South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 7 sports.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Song Soon-chun Boxing Men's Bantamweight Kim Chang-Hee Weightlifting Men's Lightweight
Athletics
Track and road EventAthletesHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMen's 800 metresSim Sang-Ok1:55.56 (H4)Did not advanceMen's 1500 metres4:09.013 (H2)Did not advanceMen's marathonLee Chang-Hoon2:28:454Choi Chung-Sik2:36:53 12Im Hwa-DongDid not finish-
Field EventAthletesQualificationFinalResult (m)RankResultRankMen's long jumpSeo Yeong-Ju7.0918Did not advanceMen's triple jumpChoi Yeong-Gi14.8620 Q14.6521Men's hammer throwSong Gyo-Sik53.7416Did not advance
Basketball
Group round TEAMPTSPWLPFPA6330238187532124219943122162493303194255 China 83-76 Korea Bulgaria 89-58 Korea Uruguay 83-60 Korea
Classification 9-15
Group 2 (9-15) TEAMPTSPWLPFPA422014712332111431400202130157 Canada 74-63 Korea Japan 83-67 Korea
Classification 13-15 Thailand's loss gave the nation 15th place.
Korea 61-47 Thailand Singapore, BYE
Classification 13/14 Singapore 92-79 Korea
Korea's final ranking was 14th.
Squad An Yeong-sik, An Byeong-seok, Jo Byeong-hyeon, Choi Tae-gon, Kim Chun-bae, Kim Hyeong-il, Kim Yeong-gi, Kim Yeong-su, Go Se-tae, Baek Jeong-nam
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPyo Hyeon-Gi Flyweight L by pointsDid not advanceSong Sun-CheonBantamweight W by points W by points W by points W by points L by points Jeong Do-HunFeatherweight L by pointsDid not advanceBaek Do-SeonLightweight L by retiredDid not advanceHwang Eui-KyungLight-Welterweight W by disqualified L by pointsDid not advance
Cycling
Road competition AthleteEventTimeRankKim Ho-SoonIndividual road race5:34:37 Im Sang-JoIndividual road raceDid not finish
Shooting
Two shooters represented South Korea in 1956. Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankChu Hwa-il300 m rifle three positions90319Kim Yun-gi 50 m pistol46330
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRankYu In-HoBantamweight (-56 kg) 90 5 95 5T 135 1 320 4Kim Hae-Nam 85 10 95 5T 127.5 4 307.5 5Lee Kyung-SeopFeatherweight (-60 kg) 90 16 95 8 127.5 4T 312.5 8Kim Chang-HuiLightweight (-67.5 kg) 107.5 11 112.5 7 150 1T 370 3Kim Seong-JipMiddleweight (-75 kg) 125 2 110 11 145 6 380 5Park Dong-CheolMiddle-Heavyweight (-90 kg) 120 12 0 - - - 120 15
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5FinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultLee Jeong-GyuFlyweight (−52 kg)W by fallL 0-3Lee Sang-GyunBantamweight (−57 kg)W by fallW 2-1ByeL 0-3Oh Tae-KeunLightweight (−67 kg)L by fall
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database