The opening ceremony featured a mass demonstration of taekwondo, with hundreds of adults and children performing moves in unison.

In 1975, taekwondo became an affiliate of the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).

[2] The GAISF promotes cooperation among various international sports federations and works closely with the Olympics movement.

Repechage: Single elimination in the morning session runs until the finalists have been decided.

Other losers will advance to the repechage unseeded, at the same side of the bracket in which they contested during the elimination phase."