Taekwondo

Taekwondo made its first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Games 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 Games in Barcelona, Spain. There were no demonstration sports at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Taekwondo became a medal sport at the 2000 Games and has now been a sport in the Olympic games for three editions.