Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics USA women won first place and the USA women's and men's team overall placed second to Korea Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics Taekwondo was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It was the first time that the sport was included in the Olympic program; it would become an official sport twelve years later at the 2000 Games. A total of 120 men and 62 women from 35 different nations competed in eight different weight classes. Each event featured a single-elimination tournament to determine the winner. Competition was held at the Changchung Gymnasium from September 17
Logan Campbell (taekwondo) Logan Campbell (taekwondo) Logan Campbell (born 7 June 1986 in Auckland) is a New Zealand taekwondo practitioner who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. Campbell was first attracted to taekwondo as a child after watching "The Karate Kid" but initially struggled at the sport. He kept at it and won his first international tournament at the age of 13. He qualified for the 2005 Taekwondo World Championships and in 2006 won the WTF-Oceania Championships coming back from being down 3-0 in the final. In order to take part internationally he was funded by his parents but