South Korea competed (as Korea) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games."South Korea preview: South Korea eyes on top 10 finish" , The People's Daily Online, July 24, 2008.
North and South Korea had initially intended to send a joint delegation to the Games,"North and South Korea to join forces in fight for Olympic gold", The Guardian, November 2, 2005."'One' Korea for Olympics" , The Age, February 26, 2004. but were unable to agree on the details of its implementation."No progress on joint Korean Olympic team: officials", ABC News, April 4, 2006."Sides still at odds over joint '08 Olympics team" , Associated Press, December 1, 2006. (See North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics.)
The South Korean contingent aimed for ten gold medals and to be ranked in the top ten in the games. However, they exceeded expectations and the nation was ranked 7th in gold medals, and 8th in total medals. The 13 gold medals won was the highest number of gold medals earned in its Olympic history.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Choi Min-ho Judo Men's 60 kg Park Tae-hwan Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Joo Hyun-jungPark Sung-hyunYun Ok-hee Archery Women's team Im Dong-hyunLee Chang-hwanPark Kyung-mo Archery Men's team Jin Jong-oh Shooting Men's 50 m pistol Sa Jae-hyouk Weightlifting Men's 77 kg Jang Mi-ran Weightlifting Women's +75 kg Lee Yong-daeLee Hyo-jung Badminton Mixed doubles Lim Su-jeong Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Son Tae-jin Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Hwang Kyung-seon Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Cha Dong-min Taekwondo Men's +80 kg South Korea national baseball team Baseball Men's tournament Jin Jong-oh Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Yoon Jin-hee Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Wang Ki-chun Judo Men's 73 kg Nam Hyun-hee Fencing Women's foil Park Tae-hwan Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle Kim Jae-bum Judo Men's 81 kg Park Sung-hyun Archery Women's individual Park Kyung-mo Archery Men's individual Lee Hyo-jungLee Kyung-won Badminton Women's doubles Yoo Won-chul Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Im Jyoung-hwa Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Park Eun-chul Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Yun Ok-hee Archery Women's individual Jeong Gyeong-mi Judo Women's 78 kg Hwang Ji-manLee Jae-jin Badminton Men's doubles Dang Ye-seoKim Kyung-ahPark Mi-young Table tennis Women's team Oh Sang-eunRyu Seung-minYoon Jae-young Table tennis Men's team Kim Jung-joo Boxing Welterweight South Korea women's national handball team Handball Women's tournament
Archery
At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Korea's won the championship in both the men's and women's events. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIm Dong-hyunIndividual6708 (37)W 108–103 (40)W 115–106 (41)L 111–113Did not advanceLee Chang-hwan66910 (55)W 112–108 (23)W 117–109 (26)L 105 (18)–105 (19)Did not advancePark Kyung-mo6764 (61)W 116–99 (29)W 111–110 (13)W 113–105 (28)W 108 (19)–108 (17) (1)W 115–112 (3)L 112–113Im Dong-hyunLee Chang-hwanPark Kyung-moTeam20151colspan=3 (8)W 224–222 (12)W 221–218 (6)W 227–225
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJoo Hyun-jungIndividual6643 (30)W 108–98 (62)W 110–108 (14)W 109–104 (27)L 101–106Did not advancePark Sung-hyun6731 (64)W 112–80 (33)W 112–107 (49)W 115–103 (9)W 112–103 (5)W 109–106 (27)L 109–110Yun Ok-hee6672 (63)W 109–102 (34)W 114–107 (15)W 113–103 (26)W 111–105 (27)L 109–115 (5)W 109–106Joo Hyun-jungPark Sung-hyunYun Ok-heeTeam20041colspan=3 (9)W 231–217 (5)W 213–184 (3)W 224–215
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankLee Jung-joon110 m hurdles13.655 q13.55 NR6Did not advanceKim Yi-yongMarathoncolspan=6 2:23:5750Lee Bong-jucolspan=6 2:17:5628Lee Myong-seungcolspan=6 2:14:3718Kim Hyun-sub20 km walkcolspan=6 1:22:5723Park Chil-sungcolspan=6 1:25:0733Kim Dong-young50 km walkcolspan=6 4:02:3231
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionKim Deok-hyeonTriple jump16.8818Did not advanceKim Yoo-sukPole vault—Did not advancePark Jae-myongJavelin throw76.6317Did not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankChae Eun-heeMarathon2:38:5253Lee Eun-jung2:33:0725Lee Sun-young2:43:2356Kim Mi-jung20 km walk1:33:5529
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionJung Soon-okLong jump6.3314Did not advanceLee Mi-youngShot put15.1033Did not advanceKim Kyung-aeJavelin throw53.1346Did not advance
Badminton
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLee Hyun-ilSinglesW 15–21, 21–14, 21–19W 21–13, 21–11W 23–21, 21–11L 18–21, 21–13, 13–21L 16–21, 21–12, 14–214Park Sung-hwanW 21–11, 21–11W 21–5, 21–8L 8–21, 11–21Did not advanceHwang Ji-manLee Jae-jinDoublescolspan=2 W 20–22, 21–13, 21–16W 21–12, 18–21, 21–9L 20–22, 8–21W 13–21, 21–18, 21–17Jung Jae-sungLee Yong-daecolspan=2 L 16–21, 19–21Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJun Jae-younSinglesW 21–15, 21–5W 21–12, 21–14L 11–21, 12–21Did not advanceHa Jung-eunKim Min-jungDoublescolspan=2 L 11–21, 21–16, 15–21Did not advanceLee Hyo-jungLee Kyung-woncolspan=2 W 21–14, 21–19W 21–15, 21–12W 22–20, 21–15}L 15–21, 13–21
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankHan Sang-hoonHwang Yu-miDoublesL 21–23, 19–21Did not advanceLee Hyo-jungLee Yong-daeW 21–12, 21–11W 21–19, 21–12W 21–9, 12–21, 21–17W 21–11, 21–17
Baseball
Korea placed second in the Final Qualifying Tournament, earning the South Korea national baseball team a qualification spot in baseball. 2008 will be Korea's third appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament; the team took the bronze medal in 2000 and placed eighth in 1996. On Korea's third appearance, they won the gold.
Group Stage August 13 8 – 7 August 14 0 – 0 (Postponed due to rain) August 15 1 – 0 August 16 5 – 3 August 17 1 – 0 August 18 9 – 8 August 19 7 – 4 August 20 10 – 0
TeamGWLRSRAWIN%GBTiebreaker7704122100%--761522385.7%1-752402271.4%2-743301457.1%3-725293328.6%51-0725292028.6%50-171695014.3%61-0716146014.3%60-1
Semifinals August 22 6 – 2
Gold medal match August 23 3 – 2
Basketball
Women's tournament
Korea's women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2007. It will be the women's team's sixth Olympic appearance.
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinals
Boxing
Korea qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Lee, Baik, and Kim each earned their spots at the first Asian qualifying tournament. Han and Cho joined them as Olympic qualifiers at the second qualifying tournament.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLee Ok-sungFlyweightW 9–8L 5–11Did not advanceHan Soon-chulBantamweightL 6–17Did not advanceBaik Jong-subLightweightW 10–4L Did not advanceKim Jung-jooWelterweightW 11+–11W 10–0W 11–9L 6–10Did not advanceCho Deok-jinMiddleweightL 3–9Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLee Sun-jaWomen's K-1 500 m1:58.1408Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify directly to final; q = Qualify to semi-final
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankPark Sung-baekMen's road race7:03:0488Gu Sun-geunWomen's road race3:45:5958Son Hee-jungDid not finish
Track Omnium AthleteEventPointsLapsRankLee Min-hyeWomen's points race−40−219
Diving
Men AthleteEventsPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankSon Seong-cheol3 m springboard353.3529Did not advance
Equestrian
Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankChoi Jun-sangCinque CentoIndividual57.33346Did not advance
Fencing
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankJung Jin-sunIndividual épéeW 15–6W 15–6L 11–15Did not advanceKim Seung-guW 15–12L 14–15Did not advanceKim Won-jinL 14–15Did not advanceJung Jin-sunKim Seung-guKim Won-JinTeam épéecolspan=3 L 37–45Classification semi-finalL 38–457th place finalL 39–418Choi Byung-chulIndividual foilW 15–3L 14–15Did not advanceOh Eun-seokIndividual sabre W 15–8 L 11–15Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankJung Hyo-jungIndividual épéeW 15–6L 5–12Did not advanceJung Gil-okIndividual foil L 9–11Did not advanceNam Hyun-heeW 15–6W 15–4W 15–10W 15-10L 5–6Kim Keum-hwaIndividual sabreW 15–14L 8–15Did not advanceLee Shin-miL 13–15Did not advance
Field hockey
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Classification match for 5th/6th place
Women's tournament
Roster
Group play
Classification match for 9th/10th place
Football (soccer)
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Gymnastics
Artistic Men Team AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankKim Dae-eunTeam15.50014.72515.45016.05016.05014.62592.4003 Q15.62515.27515.95015.92514.400colspan=2 Kim Ji-hoon14.97515.175 Q15.65014.525colspan=2 14.850colspan=3 15.450colspan=2 Kim Seung-il14.97514.55014.32515.65015.32512.17587.00034Did not competeKim Soo-myun15.57513.80014.17516.02515.35014.97589.90018*15.82514.67515.92515.175colspan=2 Yang Tae-young13.85015.00014.87516.00016.100 Q13.47589.30022 Q14.90013.52514.75015.35015.450colspan=3 Yoo Won-chulcolspan=2 15.57516.150 Qcolspan=3 colspan=2 15.47515.850colspan=3 Total61.02559.45060.22563.72563.65057.600365.6754 Q46.35043.05045.50047.22547.22545.025274.3755 * Kim Soo-Myun withdrew from the individual all-around due to injury in the team event, and was replaced by Yang Tae-Young.
Individual finals AthleteEventApparatusTotalRankKim Dae-eunAll-around15.22513.65015.40015.62516.00014.87590.77511Kim Ji-hoonPommel horse15.175colspan=4 15.1756Yang Tae-youngAll-around15.22514.30014.90016.07516.35014.75091.6008Parallel barscolspan=4 15.65015.6507Yoo Won-chulParallel barscolspan=4 16.25016.250
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankJo Hyun-jooAll-around13.37514.12511.87513.40052.77558Did not advance
Rhythmic South Korea qualified one woman in rhythmic gymnastics.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalRopeHoopClubsRibbonTotalRankRopeHoopClubsRibbonTotalRankShin Soo-jiIndividual16.32516.37516.60016.85066.15012Did not advance
Handball
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Classification semifinal
7th–8th place
Women's tournament
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Final rank
Judo
Men