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
Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics the maximum quota, but has chosen to participate only in the boys' +73 kg and girls' -49 kg, -63 kg, +63 kg weight categories. A further 20, 10 in each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1998. Furthermore, all athletes must be a Kukkiwon Dan or Poom certificate holder. The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held