1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Korea)

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7th	15th	5

South Korea took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , USA , with a delegation of 300 athletes (189 men and 111 women).

Medalist

With seven won gold, silver and fifteen five bronze medals, the South Korean team finished 10th in the medals table .

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Bang Soo-hyun	badminton	Women, singles
Kim Dong-moon & Gil Young-ah	badminton	Mixed, doubles
Kim Kyung-wook	Archery	Women, singles
Kim Jo-sun , Kim Kyung-wook & Yoon Hye-young	Archery	Women, team
Jeon Ki-young	Judo	medium weight
Cho Min-sun	Judo	Women, middleweight
Sim Kwon-ho	Wrestling	Paper weight, Greco-Roman

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Gil Young-ah & Jang Hye-ock	badminton	Women, doubles
Park Joo-bong & Ra Kyung-min	badminton	Mixed, doubles
Jang Yong-ho , Kim Bo-ram & Oh Kyo-moon	Archery	team
Lee Seung-bae	Boxing	Light heavyweight
Cho Eun-jung, Lee Eun-kyung, Chang Eun-jung, Choi Eun-kyung, Lee Ji-young, Oh Seung-shin, Choi Mi-soon, Lim Jeong-sook, Jin Deok-san, Jeon Young-sun, Kim Myung-ok, Kwon Soo-hyun, Woo Hyun-jung, Lee Eun-young, You Jae-sook & Kwon Chang-sook	hockey	Ladies tournament
Moon Hyang-ja, Huh Soon-young, Kim Mi-sim, Han Sun-hee, Kwag Hye-jeong, Lim O-kyung, Kim Rang, Kim Jeong-mi, Oh Seong-ok, Hong Jeong-ho, Park Jeong -lim, Kim Eun-mi, Lee Sang-eun, Cho Eun-hee & Kim Cheong-shim	Handball	Ladies tournament
Kwak Dae-sung	Judo	lightweight
Kim Min-soo	Judo	Light heavyweight
Hyun Sook-hee	Judo	Women, half light weight
Jung Sun-yong	Judo	Women, lightweight
Lee Bong-ju	athletics	marathon
Jang Jae-sung	Wrestling	Featherweight, freestyle
Park Jang-soon	Wrestling	Welterweight, freestyle
Yang Hyun-mo	Wrestling	Middleweight, freestyle
Yeo Hong-chul	do gymnastics	Horse jump

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Oh Kyo-moon	Archery	singles
Cho In-chul	Judo	Light middleweight
Jung Sung-sook	Judo	Women, light middleweight
Yoo Nam-kyu & Lee Chul-seung	Table tennis	Double
Park Hae-jung & Ryu Ji-hae	Table tennis	Women, doubles

Participants by sport

badminton

• Lee Kwang-jin

  Singles: 5th place

• Park Seong-u

  Singles: 5th place

• Kim Hak-kyun

  Individual: 17th place

• Ha Tae-gwon

  Doubles: 5th place

• Kang Kyung-jin

  Doubles: 5th place

• Kim Dong-mun

  Doubles: 17th place

  Mixed, doubles: gold

• Yu Yong-seong

  Doubles: 17th place

• Gir Yeong-a

  Mixed, doubles: gold

  Women, doubles: silver

• Na Gyeong-min

  Mixed, doubles: silver

  Women, singles: 33rd place

• Park Joo-bong

  Mixed, doubles: silver

• Bang Su-hyeon

  Women, singles: gold

• Kim Ji-hyeon

  Women, singles: 4th place

• Jang Hye-ok

  Women, doubles: silver

• Kim Mi-hyang

  Women, doubles: 9th place

• Kim Sin-yeong

  Women, doubles: 9th place

• Jeong Jae-hui

  Women, doubles: 9th place

• Park Su-yeon

  Women, doubles: 9th place

baseball

• Herrean team

  8th place

• Squad

  Son Min-han

  Kim Su-gwan

  Bae Jae-hyo

  Jo In-seong

  Gang Hyeok

  Jo Jin-ho

  Jin Gab-yong

  Jo Gyeong-hwan

  Lee Dong-uk

  Gang Pil-seon

  In the Seon-dong

  Lee Byeong-gyu

  O Cheol-min

  Jeon Seung-nam

  Kim Yeong-su

  Mun Dong-hwan

  Well man-ho

  To Hui-bong

  Kim Seon-u

  Chea Jong-guk

basketball

• Men's team

  12th place

• Squad

  Lee Sang-min

  Gang Dong-hui

  Yang Hui-seung

  Hyeon Ju-yeop

  Hooray Jae

  Mun Gyeong-eun

  O Seong-sik

  Jo Dong-gi

  Jeon Hui-cheol

  Jeong Jae-geun

  Jeong Gyeong-ho

• Women team

  10th place

• Squad

  Kim Ji-yun

  Jeon Ju-won

  Gwon Eun-jeong

  Han Hyeon-seon

  Yu Yeong-ju

  Jeong-eun Park

  Kim Jeong-min

  To Seon-mi

  Cheon Eun-suk

  Lee Jong-ae

  Jeong Seon-min

  Jeong Eun-sun

Archery

• Oh Kyo-moon

  Single: bronze

  Team: silver

• Kim Bo-ram

  Singles: 5th place

  Team: silver

• Jang Yong-ho

  Singles: 7th place

  Team: silver

• Kim Kyung-wook

  Women, singles: gold

  Women, team: gold

• Kim Jo-sun

  Women, singles: 6th place

  Women, team: gold

• Yoon Hye-young

  Women, singles: 9th place

  Women, team: gold

Boxing

• Bae Gi-ung

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• Sin Su-yeong

  Featherweight: 17th place

• Sin Eun-cheol

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Han Hyeong-min

  Light welterweight: 17th place

• Bae Ho-jo

  Welterweight: 9th place

• Lee Wan-gyun

  Light middleweight: 17th place

• Mun Im-cheol

  Middleweight: 17th place

• Lee Seung-bae

  Light Heavyweight: Silver

• Go Yeong-sam

  Heavyweight: 17th place

fencing

• Kim Young-ho

  Foil, singles: 8th place

  Foil, team: 7th place

• Kim Yong-guk

  Foil, singles: 29th place

  Foil, team: 7th place

• Jeong Su-gi

  Foil, singles: 30th place

  Foil, team: 7th place

• Yang Noe-seong

  Epee, singles: 23rd place

  Epee, team: 10th place

• Jang Tae-seok

  Epee, singles: 27th place

  Epee, team: 10th place

• Lee Sang-gi

  Epee, singles: 42nd place

  Epee, team: 10th place

• Yu Sang-ju

  Saber, singles: 32nd place

  Saber, team: 11th place

• Seo Seong-jun

  Saber, single: 33rd place

  Saber, team: 11th place

• Lee Hyo-geun

  Saber, single: 38th place

  Saber, team: 11th place

• Jeon Mi-gyeong

  Women, foil, singles: 32nd place

• Go Jeong-jeon

  Women, swords, singles: 8th place

  Women, epee, team: 10th place

• Kim Hui-jeong

  Women, swords, singles: 28th place

  Women, epee, team: 10th place

• Lee Geum-nam

  Women, swords, singles: 30th place

  Women, epee, team: 10th place

Soccer

• Men's team

  11th place

• Squad

  Seo Dong-myeong

  Choi Seong-yong

  Lee Sang-hyeon

  Lee Gyeong-su

  Lee Gi-hyeong

  Yun Jeong-hwan

  Jang Chang-nam

  Choi Yong-su

  Lee Won-sik

  Kim Hyeon-su

  Kim Sang-hun

  Lee Im-saeng

  Choi Yun-yeol

  Ha Seok-ju

  Hwang Sun-hong

Weightlifting

• Go Gwang-gu

  Flyweight: 7th place

• Jeon Byeong-gwan

  Bantamweight: competition not ended

• Hwang Hui-yeol

  Featherweight: 13th place

• In the dong-gi

  Light heavyweight: 20th place

• Choi Dong-gil

  I. Heavyweight: 10th place

• Jeon Sang-seok

  II. Heavyweight: 13th place

• Kim Tae-hyun

  Super heavyweight: 4th place

Handball

• Women team

  silver

• Squad

  Jo Eun-hui

  Han Seon-hui

  Hong Jeong-ho

  Kim Jeong-sim

  Kim Eun-mi

  Kim Jeong-mi

  Kim Mi-sim

  Kim Rank

  Lee Sang-eun

  In O-gyeong

  Mun Hyang-yes

  Oh Seong-ok

  Oh Yeong-ran

  Jeong-rim park

hockey

• Men's team

  5th place

• Squad

  Gu Jin-su

  Sin Seok-gyo

  Han Byeong-guk

  Yu Myeong-gun

  Jo Myeong-jun

  Jeon Jong-ha

  Yu Seung-jin

  Park Sin-heung

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  Kim Jong-i

  Jeong Yong-gyun

  Song Seong-tae

  Kim Yong-bae

  Hong Gyeong-seop

  Kim Yeong-gwi

  Kim Yun

• Ladies team

  silver

• Squad

  Yu Je-suk

  Choi Eun-gyeong

  Jo Eun-jeong

  O Seung-sin

  In the Jeong-suk

  Kim Myeong-ok

  Jang Eun-jeong

  Lee Ji-yeong

  Lee Eun-gyeong

  Gwon Su-hyeon

  U Hyeon-jeong

  Choi Mi-sun

  Lee Eun-yeong

  Jeon Yeong-seon

  Gwon Chang-suk

  Jin Deok-san

Judo

• Kim Jong-won

  Super light weight: 9th place

• Lee Sung-hun

  Half light weight: 17th place

• Kwak Dae-sung

  Lightweight: silver

• Cho In-chul

  Light middleweight: bronze

• Jeon Ki-young

  Middleweight: gold

• Kim Min-soo

  Light Heavyweight: Silver

• Hyun Sook-hee

  Women, half light weight: silver

• Jung Sun-yong

  Women, lightweight: silver

• Jung Sung-sook

  Women, light middleweight: bronze

• Cho Min-sun

  Women, middleweight: gold

• Son Hyun-mi

  Women, heavyweight: 7th place

canoe

• Chang-gyu Park

  Two-man Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-man Canadians, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Jeon Gwang-rak

  Two-man Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-man Canadians, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

• Jin Seon-guk

  100 meters: heats

• Son Ju-il

  400 meters: heats

• Lee Bong-ju

  Marathon: silver

• Kim I-yong

  Marathon: 12th place

• Kim Wan-gi

  Marathon: race not finished

• Lee Jin-taek

  High jump: 8th place

• Kim Tae-hui

  High jump: 32nd place in qualification

• Jo Hyeon-uk

  High jump: 33rd place in qualification

• Kim Cheol-gyun

  Pole vault: 24th place in qualification

• Seong Hui-jun

  Long jump: Eliminated in qualification

• Chu Gi-yeong

  Javelin: 31st place in qualification

• Lee Yeong-suk

  Women, 100 meters: heats

• Oh wed-yes

  Women, marathon: 30th place

• Aisle Sun-deok

  Women, marathon: race not finished

• Lee Mi-gyeong

  Women, marathon: race not finished

• Lee Myeong-seon

  Women, shot put: 20th place in qualification

• Lee Yeong-seon

  Women, javelin: 15th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Kim Mi-Seop

  Singles: 11th place

Cycling

• Park Min-su

  Road race, individual: Race not finished

• Hyeon Byeong-cheol

  Sprint: 2nd round

• Hong Seok-han

  1,000 meter time trial: 19th place

• Jeon Dae-heung

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 15th place

• Jeong Yeong-hun

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 15th place

• Kim Jung-mo

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 15th place

• No Yeong-sik

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 15th place

• Jo Ho-seong

  Points race: 8th place

• Kim Yong-mi

  Women, road races, singles: race not finished

  Women, points race: race not finished

Wrestling

• Sim Gwon-ho

  Paper weight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Ha Tae-yeon

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Park Chi-ho

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 11th place

• Choi Sang-seon

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Kim Yeong-il

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 18th place

• Kim Jin-su

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Myeong-seok Park

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Eom Jin-han

  Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 20th place

• Jeong Sun-won

  Paper weight, freestyle: 5th place

• Jang Jae-seong

  Featherweight, freestyle: silver

• Hwang Chang-ho

  Lightweight, freestyle: 6th place

• Park Jang-sun

  Welterweight, freestyle: silver

• Yang Hyun-mo

  Middleweight, freestyle: silver

• Kim Ik-hui

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Kim Tae-u

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 17th place

rowing

• Lee In-su

  Double scull: semifinals

• Lee Ho

  Double scull: semifinals

• Min Byeong-sun

  Women, double sculls: quarter-finals

• Park Yeong-yes

  Women, double sculls: quarter-finals

shoot

• Kim Seong-jun

  Air pistol: 12th place

  Free target pistol: 37th place

• Kim Seong-jun

  Air pistol: 36th place

  Free target pistol: 11th place

• Lee Eun-chul

  Air rifle: 11th place

  Small bore, three-position battle: 18th place

  Small bore, lying: 7th place

• In the Yeong-seop

  Air rifle: 11th place

• Cha Young-chul

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 40th place

  Small bore, lying: 36th place

• Park Cheol-seung

  Trap: 13th place

  Double trap: 4th place

• Lee Hyo-suk

  Women, air pistol: 9th place

• Bu Sun-hui

  Women, air pistol: 15th place

  Women, sport pistol: 4th place

• Jeong-hui Park

  Women, sport pistol: 21st place

• Jin Sun-ryeong

  Women, air rifle: 9th place

• Kim Jeong-mi

  Women, air rifle: 19th place

• Gong Hyeon-a

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 6th place

• Won Gyeong-suk

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 32nd place

• Lee Sang-hui

  Women, double trap: 17th place

swim

• Go Un-ho

  100 meters freestyle: 49th place

  200 meters freestyle: 26th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 15th place

  4 × 100 meters: 17th place

• U Cheol

  400 meters freestyle: 30th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 15th place

• Lee Gyu-chang

  1,500 meters freestyle: 25th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 15th place

• Kim Min-seok

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 15th place

  100 meters back: 39th place

  4 × 100 meters: 17th place

• Ji Sang-jun

  200 meters back: 14th place

• Jo Gwang-je

  100 meters chest: 24th place

  4 × 100 meters: 17th place

• Yang Dae-cheol

  100 meter butterfly: 52nd place

  4 × 100 meters: 17th place

• Lee Jeong-hyeong

  200 meter butterfly: 35th place

• Kim Bang-hyeon

  200 meter medley: 26th place

  400 meter medley: 21st place

• Seo So-yeong

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 41st place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 19th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 18th place

• Lee Bo-eun

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 35th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 19th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 18th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 18th place

• Jeong On-ra

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 31st place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 19th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 18th place

• Seo Hyeon-su

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 24th place

• Lee Chang-ha

  Women, 200 meters back: 13th place

• Byeon Hye-yeong

  Women, 100 meters chest: 30th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 18th place

• No Ju-hui

  Women, 200 meters chest: 28th place

• Park U-hui

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 41st place

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: 32nd place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 18th place

• Lee Ji-hyun (1978)

  Women, 100 meters back: 18th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 18th place

• Lee Ji-hyun (1979)

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 32nd place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 19th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 18th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 35th place

• Lee Ji-hyun (1982)

  Women, 400 meter medley: 28th place

sailing

• Ok Deok-pil

  Windsurfing: 33rd place

• Kim Dae-yeong

  470s: 28th place

• Jeong Seong-an

  470s: 28th place

• Kim Ho-gon

  Laser: 23rd place

• Ju Sun-an

  Women, windsurfing: 16th place

tennis

• Lee Hyeong-taek

  Doubles: 17th place

• Yun Yong-il

  Doubles: 17th place

• Choi Yeong-yes

  Women, singles: 17th place

• Seong-hui Park

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: 17th place

• Kim Eun-ha

  Women, doubles: 17th place

Table tennis

• Kim Taek-soo

  Singles: 5th place

  Doubles: 5th place

• Yoo Nam-kyu

  Singles: 9th place

  Double: bronze

• Lee Chul-seung

  Individual: 17th place

  Double: bronze

• Gang Hui-chan

  Doubles: 5th place

• Park Hae-jung

  Women, singles: 9th place

  Women, doubles: bronze

• Gyeong-ae Park

  Women, singles: 17th place

  Women, doubles: 4th place

• Ryu Ji-hae

  Women, singles: 17th place

  Women, doubles: bronze

• Kim Moo-kyo

  Women, doubles: 4th place

do gymnastics

• Lee Ju-hyeong

  Individual all-around: 20th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 7th place

  Floor: 22nd place in qualification

  Horse jump: 36th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 8th place

  Rings: 35th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 21st place in qualification

• Han Yun-su

  Individual all-around: 34th place

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 24th place in qualification

  Floor: 42nd place in qualification

  Horse jump: 63rd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 12th place in qualification

  Rings: 71st place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 10th place in qualification

• Kim Dong-hwa

  Individual all-around: 76th place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 98th place in qualification

  Floor: 71st place in qualification

  Horse jump: 86th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 62nd place in qualification

  Rings: 32nd place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 85th place in qualification

• Jeong Jin-su

  Individual all-around: 79th place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 11th place in qualification

  Floor: 19th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 101st place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 29th place in qualification

  Rings: 38th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 100th place in qualification

• Yeo Hong-cheol

  Individual all-around: 82nd place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 61st place in qualification

  Floor: 11th place in qualification

  Horse jump: silver

  Horizontal bar: 102nd place in qualification

  Rings: 54th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 102nd place in qualification

• Jo Seong-min

  Individual all-around: 86th place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 76th place in qualification

  Floor: 31st place in qualification

  Horse jump: 42nd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 97th place in qualification

  Rings: 100th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 90th place in qualification

• Kim Bong-hyeon

  Individual all-around: 105th place in qualification

  Team all-around competition: 8th place

  Bars: 100th place in qualification

  Horse jump: 99th place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 90th place in qualification

  Rings: 101st place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 42nd place in qualification

• Kong Yun-jin

  Women, individual all-around: 63rd place in qualification

  Women, floor exercise: 72nd place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 62nd place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 64th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 86th place in qualification

volleyball

• Men's team

  9th place

• Squad

  In the do-heon

  Kim Se-jin

  Sin Yeong-cheol

  Bang Sin-bong

  Kim Sang-u

  Ha Jong-hwa

  Choi Cheon-sik

  Park Hui-sang

  Lee Seong-hui

  Sin Jeong-seop

  Sin Jin-sik

  Park Seon-chul

• Women team

  6th place

• Squad

  Jang Yun-hui

  Lee Su-jeong

  Gang Hye-mi

  Jeong Seon-hye

  Kim Nam-sun

  Su-jeong Park

  Hong Ji-yeon

  Jang So-yeon

  Choi Gwang-hui

Diving

• Lee Jong-hwa

  Art jumping: 32nd place

• Gwon Gyeong-min

  Diving: 31st place

• In the Yun-ji

  Women, diving: 31st place

• Kim Yeo-yeong

  Women, diving: 32nd place

Web links

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