South Korea at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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South Korea at the Olympic Games
Flag of South Korea
IOC code:	KOR
NOC:	Korean Olympic Committee external link (Korean)
1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Medals	Gold 6	Silver 6	Bronze 7	Total 19
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics.

1 Medals
2 Results by event

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Seo Hyang-Soon — Archery, Women's Individual Competition

Shin Joon-Sup — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Ahn Byeong-keun — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)

Ha Hyoung-Zoo — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)

Kim Weon-Kee — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

You In-Tak — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)

[edit] Silver

Park Chan-Sook, Sung Jung-A, Lee Hyung-Sook, Lee Mi-Ja, Moon Kyung-Ja, Kim Eun-Sook, Kim Hwa-Soon, Kim Young-Hee, Choi Aei-Young, Choi Kyung-Hee, and Jeong Myung-Hee — Basketball, Women's Team Competition

An Young-Su — Boxing, Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Yoon Soo-Kyung, Shon Mi-Na, Sung Kyung-Hwa, Yoon Byung-Soon, Kim Ok-Hwa, Lee Soon-Ei, Lee Young-Ja, Kim Choon-Rye, Kim Kyung-Soon, Kim Mi-Sook, Han Hwa-Soo, Jeong Hyoi-Soon, and Jeung Soon-Bok — Handball, Women's Team Competition

Kim Jae-Yup — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

Hwang Jung-Oh — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

Kim Jong-Kyu — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)

[edit] Bronze

Kim Jin-Ho — Archery, Women's Individual Competition

Chun Chil-Sung — Boxing, Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Cho Yong-Chul — Judo, Men's Heavyweight (+ 95 kg)

Bang Dae-Du — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Son Gab-Do — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Kim Eui-Kon — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)

Lee Jung-Keun — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Korea's second appearance in Olympic archery was highly successful, especially for the women's team. Seo Hyang-Soon (서향순) set new Olympic records in both the single and double FITA round categories. The Korean medalists were separated by only 13 points, while the fourth place competitor was 31 points behind Kim Jin-Ho (김진호).

Women's Individual Competition

Seo Hyang-Soon (서향순) — 2568 points (→ Gold Medal and Olympic Record)
Kim Jin-Ho (김진호) — 2555 points (→ Bronze Medal)
Park Young-Sook (박영숙) — 2445 points (→ 17th place)

Men's Individual Competition

Koo Ja-Chung (구자중) — 2500 points (→ 8th place)
Choi Won-Tae (최원태) — 2490 points (→ 11th place)
Jeon In-Su (전인수) — 2467 points (→ 22nd place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

Lee Hong-Yul — 2:20:56 (→ 37th place)
Hong Nak-Chae — 2:23:33 (→ 48th place)
Kim Won-Sick — 2:30:57 (→ 58th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Kim Kwang-Sun
1. First Round — Lost to Paul Gonzales (United States), on points (0:5)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Moon Sung-Kil
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated John Hyland (Great Britain), retired in third round
3. Third Round — Defeated Robert Shannon (United States), referee stopped contest in third round
4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Pedro Nolasco (Dominican Republic), referee stopped contest in first round

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Shin Joon-Sup → Gold Medal
1. First Round – Defeated Patrick Lihanda (Uganda), on points (5:0)
2. Second Round – Defeated Rick Duff (Canada), on points (4:1)
3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Jeremiah Okorodudu (Nigeria), on points (4:1)
4. Semifinals – Defeated Aristides González (Puerto Rico), on points (4:1)
5. Final – Defeated Virgil Hill (United States), on points (3:2)