Yoo Ok-ryul won South Korea their first medal at the World Championships in artistic gymnastics in 1991. In 2023 Yeo Seo-jeong became the first South Korean woman to win a World Championship medal, winning bronze on vault.
Medalists MedalNameYearEvent Yoo Ok-ryul 1991 Indianapolis Men's vault Yoo Ok-ryul 1992 Paris Men's vault Yoo Ok-ryul 1993 Birmingham Men's vault Yeo Hong-chul 1994 Brisbane Men's vault Yeo Hong-chul 1996 San Juan Men's vault Lee Joo-hyung 1999 Tianjin Men's parallel bars Yoo Won-chul 2006 Aarhus Men's parallel bars Kim Dae-eun 2007 Stuttgart Men's parallel bars Yang Hak-seon 2011 Tokyo Men's vault Yang Hak-seon 2013 Antwerp Men's vault Kim Han-sol 2017 Montreal Men's vault Yeo Seo-jeong 2023 Antwerp Women's vault
Junior World medalists MedalNameYearEvent Ryu Sung-hyun 2019 Győr Boys' floor exercise
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