Taekwondo at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
The 2024 Paralympic Games, Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), commonly known as the Games of the XVII Paralympiad, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international Multi-sport event, multi-sport paraspo ...
will be held at the
Grand Palais
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. This will be the second time that taekwondo was included in the
Summer Paralympic Games
The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...
. There will be total 10 events (4 more than previous edition).
Qualification
There will be total 10 events, 5 each for men and women. Each medal event will have twelve athletes entering for a total of 120 athletes..
Quotas can be obtained in four ways:
* World Ranking list (up to 60) :The six highest ranked athletes in each weight category on the World Para Taekwondo Paralympic Ranking list of January 2024 each obtain one qualification slot for their
NPC, up to the maximum quota of one athlete per NPC per event. Any slots that cannot be allocated under this method shall be allocated via the Bipartite Commission Invitation method
* Continental qualification (up to 50) : The highest ranked athlete in each medal event at each of the five ''Continental Qualification Tournaments'' will obtain one qualification slot for their NPC. In each sex, only those NPCs that have not yet obtained three or more qualification slots through the allocation method above may enter athletes in these Tournaments. The number of entries per NPC will be limited to the number of slots remaining to reach the maximum quota of three qualification slots per sex. Any slots that cannot be allocated under this method shall be allocated via the Bipartite Commission Invitation method.
* Host Quota (up to 5) : The hosts,
France
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, The host country directly earns five slots, one in each of the five (5) medal events where France has the highest ranked athletes on the World Para Taekwondo Paralympic Ranking of January 2024, subject to at least two of the athletes being female. Should France obtain any slots via the other allocation methods above, the respective reserved slots will be allocated via the Bipartite Commission Invitation method.
* Bipartite Commission (5+) : A minimum of five eligible athletes will be considered by the IPC and WT for Bipartite Commission Invitation slots, and athletes will be selected by this method up to the total quota of 12 per medal event.
Men's events
58 kg
63 kg
70 kg
80 kg
+80 kg
Women's events
47 kg
52 kg
57 kg
65 kg
+65 kg
Medalists
; Men
; Women
See also
*
Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics
The taekwondo competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 7 to 10 August at the Grand Palais strip. 128 taekwondo fighters, with an equal distribution between men and women, will compete across eight different weig ...
References
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2024 Summer Paralympics events
2024
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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Taekwondo competitions in France