Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics made its first appearance 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. There were no demonstration sports at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. 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. The quest
Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 21 August at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing, China. There will be five weight classes for each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender. 74 places will be decided in a qualification tournament held in Taipei at 20–21 March 2014. The top 7 of each weight category and the eighth places in the events China did not choose to participate in will qualify. As hosts, China was initially given