North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the nation's first appearance in twelve years at the Summer Games due to its boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 64 competitors, 36 men and 28 women, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.

Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Pae Gil-su Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 2 August Ri Hak-son Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 5 August Kim Il Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 6 August Choi Chol-su Boxing Flyweight 9 August Kim Myong-nam Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 30 July Ri Pun-hui Yu Sun-bok Table tennis Women's doubles 1 August Ri Pun-hui Table tennis Women's singles 4 August Ri Gwang-sik Boxing Bantamweight 6 August Kim Yong-sik Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 7 August

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 3 3Athletics 1 2 3Boxing 6 – 6Cycling 0 3 3Diving 0 4 4Gymnastics 3 8 11Judo 2 1 3Shooting 6 3 9Table tennis 4 4 8Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 4 – 4 Total 36 28 64

Archery

Women's Individual Competition: Kim Jong-hwa – Round of 32, 19th place (0–1) Li Myong-gum – Round of 32, 29th place (0–1) Sin Song-hui – Ranking round, 52nd place (0–0)

Women's Team Competition: Kim, Li, and Sin – Quarterfinal, 7th place (1–1)

Athletics

Men's Marathon Ryu Ok-hyon – 2:40.51 (→ 80th place)

Women's Marathon Mun Gyong-ae – 2:37.03 (→ 6th place)

Women's Long Jump Ri Yong-ae Heat – 6.17 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light flyweight (– 48 kg) O Song-chol First Round – Defeated Anicet Rasoanaivo (MAD), KO-2 Second Round – Lost to Daniel Petrov (BUL), RSC-3

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Yun Yong-chol First Round – Lost to Hong Sung-sik (KOR), 11:2

Cycling

Three cyclists, all women, represented North Korea in 1992.

Women's Individual Road Race Pak Chun-wa – 2:38:38 (→ 53rd place) Kim Gyong-hui – 2:39:43 (→ 54th place) Choi In-ae – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard Kim Myong-son Preliminary Heat – 232.65 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Kim Hye-ok Preliminary Heat – 206.64 points (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 10m Platform Kim Chun-ok Preliminary Round – 282.36 points (→ 18th place)

Ryu Un-Sil Preliminary Round – 282.36 points (→ 23rd place)

Gymnastics

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Shooting

Table tennis

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

References

External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database