Taekwondo was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010.
| Taekwondo at the Summer Youth Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| Governing body | WTF |
| Events | 10 (boys: 5; girls: 5) |
| Games | |
Summary edit
| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010 | 10 |  South Korea
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| 2 | 2014 | 10 |  Chinese Taipei
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| 3 | 2018 | 10 |  Russia
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| 4 | 2026 | 11 |
Medal table edit
- As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran (IRI) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  Thailand (THA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 |  Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 19 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 |  Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 |  Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 31 |  Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Niger (NIG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (42 entries) | 30 | 30 | 60 | 120 | |