South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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South Korea at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals Gold
7		 Silver
15		 Bronze
5		 Total
27
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South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Contents

[edit] Medals

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[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Korea's fifth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals in the women's competitions as well as a silver medal and a bronze medal in the men's competitions. The only individual eliminated before the quarterfinals was Yoon Hye-Young, though she did set an Olympic record in the 36 arrow R32/R16 combined.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Oh Kyo-Moon - Bronze medal match, Bronze Medal (5-1)
  • Kim Bo-Ram - Quarterfinal, 5th place (3-1)
  • Jang Yong-Ho - Quarterfinal, 7th place (3-1)

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Oh, Kim, and Jang - Final, Silver Medal (3-1)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Kim, Kim, and Yoon - Final, Gold Medal (4-0)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Long Jump

  • Sung Hee-Jun
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Kim Wan-Ki — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Lee Young-Sun
  • Qualification — 58.66m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 16.92m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Oh Mi-Ja — 2:36.54 (→ 30th place)
  • Kang Soon-Duk — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Lee Mi-Kyung — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Baseball

Korea's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish for the team. The Koreans won only one game in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands. This put them in eighth place and ended their involvement in the competition.

Men's Team Competition:

  • South Korea - 8th place (1-6)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Soo Young Shin
    1. First Round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (Russia), 7-10

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Lim-Chul Moon
    1. First Round — Lost to Bertrand Tetsia (Cameroon), 2-12

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Kim Yong-Mi
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Cho Ho-Sung
  • Final — 6 points (→ 7th place)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • South Korea – Great Britain 2–2
  • South Korea – Australia 2–3
  • South Korea – South Africa 3–3
  • South Korea – Netherlands 1–3
  • South Korea – Malaysia 4–2
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: South Korea – India 4–4 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 5–3)
  • 5th/6th place: South Korea – Pakistan 3–1 → Fifth place
  • Team Roster
  • Koo Jin-Soo
  • Shin Seok-Kyo
  • Han Beung-Kook
  • You Myung-Keun
  • Cho Myung-Jun
  • Jeon Jong-Ha
  • You Seung-Jin
  • Park Shin-Heum
  • Kang Keon-Wook
  • Kim Jong-Yi
  • Jeong Yong-Kyun
  • Song Seung-Tae
  • Kim Yong-Bae
  • Hong Kyung-Suep
  • Kim Young-Kyu
  • Kim Yoon

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • South Korea – Great Britain 5–0
  • South Korea – United States 2–3
  • South Korea – Netherlands 3–1
  • South Korea – Australia 3–3
  • South Korea – Spain 2–0
  • [[South

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's:

  • Kim Mi-Sub – 5367pts (11th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Yun-Ho Koh
    1. Heat – 1:52.80 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Cheol Woo
    1. Heat – 4:03.11 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Gyu-Chang Lee
    1. Heat – 15:47.92 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Min-Suk Kim
    1. Heat – 58.43 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Sang-Joon Ji
    1. Heat – 2:01.39
    2. B-Final – 2:02.68 (→ 14th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Kwang-Jea Cho
    1. Heat – 1:03.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Kwang-Jea Cho
    1. Heat – 2:04.53 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Bang-Hyun Kim
    1. Heat – 2:06.99 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Bang-Hyun Kim
    1. Heat – 4:31.16 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Yun-Ho Koh, Gyu-Chang Lee, Cheol Woo, and Min-Suk Kim
    1. Heat – 7:45.98 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Min-Suk Kim, Kwang-Jea Cho, Dae-Chu Yang, and Yun-Ho Koh
    1. Heat – 3:50.83 (→ did not advance, 17th place)


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Bo-Eun Lee
    1. Heat – 58.27 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Ji-Hyun Lee
    1. Heat – 2:05.78 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Eun-Na Jeong
    1. Heat – 4:23.35 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Hyun-Soo Suh
    1. Heat – 9:03.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Ji-Hyun Lee
    1. Heat – 1:03.96 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Chang-Ha Lee
    1. Heat – 2:14.18
    2. B-Final – 2:14.55 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Hye-Young Byun
    1. Heat – 1:12.85 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Joo-Hee Roh
    1. Heat – 2:36.20 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Ji-Hyun Lee
    1. Heat – 2:22.97 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Ji-Hyun Lee
    1. Heat – 4:59.52 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Bo-Eun Lee, So-Yung Seo, Ji-Hyun Lee, and Eun-Na Jeong
    1. Heat – 3:57.83 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Eun-Na Jeong, Bo-Eun Lee, Ji-Hyun Lee, and So-Yung Seo
    1. Heat – 8:22.90 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Ji-Hyun Lee, Hye-Young Byun, Woo-Hee Park, and Bo-Eun Lee
    1. Heat – 4:18.98 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • Young-Ja Choi
    1. First round — Defeated Joanette Kruger (South Africa) 7-6 2-6 1-6
    2. Second round — Lost to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Netherlands) 2-6 4-6

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Indoor Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Italy (0-3)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3)
  • Lost to Russia (0-3)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • Lost to Netherlands (2-3) → did not advance, 10th place
  • Team Roster
  • Bang Sin-Bong
  • Shin Young-Chul
  • Choi Cheon-Sik
  • Ha Jong-Hwa
  • Im Do-Hun
  • Kim Sang-Woo
  • Kim Se-Jin
  • Lee Sung-Hee
  • Park Hee-Sang
  • Park Sun-Chool
  • Shin Jin-Sik
  • Shin Jung-Sub

[edit] Women's Indoor Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Japan (3-0)
  • Lost to China (2-3)
  • Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
  • Lost to United States (1-3)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Classification Matches
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (0-3) → Sixth place
  • Team Roster
  • Chang So-Yun
  • Chang Yoon-Hee
  • Choi Kwang-Hee
  • Chung Sun-Hye
  • Eoh Yeon-Soon
  • Hong Ji-Yeon
  • Kang Hye-Mi
  • Kim Nam-Soon
  • Lee In-Sook
  • Lee Soo-Jung
  • Park Soo-Jeong
  • Yoo Yin-Kyung
  • Head Coach: Kim Cheol-Yong