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 1992 Summer Olympics five years, and has been inducted into every Taekwondo Hall of Fame as the Greatest Fighter of his Era. He was undefeated in his lifetime, which included more than 200 competitions with multiple bouts in each as a National team member. Grandmaster Dong Keun Park was the winningest coach from any nation in any sport at the 1992 Barcelona games, with 13 of 16 USA Taekwondo athletes medaling. He is a ninth degree black belt Senior Grandmaster of the Jido Kwan lineage, and is still actively teaching and coaching at his Jersey City, NJ dojang. Taekwondo at the 1992 Summer