1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Korea)

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South Korea hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul . The nation entered the race with a delegation of 401 athletes (269 men and 132 women) in 218 competitions in 27 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the judoka Cho Yong-chul .

Participants by sport

basketball

Men 9th place Squad Lee won-woo Choi Chul-kwon Lee Chung-hee Oh see-wong Yoo Jae-hak Lee Moon-kyu Kim Hyun-jun Hooray Jae Kim Yoon-ho Jong-chun Park Kim Yoo-taek Han Ki-bum

Women 7th place Squad Lee Kum-jin Kim Mal-lyun Choi Kyung-hee Lee Hyung-sook Park Chan-mi Woo Eun-kyung Jeong Mi-kyeong Kim Hwa-soon Kim Hye-youn Park Chan-sook Sung Jung-a Cho Mun-chu

Archery

Men Park Sung-soo Single: silver Team: gold Chun In-soo Singles: 4th place Team: gold Lee Han-sup Singles: 10th place Team: gold

Women Kim Soo-nyung Single: gold Team: gold Wang Hee-kyung Single: silver Team: gold Yun Young-sook Single: bronze Team: gold

Boxing

Men

• Oh kwang-su

  Light flyweight: 2nd round

• Kim Kwang-sun

  Flyweight: gold

• Byun Jung-il

  Bantamweight: 2nd round

• Lee Jae-hyuk

  Featherweight: bronze

• Lee Gang-suk

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Jun Jin-chul

  Light Welterweight: Round of 16

• Song Kyung-sup

  Welterweight: quarterfinals

• Park Si-hun

  Light middleweight: gold

• Ha Jong-ho

  Middleweight: 2nd round

• Park Byung-jin

  Light Heavyweight: 1st round

• Baik Hyun-man

  Heavyweight: silver

• Kim Yoo-hyun

  Super heavyweight: quarterfinals

fencing

Men Kim Seung-pyo Foil, singles: 24th place Foil, team: 9th place Go Nak-chun Foil, singles: 42. space Foil, team: 9th place Kim Yong-kuk Foil, singles: 49th place Foil, team: 9th place Hong Yung-seung Foil, team: 9th place Lee Yung-rok Foil, team: 9th place Lee Sang-gi Epee, singles: 19th place Epee, team: 7th place Yun Nam-jin Epee, singles: 28th place Epee, team: 7th place Lee Il-hui Epee, singles: 50th place Epee, team: 7th place Jo Hui-je Epee, team: 7th place Yang Dal-sik Epee, team: 7th place Lee Byung-nam Saber, singles: 28th place Saber, team: 11th place Kim Sang-uk Saber, single: 33rd place Saber, team: 11th place Lee Uk-jae Saber, single: 36th place Saber, team: 11th place Lee Hyun-su Saber, team: 11th place Lee Hyo-keun Saber, team: 11th place

Women Tak Jeong-im Foil, singles: 12th place Foil, team: 8th place Sin Seong-yes Foil, singles: 13th place Foil, team: 8th place Park Eun-hui Foil, singles: 44th place Foil, team: 8th place Kim Jin-sun Foil, team: 8th place Yun Jeong-suk Foil, team: 8th place

Soccer

Men

• Group stage

• Squad
  • goal

  1 Cho Byung-deuk

  20 Kim Poong-joo

  • Defense

  2 Kyeong-hun Park

  4 Cho Min-kook

  5 Jung Yong-hwan

  13 Nam Ki-young

  17 Gu Sang-bum

  18 Choi Yun-kyeom

  • midfield

  3 Choi Kang-hee

  6 Lee Tae-ho

  12 Kim Pan-keun

  16 Kim Joo-sung

  19 Yeo Bum-kyu

  • Storm

  7 Noh Soo-jin

  8 Chung Hae-won

  9 Kim Yong-se

  10 Choi Sang-kook

  11 Byun Byung-joo

  14 Choi Soon-ho

  15 Kim Chong-kon

Weightlifting

Men

• Chun Byung-kwan

  Flyweight: silver

• Hwang In-dong

  Flyweight: 9th place

• Kim Gwi-sik

  Bantamweight: 6th place

• Min Jun-gi

  Featherweight: 4th place

• Kim Gi-ung

  Lightweight: 16th place

• Park Tae-min

  Lightweight: DNF

• Kim Byung-chan

  Middleweight: 16th place

• Lee Hyung-kun

  Lightweight: bronze

• Jun Byung-kuk

  Middle heavyweight: 13th place

• Hwang U-won

  I. Heavyweight: 7th place

Handball

Men silver Squad Choi Suk-jae Kang Jae-won Kim Jae-hwan Koh Suk-chang Lee Sang-hyo Lim Jin-suk Noh Hyun-suk Oh Young-ki Park Do-hun Park Young-dae Shim Jae-hong Shin Young-suk Yoon Tae-il

Women gold Squad Han Hyun-sook Ki Mi-sook Kim Choon-rye Kim Hyun-mi Kim Kyung-soon Lee Ki-soon Lim Mi-kyung Son Mi-na Song Ji-hyun Suk Min-hee Sung Kyung-hwa Kim Myung-soon

hockey

Men 10th place Squad Song Suk-chan Kim Young-joon Kim Jong-kap Chung Boo-jin Chung Kye-suk Kim Jae-chun Kwon Soon-pil Mo Ji-young Ji Jae-kwan Kim Man-whe Han Jin-soo Lee Heung-pyo Hur Sang-young Park Jae-sik Yoo Seung-jin Shin Suk-kyun

Women silver Squad Suh Kwang-mi Lim Kye-sook Park Soon-yes Suh Hyo-sun Kim Mi-sun Kim Soon-duk Kim Young-sook Han Ok-kyung Hwang Keum-sook Jin Won-sim Chun Eun-kyung Chung Sang-hyun Han Keum-sil Chang Eun-jung Choi Choon-ok Cho Ki-hyang

Judo

Men

• Kim Jae-yup

  Ultra light weight: gold

• Lee Kyung-keun

  Half light weight: gold

• Park Jung-hee

  Lightweight: 19th place

• Ahn Byeong-keun

  Light middleweight: 20th place

• Kim Seung-gyu

  Middleweight: 7th place

• Ha hyung-joo

  Light heavyweight: 18th place

• Cho Yong-chul

  Heavyweight: bronze

canoe

Men Chun In-sik Kayak single, 500 meters: semi-finals Kim Dong-su Kayak single, 1000 meters: hope run Byun Sang-su & Yun Gi-su Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run Chun In-sik & Park Cha-keun Two kayaks, 1000 meters: hope run Kim Dong-su , Lee Yong-chul , Seo Kyung-suk & Yun Young-dae Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: hope run Jang Young-chul Canoe singles, 500 meters: semi-finals Canoe single, 1000 meters: hope run Choi Chang-hwan & Park Kyung-chul Canoe two-man, 500 meters: hope run Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: hope run

Women Kim Mi-yes Kayak single, 500 meters: hope run Choi Sun-hyung & Lee Do-hui Kayak twos, 500 meters: hope run Choi Sun-hyung , Jeong Mi , Kim Mi-ja & Lee Do-hui Kayak foursome, 500 meters: hope run

athletics

Men Cha Han-sik 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Kwon Seong-lak Marathon: DNF Han Min-soo Shot put: 21st place in qualification Hwang Hong-chul 400 meter hurdles: prelims 4 x 400 meters: prelims Chang Jae-keun 200 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Jung Myong-oh 20 kilometers of walking: 49th place Chung Pil-hwa 20 kilometers of walking: 46th place Jo Hyeon-uk High jump: 18th place in qualification Cho Jin-saeng 1500 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: prelims Kim Bock-sup 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Kim Chul-kyun Pole vault: 16th place in qualification Kim Jin-tae 110 meter hurdles: prelims Kim Jon-il Long jump: 16th place in qualification Kim won-tak Marathon: 18th place Kim Yeong-gil 5000 meters: heats Lee Kwang-ik Decathlon: 33rd place Lee Jae-bok Pole vault: no valid attempt in qualification Lee Joo-hyong Hammer throw: 29th place in qualification Lee Sang-geun 10,000 meters: heats Lee Wook-jong Javelin throw: 16th place in qualification Min Se-hun Discus throw: 26th place in qualification Park Young-jun Triple jump: 24th place in qualification Sung Nak-kun 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Shim Duk-sup 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: semi-finals Yoo Jae-sung Marathon: 31st place Ryu Tae-keong 800 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: prelims Yoon Nam-han 400 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: prelims

Women Bang Shin-hye 100 meter hurdles: prelims Choi Mi-sun Shot put: 23rd place in qualification Choi Se-beom 800 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: prelims Lim Chun-ae 3000 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: prelims Im Eum-joo Marathon: 37th place Jeong Mi-yes 10,000 meters: heats Ji Jeong-mi Heptathlon: 24th place Kim Chun-hee Discus throw: 20th place in qualification Kim Hee-sun High jump: 8th place Kim Mi-kyung Marathon: DNF Kim Soon-yes 400 meter hurdles: prelims 4 x 400 meters: prelims Lee Mi-ok Marathon: 15th place Lee Yeong-sook 100 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: prelims No Hye-sun 1500 meters: heats Park Mi-sun 4 x 100 meters: prelims Park Sook-yes Long jump: 24th place in qualification U yang-yes 200 meters: heats 4 x 100 meters: prelims Yang Kyoung-hee 400 meters: heats 4 x 400 meters: prelims Yoo Chun-ok Javelin throw: 28th place in qualification Yoon Mi-kyong 4 x 100 meters: prelims

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Kim Myung-gon

  Singles: 12th place

  Team: 13th place

• Kang Kyung-hyo

  Individual: 13th place

  Team: 13th place

• Kim Sung-ho

  Singles: 61st place

  Team: 13th place

Cycling

Men To Uh-hyuk 4000 meters team pursuit: 18th place in qualification Thu Eun-chul Points race: 19th place Eom Yung-sup Sprint: 2nd round 1000 meter time trial: 15th place Jung Jum-sik 4000 meters team pursuit: 18th place in qualification Jo Duk-haeng 100 kilometers team time trial: 24th place Kim Yong-kyu 4000 meters team pursuit: 18th place in qualification Lee Jin-ok Road race: 85th place 100 kilometers team time trial: 24th place Park Hyun-kon Road race: 21st place 100 kilometers team time trial: 24th place Park Min-su 4000 meter single pursuit: 19th place in qualification 4000 meters team pursuit: 18th place in qualification Sin Dae-chul Road race: 90th place Yoo Byung-hun 100 kilometers team time trial: 24th place

Women Hong Yung-mi Road race: 49th place Kim Kyung-suk Road race: 31st place Kim Jin-yung Sprint: 2nd round No yum-ju Road race: 37th place

horse riding

• Seo Jung-kyun

  Dressage, individual: 10th place

• Sin Chang-mu

  Dressage, individual: 10th place

• Kim Seung-hwan

  Jumping, singles: 45th place in the qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Nam Kwan-uh

  Jumping, singles: 57th place in qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Mun Hyun-jin

  Jumping, singles: 62nd place in qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Mun Eun-jin

  Jumping, singles: 63rd place in qualification

  Jumping, team: DNF

• Choi Myung-jin

  Eventing, individual: 17th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Park Dong-ju

  Eventing, individual: 28th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Park so-un

  Eventing, individual: 34th place

  Eventing, team: 7th place

• Kim Hyung-chil

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: 7th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Women

• Hong Sung-hui

  Singles. 29th place in qualification

• Kim In-wha

  Singles. 29th place in qualification

Wrestling

Men

• Goun Duk-yong

  Half-light weight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Lee Jae-suk

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Huh Byung-ho

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• To Dae-hyun

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Kim Sung-moon

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Kim Young-nam

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: Gold

• Kim Sang-kyu

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Eom Jin-han

  Greco-Roman light heavyweight division: 2nd round

• Yoo Young-tae

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Lee Sang-ho

  Light flyweight, freestyle: withdrawal before the 2nd round

• Kim Jong-oh

  Flyweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Noh Kyung-sun

  Bantamweight, freestyle: bronze

• Kim Yun-man

  Featherweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Park Jang-soon

  Lightweight, freestyle: silver

• Yoon Kyung-jae

  Welterweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Han Myung-woo

  Middleweight, Freestyle: Gold

• Kim Tae-woo

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: bronze

• Joe Byung-eun

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Ham Dug-won

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

rowing

Men In the kyung-suk One: reunion Hong Jae-ho , Lee Hyung-ki , Yun Nam-ho & Yun Yong-ho Foursome without a helmsman: hope run Kang Man-ku , Jung Jae-won , Lee Tae-hwa , Park Sung-nae & Yang Kwang-jae Foursome with helmsman: hope run Ko Kwang-sun , Ha Jin-sik , Hyun Sung-in , Im Jae-man , Jung Bu-young , Jung Kwang-su , Jung In-kyo , Kim Gap-sik & Lee Hong-keun Eighth: 10th place

Women Han Hye-sun & Jang Myung-hui Double scull: 10th place Gong Jung-bae & Lee Byung-in Two without a helmsman: 10th place Kang Min-heung , Kuk In-suk , Lee Kwang-sun , Nam Sang-ran & Park Mi-jung Foursome with helmsman: 10th place

shoot

Men To Byung-kyun Air rifle: 7th place Cha Young-chul Small caliber, lying: silver Kwak Jung-hun Small caliber, lying: 24th place Kwon Taeg-yul Small caliber, three-position battle: 21st place Hong Seung-pyo Running target: 19th place In Jang-su Rapid Fire Pistol: 32nd place Lee Eun-chul Air rifle: 12th place Small bore, three-position fight: 28th place Min Young-sam Air pistol: 23rd place Free pistol: 29th place Jong-sin Park Air pistol: 18th place Yang Chung-yul Rapid fire pistol: 9th place

Open class Byun Kyung-su Trap: 30th place Kim Kun-il Trap: 25th place Kim Ha-yun Skeet: 40th place Park Chul-seung Trap: 15th place

Women Bang Hyun-ju Air pistol: 19th place Bu Sun-hui Sports pistol: 27th place Gang Hye-yes Air rifle: 12th place Hong Young-ok Sports pistol: 28th place Kim Young-mi Small caliber, three-position fight: 30th place Lee Hye-kyung Small caliber, three position fight: 23rd place Lee Mi-kyung Air rifle: 30th place Jung-hui park Air pistol: 12th place

swim

Men Kwon Sang-won 100 meters freestyle: 55th place 200 meters freestyle: 45th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 17th place 4 x 200 meters freestyle: 12th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 21st place Kwon Sun-keun 200 meters freestyle: 54th place 400 meters freestyle: 42nd place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 17th place 4 x 200 meters freestyle: 12th place Lee Jae-su 200 meter medley: 35th place 400 meter medley: 28th place Park Dong-pil 100 meters back: 40th place 200 meters back: disqualified 4 x 100 meter medley: 21st place Park Young-chul 100 meter butterfly: 38th place 200 meter butterfly: 35th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 21st place Song Kwang-sun 50 meter freestyle: 54th place 100 meters freestyle: 57th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 17th place 4 x 200 meters freestyle: 12th place Yang Gam 400 meters freestyle: 39th place 1500 meters freestyle: 34th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 17th place 4 x 200 meters freestyle: 12th place Yun Ju-il 100 meters chest: 26th place 200 meters chest: 22nd place 4 x 100 meter medley: 21st place

Women Han Young-hui 50 meters freestyle: 34th place 100 meters freestyle: 46th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 4 x 100 meters: 14th place Hong Ji-hui 100 meters back: 30th place 200 meters back: 26th place 4 x 100 meters: 14th place Kim Eun-jung 100 meters freestyle: 43rd place 200 meters freestyle: 37th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place Kim Su-jin 100 meter butterfly: 30th place 200 meter butterfly: 20th place Lee Hong-mi 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place 100 meter butterfly: 26th place 4 x 100 meters: 14th place Park Ju-ri 50 meter freestyle: 36th place 200 meters freestyle: 39th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 13th place Park Sung-won 100 meters chest: 18th place 200 meters chest: 29th place 4 x 100 meters: 14th place

sailing

Men Lee Han-im Windsurfing: 30th place Park Gil-chul Finn dinghy: 25th place Park Gi-chul & Sin Kwang-su 470s: 26th place

Open class Park Byung-gi & Sim Kyu-hae Flying Dutchman: 22nd place Kim Gi-han & Oh Jong-yul Tornado: 16th place

Women Han Jung-mi & Kim Hye-suk 470s: 21st place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Choi Jung-yun

  Singles: preliminary round

• Ha Su-kyung

  Singles: 12th place

  Duet: 11th place

• Kim Mi-Jin-Su

  Singles: preliminary round

  Duet: 11th place

tennis

Men Kim Bong-soo Singles: Round of 16 Doubles: 1st round Song Dong-wook Singles: 1st round Yoo Jin-sun Singles: 1st round Doubles: 1st round

Women Kim Il-soon Singles: Round of 16 Doubles: 1st round Lee Jeong-myung Singles: 2nd round Doubles: 1st round

Table tennis

Men Yoo Nam-kyu Single: gold Double: bronze Kim Ki-taik Single: silver Doubles: 4th place Ahn Jae-hyung Double: bronze Kim Wan Individual: group stage Doubles: 4th place

Women Hong Cha-ok Singles: 8th place Hyun Jung-hwa Individual: group stage Double: gold Yang Young-yes Individual: group stage Double: gold

do gymnastics

Men Jong-hoon Park Individual all-around: 25th place Floor: 30th place in qualification Horse: bronze Bars: 39th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 31st place in qualification Rings: 52nd place in qualification Pommel horse: 75th place in qualification Joo Young-sam Individual all-around: 61st place in qualification Floor: 57th place in qualification Horse: 58th place in qualification Bars: 50th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 38th place in qualification Rings: 62nd place in qualification Pommel horse: 81st place in qualification Song Yoo-jin Individual all-around: 71st place in qualification Floor: 51st place in qualification Horse: 26th place in qualification Bars: 69th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 58th place in qualification Rings: 34th place in qualification Pommel horse: 86th place in qualification

Women Bae Eun-mi Individual all-around: 33rd place Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 70th place in qualification Horse: 48th place in qualification Uneven bars: 38th place in qualification Balance beam: 44th place in qualification Han Kyung-im Individual all-around: 30th place Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 52nd place in qualification Horse: 63rd place in qualification Uneven bars: 24th place in qualification Balance beam: 20th place in qualification In the Hye-jin Individual all-around: 59th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 60th place in qualification Horse: 60th place in qualification Uneven bars: 74th place in qualification Balance beam: 30th place in qualification Kim Eun-mi Individual all-around: 83rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 77th place in qualification Horse: 73rd place in qualification Uneven bars: 85th place in qualification Balance beam: 83rd place in qualification Kim Nam-ok Individual all-around: 59th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 45th place in qualification Horse: 43rd place in qualification Uneven bars: 59th place in qualification Balance beam: 78th place in qualification Park Ji-suk Individual all-around: 21st place Team all-around competition: 10th place Floor: 27th place in qualification Horse: 43rd place in qualification Uneven bars: 28th place in qualification Balance beam: 30th place in qualification

volleyball

Men 11th place Squad Choi Chon-sik Lee Sang-yul Chang Yun-chang Han Jang-sok Lee Seong-hui Kim Eun-sok Sam-yong Park Lee Myung-hak Kim Ho-chul Lee Chae-on Lee Jong-kyung Jung Eu-tak

Women 8th place Squad Park Mi-hee Kim Kyung-hee Kim Kui-soon Lim Hye-sook Yoo Young-mi Nam Soon-ok Yoon Chung-hye Park Bok-rye Kim Yoon-hye Sun Mi-sook Moon Sun-hee Ji Kyung-hee

Water polo

Men

• 12th place

• Squad

  Lee Jung-suk

  Chang Si-young

  Kim Sung-eun

  Yoo Seung-hoon

  Kim Ki-choon

  Kim Jae-yun

  Choi Sun-young

  Kim Kil-hwan

  Kim Jin-tae

  Song Seung-ho

  Hong Soon-bo

  Lee Taek-won

  Park Sang-won

Diving

Men Lee Seon-gi Art jumping: 32nd place in the qualification Diving: 26th place in qualification

Women Kim Eun-hui Art jumping: 24th place in the qualification High diving: 20th place in qualification

Web links

• South Korean Olympic team from 1988 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )