1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Korea)

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South Korea took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 54 athletes (41 men and 13 women) in 43 competitions in eleven sports.

The South Korean athletes won a silver and a bronze medal. Both medal wins came in boxing: Jee Yong-ju secured silver in the light flyweight division, Chang Kyou-chul took third place in the bantamweight division.

Participants by sport

basketball

• 14th place

  Choi Jong-gyu

  Ha Ui-geon

  Kim In-geon

  Kim Mu-hyeon

  Kim Yeong-il

  Gwak Hyeon-chae

  Lee Byeong-gu

  Lee In-pyo

  Park Han

  Sin dong-pa

  Yu Hui-hyeong

Boxing

• Jee Yong-ju

  Half flyweight: silver

• Seo Sang-yeong

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Chang Kyou-chul

  Bantamweight: bronze

• Kim Seong-eun

  Featherweight: eliminated in the second round

• Lee Chang-gil

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Kim Sa-yong

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Park Gu-il

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

Weightlifting

• Yang Mu-sin

  Featherweight: 7th place

• Won Sin-hui

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Lee Chun-sik

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Lee Jong-seop

  Light heavyweight: 8th place

• Yun Seog-won

  Middle heavyweight: 12th place

• Hwang Ho-dong

  Heavyweight: without a valid attempt

athletics

Men

• Lee Myeong-jeong

  Marathon: 29th place

• Kim Bong-nae

  Marathon: 38th place

• Lee Sang-hun

  Marathon: 46th place

Women

• Baeg ok-yes

  Shot put: 13th place

Cycling

• Gwon Jung-hyeon

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Track 4000 m single pursuit: overtaken and thus eliminated

• Kim Gwang-seon

  Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Track 1000 m time trial: 26th place

Wrestling

• Sin Sang-sik

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• To Cheon-yeong

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• Kim Ik-jong

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Seo Hun-gyo

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• O Jeong-ryong

  Flyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round

• Jang Gyeong-mu

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Choi Jeong-hyeok

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round

• Seo Yong-seok

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round

shoot

• To Jae-song

  Free pistol 50 m: 34th place

• Kim Yong-bae

  Free pistol 50 m: 45th place

swim

Women

• Nam Sang-nam

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

do gymnastics

Men

• Kim Chung-tae

  Individual all-around: 42nd place

  Floor: 65th place

  Horse jump: 92nd place

  Bars: 49th place

  Horizontal bar: 33rd place

  Rings: 54th place

  Pommel horse: 24th place

volleyball

Women

• 5th place

  To Gyeong-ja

  Hwang Gyu-ok

  Kim Yeong-yes

  Kim Oe-sun

  Lee Eun-ok

  Lee Hyang-sim

  Mun Gyeong-suk

  Park Geum-suk

  Seo Hui-suk

  Yang Jin-su

Diving

Men

• Song Jae-ung

  3 m jumping: 22nd place

  10 m high diving: 31st place

Women

• Park Jeong-yes

  3 m jumping: 21st place

  10 m high diving: 24th place

Web links

• South Korean Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )