2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (South Korea)

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South Korea took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with a delegation of 281 athletes (175 men and 106 women) in 144 competitions in 26 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the basketball player Jeong Eun-sun .

Participants by sport

badminton

Men Ha Tae-kwon Double: bronze Mixed: Round of 16 Hwang Sun-ho Singles: Round of 16 Kim Dong-moon Double: bronze Mixed: quarter-finals Lee Dong-soo Double: silver Mixed: 1st round Shon Seung-mo Singles: 1st round Yoo Yong-sung Double: silver

Women Chung Jae-hee Doubles: 4th place Mixed: Round of 16 Kim Ji-hyun Singles: quarter-finals Lee Kyung-won Singles: Round of 16 Lee Hyo-young Doubles: Round of 16 Mixed: 1st round Ra Kyung-min Doubles: 4th place Mixed: quarter-finals Yim Kyung-jin Doubles: Round of 16

baseball

Men

• bronze

• Squad

  Chong Tae-hyon

  Chung Min-tae

  Hong Sung-heon

  Jang Sung-ho

  Jin Pit-jung

  Jung Soo-keun

  Kim Dong-joo

  Kim Han-soo

  Kim Ki-tae

  Kim Soo-kyung

  Kim Tae-gyun

  Koo Dae-sung

  Lee Byung-kyu

  Lee Seung-ho

  Lee Seung-yeop

  Lim Chang-yong

  Lim Sun-dong

  Park Jae-hong

  Park Jin-man

  Park Jong-ho

  Kyung-oan Park

  Seok-jin Park

  Son Min-han

  Song Jin-wao

basketball

Women

• 4th Place

• Squad

  Kang Ji-sook

  Jang Sun-hyoung

  Jeon Ju-won

  Jeong Eun-soon

  Jung Sun-min

  Kim Ji-yoon

  Lee Eon-ju

  Lee Jong-ae

  Lee Mi-sun

  Park Jung-eun

  Wang Su-jin

  Yang Jung-ok

Archery

Men Jang Yong-ho Singles: 11th place Team: gold Kim Chung-tae Singles: 5th place Team: gold Oh Kyo-moon Individual: 6th place Team: gold

Women Kim Nam-soon Single: silver Team: gold Kim Soo-nyung Single: bronze Team: gold Yun Mi-jin Single: gold Team: gold

Boxing

Men

• Bae Jin-suk

  Welterweight: 1st round

• Choi Ki-soo

  Light Heavyweight: 1st round

• Hwang Sung-bum

  Light welterweight: 2nd round

• I'm young

  Middleweight: 2nd round

• Cho Suk-hwan

  Bantamweight: 1st round

• Kim Ki-suk

  Light Flyweight: Quarter Finals

• Kim Tai-kyu

  Flyweight: 1st round

• Park Heung-min

  Featherweight: 2nd round

• Song In-joon

  Light middleweight: 2nd round

fencing

Men Kim Young-ho Foil, single: gold Lee Sang-ki Epee, single: bronze Epee, team: 4th place Lee Sang-yeop Epee, singles: 12th place Epee, team: 4th place Lee Seung-won Saber, singles: 32nd place Yang Noe-seong Epee, singles: 25th place Epee, team: 4th place

Women Ko Jung-sun Epee, singles: 22nd place Seo Mi-young Foil, singles: 30th place

Soccer

Men

• Group stage

• Squad
  • goal

  1 Choi Hyun

  18 Kim Yong-dae

  21 Lee Woon-jae (reserve)

  • Defense

  3 Park Jae-hong

  5 Sim Jae-won

  13 Dong-hyuk Park

  14 Kang Chul

  15 Cho Se-kwon

  • midfield

  2 Park Ji-sung

  4 Park Jin-sub

  6 Kim Do-kyun

  8 Ko Jong-su

  10 Lee Chun-soo

  12 Lee Young-pyo

  16 Kim Sang-shik

  17 Choi Tae-uk

  19 Song Chong-gug

  22 Kang-jo Park (Reserve)

  • Storm

  7 Choi Chul-woo

  9 Kim Do-hoon

  11 Lee Dong-gook

  20 Kim Gil-sik (reserve)

Weightlifting

Men Choi Jong-kun Heavyweight: DNF Hwang Kyu-dong Bantamweight: 10th place Kim Hak-bong Lightweight: 8th place Kim Tae-hyun Super heavyweight: 5th place Kim Young-tae Featherweight: 14th place Lee Bae-young Lightweight: 7th place

Women Kim Soon-hee Heavyweight: 4th place Mun Kyung-ae Super heavyweight: 7th place

Handball

Men 9th place Squad Baek Won-chul Choi Hyun-ho Kang Il-koo Hong Ki-il Cho Bum-yun Cho Chi-hyo Lee Jae-woo Lee Suik-houng Moon Byung-uk Park Jung-jin Park Min-chul Park Sung-rip Yoon Kyung-min Yoon Kyung-shin

Women 4th Place Squad Choi Hyun-jung Han Sun-hui Huh Soon-young Huh Young-sook Chung Eun-hee Kim Hyang-gi Kim Hyun-ok Kim Jin-sun Lee Jung-young Lee Nam-soo Lee Sang-eun Moon Kyeong-ha Oh Seong-ok Oh Yong-ran Park Chung-hee

hockey

Men silver Squad Kim Yoon Ji Seong-hwan Seo Jong-ho Kim Chel-hwan Kim Yong-bae Han Hyung-bae Kim Kyung-seok Kim Jung-chul Song Seung-tae Kong Keon-wook Hwang Jong-hyun Lim Jung-woo Jeon Jong-ha Jeon Hong-kwon Yeo Woon-kon Lim Jong-chun

Women 9th place Squad Bang Jin-hyuk Jung hang-joo Cho Bo-ra Kim Eun-jin Kim Mi-hyun Kim Myung-ok Kim Seung-eun Kim Soo-jung Lee Eun-young Lee Sun-hwa Oh ko-woon Oh Seung-shin Park Eun-kyung Park Yong-sook Shin Mi-Kyung Yoo Hee-joo

Judo

Men Choi Yong-sin Lightweight: 5th place Ko Kyung-doo Heavyweight: 1st round Han Ji-hwan Half-light weight: 7th place Jang Sung-ho Light Heavyweight: 2nd Round Jung Bu-kyung Ultra light weight: silver Cho In-chul Light middleweight: silver Yoo Sung-yeon Middleweight: quarterfinals

Women Jang Jae-sim Half light weight: 13th place Jung Sung-sook Light middleweight: bronze Cho Min-sun Middleweight: bronze Kim Seon-young Heavyweight: bronze Lee So-yeon Light Heavyweight: 7th place Park Sung-yes Ultralight: 1st round

canoe

Men

• Nam Sung-ho

  Kayak single, 500 meters: hope run

  Kayak single, 1000 meters: preliminary round

athletics

Men Baek Seung-do Marathon: 65th place Chung Nam-kyun Marathon: 45th place Kim Soon-hyung 800 meters: heats Lee Bong-ju Marathon: 24th place Lee Du-yeon 400 meter hurdles: prelims Lee Jin-taek High jump: 21st place in qualification Sung Hee-jun Long jump: no valid attempt in qualification Shin Il-yong 20 kilometers of walking: 30th place Song Dong-hyun Javelin throw: 31st place in qualification

Women Kim Mi-jung 20 kilometers of walking: 25th place Lee Myung-sun Shot put: 15th place in qualification Lee Young-sun Javelin throw: 33rd place in qualification Oh Mi-yes Marathon: 34th place

Cycling

Men

• Eum In-young

  Keirin: Hope run

• Kang Dong-woo

  Mountain bike: 38th place

• Cho Ho-sung

  Points race: 4th place

Wrestling

Men

• Choi Sang-sun

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 11th place

• Jang Jae-sung

  Lightweight, freestyle: bronze

• Kim In-sub

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Kim Jin-soo

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Moon Myung-seok

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 17th place

• Moon Eui-jae

  Middleweight, freestyle: silver

• Park Woo

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 10th place

• Sim Kwon-ho

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Son Sang-pil

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Yang Hyun-mo

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 6th place

rowing

Men Lee In-soo One: 21st place

Women Im Jin-myung & Mun Hae-young Lightweight double zewier: 17th place

shoot

Men Bae Sung-duk Small caliber, three-position battle: 25th place Small caliber, lying: 38th place Lim Young-sueb Air rifle: 11th place Jeon Chan-sik Skeet: 23rd place Lee Eun-chul Air rifle: 18th place Small bore, three-position battle: 18th place Small bore, lying: 41st place

Women Boo Soon-hee Air pistol: 24th place Sports pistol: 25th place Choi Dae-young Air rifle: 7th place Kang Cho-hyun Air rifle: silver Song Ji-young Air pistol: 16th place Sports pistol: 18th place

swim

Men Han Kyu-chul 200 meter butterfly: 19th place 200 meter medley: 33rd place Joe Kyong fan 100 meters chest: 45th place 200 meters chest: 29th place Cho Sung-mo 1500 meters freestyle: 33rd place Kim Bang-hyun 400 meter medley: 33rd place Kim Min-suk 50 meter freestyle: 17th place 100 meters freestyle: 24th place Lee Jong-min 200 meters back: 39th place Sung Min 100 meters back: 31st place Woo Chul 200 meters freestyle: 29th place 400 meters freestyle: 27th place

Women Byun Hye-young 100 meters chest: 25th place Choi Soo-min 200 meters back: 35th place Ku Hyo-jin 200 meters chest: 11th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 17th place Jang Hee-jin 50 meter freestyle: 41st place 100 meters freestyle: 40th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 17th place Lee Bo-eun 100 meter butterfly: 35th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 17th place Lee Ji-hyun 400 meter medley: 23rd place Nam Yoo-sun 200 meter medley: 27th place Raw Joo-hee 200 meters freestyle: 33rd place 400 meters freestyle: 37th place Shim Min-ji 100 meters back: 19th place 4 x 100 meter medley: 17th place

sailing

Men Ok Duck-pil Windsurfing: 21st place Jung Sung-Ahn & Kim Dae-young 470s: 15th place

Open class Kim Ho-kon Laser: 26th place

Women Ju Soon-ahn Windsurfing: 13th place

Synchronized swimming

Women

• Jang Yoon-kyung & Yoo Na-mi

  Duet: 11th place

Taekwondo

Men Kim Kyong-hun Heavyweight: gold Sin Joon-sik Lightweight: silver

Women Jung Jae-eun Lightweight: gold Lee Sun-hee Middleweight: gold

tennis

Men Lee Hyung-taik Singles: 1st round Lee Hyung-taik & Yoon Yong-il Doubles: Round of 16

Women Cho Yoon-jeong & Park Sung-hee Doubles: 1st round

Table tennis

Men Kim Taek-soo Singles: 1st round Doubles: quarter-finals Lee Chul-seung Singles: 1st round Doubles: 4th place Oh Sang-eun Doubles: quarter-finals Ryu Seung-min Singles: 1st round Doubles: 4th place

Women Kim Moo-kyo Double: bronze Lee Eun-sil Singles: 1st round Doubles: quarter-finals Suk Eun-mi Singles: 2nd round Doubles: quarter-finals Ryu Ji-hae Singles: quarter-finals Double: bronze

do gymnastics

Men Jung Jin-soo Individual all-around: 17th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 7th place in qualification Floor: 58th place in qualification Horse: 16th place in qualification Bars: 4th place Horizontal bar: 57th place in qualification Rings: 31st place in qualification Pommel horse: 42nd place in qualification Cho Seong-min Individual all-around: 22nd place Team all-around competition: 7th place in qualification Floor: 26th place in qualification Horse: 9th place in qualification Bars: 5th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 69th place in qualification Rings: 31st place in qualification Pommel horse: 19th place in qualification Kim Dong-hwa Individual all-around: 48th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 7th place in qualification Floor: 73rd place in qualification Horse: 56th place in qualification Bars: 50th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 68th place in qualification Rings: 75th place in qualification Pommel horse: 55th place in qualification Lee Jang-hyung Individual all-around: 83rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 7th place in qualification Bars: 19th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 44th place in qualification Pommel horse: 4th place Lee Joo-hyung Individual all-around: 10th place Team all-around competition: 7th place in qualification Floor: 61st place in qualification Horse: 70th place in qualification Ingot: silver Horizontal bar: bronze Rings: 65th place in qualification Pommel horse: 26th place in qualification Yeo Hong-chul Individual all-around: 85th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 7th place in qualification Floor: 12th place in qualification Horse: 11th place in qualification Rings: 34th place in qualification

Women Choi Mi-sun Individual all-around: 58th place in qualification Floor: 53rd place in qualification Horse: 61st place in qualification Uneven bars: 78th place in qualification Balance beam: 70th place in qualification

volleyball

Men 9th place Squad Bang Ji-sub Bang Sin-bong Choi Tae-woong Who in-young Chang Byung-chul Kim Se-jin Lee Byung-yong Lee Kyung-soo Lee Ho Park Hee-sang Shin Jin-sik Shin Sun-ho

Women 8th place Squad Choi Kwang-hee Kang Hye-mi Koo Ki-lan Ku Min-jung Chang So-yun Chung Sun-hye Kim Gui-kyun Lee Meong-hee Lee Yeon-soon Lee Yun-hui Park Mee-kyung Soo-jeong Park

Diving

Men Kwon Kyung-min Art jumping: 34th place Cho Dae-don Diving: 32nd place Yoo Chang-joon Diving: 29th place

Women Choi Hye-jin Diving: 39th place

Web links

• South Korean Olympic team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )