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The taekwondo competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 7 to 10 August at the Grand Palais strip. [1] [2] 128 taekwondo fighters, with an equal distribution between men and women, competed across eight different weight categories (four per gender) at the Games, the same amount as the previous editions since Beijing 2008.
This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs; each can enter a maximum of eight taekwondo fighters, with one in each bodyweight category and four for each gender.
[6] [8] Rohullah Nikpai of Afghanistan became his country's first ever Olympic medalist with a bronze medal in 2008. [9] South Korea has been the most successful nation in Olympic taekwondo, winning 22 medals (12 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze). [10] China is the second most successful nation with 11 medals (7 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze).
Nahid Kiyani Chandeh and Kimia Alizadeh were once friends and roommates as part of the junior Iran taekwondo team. Kiyani Chandeh, the current world champion, came out on top of a very tense fight ...
The 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament for Paris Olympic Games was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 9 and 10 April 2024. Each country may enter a maximum of 2 male and 2 female divisions with only one athlete in each division, as long as it has no athlete already qualified through ranking.
This is the seventh appearance of the men's super heavyweight category. Vladislav Larin is a defending champion, but the IOC did not claim him neutral, Nikita Rafalovich took his spot, but lost to the eventual champion Arian Salimi, marking Iran won gold in taekwondo for the first time since Beijing 2008, in the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, 2020 silver medalist ...
Wongpattanakit defended her Tokyo Games title to secure Thailand’s first gold medal of the Paris Olympics and Park Tae-joon restored South Korea's pride on the opening day of the taekwondo ...
Taekwondo made its first appearance at the Olympics 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 ...