Partial answer: here is a list of the members of TeamUSA. of course, lots of tother people competed at the trials without making the team.
Women
Men
Taekwondo became an official sport in the Olympic games in 2000 Sydney Olympics. In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the taekwondo demonstration team demonstrated taekwondo and that's when taekwondo became a serious consideration for adding to the Olympics.
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Karate is not one of the Olympic sports. Taekwondo is an Olympic sport and the US is participating.
There are USA Taekwondo Olympic Team trials where the prospective competitors compete and the winners are selected to the team.
Olympic alternates don't get medals in team events, unless at some point in time they participate in the event to any extent. The alternates aren't alone however, coaches don't get medals either
Ralph Cox, Auge, Horsch, Sellick, Cross
Grand Master Dong Keun Park was a national taekwondo champion of Korea six times. He was the head coach for USA Olympic taekwondo team in 1992. He pioneered taekwondo in the Philippines.
The alternates for the U.S. equestrian team at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal were George Morris and Frank Chapot. They were both accomplished riders and played a crucial role in supporting the team during the competition. Their expertise and experience helped prepare the main team members for their events.
The USA Taekwondo (USAT) is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) in the sport of Taekwondo. The USAT is also the member National Association for the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) which is the International Governing Body for Taekwondo as recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) The USAT holds Team Trials at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which qualifies athletes to move on to the next level of the selection process. the World Taekwondo Federation's World Olympic Qualification Tournament. See link below for the results of the USAT team trials for 2012 Olympics held on November 13 & 14 at the US Olympic Training Center.
Dave Peterson
Joseph L. Chandler, Sr., Atlanta, GA, (Airforce)
Athletes of the 2008 Philippines Olympic team will be competing in Archery, Athletics, Boxing, Diving, Shooting, Swimming, Taekwondo, and Weightlifting.