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
Craig Brown (taekwondo) a stress fracture in his back, which deprived him of a chance to compete for his second Olympics in Beijing. When his native London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics, he suffered again on another Olympic setback with a severe hamstring injury that ruled himself out of the Games in the process. After his six-year membership from the National Taekwondo Academy, Brown had decided to return home to London in 2010 to pursue other commitments to the sport. On that same year, Brown established his own taekwondo school with the goal of using the sport to positively impact the lives of