1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Korea)

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South Korea took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a delegation of 50 athletes (38 men and 12 women) in 27 competitions in five sports.

The South Korean athletes each won one gold and one silver medal and four bronze medals. Olympic champion was the featherweight freestyle wrestler Yang Jung-mo . The gold medal meant the first ever Olympic victory for a South Korean athlete at the Olympic Games.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Park Chan-hui

  Light flyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Kim Jeong-cheol

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Hwang Cheol-sun

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Choi Chung-il

  Featherweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Park Tae-sik

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Kim Ju-seok

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

Judo

• Chang Eun-kyung

  Lightweight: silver

• Lee Chang-seon

  Light middleweight: 5th place

• Park Young-chul

  Middleweight: bronze

• Cho Jea-ki

  Light heavyweight: 5th place

  Open class: bronze

Wrestling

• Lee In-chang

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Baek Seung-hyeon

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• To Han-yeong

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Choi Gyeong-su

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

• Kim Hae-myeong

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

• Kim Hwa-gyeong

  Light flyweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Jeon Hae-seop

  Flyweight, freestyle: bronze

• Jeong Yun-ok

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Yang Jeong-mo

  Featherweight, freestyle: gold

• Go Jin-won

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Yu Jae-gwon

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round

shoot

• Jong-gil Park

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 15th place

• Choi Chung-seok

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 57th place

• Lee Gyun

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 64th place

• Lee Seung-gyun

  Skeet: 22nd place

• Park Do-geun

  Skeet: 61st place

volleyball

Men

• 6th place

  Jo Jae-hak

  Jeong Mun-gyeong

  Gang Man-su

  Kim Chung-han

  Kim Geon-bong

  Lee In

  Lee Hui-won

  Lee Chun-pyo

  Lee Seon-gu

  Lee Yong-gwan

  In the ho-dam

  Park Gi-won

Women

• bronze

  Lee Soon-bok

  Yu Jung-hyae

  Byon Kyung-yes

  Lee Soon-ok

  Baik Myung-sun

  Chang Hee-sook

  Ma Kum-yes

  Yoon Young-nae

  Yu Kyung-hwa

  Park Mi-kum

  Jung Soon-ok

  Jo Hae-chung

Web links

• South Korean Olympic team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )