Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics athlete per weight category. Medals are awarded in four different weight classes for both men and women. Updated until 2016 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
Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +80 kg The men's +80 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place on September 30 at the State Sports Centre. 1997 World champion Kim Kyong-hun captured South Korea's third gold in the sport, as he prevailed over the local favorite Daniel Trenton of Australia 6–2 in the men's heavyweight final despite the ridicule and commotion from a raucous, partisan home crowd. The bronze medal was awarded to France's Pascal Gentil after he knocked out his Saudi Arabian opponent Khalid Al-Dosari in the second round of the