South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 300 competitors, 189 men and 111 women, took part in 160 events in 25 sports.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Sim Kwon-ho Wrestling Greco-Roman 48 kg Jeon Ki-young Judo Men's 86 kg Cho Min-sun Judo Women's 66 kg Kim Kyung-wook Archery Women's Individual Kim Dong-moonGil Young-ah Badminton Mixed doubles Bang Soo-hyun Badminton Women's Singles Kim Kyung-wookKim Jo-sunYoon Hye-young Archery Women's team Kim Min-soo Judo Men's 95 kg Kwak Dae-sung Judo Men's 71 kg Jung Sun-yong Judo Women's 56 kg Hyun Sook-hee Judo Women's 52 kg Yeo Hong-chul Gymnastics Men's vault Yang Hyun-mo Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg Gil Young-ahJang Hye-ock Badminton Women's Doubles Park Joo-bongRa Kyung-min Badminton Mixed doubles Field Hockey Women's tournament Oh Kyo-moonKim Bo-ramJang Yong-ho Archery Men's team Jang Jae-sung Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg Park Jang-soon Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Handball Women's tournament Lee Bong-ju Athletics Men's Marathon Lee Seung-bae Boxing Light heavyweight Cho In-chul Judo Men's 78 kg Jung Sung-sook Judo Women's 61 kg Ryu Ji-haePark Hae-jung Table Tennis Women's doubles Yoo Nam-kyuLee Chul-seung Table Tennis Men's doubles Oh Kyo-moon Archery Men's individual
Archery
Korea's fifth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals in the women's competitions as well as a silver medal and a bronze medal in the men's competitions. The only individual eliminated before the quarterfinals was Yoon Hye-Young, though she did set an Olympic record in the 36 arrow R32/R16 combined.
Men's Individual Competition: Oh Kyo-moon - Bronze medal match, Bronze medal (5-1) Kim Bo-ram - Quarterfinal, 5th place (3-1) Jang Yong-ho - Quarterfinal, 7th place (3-1)
Women's Individual Competition: Kim Kyung-wook - Final, Gold medal (6-0) Kim So-jun - Quarterfinal, 6th place (3-1) Yoon Hye-young - Round of 16, 9th place (2-1)
Men's Team Competition: Oh, Kim, and Jang - Final, Silver medal (3-1)
Women's Team Competition: Kim, Kim, and Yoon - Final, Gold medal (4-0)
Athletics
Men's High Jump Lee Jin-taek Qualification — 2.28m
Final — 2.29m (→ 8th place) Men's Long Jump Sung Hee-jun Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Lee Bong-ju — 2:12.39 (→ Silver medal) Kim Yi-yong — 2:16.17 (→ 12th place) Kim Wan-ki — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Javelin Throw Lee Young-sun Qualification — 58.66m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put Lee Myung-sun Qualification — 16.92m (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon Oh Mi-ja — 2:36.54 (→ 30th place) Kang Soon-duk — did not finish (→ no ranking) Lee Mi-kyung — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Badminton
Baseball
Korea's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish for the team. The Koreans won only one game in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands. This put them in eighth place and ended their involvement in the competition.
Men's Team Competition: South Korea - 8th place (1-6)
Basketball
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
9th−12th place classification
11th place match
Women's tournament
Preliminary round
9th−12th place classification
9th place match
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Bae Gi-ung
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Shin Su-yeong First round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (Russia), 7-10
Men's Lightweight Shin Eun-chul
Men's Light-Welterweight Han Hyeong-min
Men's Welterweight Bae Ho-jo
Men's Light-Middleweight Lee Wan-gyun
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Mun Im-cheol First round — Lost to Bertrand Tetsia (Cameroon), 2-12
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Lee Seung-bae
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Go Yeong-sam
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition Women's Individual Road Race Kim Yong-Mi Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition Men's Points Race Cho Ho-sung Final — 6 points (→ 7th place)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Lee Jong-hee Preliminary Heat — 293.52 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Women's 10m Platform Im Youn-gi Preliminary Heat — 180.15 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Kim Yeo-young Preliminary Heat — 166.56 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Fencing
Thirteen fencers, nine men and 4 women, represented South Korea in 1996.
Men's foil Kim Yeong-ho Kim Yong-guk Jeong Su-gi
Men's team foil Jeong Su-gi, Kim Yong-guk, Kim Yeong-ho
Men's épée Yang Noe-seong Jang Tae-seok Lee Sang-gi
Men's team épée Jang Tae-seok, Lee Sang-gi, Yang Noe-seong
Men's sabre Yu Sang-ju Seo Seong-jun Lee Hyo-geun
Men's team sabre Lee Hyo-geun, Seo Seong-jun, Yu Sang-ju
Women's foil Jeon Mi-gyeong
Women's épée Go Jeong-jeon Kim Hui-jeong Lee Geum-nam
Women's team épée Kim Hui-jeong, Go Jeong-jeon, Lee Geum-nam
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) South Korea – Great Britain 2–2 South Korea – Australia 2–3 South Korea – South Africa 3–3 South Korea – Netherlands 1–3 South Korea – Malaysia 4–2
Classification Matches 5th/8th place: South Korea – India 4–4 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 5–3) 5th/6th place: South Korea – Pakistan 3–1 → Fifth place
Team roster Koo Jin-soo Shin Seok-kyo Han Beung-kook You Myung-keun Cho Myung-jun Jeon Jong-ha You Seung-jin Park Shin-heum Kang Keon-wook Kim Jong-yi Jeong Yong-kyun Song Seung-tae Kim Yong-bae Hong Kyung-suep Kim Young-kyu Kim Yoon
Women's team competition Preliminary Round Robin South Korea – Great Britain 5–0 South Korea – United States 2–3 South Korea – Netherlands 3–1 South Korea – Australia 3–3 South Korea – Spain 2–0
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Men's: Kim Mi-sub – 5367pts (11th place)
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Fourteen South Korean shooters (six men and eight women) qualified to compete in the following events:
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankPark Chul-sungDouble trap1386 Q1834Lee Eun-chul50 m rifle prone5967 Q 699.1750 m rifle 3 positions116318Did not advance10 m air rifle59011 Did not advanceKim Sung-joon50 m pistol54837 Did not advance10 m air pistol57912Did not advanceKim Sung-joon50 m pistol560 11Did not advance10 m air pistol57336Did not advanceCha Young-chul50 m rifle prone59136 Did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions115440 Did not advanceLim Young-sueb10 m air rifle59011 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankWeon Gyung-sook50 m rifle 3 positions56832Did not advanceLee Ho-sook10 m air pistol3829 Did not advanceKong Hyun-ah50 m rifle 3 positions583 6 Q675.86Park Jung-hee25 m pistol57421 Did not advanceKim Jung-mi10 m air rifle39119 Did not advanceLee Sang-huiDouble trap9517Did not advanceBoo Soon-hee10 m air pistol37915Did not advance25 m pistol5835 Q683.94Jin Soon-young10 m air rifle3939 Did not advance
Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle Koh Yun-ho Heat – 1:52.80 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle Woo Cheol Heat – 4:03.11 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle Lee Gyu-chang Heat – 15:47.92 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke Kim Min-seok Heat – 58.43 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
Men's 200m Backstroke Ji Sang-jun Heat – 2:01.39 B-Final – 2:02.68 (→ 14th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke Cho Kwang-jea Heat – 1:03.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly Cho Kwang-jea Heat – 2:04.53 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley Kim Bang-hyun Heat – 2:06.99 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley Kim Bang-hyun Heat – 4:31.16 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Koh Yun-ho, Lee Gyu-chang, Woo Cheol, and Kim Min-seok Heat – 7:45.98 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Kim Min-Seok, Cho Kwang-jea, Yang Dae-chu, and Koh Yun-ho Heat – 3:50.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle Lee Bo-eun Heat – 58.27 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle Lee Jie-hyun Heat – 2:05.78 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Women's 400m Freestyle Jeong Eun-na Heat – 4:23.35 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 800m Freestyle Suh Hyun-soo Heat – 9:03.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke Lee Ji-hyun Heat – 1:03.96 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke Lee Chang-ha Heat – 2:14.18 B-Final – 2:14.55 (→ 13th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke Byun Hye-young Heat – 1:12.85 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke Roh Joo-hee Heat – 2:36.20 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Lee Jie-hyun Heat – 2:22.97 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Lee Ji-hyun Heat – 4:59.52 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Lee Bo-eun, Seo So-yung, Lee Jie-hyun, and Jeong Eun-na Heat – 3:57.83 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Jeong Eun-na, Lee Bo-eun, Lee Jie-hyun, and Seo So-yung Heat – 8:22.90 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Lee Ji-hyun, Byun Hye-young, Park Woo-hee, and Lee Bo-eun Heat – 4:18.98 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Table tennis
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChoi Young-jaWomen's singlesW 6-7(5-7), 6–2, 6-1L 2–6, 4-6Did not advance
Volleyball
Men's Indoor Team Competition Preliminary round (group B) Lost to Italy (0-3) Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3) Lost to Russia (0-3) Defeated Tunisia (3-0) Lost to Netherlands (2-3) → Did not advance, 10th place
Team roster Bang Sin-bong Shin Young-chul Choi Cheon-sik Ha Jong-hwa Im Do-hun Kim Sang-woo Kim Se-jin Lee Seong-hui Park Hee-sang Park Sun-chool Sin Jin-sik Shin Jung-sub
Women's Indoor Team Competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated Japan (3-0) Lost to China (2-3) Defeated Ukraine (3-0) Lost to the Netherlands (1-3) Lost to United States (1-3) Quarterfinals Lost to Brazil (0-3) Classification Matches Defeated United States (3-0) Lost to the Netherlands (0-3) → Sixth place
Team roster Chang So-yun Chang Yoon-hee Choi Kwang-hee Chung Sun-hye Eoh Yeon-soon Hong Ji-yeon Kang Hye-mi Kim Nam-soon Lee In-sook Lee Soo-jung Park Soo-jeong Yoo Yeon-gyeong Head coach: Kim Cheol-yong
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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