposite side of the bracket. Other losers will advance to the repechage unseeded, at the same side of the bracket in which they contested during the elimination phase." The athletes who lost to the two finalists in the round of 16 each face the athlete that lost to the same finalist in the quarterfinals; the winners of those contests face the athlete that lost to the same finalist in the semifinals. The two finalists of the repechage each receive a bronze medal.[4]

Up until the 2012 Summer Olympics, a National Olympic Committee could only send a maximum of two men and two women competitors, without regard whether it is the host nation.[5] This restriction has been lifted for the 2016 Summer Olympics, so each National Olympic Committee may now qualify one athlete per weight category.[6][7]

Events

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

EventMenWomen
Flyweight−58 kg−49 kg
Featherweight−68 kg−57 kg
Middleweight−80 kg−67 kg
Heavyweight+80 kg+67 kg

Medal table

Updated until 2020 Olympics[8]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)123722
2 China (CHN)71311
3 United States (USA)32510
4 Great Britain (GBR)2349
5 Mexico (MEX)2237
6 Chinese Taipei (TPE)2169
7 Iran (IRI)2136
8 Italy (ITA)2114
 ROC2114
 Serbia (SRB)2114
11 Spain (ESP)1517
12 Turkey (TUR)1359
13 Greece (GRE)1304
14 Cuba (CUB)1236
 Thailand (THA)1236
16 Australia (AUS)1102
 Jordan (JOR)1102
18 Croatia (CRO)1045
19 Azerbaijan (AZE)1023
 Ivory Coast (CIV)1023
21 Argentina (ARG)1001
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1001
23 France (FRA)0358
24 Russia (RUS)0224
25 Norway (NOR)0202
26 Canada (CAN)0112
 Dominican Republic (DOM)0112
 Germany (GER)0112
 Tunisia (TUN)0112
30 Gabon (GAB)0101
 Niger (NIG)0101
 North Macedonia (MKD)0101
 Vietnam (VIE)0101
34 Egypt (EGY)0044
35 Afghanistan (AFG)0022
 Brazil (BRA)0022
 Venezuela (VEN)0022
38 Colombia (COL)0011
 Israel (ISR)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
 Nigeria (NGR)0011
Totals (42 entries)484880176

Number of athletes by nation

Nation9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Years
 Afghanistan (AFG)                       224
 Algeria (ALG)                       13
 Argentina (ARG)                       22124
 Armenia (ARM)                       11
 Aruba (ARU)                       11
 Australia (AUS)                       844245
 Austria (AUT)                       122
 Azerbaijan (AZE)                       21244
 Belarus (BLR)                       11
 Belgium (BEL)                       132
 Belize (BIZ)                       11
 Benin (BEN)                       112
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)                       112
 Brazil (BRA)                       133245
 Cambodia (CAM)                       112
 Canada (CAN)                       123315
 Cape Verde (CPV)                       11
 Central African Republic (CAF)                       1213
 Chile (CHI)                       1113
 China (CHN)                       324345
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)                       444335
 Colombia (COL)                       132125
 Costa Rica (CRC)                       1113
 Croatia (CRO)                       122235
 Cuba (CUB)                       423315
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)                       11
 Denmark (DEN)                       222
 Dominican Republic (DOM)                       11134
 Ecuador (ECU)                       11
 Egypt (EGY)                       341435
 Finland (FIN)                       21114
 France (FRA)                       242245
 Gabon (GAB)                       1113
 Germany (GER)                       34234
 Great Britain (GBR)                       243445
 Greece (GRE)                       34314
 Grenada (GRN)                       11
 Guatemala (GUA)                       1313
 Guinea (GUI)                       11
 Haiti (HAI)                       112
 Honduras (HON)                       112
 Hungary (HUN)                       11
 Indonesia (INA)                       122
 Iran (IRI)                       223345
 Iraq (IRQ)                       11
 Israel (ISR)                       1113
 Italy (ITA)                       33324
 Ivory Coast (CIV)                       112135
 Jamaica (JAM)                       11
 Japan (JPN)                       211215
 Jordan (JOR)                       121315
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)                       12334
 Kenya (KEN)                       21
 Kuwait (KUW)                       11
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)                       112
 Lebanon (LIB)                       11
 Lesotho (LES)                       212
 Libya (LBA)                       11114
 Malaysia (MAS)                       1123
 Mali (MLI)                       1113
 Marshall Islands (MHL)                       11
 Mexico (MEX)                       333445
 Moldova (MDA)                       11
 Monaco (MON)                       11
 Mongolia (MGL)                       11
 Morocco (MAR)                       333335
 Nepal (NEP)                       1113
 Netherlands (NED)                       221115
 New Zealand (NZL)                       13314
 Nicaragua (NCA)                       11
 Niger (NIG)                       112
 Nigeria (NGR)                       3223
 Norway (NOR)                       11114
 Panama (PAN)                       112
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)                       1113
 Peru (PER)                       1113
 Philippines (PHI)                       43214
 Poland (POL)                       1123
 Portugal (POR)                       112
 Puerto Rico (PUR)                       1213
 Qatar (QAT)                       11
 Russia (RUS)                       22434
 Samoa (SAM)                       21
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)                       11
 Senegal (SEN)                       1113
 Serbia (SRB)                       322
 Slovenia (SLO)                       132
 South Africa (RSA)                       112
 South Korea (KOR)                       444455
 Spain (ESP)                       444335
 Swaziland (SWZ)                       11
 Sweden (SWE)                       22224
 Switzerland (SUI)                       11
 Tajikistan (TJK)                       21
 Thailand (THA)                       43334
 Tonga (TGA)                       11
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)                       112
 Tunisia (TUN)                       31134
 Turkey (TUR)                       214325
 Ukraine (UKR)                       122
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)                       11
 United States (USA)                       424445
 Uzbekistan (UZB)                       23334
 Venezuela (VEN)                       14414
 Vietnam (VIE)                       22324
 Yemen (YEM)                       112
Nations5160646363
Athletes103124128128128
Year9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620

See also

References

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