Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics
Governing body WTF
Events 8 (men: 4; women: 4)
Games
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976

Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics


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, USA.[1] Taekwondo became a full medal sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and has been a sport in the Olympic games since then.

Background

The quest to bring taekwondo to the Olympics began in 1974 when taekwondo was admitted into the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).[2] One of the AAU's primary roles is to establish standards for various sports nationwide. The World Taekwondo Federation's technical standards were adopted by the AAU Taekwondo group.

In 1975, taekwondo became an affiliate of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).[2] The GAISF promotes cooperation among various international sports federations and works closely with the Olympics movement. Five years later, in 1980, the WTF was granted recognition by the IOC.[2] The following year, taekwondo was one of the primary events in the World Games,[2] an international competition specifically for non-Olympic events. In 1982, taekwondo was designated an official demonstration sport for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, and for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.[2]

In 1986 and 1987, taekwondo was included in the following international sporting events: World Cup (1986), Asian Games (1986), All-Africa Games (1986), and the Pan American Games (1987).[2] In 1994, the IOC adopted taekwondo as an official Olympic sport for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.[2]

Olympic competition format

For Olympic competition, there will be a single elimination tournament for each of the weight categories. Repechage competition will occur for the bronze medal contest, while the winner of the tournament will receive the gold medal, and the loser will receive the silver medal. Anyone who loses in the single elimination competition enters the repechage. "In the repechage, the losers of the semifinals during the elimination phase will be seeded directly to each of repechage finals, but on the opposite side of the bracket. Other losers will advance to the repechage unseeded, at the same side of the bracket in which they contested during the elimination phase." The two finalists of the repechage will receive bronze medals.[3] Up until the 2012 Summer Olympics, a National Olympic Committee could only send a maximum of two men and two women competitors, without regard whether it is the host nation.[4] This restriction has been lifted for the 2016 Summer Olympics, so each National Olympic Committee may now qualify one athlete per weight category.[5][6]

Events

Medals are awarded in four different weight classes for both men and women.

Event Men Women
Flyweight 58 kg 49 kg
Featherweight 58–68 kg 49–57 kg
Middleweight 68–80 kg 57–67 kg
Heavyweight +80 kg +67 kg

Medal table

Updated until 2012 Olympics

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea (KOR) 10 2 2 14
2  China (CHN) 5 1 2 8
3  United States (USA) 2 2 4 8
4  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2 1 5 8
5  Mexico (MEX) 2 1 3 6
6  Iran (IRI) 2 1 2 5
7  Turkey (TUR) 1 3 2 6
8  Spain (ESP) 1 3 0 4
 Greece (GRE) 1 3 0 4
10  Cuba (CUB) 1 2 2 5
11  Italy (ITA) 1 1 1 3
12  Australia (AUS) 1 1 0 2
13  Great Britain (GBR) 1 0 2 3
14  Argentina (ARG) 1 0 0 1
 Serbia (SRB) 1 0 0 1
16  France (FRA) 0 2 4 6
17  Norway (NOR) 0 2 0 2
18  Russia (RUS) 0 1 2 3
 Thailand (THA) 0 1 2 3
20  Canada (CAN) 0 1 1 2
 Germany (GER) 0 1 1 2
22  Dominican Republic (DOM) 0 1 0 1
 Gabon (GAB) 0 1 0 1
 Vietnam (VIE) 0 1 0 1
25  Croatia (CRO) 0 0 3 3
26  Afghanistan (AFG) 0 0 2 2
 Venezuela (VEN) 0 0 2 2
28  Brazil (BRA) 0 0 1 1
 Colombia (COL) 0 0 1 1
 Egypt (EGY) 0 0 1 1
 Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 0 1 1
 Nigeria (NGR) 0 0 1 1
Total 32 32 48 112

Number of athletes by nation

Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 Years
 Afghanistan (AFG)                        224
 Algeria (ALG)                        13
 Argentina (ARG)                        22124
 Armenia (ARM)                        11
 Australia (AUS)                        84424
 Austria (AUT)                        122
 Azerbaijan (AZE)                        2123
 Belgium (BEL)                        11
 Belize (BIZ)                        11
 Benin (BEN)                        112
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)                        11
 Brazil (BRA)                        13324
 Cambodia (CAM)                        11
 Canada (CAN)                        12334
 Central African Republic (CAF)                        122
 Chile (CHI)                        112
 China (CHN)                        32434
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)                        44434
 Colombia (COL)                        13214
 Costa Rica (CRC)                        1113
 Ivory Coast (CIV)                        11214
 Croatia (CRO)                        12224
 Cuba (CUB)                        42334
 Denmark (DEN)                        222
 Dominican Republic (DOM)                        1113
 Ecuador (ECU)                        11
 Egypt (EGY)                        34144
 Finland (FIN)                        2113
 France (FRA)                        24224
 Gabon (GAB)                        112
 Germany (GER)                        3423
 Great Britain (GBR)                        24344
 Greece (GRE)                        34314
 Grenada (GRN)                        11
 Guatemala (GUA)                        1313
 Guinea (GUI)                        11
 Haiti (HAI)                        11
 Honduras (HON)                        11
 Hungary (HUN)                        11
 Indonesia (INA)                        122
 Iran (IRI)                        22334
 Iraq (IRQ)                        11
 Israel (ISR)                        112
 Italy (ITA)                        33324
 Jamaica (JAM)                        11
 Japan (JPN)                        21124
 Jordan (JOR)                        12134
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)                        1233
 Kenya (KEN)                        21
 Kuwait (KUW)                        11
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)                        112
 Lebanon (LIB)                        11
 Lesotho (LES)                        212
 Libya (LBA)                        112
 Malaysia (MAS)                        1123
 Mali (MLI)                        112
 Marshall Islands (MHL)                        11
 Mexico (MEX)                        33344
 Monaco (MON)                        11
 Morocco (MAR)                        33334
 Nepal (NEP)                        112
 Netherlands (NED)                        22114
 New Zealand (NZL)                        1333
 Nicaragua (NCA)                        11
 Niger (NIG)                        11
 Nigeria (NGR)                        3223
 Norway (NOR)                        1113
 Panama (PAN)                        11
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)                        112
 Peru (PER)                        11
 Philippines (PHI)                        4323
 Poland (POL)                        112
 Portugal (POR)                        11
 Puerto Rico (PUR)                        122
 Qatar (QAT)                        11
 Russia (RUS)                        2243
 Samoa (SAM)                        21
 Saudi Arabia (KSA)                        11
 Senegal (SEN)                        112
 Serbia (SRB)                        31
 Slovenia (SLO)                        132
 South Africa (RSA)                        11
 South Korea (KOR)                        44444
 Spain (ESP)                        44434
 Swaziland (SWZ)                        11
 Sweden (SWE)                        2223
 Switzerland (SUI)                        11
 Tajikistan (TJK)                        21
 Thailand (THA)                        4333
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)                        112
 Tunisia (TUN)                        3113
 Turkey (TUR)                        21434
 Ukraine (UKR)                        122
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)                        11
 United States (USA)                        42444
 Uzbekistan (UZB)                        2333
 Venezuela (VEN)                        1443
 Vietnam (VIE)                        22324
 Yemen (YEM)                        112
Nations - - 50 60 64 63 99
Athletes - - - 102 124 128 128 482

See also

References

  1. Rowbottom, Mike (1 January 1996). "1996: The shape of things to come". The Independent. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hartman (2000). "History of Taekwondo: Road to the Olympics". TKD Tutor. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-25. (Link has expired, as at 28 February 2010.)
  3. http://www.i-olympic.com/viewthread.php?tid=1516
  4. World Taekwondo Federation. "Standing Procedures for Taekwondo Competition at Olympic Games," (October 2010).
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