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
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