South Korea at the 1954 Asian Games

South Korea at the 2nd Asian Games

Flag of the Republic of Korea
IOC code  KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
1954 Asian Games in Manila
Competitors 57 in 6 sports
Officials 24
Medals
Rank: 3
Gold
8
Silver
6
Bronze
5
Total
19
Asian Games history (summary)
Asian Games
1951 • 1954 • 19581962196619701974197819821986199019941998200220062010
Asian Winter Games
1986199019961999200320072011
Asian Indoor Games
2005 • 2007 • 2009
Asian Beach Games
2008 • 2010
Asian Martial Arts Games
2009
Asian Youth Games
2009
East Asian Games history
East Asian Games
1993 • 1997 • 2001 • 2005 • 2009

South Korea, as Korea participated at the 1954 Asian Games held in the city of Manila, Philippines from May 1, 1954 to May 9, 1954. This country is ranked 3rd with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.[1]

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 2 1 2 5
Boxing 1 2 1 4
Football 0 1 0 1
Weightlifting 5 1 0 6
Wrestling 0 1 2 3
Total 8 6 5 19

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Choi Yoon-Chil Athletics Men's 1500 m
 Gold Choi Chung-Sik Athletics Men's 10000 m
 Gold Park Kyu-Hyun Boxing Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)
 Gold Yu In-Ho Weightlifting Men's -56 kg
 Gold Cho Bong-Mok Weightlifting Men's -67.5 kg
 Gold Kim Chang-Hee Weightlifting Men's -75 kg
 Gold Kim Seong-Jip Weightlifting Men's -87.5 kg
 Gold Ko Jong-Koo Weightlifting Men's -90 kg
 Silver Choi Yoon-Chil Athletics Men's 5000 m
 Silver Lee Jang-Kyo Boxing Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)
 Silver Lee Sam-Yong Boxing Men's Lightwelterweight (-63.5 kg)
 Silver Team Korea Football Men's Team competition
 Silver Han Deok-Heung Wrestling Men's Freestyle -57 kg
 Silver Na Si-Yoon Weightlifting Men's -75 kg
 Bronze Choi Young-Ki Athletics Men's Triple jump
 Bronze Song Kyo-Sik Athletics Men's Hammer throw]
 Bronze Kim Yoon-Seo Boxing Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)
 Bronze Kim Young-Jun Wrestling Men's Freestyle -62 kg
 Bronze Lim Bae-Young Wrestling Men's Freestyle -73 kg

References