Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad

Venue	Changchung Gymnasium
Dates	September 17 to September 20
Competitors	183 from 35 nations

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 to 20. Fighters from the host nation of South Korea won nine of the sixteen events.

Men's events

Finweight (–50 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Nassar Alotaibi (KUW)

Kwon Tae-Ho (KOR)

PTS

Kwon (KOR)

PTS

Dario Manca (ITA)

PTS

Manca (ITA)

Mohamed Alwabran (KSA)

Kwon (KOR)

PTS

Enrique Torroella (MEX)

SUP

Torroella (MEX)

Harun Ates (TUR)

Torroella (MEX)

PTS

Fariborz Danesh (IRI)

SUP

Danesh (IRI)

Vicky Rumeon (NED)

Kwon (KOR)

PTS

Naohito lshii (JPN)

Moreno (USA)

Hwang Yao-Han (TPE)

PTS

Hwang (TPE)

Emilio Azofra (ESP)

Moreno (USA)

PTS

Juan Moreno (USA)

DIS

Moreno (USA)

PTS

Pascual Pacheco (ECU)

Lama (NEP)

Choi Chan-Ok (FRG)

PTS

Choi (FRG)

Ebenezer Ghansah (GBR)

Lama (NEP)

PTS

Bidhan Lama (NEP)

PTS

Flyweight (50–54 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Pham Loung (USA)

PTS

Geremia Di Costanzo (ITA)

Loung (USA)

Stephen Fernandez (PHI)

Ha (KOR)

PTS

Ha Tae-Kyung (KOR)

PTS

Ha (KOR)

PTS

Bathily Youmousse (CIV)

PTS

Abushekha (JOR)

Peter Scanlon (AUS)

Youmousse (CIV)

Ivica Klaic (YUG)

Abushekha (JOR)

PTS

Ihsan Abushekha (JOR)

PTS

Ha (KOR)

PTS

Reinhard Langer (FRG)

PTS

Garcia (ESP)

Turgut Ucan (TUR)

Langer (FRG)

Sayed Najem (CAN)

Garcia (ESP)

PTS

Gabriel Garcia (ESP)

PTS

Garcia (ESP)

PTS

Eric Perez (FRA)

Moutarazak (NED)

Hirokatsu Saito (JPN)

SUP

Saito (JPN)

Adel Darraj (BRN)

Moutarazak (NED)

PTS

Mustapha Moutarazak (NED)

PTS

Bantamweight (55–58 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Mariusz Zdonek (POL)

BYE

Zdonek (POL)

Ralph Minott (GBR)

Lee (USA)

PTS

Lee Han-Won (USA)

PTS

Lee (USA)

Ji Yong-Suk (KOR)

PTS

Ji (KOR)

PTS

Sakir Bezci (TUR)

Ji (KOR)

PTS

Jean Philipp Theas (FRA)

PTS

Theas (FRA)

Johannes Lapre (NED)

Ji (KOR)

PTS

Francisco Carvallo (ECU)

Sanabria (ESP)

Feisal Danesh (IRI)

PTS

Danesh (IRI)

PTS

Josef Salim (DEN)

PTS

Salim (DEN)

Christian Herberth (FRG)

Danesh (IRI)

Federico Gómez (MEX)

Sanabria (ESP)

PTS

Abdalla Al Nagrany (KSA)

PTS

Al Nagrany (KSA)

Jose Sanabria (ESP)

BYE

Sanabria (ESP)

PTS

Featherweight (58–64 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Katsuhiro Oki (JPN)

BYE

Oki (JPN)

Ibrahim Al Gafar (KSA)

SUP

Al Gafar (KSA)

SUP

Seelan Rengasamy (GBR)

Al Gafar (KSA)

Jesus Tortosa (ESP)

PTS

Chang (KOR)

RSC

Manbahadur Tamang (NEP)

Tortosa (ESP)

Chang Myung-Sam (KOR)

PTS

Chang (KOR)

PTS

Alain Kouyate (CIV)

Chang (KOR)

PTS

Fred Edenhauser (AUT)

Yagiz (TUR)

Jeffrey Huber (NED)

INJ

Huber (NED)

Bernhard Guntner (FRG)

Yagiz (TUR)

SUP

Cengiz Yagiz (TUR)

PTS

Yagiz (TUR)

PTS

Samer Kamal (JOR)

PTS

Kamal (JOR)

Drazen Petrovic (YUG)

Kamal (JOR)

SUP

Fayez Aldaihani (KUW)

PTS

Aldaihani (KUW)

Anwar Mohamed (BRN)

Lightweight (64–70 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Hirokazu Shiokawa (JPN)

BYE

Shiokawa (JPN)

Park Bong-Kwon (KOR)

SUP

Park (KOR)

PTS

Farag Elemary (EGY)

Park (KOR)

PTS

Jo Kwang Seon (AUS)

SUP

Baker (USA)

Manuel del Rosario III (PHI)

Jo (AUS)

Greg Baker (USA)

PTS

Baker (USA)

PTS

Dusmane Dauda (NIG)

Park (KOR)

PTS

Franck Cribaillet (FRA)

Sanchez (ESP)

Lee Jae Hoon (CAN)

PTS

Lee (CAN)

Georg Streif (FRG)

Jurado (MEX)

PTS

Manuel Jurado (MEX)

PTS

Jurado (MEX)

Jose Maria Sanchez (ESP)

PTS

Sanchez (ESP)

PTS

Reuben Thijs (NED)

Sanchez (ESP)

PTS

Woiciech Kowalski (POL)

BYE

Kowalski (POL)

Welterweight (70–76 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Robert Tomasevic (YUG)

PTS

Rashid Al-Owjan (QAT)

Tomasevic (YUG)

Jay Warwick (USA)

PTS

Warwick (USA)

PTS

Erich Zaller (AUT)

Warwick (USA)

Osman Senel Ozsoy (TUR)

PTS

Chung (KOR)

Christopher Sawyerr (GBR)

Ozsoy (TUR)

Chung Kook-Hyun (KOR)

PTS

Chung (KOR)

PTS

Albert Smythe (CAN)

Chung (KOR)

RSC

Piotr Radke (POL)

D' Oriano (ITA)

Wu Tsung-Che (TPE)

SUP

Wu (TPE)

PTS

John Wright (ESP)

Al Ghamdy (KSA)

Abdalla Al Ghamdy (KSA)

PTS

Wu (TPE)

Torsten Gernharot (FRG)

D' Oriano (ITA)

PTS

Luigi D' Oriano (ITA)

PTS

D' Oriano (ITA)

PTS

Khaled Ibrahim (EGY)

PTS

Ibrahim (EGY)

Ernesto Rodriguez (MEX)

Middleweight (76–83 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Sami Garba (NIG)

Markus Woznicki (FRG)

PTS

Woznicki (FRG)

PTS

Hasan Zahedi (IRI)

Fraser (GBR)

David Fraser (GBR)

DIS

Woznicki (FRG)

Miguel Jordan (ESP)

PTS

Hussein (EGY)

PTS

Leendert Verweij (NED)

Jordan (ESP)

Amr Hussein (EGY)

PTS

Hussein (EGY)

PTS

Mounir Boukrouh (FRA)

Hussein (EGY)

Na Im Hasan (USA)

PTS

Lee (KOR)

PTS

Waleed Al Hashash (BRN)

Hasan (USA)

Lee Kye-Haeng (KOR)

PTS

Lee (KOR)

PTS

Fernando Jaramillo (ECU)

Lee (KOR)

SUP

Ferrere Clerveaux (CAN)

Sahin (TUR)

Metin Sahin (TUR)

SUP

Sahin (TUR)

SUP

Patrick Remark (CIV)

Al Zahrany (KSA)

Salem Al Zahrany (KSA)

WDR

Heavyweight (+83 kg)

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Tonny Sorensen (DEN)

BYE

Sorensen (DEN)

José Luis Álvarez (es) (ESP)

PTS

Alvarez (ESP)

PTS

Robert Fellner (ISV)

Alvarez (ESP)

Jimmy Kim (USA)

PTS

Kim (USA)

PTS

Ali Sahin (TUR)

Kim (USA)

PTS

Mansour Bagheri (IRI)

PTS

Bagheri (IRI)

Alex Russel Da-Rocha (GHA)

Kim (USA)

PTS

Moustafa Elabrak (EGY)

BYE

Kim (KOR)

Elabrak (EGY)

Ali Mohamed Salah (QAT)

Kim (KOR)

SUP

Kim Jong-Suk (KOR)

PTS

Kim (KOR)

PTS

Rashed Badow (BRN)

Arndt (FRG)

Henk Meijer (NED)

PTS

Meijer (NED)

Michael Arndt (FRG)

BYE

Arndt (FRG)

PTS

Women's events

Finweight (–43 kg)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Vasugi Marathamuthu (MAS)	SUP
Cheryl Kalanoc (USA)		Marathamuthu (MAS)
Chin Yu-Fang (TPE)	SUP	Chin (TPE)	PTS
Kirsten Demanser (NZL)				Chin (TPE)	PTS
Monica Torres (MEX)	SUP			Lee (KOR)
Regina Singer (AUT)		Torres (MEX)
Rosa Moreno (ESP)		Lee (KOR)	PTS
Lee Hwa-Jin (KOR)	SUP

Flyweight (43–47 kg)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Mayumi Pejo (USA)	PTS
Sari Febriana (INA)		Pejo (USA)
Maria Angela Naranjo (ESP)	SUP	Naranjo (ESP)	PTS
Bettina Engelking (FRG)				Naranjo (ESP)
Veronika Six (AUT)				Choo (KOR)	PTS
Choo Nan-Yool (KOR)	PTS	Choo (KOR)	PTS
Pai Yun-Yao (TPE)	PTS	Pai (TPE)
Yong PoPo (MAS)

Bantamweight (47–51 kg)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Josefina Lopez (ESP)	PTS
Lisbeth Larsen (DEN)		Lopez (ESP)
Maniit Bumarh (CAN)		Holloway (USA)	SUP
Debra Holloway (USA)	PTS			Holloway (USA)
Park Sun-Young (KOR)	PTS			Chen (TPE)	PTS
Chai Saew Yuen (MAS)		Park (KOR)
Chen Yi-An (TPE)	PTS	Chen (TPE)	PTS
Roberta Parisella (ITA)

Featherweight (51–55 kg)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Kim Dotson (USA)
Kim So-Young (KOR)	PTS	Kim (KOR)
Virna Shinta Bolang (INA)		Christensen (DEN)	SUP
Annemette Christensen (DEN)	PTS			Christensen (DEN)	SUP
Zuleytan Tan (TUR)	PTS			Tan (TUR)
Tung Ya-Ling (TPE)		Tan (TUR)	SUP
Amparo Dolls (ESP)	PTS	Dolls (ESP)
Rosemary Wilson (NZL)

Lightweight (55–60 kg)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Dana Hee (USA)	PTS
Ong Bee Eng (MAS)		Hee (USA)	SUP
Chen Jiun-Feng (TPE)	SUP	Chen (TPE)
Lee Eun-Young (KOR)				Hee (USA)	SUP
Blena Benitez (ESP)				Schwartz (DEN)
Jolanda Van Duren (NED)	SUP	Van Duren (NED)
Yvonne Tillmann (FRG)		Schwartz (DEN)	SUP
Karin Schwartz (DEN)	SUP

Welterweight (60–65 kg)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Coral Bistuer (ESP)	BYE
		Bistuer (ESP)
Deborah Washington (ISV)		Limas (USA)	PTS
Arlene Limas (USA)	RSC			Limas (USA)	PTS
Sonny Seidel (FRG)	PTS			Kim (KOR)
Sabina Luciani (DEN)		Seidel (FRG)
Kim Ji-Sook (KOR)	PTS	Kim (KOR)	PTS
Tessa Gordon (CAN)

Middleweight (65–70 kg)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Tami Noel (ISV)
Margaretha De Jongh (NED)	PTS	De Jongh (NED)	PTS
Sharon Jewell (USA)	PTS	Jewell (USA)
Marcie King (CAN)				De Jongh (NED)
Bronwyn Wilson (NZL)				Kim (KOR)	SUP
Kim Hyun-He (KOR)	SUP	Kim (KOR)	PTS
Michaela Huber (AUT)		Navaz (ESP)
Elena Navaz (ESP)	SUP

Heavyweight (+70 kg)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Yolanda Santana (ESP)
Lynnette Love (USA)	PTS	Love (USA)	SUP
Ute Guester (FRG)	SUP	Guester (FRG)
Christine Six (AUT)				Love (USA)	PTS
Susan Graham (NZL)				Jang (KOR)
Yvonne Franssen (CAN)	PTS	Franssen (CAN)
Phillicia Sprauve (ISV)		Jang (KOR)	PTS
Jang Yoon-Jung (KOR)	PTS

Abbreviations

DIS — Opponent did not participate in weigh-in
KO — Won by Knock-Out
INJ — Won by opponent Injury
PTS — Won by Points
RSC — Won by Referee Stopping the Contest
SUP — Won by Superiority
WDR — Won by opponent Withdrawal

References

Official Report, Games of the XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988, Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results (PDF) (PDF). Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee. September 1989. pp. 715–725. Retrieved 2007-05-17.

Events at the 1988 Summer Olympics (Seoul)

Archery Athletics Badminton (exhibition) Baseball (demonstration) Basketball Bowling (demonstration) Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronised swimming Table tennis Taekwondo (demonstration) Tennis Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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