Olympic history of South Korea

KOR
1948—

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The Republic of Korea (also known as South Korea ) has been represented in the Olympic Games since 1948. Summer Olympics represented. In 1980 the Republic of Korea participated in the boycott of the Summer Olympics. South Korean youths have taken part in all of the Youth Olympic Games that have been held so far.

The National Olympic Committee is the Korean Olympic Committee . It was founded in 1946 and officially recognized by the IOC in 1947.

South Korea hosted two Olympic Games. The 1988 Summer Games took place in the capital, Seoul , and the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang .

General

South Korea, which has been in the Olympic Games since 1948, is one of the few countries that made its Olympic debut at the Winter Games. On January 31, 1948, the speed skaters Choi Yong-jin and Lee Hyo-chang were the first South Korean Olympians. The first South Koreans at the Summer Games were on July 30, 1948, the athletes Lee Yun-seok and Pak Bong-sik, who was also the first South Korean woman at the Olympic Games. The first women at the Winter Games were speed skaters Kim Gyeong-hoe and Han Hye-ja on February 20, 1960.

Two Koreans were already at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin. However, the marathon runners son Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong started for Japan, since Korea was part of the Japanese Empire at that time. Both were forced by the Japanese side to use the Japanese reading of their names in competitions. So son Kee-chung started in Berlin under the name Son Kitei and Nam Sung-yong under the name Nan Shōryū . Son became Olympic champion, Nam won the bronze medal. Both were the first Koreans to win an Olympic medal. When the Japanese flag was hoisted at the awards ceremony, both demonstratively averted their eyes.

South Korea's first medalist was weightlifter Kim Seong-jip on August 10, 1948 , who won the bronze medal. The first Olympic victory for South Korea made on July 31, 1976 the freestyle wrestler Yang Jeong-mo, who won the featherweight competition. The first women in South Korea to win an Olympic medal were the team members of the national volleyball team, which won the bronze medal in 1976. The archer Seo Hyang-soon became the first South Korean Olympic champion on August 11, 1984.

The first medal at the Winter Games was won on February 18, 1992 by speed skater Kim Yun-man with a silver over 1000 meters. Four days later, the short tracker Kim Gi-hun became South Korea's first winter Olympic champion. The first South Koreans to win a medal at the Winter Olympics and to become Olympic champions at the same time were the members of the women's short track relay.

The most successful Olympian is the marksman Jin Jong-oh , who has been Olympic champion four times (2008, 2012 and 2016) and won two silver medals (2004 and 2008). The most successful woman is the archer Kim Soo-nyung . She was also four times Olympic champion (1988, 1992 and 2000) and won a silver medal (1992) and a bronze medal (2000). The short tracker Chun Lee-kyung is the most successful winter athlete. She is also a four-time Olympic champion (1994 and 1998) and also won a bronze medal in 1998. The most successful man at the Winter Games is Ahn Hyun-soo , who won three gold and one bronze medal in 2006.

The first Olympic team at Summer Games included 50 athletes. For the first time over 100 participants drove to the Games in Tokyo in 1964 (154 athletes). Most of the South Koreans took part in the 1988 Seoul Home Games when 401 athletes competed. Most of the athletes at other summer games were in Atlanta in 1996. 300 South Koreans competed. The first winter team consisted of three athletes. For the first time in 1980, ten participants reached the double-digit range. Most of the South Koreans competed in the domestic 2018 Winter Games (122). The largest winter team at other winter games in 2014 comprised 71 participants.

The most successful games in terms of the number of medals were the 1988 domestic summer games, when the athletes were able to win a total of 33 medals. South Korea achieved the most Olympic victories (13) in 2008 and 2012. The most successful winter games, also here in terms of the number of medals, were the domestic 2018 winter games. The South Korean participants won 17 medals. Most Olympic victories were achieved with six gold medals each in 2006 and 2010.

South Korea leads the Olympics in three sports. The most successful summer sport is archery with 23 gold, nine silver and seven bronze medals. South Korea is also leading in Taekwondo with 12 wins, two silver and five bronze medals. Only in judo were 43 more medals won. With 48 medals, South Korea is even more successful in the short track. Here the athletes won 24 gold, 13 silver and eleven bronze medals.

South Korea has participated in all of the Youth Olympic Games that have been held so far. South Korea is the leading nation in youth winter games. South Korean Winter Olympians won 16 gold medals out of a total of 27 medals at both events. South Korea is also successful at youth summer games. 13 Olympic victories with a total of 34 medals means 7th place in the medal table of the Youth Summer Games. In the medal table of all youth games, South Korea ranks third.

Table tennis player Ryu Seung-min , Olympic champion in 2004, was elected an IOC member in 2016. He is a member of the IOC Athletes Commission, the Marketing Commission and the Athlete Support Commission. Entrepreneur Lee Kun-hee was elected a member in 1996. He was a member of the commissions for culture and finance. His membership ended in 2017 and has been an honorary member ever since.

South and North Korea together at the Olympic Games

The Korean Union flag

The communist neighbor North Korea has participated in the Winter Games since 1964 and in the Summer Games since 1972. The first time there was a direct encounter between athletes from both countries was the 1972 Olympic boxing tournament in Munich. In the second round of the light flyweight division, the South Korean Lee Seog-un met the North Korean Kim U-gil. Kim won the fight on points and later won the silver medal.

North Korea boycotted the 1988 Summer Games, which were held in Seoul . In late 1985, North Korea asked to be involved in hosting the Games. Eleven of the 23 Olympic sports were to be played in North Korea. In addition, a separate opening and closing ceremony should be held. The teams of North and South Korea should compete together. However, negotiations with the IOC failed. The event was limited to South Korea and Seoul alone. The North Korean government then decided to boycott the Seoul Games.

At the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, North and South Korean athletes ran together for the first time at the opening ceremony. For this purpose, a specially created flag, the Korean Union flag , was used. However, there was no united team. In 2004 in Athens the common invasion was repeated. At the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, both teams ran together for a third time.

It was not until the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang that there was a common invasion with the union flag. Aside from ice hockey, the athletes competed for their countries as they did in previous Olympic Games. A team from South and North Korea was formed in women's ice hockey. The team consisted of 35 players, 23 from South Korea and 12 from North Korea. The team could not win any of the five tournament games and finished last.

Applications and hosting of the Olympic Games

Applications

Summer games

Only Seoul submitted an application to host the Summer Games. The capital applied to host the 24th Olympic Games in 1988. At the 84th IOC session in Baden-Baden , Seoul prevailed against the Japanese Nagoya with 52:27 votes.

Winter games

Pyeongchang competed three times to host the Winter Olympics. At the 115th IOC session in Prague , the Canadian city of Vancouver lost 53:56 in the second ballot. When applying to host the 22nd Winter Olympics in 2014, one was again defeated in the second ballot. This time the Russian city of Sochi won with 47:51. When applying to host the 23rd Winter Olympics in 2018, Pyeongchang prevailed over Munich and Annecy in the first ballot at the 123rd IOC session in Durban .

Alignment

The 1988 Olympic flame is lit.

The first Olympic Games on South Korean soil were the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul , which took place from September 17 to October 2, 1988. 8,391 athletes, including 2,194 women, from 159 countries took part. North Korea boycotted the neighboring country's games because the IOC failed to comply with the country's demands to hold various competitions on North Korean territory. Cuba , Albania , Ethiopia and the Seychelles also stayed away from the games out of solidarity with North Korea. The Olympic flame was lit by marathon runners Kim Won-tak, Chung Sun-man and son Kee-chung, the 1936 Olympic champion. Basketball player Hur Jae and handball player Son Mi-na took the Olympic oath for the active players, and judo judge Lee Hak-rae took the oath for the judges.

The Winter Games took place in Pyeongchang from February 9 to 25, 2018 . 2922 athletes, including 1242 women, from 92 countries took part. The figure skater Kim Yuna lit the Olympic flame. The Olympic oath was taken by the speed skater Mo Tae-bum , the referee Kim Woo-sik and the coach Park Ki-ho.

Overview of the participations

Summer games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	Medals
	total	m	w					total	rank
1896-1936	not participated
1948	46	45	1	Son Kee-chung
1952	19th	18th	1	Bill Parnell			2	2	37
1956	35	35	0			1	1	2	29
1960	35	33	2
1964	154	128	26th			2	1	3	27
1968	54	41	13			1	1	2	36
1972	42	32	10	Kim Ji-hak		1		1	33
1976	50	38	12		1	1	4th	6th	19th
1980	not participated
1984	175	116	59	Ha hyung-joo	6th	6th	7th	19th	10
1988	401	269	132	Cho Yong-chul	12	10	11	33	4th
1992	226	154	72		12	5	12	29	7th
1996	302	190	112	Choi Cheon-sik	7th	15th	5	27	10
2000	281	175	106	Chung Eun-soon (South Korea) Pak Jung-chul (North Korea)	8th	10	10	28	12
2004	264	145	119	Ku Min-jung (South Korea) Kim Song-ho (North Korea)	9	12	9	30th	9
2008	265	159	106	Jang Sung-ho	13	11	8th	32	7th
2012	250	135	115	Yoon Kyung-shin	13	9	8th	30th	5
2016	207	103	104	Gu Bon-gil	9	3	9	21st	8th

Winter games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	Medals
	total	m	w					total	rank
1896-1936	not participated
1948	3	3	0
1952	not participated
1956	4th	4th	0
1960	7th	5	2
1964	7th	5	2
1968	8th	5	3
1972	5	1	4th
1976	3	1	2
1980	10	6th	4th
1984	15th	11	4th
1988	22nd	18th	4th	Hong Kun-pyo
1992	23	19th	4th	Lee Yeong-ha	2	1	1	4th	10
1994	21st	11	10	Lee Joon-ho	4th	1	1	6th	6th
1998	37	26th	11	Hur Seung-wook	3	1	2	6th	9
2002	46	31	15th	Hur Seung-wook	2	2		4th	14th
2006	40	26th	14th	Lee Bo-ra (South Korea) Han Jong-in (North Korea)	6th	3	2	11	7th
2010	45	27	18th	Gang Gwang-bae	6th	6th	2	14th	5
2014	71	41	13	Lee Gyu-hyeok	3	3	2	8th	13
2018	123	78	45	Won Yun-jong (South Korea) Hwang Chung-gum (North Korea)	5	8th	4th	17th	3

Youth Summer Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	Medals
	total	m	w					total	rank
2010	72	34	38	Kim Jin-hak	11	4th	4th	19th	3
2014	73	41	32		4th	6th	5	15th	13

Youth Winter Games

year	Athletes			Flag bearer	Medals
	total	m	w					total	rank
2012	28	15th	13	Kim Dong-woo	8th	3	2	11	4th
2016	30th	16	14th		10	3	3	16	2

Overview of the sports

Summer games

badminton

6th	7th	6th

When they first took part in the Olympic badminton in 1992, South Korean athletes achieved two Olympic victories as well as one silver and one bronze medal. The two men Kim Moon-soo and Park Joo-bong won the Olympic gold medal . Also in the women's doubles there was a South Korean victory through the doubles Hwang Hye-young and Chung So-young . The doubles Gil Young-ah and Shim Eun-jung won bronze. Bang Soo-hyun won the silver medal in the women's singles.

In 1996 in Atlanta, Gil Young-ah became Olympic champion in mixed doubles with her partner Kim Dong-moon . In the final, they beat their teammates Park Joo-bong and Ra Kyung-min . Gil also won silver in women's doubles with Jang Hye-ock . In the women’s singles, Bang Soo-hyun won the Olympic gold this time.

The 2000 tournament in Sydney was disappointing. In the men's doubles there was silver from Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung and bronze from Ha Tae-kwon and Kim Dong-moon. In 2004 Ha and Kim won the men's doubles, Lee and Yoo again achieved silver. Shon Seung-mo also won silver in the men's singles. Bronze went to the women's doubles Lee Kyung-won and Ra Kyung-min.

In 2008 in Beijing, the South Koreans won a complete set of medals. The mixed doubles Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung became Olympic champions. Together with her partner Lee Kyung-won, Lee Hyo-jung also won silver in women's doubles. Bronze went to the men's duo Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man .

In 2012 in London only the men's duo Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung won a medal, bronze. Both women's doubles were disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct during the last game of the group stage. Also in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro only won a bronze medal. This time it was through the women's duo Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan .

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	1992 Barcelona	Men's doubles	first Olympic victory
Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young	1992 Barcelona	Ladies doubles
Bang Soo-hyun	1996 Atlanta	Ladies singles
Gil Young-ah Kim Dong-moon	1996 Atlanta	Mixed
Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	2004 Athens	Men's doubles
Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-young	2008 Beijing	Mixed

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Bang Soo-hyun	1992 Barcelona	Ladies singles	first medal win
Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock	1996 Atlanta	Ladies doubles
Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min	1996 Atlanta	Mixed
Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	2000 Sydney	Men's doubles
Shon Seung-mo Yoo Yong-sung	2004 Athens	Men's singles
Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	2004 Athens	Men's doubles
Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-young	2008 Beijing	Ladies doubles

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung	1992 Barcelona	Ladies singles
Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	2000 Sydney	Men's doubles
Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	2004 Athens	Ladies doubles
Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man	2008 Beijing	Men's doubles
Lee Yong-dae Jung Jae-sung	2012 London	Men's doubles
Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Ladies doubles

baseball

1	-	1

In the first baseball tournament in which South Korea participated, the team did not get past eighth place. In Atlanta there was only one win out of seven games after the group stage. With four wins, the team made it to the semifinals in Sydney in 2000. There they lost to the USA 2: 3. The bronze game was won 3-1 against Japan, which was the first medal win in baseball.

South Korea could not qualify for the 2004 tournament in Athens. So they did not take part until the last Olympic tournament in Beijing in 2008. The team won all group matches and also the semi-finals against Japan 6-2. In the final, Cuba was beaten 3-2, making the team Olympic champions in baseball for the first time.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National baseball team	2008 Beijing		first Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National baseball team	2000 Sydney		first medal win

basketball

-	1	-

The first South Korean basketball team took part in the 1948 tournament. The team qualified as group winners for the quarter-finals, but failed there because of Mexico. Both placement games were lost, the team finished 8th. The second participation took place in 1956. This time you lost all group games. The games of the placement group were also lost. With a victory over Thailand, the team managed to reach 14th place.

The 1964 tournament was equally unsuccessful. South Korea could not win a single game and finished in 16th and last place. In 1968 there was at least one victory in the preliminary group against Morocco. A victory in the placement round brought the team 14th place.

It wasn't until 1984 in Los Angeles that a basketball team was back. This time the women were able to qualify. With only one defeat in five games, a 47:84 against hosts USA, the team took second place in the group. So they played for the Olympic victory against the group winners, the USA: South Korea lost the game 55:85, but won their first Olympic medal in Basketball.

Both teams took part in 1988 in Seoul. The men could not win any of their group games. Two wins in the placement round meant 9th place. The women finished last in the group due to poorer ratings. In the placement round they played for 7th place and won against Czechoslovakia. It wasn't until 1996 that both teams took part again. The men lost all games and finished 12th and last. The women won two of their five preliminary round games, but could not qualify for the quarter-finals. In the placement round, they reached 10th place.

Only women could qualify for the Sydney 2000 tournament. This time they made it to the quarter-finals, beating France. The semi-finals against the USA were lost, and the bronze game against Brazil ended in defeat. Also in 2004 in Athens only women were there. All five preliminary round games were lost, as was the final game for 11th place against Nigeria. In 2008 they qualified for the quarter-finals again. Here, however, they were defeated by the USA. The final ranking brought the team 8th place.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	1984 Los Angeles	Women's tournament	first medal win

Archery

23	9	7th

In 1972 archery became an Olympic sport. South Korea became the leading nation in this sport at the Olympic Games. However, South Korean archers did not compete until 1984. The women immediately won two medals. Seo Hyang-soon became an Olympic champion and won her first Olympic medal with the bow. She was also the first woman in South Korea to become an Olympic champion. Kim Jin-ho won bronze.

At the 1988 domestic summer games, both the women's and men's teams won the gold medal. In the women's singles, all medals went to South Korea. It won Kim Soo-nyung before Wang Hee-kyung and Yun Young-sook . The three also formed the women's team. Park Sung-soo won silver in the men's singles. Chun In-soo took fourth place. The women were also successful in 1992 in Barcelona. In the singles Cho Youn-jeong won ahead of the defending champion Kim Soo-nyung. Both became Olympic champions with the team. In the men's race, Chung Jae-hun won silver.

In 1996 in Atlanta Kim Kyung-wook was Olympic champion in singles. The women's team became Olympic champions for the third time in a row, beating the German team in the final. The men's team won the silver medal. Oh Kyo-moon won bronze in the singles . In 2000 in Sydney all medals in the women's singles went to South Korea. Yun Mi-jin won gold, Kim Nam-soon silver and Kim Soo-nyung bronze. All three formed the women's team that became Olympic champions. Kim Soo-nyung won her fourth gold medal here, making her the most successful sportswoman in South Korea at the Olympic Games. The men's team also became Olympic champions.

As in Sydney, both teams became Olympic champions in Athens in 2004. In the women's race, Park Sung-hyun won the gold medal, Lee Sung-jin took silver. A similar picture emerged in Beijing in 2008. Again both teams won the gold medal. Park Kyung-mo won silver in the men's race . Park Sun-hyung also won silver in the women's category, while Yun Ok-hee won bronze .

The archers achieved three Olympic victories in London in 2012. In addition to the women's team, Oh Jin-hyek won gold in the men's singles and Ki Bo-bae in the women's singles . The men's team reached the bronze place. In 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, it was a total success. South Korea provided the Olympic champions in all disciplines. Both teams won, Ku Bon-chan took gold in the men . In the women's category, Chang Hye-jin won gold, who defeated the German Lisa Unruh in the final. Kim Bo-bae won bronze.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Seo Hyang-soon	1984 Los Angeles	singles	first medal and Olympic victory
Chun In-soo Lee Han-sup Park Sung-soo	1988 Seoul	team
Kim Soo-nyung	1988 Seoul	singles
Kim Soo-nyung Wang Hee-kyung Yun Young-sook	1988 Seoul	team
Cho Youn-jeong	1992 Barcelona	singles
Cho Youn-jeong Kim Soo-nyung Lee Eun-kyung	1992 Barcelona	team
Kim Kyung-wook	1996 Atlanta	singles
Kim Kyung-wook Kim Jo-sun Yoon Hye-young	1996 Atlanta	team
Yun Mi-jin	2000 Sydney	singles
Kim Nam-soon Kim Soo-nyung Yun Mi-jin	2000 Sydney	team
Jang Yong-ho Kim Chung-tae Oh Kyo-moon	2000 Sydney	team
Sung-hyun Park	2004 Athens	singles
Lee Sung-jin Park Sung-hyun Yun Mi-jin	2004 Athens	team
In Dong-hyun Jang Yong-ho Park Kyung-mo	2004 Athens	team
Yun Ok-hee Park Sung-hyun Joo Hyun-jung	2008 Beijing	team
In Dong-hyun Lee Chang-hwan Park Kyung-mo	2008 Beijing	team
Oh Jin-hyek	2012 London	singles
Ki Bo-bae	2012 London	singles
Choi Hyun-joo Ki Bo-bae Lee Sung-jin	2012 London	team
Ku Bon-chan	2016 Rio de Janeiro	singles
Chang Hye-jin	2016 Rio de Janeiro	singles
Ku Bon-chan Lee Seung-yun Kim Woo-jin	2016 Rio de Janeiro	team
Chang Hye-jin Ki Bo-bae Choi Mi-sun	2016 Rio de Janeiro	team

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Park Sung-soo	1988 Seoul	singles
Wang Hee-kyung	1988 Seoul	singles
Kim Soo-nyung	1992 Barcelona	singles
Chung Jae-hun	1992 Barcelona	singles
Jang Yong-ho Kim Bo-ram Oh Kyo-moon	1996 Atlanta	team
Kim Nam-soon	2000 Sydney	singles
Lee Sung-jin	2004 Athens	singles
Kyung-mo Park	2008 Beijing	singles
Sung-hyun Park	2008 Beijing	singles

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Jin-ho	1984 Los Angeles	singles
Yun Young-sook	1988 Seoul	singles
Oh Kyo-moon	1996 Atlanta	singles
Kim Soo-nyung	2000 Sydney	singles
Yun Ok-hee	2008 Beijing	singles
Im Dong-hyun Kim Bub-min Oh Jin-hyek	2012 London	team
Ki Bo-bae	2016 Rio de Janeiro	singles

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  Park Kyung-mo, team Olympic winner 2004 and 2008, plus single silver 2008

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  Team victory ceremony 2012: South Korea with bronze (from left to right): Im Dong-yun, Kim Bub-min, Oh Jin-hyek

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  After the 2012 award ceremony: The South Korean women's team with Choi Hyun-joo, Ki Bo-bae and Lee Sung-jin (from left to right)

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  Ku Bon-chan, 2016 Olympic champion in singles

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  Chang Hye-jin, 2016 Olympic champion in singles

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  Kim Woo-jin, 2016 Team Olympic Champion

Boxing

3	7th	10

The first Olympic boxing tournament with South Korean participation took place in London in 1948. In flyweight, Han Su-an became the first South Korean medalist in boxing with the bronze medal. In 1952 Gang Jun-ho won the bantamweight bronze medal. In 1956, Song Sun-cheon won silver in the bantamweight division.

The next success came in Tokyo in 1964 when Jeong Sin-jo won silver bantamweight. In 1968 two medals were won. Ji Yong-ju won silver light flyweight, Jang Sun-gil bronze bantamweight. It wasn't until 16 years later, in Los Angeles in 1984, that South Korea was able to win medals again. In Los Angeles, Sin Jun-seop became the first South Korean boxing Olympic champion in middleweight. An Young-su won silver in the welterweight division and Jeon Chil-seong won bronze in the lightweight division.

The boxers were most successful in 1988 in Seoul with two Olympic victories and one silver and one bronze medal. Olympic champions were Kim Kwang-sun in the flyweight division and Park Si-hun in the light middleweight division. Silver went to Baik Hyun-man in the heavyweight division, bronze to Lee Jae-hyuk in the featherweight division. In 1992 in Barcelona two bronze medals were added by Hong Sung-sik in the lightweight and Lee Seung-bae in the middleweight division. Lee won the silver medal in 1996 after moving to the light heavyweight division. During the 1988 tournament there were two incidents involving South Korean boxers. In the light welterweight division, Chun Jin-chul fought in the third round against the American Todd Foster. The bell for the end of a round was struck in the neighboring ring. Chun thought this was the end of the round of his fight, stopped the fight and was knocked down by Foster. The result was canceled and the fight rescheduled. However, Chun also lost the replay. In the bantamweight division Byun Jong-il lost his fight against the Bulgarian Aleksandar Christow in the second round. The South Korean team protested the decision, and Byun refused to leave the ring for over an hour. As a result, four South Korean officials were banned from the amateur world association AIBA for two years, South Korea was banned from hosting international boxing competitions for one year.

In 2000 in Sydney, the South Korean boxing team went empty-handed. In 2004 in Athens, Jo Seok-hwan won bronze in the featherweight and Kim Jung-joo in the welterweight. Kim was able to repeat his bronze medal in the same weight class in Beijing in 2008. In 2012, only two South Korean boxers competed. Han Soon-chul won silver in the lightweight . In 2016 the boxing squad consisted of only one athlete, who was unsuccessful.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Sin Jun-seop	1984 Los Angeles	medium weight	first Olympic victory
Kim Kwang-sun	1988 Seoul	Flyweight
Park Si-hun	1988 Seoul	Light middleweight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Song Sun-cheon	1956 Melbourne	Bantamweight
Jeong Sin-jo	1964 Tokyo	Bantamweight
Ji Yong-ju	1968 Mexico City	Light flyweight
To Young-su	1984 Los Angeles	Welterweight
Lee Seung-bae	1996 Atlanta	Light heavyweight
Han Soon-chul	2012 London	lightweight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Han Su-an	1948 London	Flyweight	first medal win
Gang Jun-ho	1952 Helsinki	Bantamweight
Jang Sun-gil	1968 Mexico City	Bantamweight
Jeon Chil-seong	1984 Los Angeles	lightweight
Hong Sung-sik	1988 Seoul	lightweight
Lee Seung-bae	1992 Barcelona	medium weight
Jo Seok-hwan	2004 Athens	Featherweight
Kim Jung-joo	2004 Athens	Welterweight
Kim Jung-joo	2008 Beijing	Welterweight

fencing

4th	2	5

South Korean fencers have been taking part in Olympic tournaments since 1964. In 2000 in Sydney the first medals were won. Kim Young-ho became Olympic champion in the individual ranking with the foil . In the foil he defeated the German Ralf Bißdorf . Lee Sang-ki won bronze in the individual evaluation in epee fencing. In the battle for bronze he was able to defeat the Swiss Marcel Fischer . The epee team took fourth place in 2008 in Beijing, the foil fencer Nam Hyun-hee won silver in the individual.

The South Korean team was most successful in 2012 in London. In addition to two Olympic victories, the athletes also won one silver and three bronze medals. Olympic champions were the saber fencer Kim Ji-yeon in the singles and the men's saber team, who defeated the German team in the quarter-finals. The women's sword team won silver. In epee fencing won Jung Jin-sun bronze in singles. In the quarterfinals he was able to eliminate the German Jörg Fiedler . Choi Byung-chul also won bronze in the individual foil fencing. The women's foil team also won bronze.

The epee fencer Park Sang-young was Olympic champion in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the individual. Park eliminated two Swiss fencers during the tournament. In the quarterfinals he defeated Max Heinzer , in the semifinals then Benjamin Steffen . Kim Jung-hwan won bronze in singles in saber fencing.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Young-ho	2000 Sydney	Foil single	first Olympic victory
Kim Ji-yeon	2012 London	Saber single
Gu Bon-gil Won Woo-young Kim Jung-hwan Oh Eun-seok	2012 London	Saber crew
Park Sang-young	2012 London	Epee single

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Nam Hyun-hee	2008 Beijing	Foil single
Shin A-lam Choi In-jeong Jung Hyo-jung Choi Eun-sook	2012 London	Epee team

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Lee Sang-ki	2000 Sydney	Epee single	first medal win
Jung Jin-sun	2012 London	Epee single
Choi Byung-chul	2012 London	Foil single
Nam Hyun-hee Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Oh Ha-na	2012 London	Foil team
Kim Jung-hwan	2012 London	Saber single

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  Kim Young-ho, 2000 Olympic gold medalist, in a 2015 photo

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  Nam Hyun-hee, silver 2008

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  Kim Ji-yeon, 2012 Olympic champion

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  The gold team in saber fencing 2012 (from left to right): Gu Bon-gil, Kim Jung-hwan, Won Woo-young and Oh Eun-seok

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  Silver for the women's saber team 2012 (from left to right): Jung Hyo-jung, Choi Eun-sook, trainer, Choi In-jeong, Shin A-lam

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  The women's foil team 2012 with bronze (from left to right): Jung Gil-ok, Nam Hyun-hee, Jeon Hee-sook, Oh Ha-na

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  Jung Jin-sun, bronze 2012

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  Choi Byung-chul, bronze 2012

Soccer

-	-	1

When South Korea first took part in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, a South Korean soccer team also took part. The team reached the quarter-finals, but lost to Sweden 0:12, South Korea's biggest defeat in Olympic football to date. Only in 1964 could South Korea qualify again. After three defeats in the preliminary round, the team was eliminated early.

At the domestic summer games in Seoul in 1988, the team managed a 0-0 draw against the Soviet Union and the USA. The final game against Argentina was lost 2-1 and South Korea was eliminated from the tournament. In 1992, three draws were achieved, but qualification for the quarter-finals was missed again. Also in 1996 they failed in the preliminary round. However, this time South Korea was only eliminated due to the fewer goals scored against Ghana. Before that, the South Koreans had a win and a draw.

In 2000, two victories were not enough to reach the quarter-finals. South Korea was eliminated due to the worse goal difference compared to the equal points teams from Chile and Spain. In 2004 they finally managed to qualify for the quarter-finals. In the preliminary round, the team won against Mexico and drew against Greece and Mali. In the quarterfinals they failed 3-2 to Paraguay.

In 2008 the team achieved a win and a draw. Again you failed in the preliminary round. One win, a 2-1 over Switzerland, and two draws were enough to reach the quarter-finals in 2012. Here you met the host team of the United Kingdom. After extra time the score was 1-1, while South Korea won the penalty shoot-out 4-5. For the first time they moved into the semi-finals, in which they were defeated by Brazil 3-0. The bronze match against Japan was won 2-0 and thus an Olympic medal in football for the first time.

In 2016, the team met Germany in the preliminary round. The game ended 3: 3. They previously scored an 8-0 win against Fiji. The final game against Mexico was won 1-0. In the quarter-finals they failed with 0: 1 to Honduras.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Men's U-23 national team	2012 London	Men's tournament	first medal win

Weightlifting

3	6th	6th

Jang Mi-ran, Olympic champion 2008, silver 2004, bronze 2012

South Korean weightlifters were members of the country's first Olympic team at the 1948 London Summer Games. They immediately drew attention to themselves. Lee Gyu-hyeok in the bantamweight and Nam Su-il in the featherweight both reached fourth place. Even more successful was Kim Seong-jip , who won the first weightlifting medal in South Korea in the middleweight division with bronze. 1952 in Helsinki he succeeded in winning this medal again. Kim Hae-nam in the bantamweight and Kim Chang-hui in the lightweights both finished fourth.

In 1956 in Melbourne, Kim Chang-hui won bronze in the lightweight. In the bantamweight division, Yu In-ho took 4th place and Kim Hae-nam 5th place. In 1960, Kim Hae-nam switched to featherweight. Here he was fourth. In Tokyo 1964, fourth place was the best result. It was achieved by Lee Jong-seop in the middleweight division.

It wasn't until 24 years later, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, that South Korean weightlifters were successful again. In the flyweight division Chun Byung-kwan won silver, in the light heavyweight division Lee Hyung-kun bronze. Min Jun-gi finished fourth in the featherweight division. 1992 in Barcelona Chun Byung-kwann became the first South Korean Olympic champion in weightlifting. The Seoul silver medalist won his gold medal this time in bantamweight. In the middle heavyweight division, Kim Byeong-chan finished fourth.

In Atlanta 1996 Kim Tae-hyeon was able to reach 4th place in the super heavyweight division. This placement was placed in 2000 in Sydney Kim Sun-hui in the women's heavyweight division. In 2004 in Athens Lee Bae-yeong won silver in the lightweight. Jang Mi-ran won the same medal in the heavyweight division. In 2008 in Beijing she became an Olympic champion. Yoon Jin-hee won silver at featherweight. In the flyweight division, Im Young-hwa finished her competition in fourth place. In 2016, the silver medalist Sibel Özkan was subsequently disqualified for doping, so Im moved up to third place. In January 2017, the previous winner Chen Xiexia was disqualified for doping. Thus Im received Olympic silver nine years after the competition. In the men 's category , Sa Jae-hyouk was Olympic middleweight champion, Kim Kwang-hoon was fourth.

A total of five weightlifters, who competed in the middle heavyweight division in London in 2012, were subsequently disqualified for doping: the winner Ilya Ilyin from Kazakhstan, the silver medalist Alexander Ivanov from Russia, the Moldovan Anatolii Cîrîcu , the fourth Andrei Demanow from Russia and the sixth-placed Azerbaijanist İntiqam Zairov . This brought Kim Min-jae, who was previously listed in 8th place, to 2nd place and thus to the silver medal. The defending champion Jang Mi-ran, originally fourth in the super heavyweight division, was also awarded a bronze medal through a subsequent disqualification for doping. Here the Armenian Crispime Churschudjan was taken out of the ranking. Jeon Sang-gyun finished fourth in the men's super heavyweight division. In the women's featherweight division, Yoon Jin-hae won a bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Chun Byung-kwan	1992 Barcelona	Bantamweight	first Olympic victory
Sa Jae-hyouk	2008 Beijing	medium weight
Jang Mi-ran	2008 Beijing	Super heavyweight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Chun Byung-kwan	1988 Seoul	Flyweight
Lee Bae-yeong	2004 Athens	lightweight
Jang Mi-ran	2004 Athens	Super heavyweight
Im Young-hwa	2008 Beijing	Flyweight
Yoon Jin-hee	2008 Beijing	Featherweight
Kim Min-jae	2012 London	Middle heavyweight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Seong-jip	1948 London	medium weight	first medal win
Kim Seong-jip	1952 Helsinki	medium weight
Kim Chang-hui	1956 Melbourne	lightweight
Lee Hyung-kun	1988 Seoul	Lightweight
Jang Mi-ran	2012 London	Super heavyweight
Yoon Jin-hee	2016 Yoon Jin-hae	Featherweight

golf

1	-	-

Golf was an Olympic sport in 1900 and 1904. It wasn't until 2016 that golf was reinstated in the Olympic program. Brooke Henderson finished 7th in the women's tournament. Park In-bee was Olympic champion in the women's tournament, Amy Yang took 4th place.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Park in-bee	2016 Rio de Janeiro	singles	first Olympic victory and medal win

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  Park In-bee, 2016 Olympic Champion

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  Amy Yang (2009)

Handball

2	4th	1

South Korean handball teams took part in the Olympic tournament for the first time in 1984. The men's team suffered five defeats in five games and took the last place in the group. The women also lost all their games and were bottom of the group. These were the only Olympic appearances by Canadian handball teams. The men's team reached only one draw in their preliminary round matches, but against the host USA. Against the team of the Federal Republic of Germany, the team lost 25:37. After the preliminary round, the team was eliminated. The women's tournament was played in a simple group round, with only six teams participating. The South Koreans achieved three victories, u. a. a 26:17 over the Federal Republic of Germany and a 23:22 over Austria, and a tie. They took second place and won silver.

At the domestic summer games in 1988, the women celebrated the first South Korean Olympic victory in handball. This time the tournament was held in two rounds, a preliminary and a final round. The South Koreans won two preliminary round games and lost one game. With the better goal difference they stayed in first place. They also won two games in the final round and lost one, as in the preliminary round against Yugoslavia. They stayed in first place by one point, as the Soviet Union and Norway separated in the last game at 19:19. The men's team won silver. The team was able to win four of their five preliminary round games, u. a. with 23:22 against the GDR. Group place 1 meant qualification for the final. They lost against the Soviet Union with 25:32.

In 1992 the women were able to defend their Olympic victory. With two wins and one draw, they finished the preliminary round as group winners. In the semifinals, Germany was eliminated with 26:25, the final against Norway with 28:21. Because of the worse goal difference, the men only reached third place in the preliminary round after three wins and two defeats. The game for fifth place against Spain was lost 21:36. In 1996 only women were qualified. They won all preliminary round matches, Germany was beaten 33:20. In the semifinals they defeated Hungary 39:25. It was not until the final against Denmark that they lost 33:37.

In 2000 the men were there again. However, they only finished 5th in the preliminary round after just one win and a 19:19 draw against Germany. The game for 9th place against Tunisia was won 24:19. The women's team won all four preliminary round matches and also the quarter-finals against Brazil (35:24). In the semi-finals, the team met defending champions Denmark and lost 29:31. The bronze match was lost to Norway at 21:22. In 2004 the men qualified for the quarter-finals, but lost to Hungary with 25:30. Two defeats in the placement round meant eighth place. The women qualified for the quarterfinals with four wins and one draw. Here they met Brazil and won 26:24. In the semi-finals, France was defeated 32:31. In the final they met Denmark again. In regular time the game ended 25:25, after extra time it was 34:34. In the subsequent seven-meter shoot-out, the South Koreans lost 4-2, making Denmark Olympic champions for the third time in a row.

In 2008 the men failed again in the quarterfinals. They had finished the preliminary round as first in the group. Against Germany, however, they lost in the opening game with 23:27. The quarter-finals against Spain were lost 24:29. The team also lost the game for 7th place against Denmark (26:37). The women defeated Germany with 30:20 in the preliminary round and finished in second place. The quarter-finals against hosts China were won 31:23, in the semi-finals they lost to Norway 28:29. The bronze game against the Hungarians ended with a 33:28 victory.

In 2012 the men lost all preliminary round matches and remained bottom of the group. In the final accounts, the team was placed 11th (out of 12) due to the better goal difference. The women qualified for the quarter-finals. Here they beat Russia with 24:23. In the semifinals they lost to Norway with 25:31. The bronze match against Spain was also lost. Only the extension brought the Spaniards a 31:29 success. In 2016 only women were able to qualify. In the preliminary round, the players only managed one win and one draw. That meant fifth place in the group. In the final bill, the team came in 10th.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	1988 Seoul	Women's tournament	first Olympic victory
National team of women	1992 Barcelona	Women's tournament

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	1984 Los Angeles	Women's tournament	first medal win
National team of men	1988 Seoul	Men's tournament
National team of women	1996 Atlanta	Women's tournament
National team of women	2004 Athens	Women's tournament

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	2008 Beijing	Women's tournament

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  Game scene from the men's preliminary round match against the USA in 1988

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  South Korea (blue) versus Russia in the women's preliminary round in 2008

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  Preliminary round match of the women 2012 against Spain, South Korea in white

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  Again in white against Spain, but this time in the game for bronze in 2012

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  Preliminary round match of the women 2016 against Sweden, South Korea in red

hockey

-	3	-

The first Olympic hockey tournament with the participation of a South Korean team took place at the domestic summer games in 1988. The men managed only two draws with three defeats in their preliminary group, u. a. a 0: 1 against the Federal Republic of Germany. One win and one defeat in the placement round meant 10th place. The women moved with two wins, u. a. a 4: 1 over the Federal Republic of Germany, and a tie in the semi-finals. They scored 1-0 against the United Kingdom and lost the final against Australia 2-0.

In 1992 there were only women who reached first place in their preliminary rounds. The quarter-finals against Spain were lost 1: 2, the bronze match against the United Kingdom 3: 4. In 1996 the men were there again. With 4th place in the preliminary round they reached the placement round for places 5 to 8. With two wins, the team came in fifth. The women qualified for the final with second place in the preliminary round. They won against Germany 1-0. The final, again against Australia, was lost 3-1.

In 2000 it was the men who could win a medal. Two wins and two draws were enough for the team for second place in the preliminary group. In the semifinals, Pakistan was beaten 1-0. The final against the Netherlands could only be decided in the penalty shootout. After extra time, the game was 3: 3. In the decisive penalty shootout, South Korea lost 4: 5. The women managed only two draws and took the last place in the group. In the placement round they lost 3-2 after extra time against Germany. The game for 9th place was victorious with 3-0 against South Africa.

In 2004, both teams missed the semi-finals. The men beat Egypt 11-0, the biggest victory of a South Korean team at the Olympics. Against Germany they reached a 2-2 draw. Another win and another draw brought the team to fourth place in the group. They lost both placement games and finally finished 8th. The women lost two group games, u. a. 2: 3 against Germany, and finished third in the group. A loss and a victory in the placement round put the team in 7th place.

A similar picture emerged in 2008. The men finished third in the group, they played u. a. 3: 3 against Germany. They reached the game for 5th place, which they lost 5-2 to the United Kingdom. The women finished fifth out of six group teams, they could only win one of the five group games. In the game for 9th place, Japan was defeated 2-1.

In 2012, both teams finished eighth. The men finished fourth in the group, u. a. after a 0-1 defeat against Germany. The game for 7th place against Pakistan was lost 3-2. The women also took fourth place in their group. They had to play against Germany in the game for 7th place and lost 4-1.

In 2016 only women were able to qualify. The team could only achieve one draw in five group games. They lost to Germany 0-2. As the bottom of the group, the team was eliminated.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	1988 Seoul	Women's tournament	first medal win
National team of women	1996 Atlanta	Women's tournament
National team of men	2000 Sydney	Men's tournament

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  The women's team in 2012 after their preliminary round loss to the United Kingdom

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  Preliminary round 2012 for women: South Korea (white-blue) expects a penalty corner for the Chinese

Judo

11	16	16

Kim Jae-bum, Olympic champion 2012, silver 2008

Judo is South Korea's most successful summer sport in terms of the number of medals. Judoka in the country were able to win a total of 43 medals, eleven of them gold. In the Nations Cup at the Olympic Games, South Korea is third behind Japan (84 medals) and France (49 medals).

The first South Korean judo medal was won in the very first judo tournament of the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Kim Eui-tae took bronze in the middleweight division. In 1972 O Seung-rip won the silver medal in this weight class. In 1976 three medals were won. Jang Eun-gyeong won silver in the lightweight. Bronze went to Park Yeong-cheol in the middleweight division and Jo Jae-gil in the open class.

Participation in 1984 was even more successful. In the lightweight, An Byung-geun became the first South Korean Olympic champion in judo. Ha Hyeong-ju followed three days later in the light heavyweight division. Silver won Kim Jae-yeop in the extra light weight and Hwang Jeong-o in the half light weight. In the heavyweight division, Jo Yong-cheol won bronze. Two Olympic victories were also celebrated at the 1988 domestic summer games. Kim Jae-yeop won the extra light weight, Lee Gyeong-geun the half light weight. Jo Yong-cheol won bronze again in the heavyweight division.

In 1992 female judoka also fought for Olympic gold. In the light heavyweight division, Kim Mi-jeong was Olympic champion. In the men's category, Yun Hyeon won silver in extra light weight, Jeong Hun in light weight and Kim Byung-ju in light middle weight took bronze. In 1996, eight medals were won by the eleven judoka who competed. In the men's middleweight division, Jeon Ki-young , who defeated the German Marko Spittka in the semifinals , was Olympic champion. The men contributed two silver and one bronze medals. Silver went to Kwak Dae-sung in the lightweight and Kim Min-soo in the heavyweight division. Bronze went to Cho In-chul in the light middleweight division. In the women's category, Cho Min-sun became an Olympic middleweight champion. Hyun Sook-hee in the half-lightweight division and Jung Sun-yong in the lightweight division won silver, Jung Sung-sook in the light-middleweight division bronze.

At the 2000 judo tournament in Sydney, for the first time since 1976, there was no Olympic victory. In the men's category, Jung Bu-kyung won silver in the extra light weight and Cho In-chul in the light middleweight division. The women won three bronze medals by Jung Sung-sook in the light middleweight division, Cho Min-sun in the middleweight division and Kim Seon-young in the heavyweight division. In 2004 the women came away empty-handed, the men won a complete set of medals. Lee Won-hee won gold in the lightweight. Light heavyweight Jang Sung-ho, of the Germans in the semi-finals took Michael Jurack switched off, silver. Choi Min-ho won bronze in the extra lightweight.

In 2008 Choi Min-ho defeated the Austrian Ludwig Paischer in the final and became Olympic champion in extra light weight. Wang Ki-chun won silver in the lightweight , as did Kim Jae-bum in the light middleweight division, who was defeated by the German Ole Bischof in the final . In the women's category, Jung Gyung-mi won bronze in the light heavyweight division.

In London 2012, as in 2004, women were left empty-handed. The men were able to provide two Olympic champions. Kim Jae-bum won the light middleweight tournament. Like four years earlier, his opponent was the German Ole Bischof. This time Kim was able to defeat his opponent. Song Dae-nam also won gold in the middleweight division. Choi Jun-ho won bronze in the half lightweight division .

The 2016 tournament in Rio de Janeiro brought two silver and one bronze medal to the South Korean medal record. Silver won An Ba-ul in the half-light weight of the men and Jung Bo-kyung in the extra light weight of the women. Bronze went to middleweight judoka Gwak Dong-han.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
To Byung-geun	1984 Los Angeles	lightweight	first Olympic victory
Ha Hyeong-ju	1984 Los Angeles	Light heavyweight
Kim Jae-yeop	1988 Seoul	Extra light weight
Lee Gyeong-geun	1988 Seoul	Half light weight
Kim Mi-jeong	1992 Barcelona	Light heavyweight
Jeon Ki-young	1996 Atlanta	medium weight
Cho Min-sun	1996 Atlanta	medium weight
Lee Won-hee	2004 Athens	lightweight
Choi Min-ho	2008 Beijing	Extra light weight
Kim Jae-bum	2012 London	Light middleweight
Song Dae-nam	2012 London	medium weight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
O Seung-rip	1972 Munich	medium weight
Jang Eun-gyeong	1976 Montreal	lightweight
Kim Jae-yeop	1984 Los Angeles	Extra light weight
Hwang Jeong-o	1984 Los Angeles	Half light weight
Yun Hyeon	1992 Barcelona	Extra light weight
Kwak Dae-sung	1996 Atlanta	lightweight
Kim Min-soo	1996 Atlanta	Light heavyweight
Hyun Sook-hee	1996 Atlanta	Half light weight
Jung Sun-yong	1996 Atlanta	lightweight
Jung Bu-kyung	2000 Sydney	Extra light weight
Cho In-chul	2000 Sydney	Light middleweight
Jang Sung-ho	2004 Athens	Light heavyweight
Wang Ki-chun	2008 Beijing	lightweight
Kim Jae-bum	2008 Beijing	Light middleweight
At Ba-ul	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Half light weight
Jung Bo-kyung	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Extra light weight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Eui-tae	1964 Tokyo	medium weight	first medal win
Yeong-cheol Park	1976 Montreal	medium weight
Jo Jae-gil	1976 Montreal	open class
Jo Yong-cheol	1984 Los Angeles	Heavyweight
Jo Yong-cheol	1988 Seoul	Heavyweight
Jeong Hun	1992 Barcelona	lightweight
Kim Byung-ju	1992 Barcelona	Light middleweight
Cho In-chul	1996 Atlanta	Light middleweight
Jung Sung-sook	1996 Atlanta	Light middleweight
Jung Sung-sook	2000 Sydney	Light middleweight
Cho Min-sun	2000 Sydney	medium weight
Kim Seon-young	2000 Sydney	Heavyweight
Choi Min-ho	2004 Athens	Extra light weight
Jung Gyung-mi	2008 Beijing	Light heavyweight
Cho Jun-ho	2012 London	Half light weight
Gwak Dong-han	2016 Rio de Janeiro	medium weight

Canoeing

-	-	-

South Korean canoeists have been participating in Olympic canoe regattas since 1984. So far, the participations have been unsuccessful. No South Korean canoe reached a final.

athletics

1	1	-

South Korea has been participating in Olympic athletics since 1948. Two marathon runners, son Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong , competed in Berlin as early as 1936 and won gold and bronze. Korea was part of the Japanese Empire at the time, so both athletes had to start for Japan.

A first success came in 1952 in the marathon when Choi Yun-chul reached 4th place. Also in 1956 there was a fourth place in the marathon. This time Lee Chang-hun achieved this placement. In the following years there were no successes. It was not until 1984 that the long jumper Kim Jong-il was able to stage himself, who reached 8th place in the final. At the 1988 domestic summer games, the high jumper Kim Hui-sun was eighth.

In 1992 the first medal was won, which also meant the first Olympic victory in athletics for a South Korean. In the marathon, Hwang Young-cho won the gold medal. Lee Bong-ju won silver in Atlanta in 1996.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Hwang Young-cho	1992 Barcelona	marathon	first medal and Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Lee Bong-ju	1996 Atlanta	marathon

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  Hwang Young-cho, Olympic champion in 1992, in 2015

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  Lee Bong-ju, silver 1996

Modern pentathlon

-	-	-

A modern pentathlete from South Korea first took part in 1964. The best placement was an eleventh place, achieved by Kim Mi-sup in 1996 and Jung Jin-hwa in 2012.

Cycling

-	-	-

South Korean cyclists have been represented at the Olympic Games since 1948. The most successful participant from South Korea was Jo Ho-sung, who reached 4th place in the points race in Sydney 2000.

horse riding

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The first South Korean rider started in show jumping in 1952. The most successful participant in 1988 was the dressage rider Seo Jeong-gyun, who achieved 10th place in the individual ranking.

Wrestling

11	11	14th

Wrestling is one of South Korea's most successful sports. Since the first participation in 1948, eleven Olympic champions have been made. A total of 36 were won, which makes wrestling South Korea's third most successful sport at summer games.

The first success achieved in 1956 the freestyle wrestler Lee Sang-gyun with a fourth place in the bantamweight division. Also fourth was the lightweight Bong Ug-won in 1960. In 1964, South Koreans first took part in Greco-Roman style wrestling. The first medal was won in Tokyo. Freestyle wrestler Chang Chang-sun won silver flyweight. It wasn't until 1976 that medals were won again, and the freestyle wrestlers were successful again. Yang Jung-mo became the first South Korean Olympic champion in wrestling at featherweight. In the flyweight division, Jeon Hae-sup won bronze.

In 1984 Greco-Roman style wrestlers were also successful. Kim Weon-kee was Olympic champion in the featherweight division, and in the final of the preliminary round for group victory he defeated the Swiss Hugo Dietsche . Bang Dae-du won bronze in the flyweight division. The freestyle wrestlers were even more successful. You In-tak became an Olympic lightweight champion. Kim Jong-kyu won silver flyweight. Bronze went to Son Gab-do in light flyweight, Kim Eui-kon in bantamweight and Lee Jung-keon in featherweight.

At the 1988 domestic summer games, the South Korean wrestlers won nine medals. In the Greco-Roman style, Kim Young-nam was Olympic welterweight champion. Kim Sung-moon won silver in the lightweight, Lee Jae-suk in the flyweight, An Dae-hyun in the featherweight and Kim Sang-kyu in the middleweight both bronze. In freestyle, Han Myung-woo became an Olympic middleweight champion. In lightweight fetched Park Jang-soon silver. Bronze won Noh Kyung-sun bantamweight and Kim Tae-woo at light heavyweight.

South Korean wrestlers won four medals in Barcelona in 1992. In the Greco-Roman style, An Hang-bon was Olympic champion in bantamweight, in the final he defeated the German Rıfat Yıldız . Bronze won the flyweight division by Min Kyung-gab. Park Jang-soon became an Olympic welterweight champion in freestyle. Kim Jong-shin won silver in the light flyweight division. In the final he lost to the North Korean Kim Il-ong .

An Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling by Sim Gwon-ho in the light flyweight was reached 1996th Freestyle three silver medals were Jang Jae-sung featherweight, Park Jang-soon welterweight and Yang Hyun-mo fought at middleweight. In Sydney 2000 Sim Gwon-ho was able to repeat his Olympic victory, but he was now promoted to bantamweight. Kim In-sub won featherweight silver. Freestyle won Moon Eui-jae Silver middleweight. Jang Jae-sung won bronze in the lightweight.

In 2004 a South Korean wrestler took part for the first time. The men won two medals. In the Greco-Roman style, Jung Ji-hyun became the lightweight Olympic champion. Moon Eui-jae won silver in the light heavyweight division. In Beijing 2008 only one medal could be won. This medal, a bronze medal, was won by Park Eun-chul in the Greco-Roman style featherweight.

Also in 2012 in London only one medal could be won. However, this meant the Olympic victory for Kim Hyeon-woo in the welterweight of the Greco-Roman style. In 2016 he switched to middleweight division and won bronze.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Yang Jung-mo	1976 Montreal	Featherweight, freestyle	first Olympic victory
Kim Weon-kee	1984 Los Angeles	Featherweight, Greco-Roman
Yu In-tak	1984 Los Angeles	Lightweight, freestyle
Kim Young-nam	1988 Seoul	Greterweight, Greco-Roman
Han Myung-woo	1988 Seoul	Middleweight, freestyle
At hang-bon	1992 Barcelona	Bantamweight, Greco-Roman
Park Jang-soon	1992 Barcelona	Welterweight, freestyle
Sim Gwon-ho	1996 Atlanta	Light flyweight, Greco-Roman
Sim Gwon-ho	2000 Sydney	Bantamweight, Greco-Roman
Jung Ji-hyun	2004 Athens	Lightweight, Greco-Roman
Kim Hyeon-woo	2012 London	Greterweight, Greco-Roman

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Chang Chang-sun	1964 Tokyo	Flyweight, freestyle	first medal win
Kim Jong-kyu	1984 Los Angeles	Flyweight, freestyle
Kim Sung-moon	1988 Seoul	Lightweight, Greco-Roman
Park Jang-soon	1988 Seoul	Lightweight, freestyle
Kim Jong-shin	1992 Barcelona	Light flyweight, freestyle
Jang Jae-sung	1996 Atlanta	Featherweight, freestyle
Park Jang-soon	1996 Atlanta	Welterweight, freestyle
Yang Hyun-mo	1996 Atlanta	Middleweight, freestyle
Kim In-sub	2000 Sydney	Featherweight, Greco-Roman
Moon Eui-jae	2000 Sydney	Middleweight, freestyle
Moon Eui-jae	2004 Athens	Light heavyweight, freestyle

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Jeon Hae-sup	1976 Montreal	Flyweight, freestyle
Bang Dae-you	1984 Los Angeles	Bantamweight, Greco-Roman
Son Gap-do	1984 Los Angeles	Light flyweight, freestyle
Kim Eui-kon	1984 Los Angeles	Bantamweight, freestyle
Lee Jung-keun	1984 Los Angeles	Featherweight, freestyle
Lee Jae-suk	1988 Seoul	Flyweight, Greco-Roman
To Dae-hyun	1988 Seoul	Featherweight, Greco-Roman
Kim Sang-kyu	1988 Seoul	Middleweight, Greco-Roman
Noh Kyung-sun	1988 Seoul	Bantamweight, freestyle
Kim Tae-woo	1988 Seoul	Light heavyweight, freestyle
Min Kyung-gab	1992 Barcelona	Flyweight, Greco-Roman
Jang Jae-sung	2000 Sydney	Lightweight, freestyle
Park Eun-chul	2008 Beijing	Featherweight, Greco-Roman
Kim Hyeon-woo	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Middleweight, Greco-Roman

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  1964 flyweight freestyle finals: right: Chang Chang-sun

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  Yang Jung-mo, 1976 Olympic champion, waves to the crowd on his return home

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  Jung Ji-hyun, 2004 Olympic champion, during an interview in 2014

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  Olympic champion Kim Hyeon-woo at the 2012 award ceremony

rowing

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In 1964, the eighth was the first time a South Korean rowing boat was launched. The next start did not take place until 1984, when rowers from the country took part for the first time. In the regattas, the South Korean boats were unsuccessful.

shoot

7th	8th	1

The first sport shooters in South Korea started in 1956. The first top placements came in 1984. With the rapid-fire pistol, Yang Chung-yeol took 5th place and Park Jong-gil 7th place. The first medal was won in 1988 at the domestic summer games. Cha Young-chul won silver with the small bore rifle prone. South Korea's first Olympic victory in shooting was achieved by a woman in 1992. Yeo Gap-sun won the air rifle competition. Lee Eun-ju finished sixth. Three days later, Lee Eun-chul, the first man from South Korea to win a gold medal with the small-bore rifle in the prone position.

In 1996, Park Chul-sung finished fourth in the men's double traps. Boo Soon-hee also took fourth place with the sport pistol for women. Kong Hyun-ah was sixth in the three-position battle with the small bore rifle. In 2000, Kang Cho-hyun won silver with an air rifle, Choi Dae-young came in sixth. Jin Jong-oh won silver with the free pistol in Athens in 2004. With the air pistol, he finished fifth. With the air rifle, Cheon Min-ho took 4th place and Je Sung-tae took 6th place. Lee Bo-na won two medals for women. She won silver in double trap and bronze in trap. Lee Hye-jin finished fifth in the three-position battle with the small bore rifle.

In 2008 in Beijing, Jin Jong-oh became Olympic champion with the free pistol. He won silver with the air pistol. In London 2012 he was double Olympic champion. He won with the air pistol, with the free pistol there was a South Korean double victory thanks to the silver medal from Choi Young-rae. Kim Jong-hyun won another silver medal with the small-bore rifle in a three-position battle. In the women's category, Kim Jang-mi was Olympic champion with the sport pistol. In 2016, Jin Jong-oh became Olympic champion with the free pistol for the third time in a row. With four gold and two silver medals, he is the most successful South Korean ever at the Olympic Games. With the air pistol he came in 5th place. Han Seung-woo took 4th place with the free pistol. Kim Jong-hyun won silver in the prone position with the small bore rifle.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Yeo Gap-sun	1992 Barcelona	Air rifle	first Olympic victory
Lee Eun-chul	1992 Barcelona	Small caliber rifle lying
Jin Jong-oh	2008 Beijing	free gun
Jin Jong-oh	2012 London	free gun
Jin Jong-oh	2012 London	Air pistol
Kim Jang-mi	2012 London	Sport pistol
Jin Jong-oh	2016 Rio de Janeiro	free gun

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Cha Young-chul	1988 Seoul	Small caliber rifle lying	first medal win
Kang Cho-hyun	2000 Sydney	Air rifle
Jin Jong-oh	2004 Athens	free gun
Lee Bo-na	2004 Athens	Double trap
Jin Jong-oh	2008 Beijing	Air pistol
Choi Young-rae	2012 London	free gun
Kim Jong-hyun	2012 London	Small bore rifle, three position combat
Kim Jong-hyun	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Small caliber rifle lying

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Lee Bo-na	2004 Athens	Trap

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  Award ceremony 2000: left with silver Kang Cho-hyun

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  Yang Jung-mo, 1976 Olympic champion, waves to the crowd on his return home

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  Jin Jong-oh, the most successful Olympic athlete in South Korea with four Olympic victories and two silver medals

swim

1	3	-

Park Tae-hwan, South Korea's only swimmer with medals

South Korean swimmers have been taking part in the Olympic Games since 1964. It was not until 2004 in Athens that Nam Yoo-sun made the first South Korean participation in the women's 400 meter medley. She finished 7th in the final. 2008 in Beijing the first medals were won. Park Tae-hwan became the 400 meter freestyle Olympic champion. This was South Korea's first swimming medal. Two days later he won silver in the 200 meter freestyle. In 2012 in London silver was added in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle. He finished fourth in the 1500 meter freestyle.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Tae-hwan Park	2008 Beijing	400 meters freestyle	first medal and Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Tae-hwan Park	2008 Beijing	200 meters freestyle
Tae-hwan Park	2012 London	200 meters freestyle
Tae-hwan Park	2012 London	400 meters freestyle

sailing

-	-	-

The first sailing regatta with South Korean participation took place in 1984. The best placement was 13th place, which was achieved twice: 2000 by windsurfer Ju Sun-an and 2016 by Ha Jee-min in the laser

Taekwondo

12	2	5

In Taekwondo, an Olympic sport since 2000, South Korea is the leading nation at the Olympic Games in terms of both the number of Olympic victories (12) and the total number of medals (19). When they first participated in Sydney, all four South Korean starters won medals. Jung Jae-eun won the first medal and at the same time the first Olympic victory in the women's featherweight division. In the middleweight division, Lee Sun-hee was also an Olympic champion. In the men's category, Kim Kyong-hun was Olympic heavyweight champion. Sin Joon-sik won silver in the featherweight division .

There were two Olympic victories and two bronze medals in Athens in 2004, which means that all four Taekwondoin returned home with medals. In the men's category , Moon Dae-sung was Olympic heavyweight champion. Song Myeong-seob won bronze in the lightweight. In the women’s category , Jang Ji-won won the lightweight. In the middleweight division, Hwang Kyung-seon won bronze.

In 2008 in Beijing all Taekwondoin competed became Olympic champions. In the men's category , Son Tae-jin won the lightweight and Cha Dong-min won the heavyweight division. In the women's category, Lim Su-jeong won the lightweight and Hwang Kyung-seon won the middleweight division. In 2012, Hwang Kyung-seon successfully defended her Olympic middleweight victory. In the quarter-finals she defeated the German Helena Fromm . In the men's race, Lee Dae-hoon won silver in the flyweight division.

In 2016, all five Taekwondoin competed in Olympic honors. In the women's category , Kim So-hui became Olympic champions in flyweight and Oh Hye-ri in welterweight. The three men who started all won bronze: Kim Tae-hun in flyweight, Lee Dae-hoon in featherweight and Cha Dong-min in heavyweight.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Jung Jae-eun	2000 Sydney	Welterweight	first medal and Olympic victory
Lee Sun-hee	2000 Sydney	medium weight
Kim Kyong-hun	2000 Sydney	Heavyweight
Moon Dae-sung	2004 Athens	Heavyweight
Jang Ji-won	2004 Athens	lightweight
Son Tae-jin	2008 Beijing	lightweight
Cha Dong-min	2008 Beijing	Heavyweight
Lim Su-jeong	2008 Beijing	lightweight
Hwang Kyung-seon	2008 Beijing	medium weight
Hwang Kyung-seon	2012 London	medium weight
Kim So-hui	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Flyweight
Oh Hye-ri	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Welterweight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Sin Joon-sik	2000 Sydney	lightweight
Lee Dae-hoon	2012 London	Flyweight

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Song Myeong-seob	2004 Athens	lightweight
Hwang Kyung-sun	2004 Athens	medium weight
Kim Tae-hun	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Flyweight
Lee Dae-hoon	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Featherweight
Cha Dong-min	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Heavyweight

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  Hwang Kyung-sun, Olympic victory in 2008 and 2012, bronze in 2004

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  Lee Dae-hoon, silver 2012, bronze 2016

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  Cha Dong-min, Olympic victory 2008, bronze 2016

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  Kim So-hui, 2016 Olympic champion

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  Oh Hye-ri, 2016 Olympic Champion

tennis

-	-	-

South Korean tennis players have been taking part in Olympic tournaments since the 1988 domestic summer games. At the Sydney 2000 tennis tournament, the men's duo Lee Hyung-taik and Yoon Yong-il were eliminated from the German duo Tommy Haas and David Prinosil in the second round.

Table tennis

3	3	12

In table tennis, which was first played at the Olympic Games in 1988, South Korean athletes were able to win their first medals. The women's doubles Hyun Jung-hwa and Yang Young-ja won the first South Korean table tennis medal with gold and also became the country's first Olympic champion in this sport. In the men's singles, Yoo Nam-kyu beat his team-mate Kim Ki-taik 3-1. The men's duo Ahn Jae-hyung and Yoo Nam-kyu won bronze. In the bronze medal match, they beat their compatriots Kim Ki-taik and Kim Wan in three sets. Before that, Kim / Kim had defeated the German pair Georg Böhm / Jürgen Rebel in three sets and the Austrian duo Ding Yi / Gottfried Bär in two sets in the group stage . Ahn / Yoo won in their group in three sets against the German doubles Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner .

In 1992 five bronze medals were won, in the men's singles by Kim Taek-soo and in the men's doubles by Kang Hee-chan / Lee Chul-seung and Kim Taek-soo / Yoo Nam-kyu. Kang / Lee defeated the Austrians Ding Yi / Erich Amplatz in two sets in the group stage. In the semifinals they were defeated by the German duo Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner in three sets. In the women’s category, Hyung Jung-hwa won bronze in singles and in doubles with her partner Hong Cha-ok . In the singles, Hong Soon-hwa was able to defeat the German Olga Nemes in the group stage in two sets. In doubles, Hong Soon-hwa and Lee Jung-im lost in the quarterfinals against the North Korean doubles Li Bun-hui and Yu Sun-bok in four sets.

In 1996 Yoo Nam-kyu and Lee Cheol-seung won bronze in men's doubles. In the game for bronze they defeated the German doubles Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner in three sets. In the men's singles, Kim Taek-soo beat Austrian Ding Yi in the group stage in two sets. His teammate Yoo Nam-kyu defeated the North Korean Li Gun-sang in straight sets. While Yoo was eliminated in the second round, Kim failed in the quarter-finals in five sets against Jörg Roßkopf. The women's doubles Park Hae-jung and Ryu Ji-hae also won bronze . They beat teammates Kim Moo-kyo and Park Kyung-ae in four sets in the bronze medal match . In the individual, Park Hae-jung defeated the German Olga Nemes in the group stage in two sets. Ryu Ji-hae lost in the group stage against the North Korean Tu Song-sil in straight sets and was eliminated.

In 2000 Ryu Ji-hae won bronze in women's doubles with Kim Moo-kyo. In the singles Suk Eun-mi was eliminated in the quarterfinals against the German Qianhong Gotsch . The men's doubles Lee Chul-seung / Ryu Seung-min reached the semi-finals, lost it in four sets and failed, again in four sets, in the bronze medal at the French doubles Patrick Chila / Jean-Philippe Gatien . in the singles Kim Taek-soo failed in the round of 16 to Timo Boll .

In Athens 2004 Ryu Seung-min became Olympic champion in men's singles. In round 3 Oh Sang-eun was able to beat Chinese Chen Weixing , who started for Austria, in seven sets. In doubles Oh Sang-eun and Joo Se-hyuk defeated the German doubles Jörg Roßkopf / Lars Hielscher in five sets. Lee Eun-sil and Suk Eun-mi won silver in women's doubles . In the quarterfinals they defeated the North Korean doubles Kim Hyang-mi and Kim Hyom-hui. In the individual, Lee Eun-sil failed in the third round against the North Korean Kim Hyang-mi. Kim Kyung-ah won the bronze medal.

In 2008, the doubles were canceled, but team competitions were held. Both teams won bronze. The men's team beat Austria 3-1 in the bronze medal match. In the men's singles, Oh Sang-eun beat his North Korean opponent Kim Hyok-bong in five sets in the third round . In the round of 16 he defeated Timo Boll in five sets. Also in the women's singles there was a duel between South and North Korea in the third round. Park Mi-young defeated their North Korean opponent Kim Jong in four sets.

In 2012 in London, the men's team won silver. In the first round, North Korea was defeated 3-1. This was followed by victories over Portugal and Hong Kong, before losing 3-0 to China in the final. The women's team lost 3-0 in the match for bronze in Singapore. In the men's singles, Joo Se-hyuk lost to North Korean Kim Hyok-bong in the third round in six sets. In the women's category, Kim Kyung-ah defeated the Chinese Liu Jia, who played for Austria, in the third round in five sets.

In 2016, for the first time, no medal could be won. The men's team lost the game for bronze against Germany with 1: 3.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Hyun Jung-hwa Yang Young-yes	1988 Seoul	Ladies doubles	first medal and Olympic victory
Yoo Nam-kyu	1988 Seoul	Men's singles
Ryu Seung-min	2004 Athens	Men's singles

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Ki-taik	1988 Seoul	Men's singles
Lee Eun-sil Seok Eun-mi	2004 Athens	Ladies doubles
Oh Sang-eun Joo Se-hyuk Ryu Seung-min	2012 London	Men's team

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Ahn Jae-hyung Yoo Nam-kyu	1988 Seoul	Men's doubles
Kim Taek-soo	1992 Barcelona	Men's singles
Kyang Hee-chan Lee Chul-seung	1992 Barcelona	Men's doubles
Kim Taek-soo Yoo Nam-kyu	1992 Barcelona	Men's doubles
Hyun Jung-hwa	1992 Barcelona	Ladies singles
Hyun Jung-hwa Hong Cha-ok	1992 Barcelona	Ladies doubles
Lee Chul-seung Yoo Nam-kyu	1996 Atlanta	Men's doubles
Park Hae-jung Ryu Ji-hae	1996 Atlanta	Ladies doubles
Ryu Ji-hae Kim Moo-kyu	2000 Sydney	Ladies doubles
Kim Kyung-ah	2004 Athens	Ladies singles
Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young	2008 Beijing	Men's team
Dang Ye-seo Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young	2008 Beijing	Ladies team

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  Yoo Nam-kyu, gold and bronze in 1988, as coach of the 2012 Olympic team

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  Dang Ye-seo, bronze with the team in 2008

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  The men's team at the 2012 awards ceremony (from left to right): Joo Se-hyuk, Oh Sang-eun, Ryu Seung-min

Triathlon

-	-	-

In 2012 in London, a South Korean triathlete took part for the first and so far only time.

do gymnastics

1	4th	4th

In 1960 in Rome, gymnasts from South Korea competed for the first time. The first medal was won at the 1988 domestic summer games. In the women's horse jump, Park Jong-hoon won bronze. In 1992 Yoo Ok-ryul also won bronze in the horse jump. He also reached the final on the ground and was fourth.

In 1996, Yeo Hong-chul won silver in horse jumping. Lee Joo-hyung had qualified for the apparatus finals on parallel bars and high bars. He was seventh on the parallel bars and eighth on the horizontal bar. In 2000 he qualified for the finals on parallel bars, horizontal bar and pommel horse. He won silver on bars and bronze on bars. He finished fourth on the pommel horse. Jung Jin-soo came fourth on the parallel bars.

In 2004 Kim Dae-eun won silver and Yang Tae-young bronze in the individual all-around competition. With the all-around team they finished fourth. In Beijing 2008 the team finished 5th. Yoo Won-chul won the silver medal on the parallel bars. Yang Tae-young came in seventh. Kim Ji-hoon reached the final on the pommel horse and was sixth.

In London 2012, Yang Hak-seon became the first South Korean Olympic champion in apparatus gymnastics with his victory in the horse jump. Son Yeon-jae finished fifth in rhythmic gymnastics. In 2016 it improved to 4th place.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Yang Hak-seon	2012 London	Horse jump	first Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Yeo Hong-chul	1996 Atlanta	Horse jump
Lee Joo-hyung	2000 Sydney	Ingots
Kim Dae-eun	2004 Athens	All-around single
Yoo Won-chul	2008 Beijing	Ingots

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Jong-hoon Park	1988 Seoul	Horse jump	first medal win
Yoo ok-ryul	1992 Barcelona	Horse jump
Lee Joo-hyung	2000 Sydney	Horizontal bar
Yang Tae-young	2004 Athens	All-around single

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  Yeo Hong-chul, bronze 1996, in 2016

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  Lee Joo-hyung, Silver and Bronze 2000, in 2015

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  Award ceremony in horse jumping 2012: Olympic champion Yang Hak-seon in the middle

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  The gymnast Son Yeon-jae

volleyball

-	-	1

South Korean volleyball teams have been participating in Olympic tournaments since 1964. The men lost all their games in Tokyo, finishing tenth and last. The women also lost all games and finished sixth and last. In 1968 only the women were there. This time they have three wins in seven games, the first a 3-1 victory over the USA. The team reached 5th place out of eight teams.

In 1972 the men took part again. In their preliminary group they came fourth. They were thus qualified for the placement round. The first game against Romania was lost, the game for 7th place against Brazil was then won. The women's team qualified, u. a. with a 3-0 over the Federal Republic of Germany, for the semifinals. Here they lost to Japan, and the bronze game against North Korea was lost.

In 1976 the men returned to the placement round. The first game against Brazil was won, but the game for 5th place against Czechoslovakia was lost. The women were far more successful. Again they reached the semi-finals, in the preliminary round they had defeated the GDR team 3-2. In the semifinals they lost again to Japan, but this time the bronze match against Hungary was won 3-1. This was the first ever medal win by a South Korean volleyball team at the Olympics.

In 1984 both tournaments were almost identical. The men only missed the semifinals because of the worse set ratio. In the placement round, China and Argentina were defeated, which meant fifth place. The women also missed the semi-finals. They also won both placement games against Brazil and the Federal Republic of Germany and finished fifth.

The tournaments at the domestic summer games in 1988 were disappointing. The men could only win one of their five preliminary round games and were thus on the last group place. The first placement game against Japan was also lost. The victory in the game for 11th place against Tunisia prevented the team from taking the last place in the ranking. The women only managed one victory, a 3-1 victory over the GDR. In the placement round they lost to Brazil. The game for 7th place against the USA was also lost, so the women's team was in last place in the ranking.

In 1992 only the men participated. With a preliminary round victory, the team got into the game for 9th place, which was won against Canada 3-1. In 1996 both teams were there again. The men managed only one victory again, this time eliminated as fifth in the group. The women reached the quarter-finals and lost to Brazil. In the placement round they won over the host team from the USA. The game for 5th place against the Netherlands was lost 3-0.

The 2000 tournament was almost identical. Again, the men managed only one victory in the preliminary round and were eliminated directly. The women reached the quarter-finals. You had three preliminary round games, u. a. won 3-0 against Germany. In the quarter-finals they lost to the USA, and both placement games, against China and Croatia, were lost, which meant 8th place in the ranking.

In 2004 only the women's team took part. With three wins, the team qualified for the quarterfinals. Here they were defeated by Russia and eliminated because there were no more placement games. In 2008, no team could qualify, in 2012 the women were there again. The team qualified for the quarter-finals with two wins. Here you could defeat Italy 3-1. The semi-final against the USA was lost 3-0, as was the bronze game against Japan. The team made it to the quarter-finals again in 2016, with the women achieving three wins in the preliminary round. In the quarter-finals, the Netherlands lost 3-1.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	1976 Montreal	Women's tournament	first medal win

Water polo

-	-	-

South Korea's only participation in an Olympic water polo tournament was at the 1988 Domestic Summer Games. The team lost all five preliminary round games, including 2:18 against the Federal Republic of Germany. There were another three defeats in the placement group, the team finished the tournament last.

Diving

-	-	-

The first South Korean water diver took part in Rome in 1960. Woo Ha-ram achieved the best result in 2016 when he finished eleventh in high diving.

Winter games

biathlon

-	-	-

The first South Korean biathlete took part in Sarajevo in 1984. The best placings were two times 16th place. This placement was achieved in 2018 at the domestic winter games in Pyeongchang by the two naturalized Russians Timofei Lapschin in the men's sprint and Ekaterina Avakumova in the women's 15-kilometer race.

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  The naturalized Russian Timofei Lapschin

Bobsleigh

-	1	-

South Korean bobsledders have been taking part in the Winter Olympics since 2010. After poor results in 2010 and 2014, the four-man bobsleigh won the first silver medal in South Korea in bobsleigh at the 2018 domestic winter games in Pyeongchang.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Jun Jung-lin Kim Dong-hyun Seo Young-woo Wun Yun-jong	2018 Pyeongchang	Four-man bobsleigh	first medal win

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  The two-man bobsleigh in Sochi 2014, driven by Won Yun-jong (front), who won silver in 2018. Behind him brakeman Seo Young-woo, also silver in 2018

Curling

-	1	-

The first curling tournament with South Korean participation took place in Sochi in 2014. The women's team from Gyeonggi-do CC won three of their six games and finished 8th. They lost 6: 8 to the Swiss women .

At the domestic winter games in Pyeongchang in 2018, a women's and a men's team and a mixed doubles took part. The men's team from GyeongBuk Uiseong CC finished 7th after four wins in nine games. The game against Switzerland was won 8: 7. The women's team came from the same club. Eight out of nine preliminary round matches were won, including against Switzerland 7-5. This qualified the team for the semi-finals against Japan, which they won 8: 7. The final against Sweden was lost 3-8. The mixed doubles finished 7th after two wins in seven games and was eliminated. They lost 4: 6 against the Swiss duo.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
National team of women	2018 Pyeongchang	Women's tournament	first medal win

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  Scene from the penultimate matchday 2014: South Korea (black) against USA

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  Semi-finals 2018: The South Koreans celebrate their victory over Japan (white)

ice Hockey

-	-	-

Until 2018, South Korea had never participated in an Olympic ice hockey tournament. In Pyeongchang, in addition to a men's team, there was also a women's team, which formed a united team from South and North Korea. The team also entered under a different team code ( COR ), and the Korean association flag was used. Instead of the national anthems, the folk song Arirang was played. The team consisted of 35 players, 23 from South Korea and 12 from North Korea. The team could not win any of their five games. They lost 8-0 against Switzerland in the preliminary round. In the placement round they met Switzerland again and lost 2-0. The game for 7th place against Sweden was also lost 6-1. The men also lost all games. They also lost against Switzerland in the preliminary round with 0: 8.

figure skating

1	1	-

In 1968, South Korean figure skaters started for the first time. In 2010 Kim Yuna became Olympic champion in singles. In 2014 she won silver. At the domestic winter games in Pyeongchang in 2018, Choi Da-bin was 7th in the individual competition.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Yuna	2010 Vancouver	singles	first medal and Olympic victory

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Yuna	2014 Sochi	singles

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  Kim Yuna, Olympic champion 2010 and silver medalist 2014, at the award ceremony in Sochi 2014

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  Choi Da-bin

Speed ​​skating

5	8th	3

The first ever South Korean Olympic team consisted of three speed skaters in 1948. Speed ​​skaters took part in all of the following Winter Games, but it wasn't until 1988 that they achieved their first success. Bae Gi-tae ran over 500 meters in 5th place. Over 1000 meters he was ninth. In 1992 the first medal was won. Kim Yoon-man won silver over 1000 meters. In 1994, Yoo Sun-hee finished fourth in the 500 meters.

In 1998 Kim Yoon-man finished seventh over 500 meters, his teammate Lee Kyu-hyeok finished eighth. In 2002 Lee was fifth over 500 meters and eighth over 1000 and 1500 meters. In 2006 Lee Kang-seok won bronze over 500 meters, Choi Jae-bong came eighth. Lee Kyu-hyeok came fourth over 1000 meters. Lee Sang-hwa came fifth in the women’s 500 meters.

In 2010 in Vancouver, Mo Tae-bum became the first South Korean Olympic champion in speed skating with his victory over 500 meters. Lee Kang-seok finished fourth. A silver medal was added over 1000 meters. Mo finished fifth over 1500 meters. Lee Seung-hoon won silver in the 5000 meters and became an Olympic champion in the 10,000 meters. The Dutchman Sven Kramer was faster, but he was disqualified because he ran on the wrong track in the seventh lap. In the team pursuit, the South Korean team took fifth place. One day after Monday, Lee Sang-hwa also became Olympic champion, she too won over 500 meters.

In 2014 in Sochi, Lee Sang-hwa was able to defend her Olympic victory over 500 meters. Mo Tae-bum did not make it over 500 meters and Lee Seung-hoon over 10,000 meters, both finished fourth. In the team pursuit, South Korea's men's team won silver. At the domestic Winter Games in Pyeongchang in 2018, Cha Min-kyu won silver over 500 meters in the men's race . Kim Tae-yun took bronze over 1000 meters, Kim Min-seok over 1500 meters. Lee Seung-hoon finished fourth over 10,000 meters and fifth over 5000 meters. For this he became Olympic champion in the mass start. In the team pursuit, the men's team won silver. In the women's race, Lee Sang-hwa won silver over 500 meters. Kim Bo-reum also won silver in the mass start.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Mo Tae-bum	2010 Vancouver	500 meters	first Olympic victory
Lee Seung-hoon	2010 Vancouver	10,000 meters
Lee Sang-hwa	2010 Vancouver	500 meters
Lee Sang-hwa	2014 Sochi	500 meters
Lee Seung-hoon	2018 Pyeongchang	Mass start

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Yoon-man	1992 Albertville	1000 meters	first medal win
Mo Tae-bum	2010 Vancouver	1000 meters
Lee Seung-hoon	2010 Vancouver	5000 meters
Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon	2014 Sochi	Team pursuit
Cha Min-kyu	2018 Pyeongchang	500 meters
Chung Jae-won Kim Min-seok Lee Seung-hoon	2018 Pyeongchang	Team pursuit
Lee Sang-hwa	2018 Pyeongchang	500 meters
Kim Bo-reum	2018 Pyeongchang	Mass start

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Lee Kang-seok	2006 Turin	500 meters
Kim Tae-yun	2018 Pyeongchang	1000 meters
Kim Min-seok	2018 Pyeongchang	1500 meters

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  Lee Kyu-hyeok

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  Award ceremony of the 500-meter run 2006: far right with bronze Lee Kang-seok

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  Mo Tae-bum with his gold medal over 500 meters 2010

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  Lee Seung-hoon, Olympic victory and silver in 2010 and 2018

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  Lee Sang-hwa, 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion

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  Kim Cheol-min, 2014 team silver

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  Joo Hyong-jun, team silver 2014

Freestyle ski

-	-	-

Freestyle skiing became an Olympic sport in 1992. South Korean freestylers first competed in Turin in 2006. Successes could not be celebrated so far.

Nordic combination

-	-	-

The first time a South Korean took part in the Nordic combined at the domestic winter games in Pyeongchang in 2018, was unsuccessful.

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  Park Je-un , South Korea's only Nordic combined competitor to date

Sledding

-	-	-

South Korean tobogganers have been represented at Olympic competitions since 1998. At the domestic winter games in Pyeongchang 2018, the two-seater with Cho Jung-myung and Park Jin-yong came in ninth place in the women's one, Aileen Frisch , a German-born, who has been racing for South Korea since 2017, eighth.

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  Park Jin-yong (left) and Cho Jung-myung

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  Aileen Frisch

Short track

24	13	11

The short track became an Olympic sport in 1992. South Korea is the leading nation in the Olympic Games in this sport. In terms of the number of Olympic victories (24), short track is the most successful sport in the country before archery (23). Short Track also leads in the number of medals (48), ahead of judo (43) and archery (39). In addition, short track is the sport in which the first South Korean Olympic victories at the winter games were achieved. With her four Olympic victories, Chun Lee-kyung is one of the three South Korean Olympians who have won gold four times.

At the first participation there were two gold and one bronze medal for South Korea. In Albertville, Kim Ki-hoon became Olympic champion over 1000 meters, Lee Joon-ho won bronze. The men's relay was also Olympic champion. The South Korean short trackers achieved four gold medals in 1994 in Lillehammer. In the men's race, Chae Ji-hoon was Olympic champion over 500 meters, Lee Joon-ho was sixth. There was a double victory over 1000 meters. Defending champion Kim Ki-hoon won gold, Chae Ji-hoon silver. Lee Joon-ho took 5th place. In the women's category, Chun Lee-kyung won her first gold medal over 1000 meters. Kim So-hee won bronze. Both were members of the relay that was also Olympic champion. In the 500 meter race, Won Hye-kyung finished fourth.

In 1998 the women were able to repeat their success. Chun Lee-kyung defended her Olympic victory over 1000 meters, Won Hye-kyung won bronze. Chun also won bronze over 500 meters, Choi Min-kyung came fourth. The women's relay was also able to defend its Olympic title. In the men's category, Kim Dong-sung became Olympic champion over 1000 meters. The season won silver.

In Salt Lake City in 2002, the men received nothing. Ahn Hyun-soo came fourth over 1000 meters . It was seen as the trigger for the mass fall in the final round of the finals, which took Australian outsider Steven Bradbury to a complete surprise Olympic champion because he was the only one who did not fall. In the women's category, Ko Gi-hyun was Olympic champion over 1500 meters ahead of her teammate Choi Eun-kyung . Ko won silver over 1000 meters. The women's relay was Olympic champion for the third time in a row.

Ahn Hyun-soo and Lee Ho-suk achieved two double victories over 1000 and 1500 meters in Turin in 2006. Ahn also won bronze over 500 meters. The men's relay was Olympic champion, the women's relay won for the fourth time in a row. Jin Sun-yu won both the 1000 and 1500 meters. In the longer distance, Choi Eun-kyung also took silver.

In 2010 in Vancouver Lee Jung-su won gold in the 1000 and 1500 meters. Silver went to Sung Si-bak over 500 meters and Lee Ho-suk over 1000 meters. The men's relay also took silver, the women's relay was disqualified after finishing the final race in a world record time. According to the referees, Kim Min-jung had hindered the Chinese Sun Linlin and made her stumble. So it stayed with the silver medal for Lee Eun-byul over 1500 meters. Park Seung-hi won bronze in the 1000 and 1500 meters.

In Sochi 2014 disappointed the men, whose finals were unsuccessful. Park Se-yeong was disqualified in the final over 1000 meters, Lee Han-bin was only seventh over 1500 meters. The season could not even qualify for the final. However, one Korean won three gold medals. Ahn Hyun-soo became a Russian citizen in 2011 and has since started for Russia under the name Viktor Ahn . As in 2006, he became a three-time Olympic champion. Park Seung-hi was Olympic champion over 1000 meters and bronze over 500 meters. Shim Suk-hee took silver over 1500 and bronze over 1000 meters. The women's relay was Olympic champion for the fifth time.

At the domestic Winter Games in Pyeongchang in 2018, Lim Hyo-jun was Olympic champion over 1500 meters, over 500 meters he won bronze, over 1000 meters he was fourth. Over 500 meters, Hwang Dae-heon won silver, Seo Yi-ra took bronze over 1000 Meter. The men's relay reached fourth place. In the women's team, Choi Min-jeong was Olympic champion over 1500 meters. She finished fourth over 1000 meters. Kim A-lang was fourth over 1500 and fifth over 1000 meters. The women's relay won Olympic gold for the sixth time.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Kim Ki-hoon	1992 Albertville	1000 meters	first medal and Olympic victory
Sang Jae-kun Kim Ki-hoon Lee Joon-ho Mo Si-joo	1992 Albertville	Men's relay
Chae Ji-hoon	1994 Lillehammer	500 meters
Kim Ki-hoon	1994 Lillehammer	1000 meters
Chun Lee-kyung	1994 Lillehammer	1000 meters
Chun Lee-kyung Kim So-hee Kim Yoon-mi Won Hye-kyung	1994 Lillehammer	Women's relay
Kim Dong song	1998 Nagano	1000 meters
Chun Lee-kyung	1998 Nagano	1000 meters
Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yoon-mi	1998 Nagano	Women's relay
Ko Gi-hyun	2002 Salt Lake City	1500 meters
Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin	2002 Salt Lake City	Women's relay
Ahn Hyun-soo	2006 Turin	1000 meters
Ahn Hyun-soo	2006 Turin	1500 meters
Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Oh Se-jong Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo	2006 Turin	Men's relay
Jin Sun-yu	2006 Turin	1000 meters
Jin Sun-yu	2006 Turin	1500 meters
Byun Chun-sa Choi Eun-kyung Jeon Da-hye Jin Sun-yu Kang Yun-mi	2006 Turin	Women's relay
Lee Sung-ju	2010 Vancouver	1000 meters
Lee Sung-ju	2010 Vancouver	1500 meters
Park Seung-hi	2014 Sochi	1000 meters
Shim Suk-hee Park Seung-hi Cho Ha-ri Kim A-lang Kong Sang-jeong	2014 Sochi	Women's relay
Lim Hyo-jun	2018 Pyeongchang	1500 meters
Choi Min-jeong	2018 Pyeongchang	1500 meters
Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Kim Ye-jin Lee Yu-bin Shim Suk-hee	2018 Pyeongchang	Women's relay

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Chae Ji-hoon	1994 Lillehammer	1000 meters
Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-song	1998 Nagano	Men's relay
Ko Gi-hyun	2002 Salt Lake City	1000 meters
Choi Eun-kyung	2002 Salt Lake City	1500 meters
Lee Ho-suk	2006 Turin	1000 meters
Lee Ho-suk	2006 Turin	1500 meters
Choi Eun-kyung	2006 Turin	1500 meters
Sung Si-bak	2010 Vancouver	500 meters
Lee Ho-suk	2010 Vancouver	1000 meters
Kwak Yoon-gy Lee So-huk Lee Sung-yu Sung Si-bak Kim Seoung-il	2010 Vancouver	Men's relay
Lee Eun-byul	2010 Vancouver	1500 meters
Shim Suk-hee	2014 Sochi	1500 meters
Hwang Dae-heon	2018 Pyeongchang	500 meters

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Lee Joon-ho	1992 Albertville	1000 meters
Kim So-hee	1994 Lillehammer	1000 meters
Chan Lee-kyung	1998 Nagano	500 meters
Won Hye-kyung	1998 Nagano	1000 meters
Ahn Hyun-soo	2006 Turin	500 meters
Park Seung-hi	2010 Vancouver	1000 meters
Park Seung-hi	2010 Vancouver	1500 meters
Park Seung-hi	2014 Sochi	1000 meters
Shim Suk-hee	2014 Sochi	1000 meters
Lim Hyo-jun	2018 Pyeongchang	500 meters
Seo Yi-ra	2018 Pyeongchang	1000 meters

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  Ahn Hyun-soo, three-time Olympic champion in 2006 and 2014 ( starting as Wiktor Ahn for Russia)

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  Award ceremony 2014 for the victorious South Korean relay (from left to right): Cho Ha-ri, Kong Sang-jeong, Kim A-lang, Park Seung-hi, Shim Suk-hee

skeleton

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After 1928 and 1948, skeleton became an Olympic sport for the first time again in 2002 in Salt Lake City. Since then, South Korea has been represented in the skeleton. Yun Sung-bin became Olympic champion at the domestic winter games in Pyeongchang in 2018 . His teammate Kim Ji-soo came in 6th.

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Yung Sung-bin	2018 Pyeongchang		first medal and Olympic victory

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  Yung Sung-bin, 2018 Olympic champion

Alpine skiing

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Ski racers from South Korea have been taking part in the alpine competitions of the Olympic Winter Games since 1960. None of the participants achieved a top 10 placement.

Cross-country skiing

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Cross-country skiing has been practiced by South Korean athletes at winter games since 1960. So far, no participant has made it into the top 10.

Ski jumping

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The first South Korean ski jumpers started in 1998. So far, no athlete has been able to finish in the top ten.

Snowboard

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It wasn't until 2010 that a South Korean snowboarder took part for the first time. At the domestic winter games in Pyeongchang 2018, Lee Sang-ho won silver in the parallel giant slalom. In the quarter-finals he had defeated the Austrian Benjamin Karl . In the final he was defeated by the Swiss Nevin Galmarini .

Surname	Games	discipline	annotation
Lee Sang-ho	2018 Pyeongchang	Parallel giant slalom	first medal win

Youth games

Youth Summer Games

In the first edition of the 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore , 72 South Korean youth took part, of which 34 were boys and 38 were girls. A total of 19 medals were won.

There were eleven Olympic victories to celebrate. In Taekwondo, Seo Byeong-deok won the middleweight division and Kim Jin-hak won the light heavyweight division. Jeon Soo-yeon won the women's light heavyweight division. Gold won Kwak Ye-ji in archery, Song Jong-hun in saber fencing, the swimmer Chang Gyu-cheol over 100 meters butterfly and the modern pentathlon Kim Dae-beom. In judo, Lee Jae-hyung won the light heavyweight division for boys and Bae Seul-bi for the female flyweight division. The last two gold medals went to the marksmen Kim Jang-mi with the air pistol and Go Do-won with the air rifle. Silver was won by the boys' handball team, which lost 25:35 to Egypt in the final. The mixed doubles Kim Dong-hyun and Yang Ha-eun won silver in table tennis. Swimmer Chang Gyu-cheol over 50 meters butterfly and freestyle wrestler Moon Jin-jiu won additional silver medals in the heavyweight division. Yang Ha-eun won bronze in the girls' singles of the table tennis tournament. The fencer Lee Kwang-hyun in foil fencing, Kang Ji-wook in the boys' badminton singles and the shooter Choi Dae-han with the air pistol also won bronze. The judoka Bae Seul-bi won another bronze medal, which is not included in South Korea's medal table. Bae was a member of the Tokyo mixed judo team . The girls' basketball team reached the placement game for 7th place and beat Germany 18:17.

Four years later, the Youth Summer Games were held in Nanjing . 73 young people, 41 boys and 32 girls, won a total of 15 medals.

The olympic champions were the archer Lee Woo-seok for the boys, the epee fencer Lee Sin-hee, the golfer Lee So-young and the handball team for the girls who defeated Russia 32:31 in the final. Six silver medals went to South Korea by the saber fencer Kim Dong-ju, the mixed golf team Lee So-young and Youm Eun-ho, the shooter Kim Cheong-yong with an air pistol, the swimmer Yang Ji-won over 200 meters chest, the Taekwondoin Joo Dong-hun flyweight and the boys' soccer team, who lost 2-1 to Peru in the final. Bronze went to the archer Lee Eung-yeong, the athlete Kim Gyeong-tae over 110 meter hurdles, the gymnast Lim Myong-woo on the floor, the judoka Lee Hye-kyeong in featherweight and the marksman Kim Min-jung with an air pistol. One gold, one silver and two bronze medals were won by athletes who competed in mixed teams. These medals are not included in South Korea's medal table. The fencers Kim DOng-ju and Lee Sin-hee became Olympic champions with the Asia-Oceania 1 team. In judo, Ryu Seunghwan won silver with the Geesink team , Lee Hye-kyeong won bronze with the Douillet team . The modern pentathlon Park Gi-lung also won bronze with his Italian partner Aurora Tognetti.

Youth Winter Games

Kim Magnus (left) with his 2016 silver medal

The first Winter Youth Games took place in Innsbruck in 2012 . The South Korean team consisted of 28 young people, including 15 boys and 13 girls, who were able to win a total of eleven medals, all in the short track and in speed skating. In the short track, the boys Su Min-yoon over 500 meters and Hyo Jun-lim over 1000 meters were Olympic champions. In the girls' category , Shim Suk-hee was the double Olympic champion in the 500 and 1000 meters. Hyo Jun-lim won silver over 500 meters and Su Min-yoon over 1000 meters. In speed skating, the girls also had a double winner with Jang Mi. She won the 500 and 1500 meter competitions. In the girls' mass start, Su Ji-jang took silver. She won bronze over 3000 meters. Hyeok Jun-noh also won bronze over 3000 meters for the boys. The curling team lost their preliminary round match against Switzerland 2: 6. In figure skating, Park So-youn and her teammate Li Jun-young both finished fourth. One gold, one silver and two bronze medals were won in mixed teams. These medals are not included in South Korea's medal table. The short tracker Park Jung-hyun and Team B won gold . Team A with Shim Suk-hee won bronze. The curling player Kim Eun-bi won silver. She won silver in mixed doubles with her Norwegian partner Martin Sesaker. In the final they lost against the German Kim Muskatewitz and her Swiss partner Michael Brunner. Another bronze medal was won by figure skater Park So-youn, who competed in the mixed team Team 6 .

In 2016 the second Winter Youth Games were held in Lillehammer . 30 South Korean youth, 16 boys and 14 girls, won a total of 16 medals, ten of them gold. In the short track, the boys Hong Kyung-hwan over 500 meters Hwang Dae-heon over 1000 meters were Olympic champions. In the girls' category, Kim Ji-yoo won over 1000 meters. Lee Su-youn took silver here. In speed skating, the boys Kim Min-seok became Olympic champion over 1500 meters and in the mass start. In the mass start, Chung Chae-woong won silver and bronze over 500 meters. In the girls' category, Kim Min-sun won over 500 meters as well as Park Ji-woo over 1500 meters and in the mass start. There Kim Min-suk won bronze. Cross-country skier Kim Magnus won three medals . He became Olympic champion in cross-country running and over 10 kilometers in free technique. He won silver in the sprint. Snowboarder Jeong Yu-rim won bronze in the halfpipe. Lee Min-sik took 4th place in the boys' halfpipe. Two gold medals were not included in the medal table. Short tracker Kim Ji-yoo won gold with her mixed team Team B , as did the speed skater Chung Jae-woong with Team 6 . The mixed figure skating team Motivation with Byun Ji-hyun took 4th place.

Participants by sport

Summer games

sport	year
	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
badminton											12	17th	12	15th	13	12	14th
baseball												20th	24		24
basketball	9		10		12	11			11	24		23	12	11	11
Archery									6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th
Boxing	3	4th	5	6th	8th	7th	6th	6th	9	12	11	9	9	7th	5	2	1
fencing					5				7th	20th	15th	13	7th	12	10	17th	17th
Soccer	11				16					16	14th	16	16	16	16	18th	17th
Weightlifting	8th	4th	6th	7th	7th	6th	1		9	10	10	7th	8th	8th	9	10	7th
golf																	6th
Handball									28	25th	28	16	29	30th	28	29	15th
hockey										32	16	32	32	32	33	32	16
Judo					4th		4th	5	8th	7th	14th	11	13	13	14th	14th	12
Canoeing									2	15th	6th	2	1		1		2
athletics	9	6th	7th	6th	17th	4th	2		11	17th	11	17th	13	18th	17th	17th	15th
Modern pentathlon					1				3	3	3	1		2	3	3	3
Cycling	2	3	2	4th	6th	2			10	15th	4th	9	3	5	4th	10	8th
horse riding		1		2	7th					10	5			4th	1		1
Wrestling	4th	1	3	4th	12	8th	4th	11	14th	19th	16	15th	10	9	11	9	5
rowing					9				5	28	2	4th	3	2	5	4th	2
shoot			2	3	10	2	5	5	18th	22nd	12	14th	8th	16	14th	13	17th
swim					4th	1	1		3	18th	4th	20th	19th	21st	16	17th	8th
sailing									1	10	3	5	5	4th	4th	4th	4th
Taekwondo													4th	4th	4th	4th	5
tennis										5	4th	5	4th	2	1
Table tennis										7th	8th	8th	8th	9	6th	7th	6th
Triathlon																1
do gymnastics				2	9	1			8th	11	10	8th	7th	7th	8th	7th	6th
volleyball					24	10	19th	24	22nd	24	12	21st	24	11		12	12
Water polo										13
Diving				1	3	2			1	2		4th	4th		1	2	1

Winter games

sport	year
	1948	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
biathlon									1	5	4th		1	2	1	2	2	6th
Bobsleigh																4th	10	6th
Curling																	5	12
ice Hockey																		48
figure skating					3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	4th		2	3	7th
Speed ​​skating	3	4th	5	4th	2	4th	2	5	6th	6th	5	9	13	12	14th	16	15th	16
Freestyle ski															1	1	5	9
Nordic combination																		1
Sledding													3	3	1	1	4th	5
Short track											6th	7th	9	10	10	9	10	10
skeleton														1	1	1	2	3
Alpine skiing			1	2	1			1	3	4th	2	1	2	5	4th	3	5	4th
Cross-country skiing			1	1	2			3	3	5	4th	2	4th	5	4th	2	2	4th
Ski jumping													4th	4th	4th	3	4th	5
Snowboard																1	4th	10

Medal table

Olympic games

				total	rank
Olympic Summer Games	90	87	90	267	15th
winter Olympics	31	25th	14th	70	15th
total	121	112	104	337	16

Youth Olympic Games

				total	rank
Youth Olympic Summer Games	13	10	9	34	7th
Youth Olympic Winter Games	16	6th	5	27	1
total	31	16	14th	61	3

Medals by sport

Summer games

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
Archery	23	9	7th	39
Taekwondo	12	2	5	19th
Judo	11	16	16	43
Wrestling	11	11	14th	36
shoot	7th	8th	1	16
badminton	6th	7th	6th	19th
fencing	4th	2	5	11
Boxing	3	7th	10	20th
Weightlifting	3	6th	6th	15th
Table tennis	3	3	12	18th
Handball	2	4th	1	7th
do gymnastics	1	4th	4th	9
swim	1	3	0	4th
athletics	1	1	0	2
baseball	1	0	1	2
golf	1	0	0	1
hockey	0	3	0	3
basketball	0	1	0	1
Soccer	0	0	1	1
volleyball	0	0	1	1
total	90	87	90	267

Winter games

sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
Short track	24	13	11	48
Speed ​​skating	5	8th	3	16
figure skating	1	1	0	2
skeleton	1	0	0	1
Bobsleigh	0	1	0	1
Curling	0	1	0	1
Snowboard	0	1	0	1
total	31	25th	14th	70

See also

• List of Olympic medalists from South Korea
• Category: Olympian (South Korea)

Web links

Commons : Republic of Korea at Olympic Games  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• South Korea in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• South Korea on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pictures of the award ceremony
2. ↑ Article on Wired.com (Engl.)
3. ↑ Official Report, page 314, Chapter 11.4.2 (Eng.)
4. ↑ Official Report, page 314, Chapter 11.4 (Eng.)
5. ↑ Sport 1 on July 22, 2016
6. ↑ Spiegel Online on January 13, 2017
7. ↑ IOC announcement of November 25, 2016 (Eng.)
8. ↑ ^{a b} IOC announcement of November 21, 2016 (engl.)
9. ↑ RP Online on September 14, 2016
10. ↑ IOC announcement of January 12, 2017 (Eng.)
11. ^ Spiegel Online on August 24, 2016
12. ^ Spiegel Online from February 24, 2010