How many events does tae kwon do have?

Answer 1

It depends on the tournament. At the 2008 Olympics there were 8 events: (1) Men's flyweight sparring, (2) Men's featherweight sparring, (3) Men's welterweight sparring, (4) Men's heavyweight sparring, (5) Women's flyweight sparring, (6) Women's featherweight sparring, (7) Women's welterweight sparring, (8) Women's heavyweight sparring.

At the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships there were sixteen events:

(1) men's finweight sparring, (2) men's flyweight sparring, (3) men's bantamweight sparring, (4) men's featherweight sparring, (5) men's lightweight sparring,

(6) men's welterweight sparring, (7) men's middleweight sparring, (8) men's heavyweight sparring, (9) women's finweight sparring, (10) women's flyweight sparring, (11) women's bantamweight sparring, (12) women's featherweight sparring, (13) women's lightweight sparring, (14) women's welterweight sparring, (15) women's middleweight sparring and (16) women's heavyweight sparring,

At the 2009 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games there were 72 events. the forms events were divided by gender, age and belt ranking. There was also a form event for teams. The fighting events were divided by gender, weight and belt ranking.

At the 2009 fall tournament sponsored by the Taekwondo of America Association there were a variety of events in forms, demonstration teams, breaking and sparring.