South Korea at the 2008 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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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South Korea will compete (as Korea) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who have qualified for the Olympics.

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[edit] Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Korea's won the championship in both the men's and women's events. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.[1]

[edit] Baseball

Korea placed second in the Final Qualifying Tournament, earning the South Korea national baseball team a qualification spot in baseball. 2008 will be Korea's third appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament; the team took the bronze medal in 2000 and placed eighth in 1996.

[edit] Basketball

Korea's women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2007. It will be the women's team's sixth Olympic appearance.

The men's team finished third at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

[edit] Boxing

Korea qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Lee, Baik, and Kim each earned their spots at the first Asian qualifying tournament.[2] Han and Cho joined them as Olympic qualifiers at the second qualifying tournament.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results
  2. ^ 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
  3. ^ 2nd AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
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