2016 Summer Olympics / Participants (North Korea)

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North Korea took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . It was the tenth participation in the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea nominated 35 athletes in nine sports.

North Korea was ranked 34th in the medal table. Olympic champions were the weightlifter Rim Jong-sim and the gymnast Ri Se-gwang .

Participants by sport

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Kang Un-ju	singles	643	15th	Sarah Nikitin	6-0	Christine Bjerendal	6–2	Chang Hye-jin	2-6	eliminated

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Women
Choe Hyo-sim	Class up to 63 kg	105 kg	3	143 kg	2	248 kg	2	silver
Rim Jong-sim	Class up to 75 kg	121 kg	1	153 kg	1	274 kg	1	gold
Kim Kuk-hyang	Class over 75 kg	131 kg	1	175 kg	2	306 kg	2	silver
Men
Om Yun-chol	Class up to 56 kg	134 kg	2	169 kg	2	303 kg	2	silver
Kim Myong-hyok	Class up to 69 kg	157 kg	3	196 kg	DNF
Kwon Yong-gwang	Class up to 69 kg	137 kg	16	176 kg	11	313 kg	14th	14th
Choe Jon-wi	Class up to 77 kg	153 kg	8th	190 kg	8th	343 kg	8th	8th

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Quarter finals		Semi-finals / consolation round		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Kim Sol-mi	up to 48 kg	I. Dolgova	000s1: 010	eliminated								17th
Sol Kyong	up to 78 kg	bye		A. Tcheuméo	000s0: 100s1	eliminated						9
Men
Hong Kuk-hyon	up to 73 kg	P. Duprat	000s1: 100s1 (GS)	eliminated in the qualifying round

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Kim Hye-gyong	marathon	-		-		2:28:36 h	11	11
Kim Hye song	marathon	-		-		2:28:36 h	10	10
Kim Kum-ok	marathon	-		-		2:38:24 h	49	49
Men
Pak Chol	marathon	-		-		2:15:27 h	27	27

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Round of Hope quarterfinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Freestyle women
Kim Hyon-gyong	Class up to 48 kg	Milana Dadasheva	1: 3	eliminated														13
Jong Myong-suk	Class up to 53 kg	Jillian Gallays	4-0	Bediha Gün	4-0	Helen Maroulis	1: 3	eliminated		bye		Zhong Xuechun	1: 3	eliminated				7th
Greco-Roman style men
Yun Won-chol	Class up to 59 kg	bye		Haithem Mahmoud	3: 1	Elmurat Tasmuradov	0: 4	eliminated										10
Freestyle men
Jong Hak-jin	Class up to 57 kg	Rei Higuchi	1: 4	eliminated						Asadulla Lachinau	3: 1	Yowlys Bonne	1: 4	eliminated				8th

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		Semifinals		final		Rings / discs	rank
		Rings / discs	rank	Rings / discs	rank	Rings / discs	rank
Women
Jo Yong-suk	Air pistol 10 meters	381	12	-		eliminated		381	12
Jo Yong-suk	Sports pistol 25 meters	582	6th	12	7th	eliminated		594	7th
Pak Yong-hui	Trap	65	12	eliminated				65	12
Men
Kim Jong-su	Air pistol 10 meters	575	27	-		eliminated		575	27
Kim Song-guk	Air pistol 10 meters	577	17th	-		eliminated		577	17th
Kim Jong-su	Free pistol 50 meters	548	24	eliminated				548	24
Kim Song-guk	Free pistol 50 meters	557	5	-		172.8	3	729.8	bronze

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Kim Song-i	singles	bye		Katarzyna Grzybowska	4-0	Kasumi Ishikawa	4: 3	Chen Szu-yu	4: 2	Yu Mengyu	4: 2	Ding Ning	1: 4	Ai Fukuhara	4: 1	bronze
Ri Myong-sun	singles	bye		Petra Lovas	4: 1	Petrissa Solja	4-0	Ai Fukuhara	0: 4	eliminated
Kim Song-i Ri Mi-gyong Ri Myong-sun	team	Australia	3-0	-		-		-		China	0: 3	eliminated

do gymnastics

Apparatus gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Hong Un-jong	Leap	15.683	2	14,900	6th	6th
Hong Un-jong	ground	12,533	71	eliminated		71
Men
Ri Se-gwang	Leap	15,433	1	15.691	1	gold

Diving

Athletes	competition	Pre-fight		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Kim Kuk-hyang	Diving 10 m	263.20	25th	eliminated				25th
Kim Un-hyang	Diving 10 m	289.45	18th	343.70	5	357.90	7th	7th
Kim Kuk-hyang Kim Mi-rae	Synchronized jumping 10 m	-		-		322.44	4th	4th

Web links

• Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed July 31, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).