South Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the Olympic Games

Flag of South Korea – Flag bearers
IOC code  KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.koc.org (Korean) (English)
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 33		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents

Medalists

Silver

Results by event

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, South Korea entered three women. Their highest placing competitor was Kim Ho Gu, at 7th place in the women's competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification Round — 2.00m (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Heat — 41.78s (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification Round — 15.78m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification Round — DNS (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2
  • Third Round — Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), TKO-2

Swimming

Men's 400 m freestyle:

Men's 1500 m freestyle

Volleyball

Men's: 7th place

Women's: 4th place

Weightlifting

Lightweight: