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
Boxing
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Jee Yong-ju
- Half flyweight: silver
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Seo Sang-yeong
- Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Chang Kyou-chul
- Bantamweight: bronze
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Kim Seong-eun
- Featherweight: eliminated in the second round
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Lee Chang-gil
- Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Kim Sa-yong
- Light welterweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Park Gu-il
- Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
Weightlifting
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Yang Mu-sin
- Featherweight: 7th place
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Won Sin-hui
- Lightweight: 5th place
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Lee Chun-sik
- Middleweight: 5th place
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Lee Jong-seop
- Light heavyweight: 8th place
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Yun Seog-won
- Middle heavyweight: 12th place
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Hwang Ho-dong
- Heavyweight: without a valid attempt
athletics
- Men
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Lee Myeong-jeong
- Marathon: 29th place
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Kim Bong-nae
- Marathon: 38th place
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Lee Sang-hun
- Marathon: 46th place
- Women
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Baeg ok-yes
- Shot put: 13th place
Cycling
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Gwon Jung-hyeon
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run
- Track 4000 m single pursuit: overtaken and thus eliminated
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Kim Gwang-seon
- Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run
- Track 1000 m time trial: 26th place
Wrestling
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Sin Sang-sik
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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To Cheon-yeong
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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Kim Ik-jong
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Seo Hun-gyo
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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O Jeong-ryong
- Flyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round
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Jang Gyeong-mu
- Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Choi Jeong-hyeok
- Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round
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Seo Yong-seok
- Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round
shoot
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To Jae-song
- Free pistol 50 m: 34th place
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Kim Yong-bae
- Free pistol 50 m: 45th place
swim
- Women
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Nam Sang-nam
- 100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run
do gymnastics
- Men
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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
Diving
- Men
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Song Jae-ung
- 3 m jumping: 22nd place
- 10 m high diving: 31st place
- Women
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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 )