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
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Park Chan-hui
- Light flyweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Kim Jeong-cheol
- Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Hwang Cheol-sun
- Bantamweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Choi Chung-il
- Featherweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Park Tae-sik
- Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Kim Ju-seok
- Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
Judo
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Chang Eun-kyung
- Lightweight: silver
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Lee Chang-seon
- Light middleweight: 5th place
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Park Young-chul
- Middleweight: bronze
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Cho Jea-ki
- Light heavyweight: 5th place
- Open class: bronze
Wrestling
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Lee In-chang
- Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Baek Seung-hyeon
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place
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To Han-yeong
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Choi Gyeong-su
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Kim Hae-myeong
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round
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Kim Hwa-gyeong
- Light flyweight, freestyle: 5th place
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Jeon Hae-seop
- Flyweight, freestyle: bronze
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Jeong Yun-ok
- Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Yang Jeong-mo
- Featherweight, freestyle: gold
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Go Jin-won
- Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Yu Jae-gwon
- Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round
shoot
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Jong-gil Park
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 15th place
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Choi Chung-seok
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 57th place
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Lee Gyun
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 64th place
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Lee Seung-gyun
- Skeet: 22nd place
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Park Do-geun
- Skeet: 61st place
volleyball
- Men
- 6th place
- Women
- bronze
Web links
- South Korean Olympic team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )