Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 21 August at the

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, China. There will be five weight classes for each gender.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender. 74 places will be decided in a qualification tournament held in

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at 20–21 March 2014. The top 7 of each weight category and the eighth places in the events China did not choose to participate in will qualify. As hosts, China was initially given the maximum quota, but has chosen to participate only in the boys' +73 kg and girls' -49 kg, -63 kg, +63 kg weight categories. A further 20, 10 in each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, all athletes must be a Kukkiwon Dan or Poom certificate holder.

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. :''All times are CST (

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Medal summary

Medal table

Boys' events

Girls' events

References

External links

Official Results Book – Taekwondo
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