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When were judo and tae kwon do added as Olympic medal sports?

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A woman in a white pleated dress lights the Olympic torch from a large flame in a gold cauldron, with a crowd seated in the background at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.
Olympic Games An actress playing the role of an Athenian high priestess lights the Olympic flame in Athens, October 31, 2017. The torch was later carried to Pyeongchang, South Korea, for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Judo and tae kwon do were added to the Olympic Games as medal sports at different times:

  • Judo: Men’s judo was first included as an Olympic medal sport at the 1964 Tokyo Games. After being absent from the program in 1968, it returned in 1972 and has remained a fixture at every Summer Games since. Women’s judo competition was added in 1992.12

  • Tae kwon do: This martial art made its debut as an official Olympic medal sport for both men and women at the 2000 Sydney Games.2