1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Korea)

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South Korea took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 19 athletes, one woman and 18 men, in 16 competitions in 6 sports.

After 1948 , it was the second participation of a South Korean team in the Summer Olympics .

Medalist

With two bronze medals won the South Korean team finished 37th in the medals table .

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Surname	sport	competition
Gang Jun-ho	Boxing	Bantamweight
Kim Seong-jip	Weightlifting	medium weight

Participants by sport

Boxing

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Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

• Han Su-an

  Round 1: won against Helmut Hofmann from Saarland by technical knockout in the first round

  Round 2: won against Sakti Mazumdar from India by a judge's decision (3-0)

  Quarter-finals: lost to Willie Toweel from South Africa by a judge's decision (0: 3)

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

• Gang Jun-ho

  Round 1: BYE

  Round 2: won against Fazlollah Nikkhah from Iran by a judge's decision (3-0)

  Quarterfinals: won against Davey Moore from the USA by a judge's decision (2: 1)

  Semi-finals: lost to John McNally from Ireland by a judge's decision (0: 3), 3rd place 

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

• Seo Byeong-ran

  Round 1: won against Alfred Willommet from Switzerland by a judge's decision (3-0)

  Round 2: lost to Ján Zachara from Czechoslovakia by a judge's decision (0: 3)

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

• Ju Sang-jeom

  Round 1: lost to Leopold Potesil from Austria by a judge's decision (0: 3)

Weightlifting

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

• Kim Hae-nam

  Final: 295.0 kg, 4th place

  Military press: 80.0 kg, rank 8

  Snatch: 95.0 kg, rank 2

  Push: 120.0 kg, 4th place

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

• Nam Su-il

  Final: 300.0 kg, rank 11

  Military press: 90.0 kg, rank 7

  Snatch: 90.0 kg, rank 14

  Push: 120.0 kg, rank 8

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

• Kim Chang-hui

  Final: 345.0 kg, 4th place

  Military press: 100.0 kg, rank 7

  Snatch: 105.0 kg, rank 6

  Push: 140.0 kg, rank 2

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Kim Seong-jip

  Final: 382.5 kg, 3rd place

  Military press: 122.5 kg, rank 1

  Tear: 112.5 kg, rank 4

  Push: 147.5 kg, rank 5

athletics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Men

200 m

• Eom Par-yong

  Heats : s (electronically) in not running 13 (rank 5) 23.0 s (handgestoppt) and 23.41 for the quarter-finals qualifies

marathon

• Choi Chung-sik

  2: 41: 23.0 hours (+ 18: 19.8 min.), Rank 33

• Hong Jong-o

  Competition not ended

• Choi Yun-chil

  2: 26: 36.0 hours (+ 3: 32.8 min.), 4th place

Triple jump

• Choi Yeong-gi

  Qualification , Group A: 14.44 m, rank 9, 18 overall, not for the final qualifies

  1st jump: 12.11 m

  2nd jump: 14.38 m

  3rd jump: 14.44 m

Women

Shot put

• Choi Myeong-suk

  Qualification : 10.76 m, rank 20, not qualified for the final

  1st stroke: 10.54 m

  2nd joint: 10.32 m

  3rd stroke: 10.76 m

Cycling

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Road race (190.4 km), individual

• Kim Ho-sun

  Race not finished

• Gwon Ik-hyeon

  Race not finished

• In Sang-jo

  Race not finished

Road race (190.4 km), team

• Kim Ho-sun , Gwon Ik-hyeon and Im Sang-jo

  Race not finished

horse riding

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Riding

Show jumping, singles

• Min Byeong-Seon

  Final: 59.75 fault points, 44th place

  1st round: 35.75 fault points, 43rd place

  2nd round: 24.00 fault points, 45th place

Wrestling

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Wrestling

Freestyle, lightweight (up to 67 kg)

• O Tae-geun

  after round 2 eliminated with six minus points

  Round 1: lost to Heinrich Nettesheim from Germany (opponent wins over the shoulders)

  Round 2: lost to József Gál from Hungary (0: 3)

Web links

• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .
• South Korean Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).