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
Para Taekwondo Athlete Evaluation is the procedure where the Classification Panel assess if the athlete meet the Minimum Impairment Criteria (MIC) so that the athlete may be allocated a Sport Class. There are three (3) types of assessment: Physical Assessment, Technical Assessment, Observation Assessment. Sport classes Sport classes in Para Kyorugi and Para Poomsae respectively have a “K” and “P” prefix. Sport Classes for Para Taekwondo are as follow: As of August 2017, the WT has 208 Member National Associations from five continents. There are five Continental Federations- European Taekwondo Union (ETU), African Taekwondo Union (AFTU), Asian Taekwondo Union (ATU), Oceania Taekwondo