1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (North Korea)

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North Korea participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , USA , with a delegation of 24 athletes (15 men and nine women).

Medalist

With two won gold, one silver and two bronze, the North Korean team was ranked 33 in the medal count .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Kye Sun-hui	Judo	Women, super light weight
Kim Il-ong	Wrestling	Paper weight, freestyle

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Kim Myong-nam	Weightlifting	lightweight

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Jon Chol-ho	Weightlifting	medium weight
Ri Yong-sam	Wrestling	Bantamweight, freestyle

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Hoe Jong-jil

  Bantamweight: 17th place

• Ri Chol

  Lightweight: 17th place

Weightlifting

• Kim Myong-nam

  Lightweight: silver

• Chon Chol-ho

  Middleweight: bronze

Judo

• Kye Sun-hui

  Women, super light weight: gold

athletics

• Kim Jung-won

  Marathon: 38th place

• Kim Jong-su

  Marathon: 40th place

• Jong Song-ok

  Women, marathon: 20th place

• Kim Chang-ok

  Women, marathon: 26th place

Wrestling

• Kang Yong-gyun

  Paper weight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Kim Il-ong

  Paper weight, freestyle: gold

• Ri Yong-sam

  Bantamweight, freestyle: bronze

shoot

• Kim Man-chol

  Running target: 18th place

Table tennis

• Li Gun-sang

  Individual: 17th place

  Doubles: 17th place

• Choi Kyong-sob

  Singles: 33rd place

  Doubles: 17th place

• Kim Song-hui

  Singles: 33rd place

• Kim Hyon-hui

  Women, singles: 5th place

  Women, doubles: 9th place

• Tu Jong-sil

  Women, singles: 9th place

  Women, doubles: 9th place

• Kim Hyang-mi

  Women, singles: 17th place

  Women, doubles: 17th place

• Sun Wed

  Women, doubles: 17th place

do gymnastics

• Pae Gil-su

  Individual all-around: 84th place in qualification

  Bars: 94th place in qualification

  Floor: 93rd place in qualification

  Horse jump: 93rd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 94th place in qualification

  Rings 102nd place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 14th place in qualification

Diving

• Choe Hyong-gil

  Diving: 15th place

• Ri ok-rim

  Women, jumping: 22nd place

  Women, diving: 23rd place

• Choe Myong-hwa

  Women, diving: 13th place

Web links

• Olympic team of North Korea from 1996 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )