South Korea at the 2004 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 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 264 (145 men and 119 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Gu Min-Jung
Medals
Rank: 9		 Gold
9		 Silver
12		 Bronze
9		 Total
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South Korea competed as Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Both North Korea and South Korea marched together in the Parade of Nations at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies under the Unification Flag, a white flag showing the united Korean Peninsula in blue. They had two flagbearers carrying the flag together at each occasion, one representing the North and the other representing the South. The female athletes and staff wore red blazers, while their male counterparts wore blue. Although they marched together, the teams competed separately and had separate medal tallies.

Contents

Medalists

Medal Competitor Event
Gold Park Sung-Hyun Archery, women's individual
Gold Im Dong-Hyun, Jang Yong-Ho, Park Kyung-Mo Archery, men's team
Gold Park Sung-Hyun, Lee Sung-Jin, Yun Mi-Jin Archery, women's team
Gold Kim Dong-Moon, Ha Tae-kwon Badminton, men's doubles
Gold Lee Won-Hee Judo, men's 73 kg
Gold Ryu Seung-Min Table Tennis, men's singles
Gold Moon Dae-Sung Taekwondo, men's heavyweight (over 80 kg)
Gold Jang Ji-Won Taekwondo, women's featherweight (57 kg)
Gold Jung Ji-Hyun Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
Silver Lee Sung-Jin Archery, women's individual
Silver Shon Seung-mo Badminton, men's singles
Silver Lee Dong-soo, Yoo Yong-sung Badminton, men's doubles
Silver Kim Dae-Eun Gymnastics, artistic - men's individual all-around
Silver Choi Im-jeong, Huh Soon-Young, Huh Young-Sook, Jang So-Hee, Kim Cha-Youn, Kim Hyun-Ok, Lee Gong-Joo, Lee Sang-Eun, Lim O-Kyeong, Moon Kyeong-Ha, Moon Pil-Hee, Myoung Bok-Hee, Oh Seong-Ok, Oh Yong-Ran, and Woo Sun-Hee Handball, women's team competition
Silver Jang Sung-Ho Judo, men's 100 kg
Silver Jin Jong-oh Shooting, men's 50 pistol
Silver Lee Bo-Na Shooting, women's double trap
Silver Lee Eun-Sil, Seok Eun-Mi Table Tennis, women's doubles
Silver Lee Bae-Young Weightlifting, men's 69 kg
Silver Jang Mi-Ran Weightlifting, women's +75 kg
Silver Moon Eui-Jae Wrestling, men's freestyle 84 kg
Bronze Ra Kyung-min, Lee Kyung-won Badminton, women's doubles
Bronze Jo Seok-Hwan Boxing, men's featherweight (57 kg)
Bronze Kim Jung-Joo Boxing, men's welterweight (69 kg)
Bronze Yang Tae-Young Gymnastics, artistic - men's individual all-around
Bronze Choi Min-Ho Judo, men's 60 kg
Bronze Lee Bo-Na Shooting, women's trap
Bronze Kim Kyung-Ah Table tennis, women's singles
Bronze Song Myeong-Seob Taekwondo, men's featherweight (68 kg)
Bronze Hwang Kyung-Sun Taekwondo, women's welterweight (67 kg)

Results by event

Archery

Men

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Park Kyung-Mo Individual 672 4  Elder (FIJ) (61)
W 154-138		  Zabrodskiy (KAZ) (29)
W 164 (+20)-164 (+19)		  Prilepov (BLR) (45)
W 173-166		  Cuddihy (AUS) (12)
L 111-112		 Did not advance 5
Im Dong-Hyun Individual 687 WR 1  Bundhun (MRI) (64)
W 152-109		  Karageorgiou (GRE) (33)
W 171-159		  Prasad (IND) (48)
W 167-165		  Yamamoto (JPN) (9)
L 110-111		 Did not advance 6
Jang Yong-Ho Individual 671 5  Nanos (GRE) (60)
W 162-131		  Furukawa (JPN) (37)
W 166-163		  Cuddihy (AUS) (12)
L 112-113		 Did not advance 11
Park Kyung-Mo
Im Dong-Hyun
Jang Yong-Ho		 Team 2030 1 Bye  Netherlands (NED) (9)
W 250-249		  Ukraine (UKR) (12)
W 242-239		  Chinese Taipei (TPE) (6)
W 251-245

Women

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Park Sung-Hyun Individual 682 WR 1  Mansour (EGY) (64)
W 154-102		  Bolotova (RUS) (33)
W 165-148		  Folkard (GBR) (17)
W 171-159		  Psarra (GRE) (8)
W 111-101		  Williamson (GBR) (21)
W 110-100		  Lee (KOR) (2)
W 110-108
Lee Sung-Jin Individual 675 2  Bahnasawy (EGY) (63)
W 164-127		  Romantzi (GER) (34)
W 166-146		  Galinovskaya (RUS) (15)
W 165-154		  Wu (TPE) (10)
W 104-103		  Yuan (TPE) (6)
W 104-98		  Park (KOR) (1)
L 108-110
Yun Mi-Jin Individual 673 3  Karasyova (BLR) (62)
W 162-155		  Matsushita (JPN) (35)
W 173-149		  Nichols (USA) (19)
W 168-162		  Yuan (TPE) (6)
L 105-107		 Did not advance 5
Park Sung-Hyun
Lee Sung-Jin
Yun Mi-Jin		 Team 2030 WR 1 Bye  Greece (GRE) (8)
W 244-232		  France (FRA) (5)
W 249-234		  China (CHN) (3)
W 241-240

Athletics

Track and road

Event Athletes Heat Round 1 Heat Round 2 Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Men's 110 m hurdles Park Tae-Kyong 13.96 43 Did not advance
Men's 800 metre Lee Jae-Hoon 1:46.24 T26 Did not advance
Men's marathon Lee Bong-Ju 2:15.33 14
Ji Yeong-Jun 2:16.14 17
Lee Myong-Seung 2:21:01 41
Men's 20 km walk Shin Il-Yong 1:28:02 29
Lee Dae-Ro 1:28:59 33
Park Chil-Sung 1:32:41 41
Men's 50 km walk Kim Dong-Young 4:05:16 27
Women's Marathon Lee Eun-Jung 2:37:23 19
Chung Yun-Hee 2:38:57 23
Choi Kyung-Hee 2:44:05 35
Women's 20 km walk Kim Mi-Jung Disqualified

Field

Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Men's triple jump Park Hyeong-Jin 15.84 39 Did not advance
Men's pole vault Kim Yoo-Suk 5.30 T33 Did not advance
Men's javelin throw Park Jae-Myong 72.70 29 Did not advance
Women's javelin throw Jang Jeong-Yeon 53.93 36 Did not advance
Women's shot put Lee Mi-Young 16.35 28 Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Shon Seung-mo Singles  Viitikko (FIN)
W 2-0		  Vaughan (GBR)
W 2-0		  Chen (CHN)
W 2-1		  Kuncoro (INA)
W 2-1		  Hidayat (INA)
L 0-2
Park Tae-sang Singles  Gupta (IND)
W 2-0		  Bao (CHN)
W 2-0		  Kuncoro (INA)
L 0-2		 Did not advance T5
Lee Hyun-Il Singles  Brehaut (AUS)
W 2-0		  Ponsana (THA)
L 0-2		 Did not advance T9
Kim Dong-moon
Ha Tae-kwon		 Doubles Bye  Mateusiak
and Łogosz (POL)
W 2-0		  Zheng
and Sang (CHN)
W 2-0		  Hian
and Limpele (INA)
W 2-0		  Lee
and Yoo (KOR)
W 2-0
Lee Dong-soo
Yoo Yong-sung		 Doubles  José Antonio
and Sergio (ESP)
W 2-0		  Hadiyanto
and Yulianto (INA)
W 2-0		  Choong
and Lee (MAS)
W 2-1		  Eriksen
and Hansen (DEN)
W 2-1		  Kim
and Ha (KOR)
L 0-2
Yim Bang-eun
Kim Yong-hyun		 Doubles Bye  Paaske
and Rasmussen (DEN)
W 2-1		  Hian
and Limpele (INA)
L 0-2		 Did not advance T5

Women

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Jun Jae-Youn Singles  Reid (CAN)
W 2-0		  Cheng (TPE)
L 1-2		 Did not advance T9
Seo Yoon-hee Singles  Pi (FRA)
W 2-1		  Nedelcheva (BUL)
L 1-2		 Did not advance T9
Ra Kyung-min
Lee Kyung-won		 Doubles Bye  Harder
and Schjoldager (DEN)
W 2-0		  Bruil-Jonathans
and Audina (NED)
W 2-0		  Zhang
and Yang (CHN)
L 0-2		  Zhao
and Wei (CHN)
W 2-1
Lee Hyo-jung
Hwang Yu-mi		 Doubles Bye  Cheng
and Chien (TPE)
W 2-1		  Zhao
and Wei (CHN)
L 1-2		 Did not advance T5

Mixed

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Kim Dong-moon
Ra Kyung-min		 Doubles Bye  Bruil
and Bruil-Jonathans (NED)
W 2-0		  Rasmussen
and Olsen (DEN)
L 0-2		 Did not advance T5
Kim Yong-hyun
Lee Hyo-jung		 Doubles Bye  Eriksen
and Schjoldager (DEN)
L 1-2		 Did not advance T9

Basketball

Women's competition

Preliminary round (Group B)
Team P W L PF PA Pts
United States 5 5 0 430 285 10
Spain 5 4 1 368 334 9
Czech Republic 5 3 2 418 375 8
New Zealand 5 2 3 321 415 7
China 5 1 4 361 406 6
South Korea 5 0 5 320 393 5
11-12th place classification

Final Ranking : 12th

Boxing

South Korea sent seven boxers to Athens. They returned with two bronze medals, putting them in a four-way tie for 12th place in the boxing medal count. Three lost their round of 32 bouts, while the other four all won in the round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinals. Two more fell there, with the remaining two losing in the semifinals to finish with bronze medals. The combined record of the Korean team was 9-7.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Hong Moo-Won Light flyweight
(-48 kg)		  Rabenarivo (MAD)
W RSC		  Tanamor (PHI)
W 45-25		  Bartelemí (CUB)
L 11-30		 Did not advance T5
Kim Ki-Suk Flyweight
(-51 kg)		  Jongjohor (THA)
L 12-22		 Did not advance T17
Kim Won Il Bantamweight
(-54 kg)		  Petchkoom (THA)
L RSC		 Did not advance T17
Jo Seok-Hwan Featherweight
(-57 kg)		  Tasci (TUR)
W 37-28		  Gaudet (CAN)
W 28-16		  Simion (ROM)
W 39-35		  Tichtchenko (RUS)
L 25-45		 Did not advance
Baik Jong-Sub Lightweight
(-60 kg)		  Kate (HUN)
W 30-23		  Mönkh-Erdene (MGL)
W 33-22		  Khan (GBR)
L RSC		 Did not advance T5
Kim Jung-Joo Welterweight
(-69 kg)		 Bye  Gruşac (MDA)
W 23-20		  Novoa (COL)
W 25-23		  Aragón (CUB)
L 10-38		 Did not advance
Song Hak-Seong Heavyweight
(-81 kg)		  Kensi (ALG)
L 19-25		 Did not advance T17

Cycling

Road cycling

Women's road race:

Track cycling

Men's individual sprint:

Women's points race:

Men's Keirin:

Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance to the final rounds in the individual jumping event, Woo Jung-Ho did not qualify despite placing higher than many that did move on. His final ranking was below all of the qualifiers.

Individual jumping:

Team jumping:

Fencing

Men

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Lee Sang-Yeop Individual épée  Khvorost (UKR)
W 15-11		  Jeannet (FRA)
L 5-15		 Did not advance T9
Choi Byung-Chul Individual épée  Nassiboulline (RUS)
W 15-12		  Joppich (GER)
L 10-15		 Did not advance T9
Ha Chang-Duk Individual épée  Moltchan (RUS)
W 15-13		  Sanzo (ITA)
L 6-15		 Did not advance T9
Park Hee-Kyung Individual épée  Wessels (GER)
W 15-13		  Cassara (ITA)
L 13-15		 Did not advance T9
Oh Eun-Seok Individual sabre  Pillet (FRA)
L 13-15		 Did not advance T17
Choi Byung-Chul
Ha Chang-Duk
Kim Woon-Sung
Park Hee-Kyung		 Team épée  China (CHN)
L 36-45		  Germany (GER)
L 40-45		  Egypt (EGY)
W 45-35		 7

Women

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Kim Hee-Jeong Individual épée  Ermakova (RUS)
W 9-7		  Li (CHN)
W 14-9		  Mincza-Nébald (HUN)
L 9-15		 Did not advance T5
Kim Mi-Jung Individual épée  Duplitzer (GER)
L 9-15		 Did not advance T17
Lee Keum-Nam Individual épée  Halls (AUS)
L 14-15		 Did not advance T17
Nam Hyun-Hee Individual foil  de Castro (BRA)
W 15-6		  Scarlat (ROU)
W 15-7		  Mohamed (HUN)
L 5-15		 Did not advance T5
Lee Shin-Mi Individual sabre  Faez (CUB)
L 13-15		 Did not advance T17
Go Jung-Nam
Kim Hee-Jeong
Kim Mi-Jung
Lee Keum-Nam		 Team épée  Russia (RUS)
L 31-37		  Hungary (HUN)
L 33-40		  Greece (GRE)
W 44-30		 7

Football (Soccer)

Men's: 6th place

Gymnastics

Men

Athlete Event Apparatus Qualification Apparatus Final
F PH R V PB HB Total Rank F PH R V PB HB Total Rank
Kim Dae Eun All-around 9.437 9.537 9.700 9.600 9.075 9.462 56.811 11 Q 9.650 9.537 9.712 9.412 9.775 9.725 57.811
Floor 9.437 9.437 T36 Did not advance
Pommel horse 9.537 9.537 26 Did not advance
Rings 9.700 9.700 T13 Did not advance
Vault 9.600 9.600 T16 Did not advance
Parallel bars 9.075 9.075 61 Did not advance
Horizontal bar 9.462 9.462 44 Did not advance
Yang Tae Young All-around 9.700 9.625 9.625 9.650 9.587 9.737 57.924 2 Q 9.512 9.650 9.725 9.700 9.712 9.475 57.774
Floor 9.700 9.700 T9 Did not advance
Pommel horse 9.625 9.625 T19 Did not advance
Rings 9.625 9.625 T27 Did not advance
Vault 9.650 9.650 T7 Q Did not compete
Parallel bars 9.587 9.587 T30 Did not advance
Horizontal bar 9.737 9.737 T6 Q 8.675 8.675 10
Cho Seong-Min All-around 8.600 9.612 9.412 9.650 37.274 76 Did not advance
Floor 8.600 8.600 76 Did not advance
Rings 9.612 9.612 T33 Did not advance
Vault 9.412 9.412 T41 Did not advance
Parallel bars 9.650 9.650 T21 Did not advance
Kim Dong-Hwa All-around 9.462 9.700 9.325 9.525 38.012 70 Did not advance
Pommel horse 9.462 9.462 T33 Did not advance
Rings 9.700 9.700 T13 Did not advance
Vault 9.325 9.325 T54 Did not advance
Horizontal bar 9.525 9.525 T38 Did not advance
Kim Seung-Il All-around 8.775 8.800 9.437 9.612 9.700 46.324 59 Did not advance
Floor 8.775 8.775 73 Did not advance
Pommel horse 8.800 8.800 T66 Did not advance
Vault 9.437 9.437 37 Did not advance
Parallel bars 9.612 9.612 T26 Did not advance
Horizontal bar 9.700 9.700 T16 Did not advance
Lee Seon-Seong All-around 9.137 9.625 9.425 9.712 37.899 71 Did not advance
Pommel horse 9.137 9.137 55 Did not advance
Rings 9.625 9.625 T27 Did not advance
Parallel bars 9.425 9.425 T45 Did not advance
Horizontal bar 9.712 9.712 15 Did not advance
Kim Dae Eun
Kim Dong-Hwa
Kim Seung-Il
Lee Seon-Seong
Yang Tae-Yeong
Cho Seong-Min		 All-around 36.512 37.761 38.650 38.099 38.274 38.674 227.970 7 Q 28.137 28.637 29.099 28.562 28.737 28.675 274.375 4

Women

Athlete Event Apparatus Qualification Apparatus Final
F V UB BB Total Rank F V UB BB Total Rank
Park Kyung-A All-around 7.812 8.512 7.937 9.462 31.698 62 Did not advance
Floor 7.812 7.812 80 Did not advance
Vault 8.512 8.512 84 Did not advance
Uneven bars 7.937 7.937 82 Did not advance
Balance beam 7.437 7.437 84 Did not advance

Handball

Men's: 8th place

Women's: silver medal

Hockey

Men's: 8th place

Women's: 7th place

Judo

Men's 60 kg:

Men's 66 kg:

Men's 73 kg:

Men's 81 kg:

Men's 90 kg

Men's 100 kg:

Men's + 100 kg:

Women's 48 kg:

Women's 52 kg:

Women's 63 kg:

Women's 70 kg:

Women's 78 kg:

Women's + 78 kg:

Modern pentathlon

Men's

Rowing

Women's Single Sculls

Women's Single Sculls

Sailing

Men's Mistral

Men's 470 class

Laser mixed

Swimming

Men

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lee Chung-Hee Men's 50 m freestyle 23.20 35 Not qualified
Men's 100 m freestyle 51.74 T45 Not qualified
Sung Min Men's 100 m backstroke 56.78 30 Not qualified
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:04.86 32 Not qualified
Yoo Seung-Hyun Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:03.56 31 Not qualified
Jeong Du-Hee Men's 100 m butterfly 54.76 38 Not qualified
Men's 200 m butterfly 2:00.96 24 Not qualified
Han Kyu-Cheol Men's 200 m freestyle 1:52.28 33 Not qualified
Park Tae-Hwan Men's 400 m freestyle Disqualified Not qualified
Jo Sung-Mo Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:43.43 25 Not qualified
Kim Bang-Hyeon Men's 200 m individual medley 2:05.06 32 Not qualified
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:23.05 20 Not qualified

Women

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ryu Yun-Ji Women's 50 m freestyle 26.26 28 Not qualified
Women's 100 m freestyle 56.02 17 QC 55.85 15 Not qualified
Sim Min-Ji Women's 100 m backstroke 1:03.14 24 Not qualified
Lee Ji-Yeong Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:12.93 34 Not qualified
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:34.55 24 Not qualified
Park Kyeong-Hwa Women's 100 m butterfly 1:02.52 33 Not qualified
Kim Hyeon-Ju Women's 200 m freestyle 2:03.33 26 Not qualified
Lee Da-Hye Women's 200 m backstroke 2:17.73 25 Not qualified
Kwon Yu-Ri Women's 200 m butterfly 2:14.30 24 Not qualified
Women's 800 m freestyle 9:01.42 22 Not qualified
Ha Eun-Ju Women's 400 m freestyle 4:21.65 32 Not qualified
Park Na-Ri Women's 200 m individual medley 2:21.48 26 Not qualified
Nam Yu-Seon Women's 400 m individual medley 4:45.16 8 Q 4:50.35 7
Kim Hyeon-Ju
Ryu Yun-Ji
Sim Min-Ji
Seon So-Eun		 Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 3:44.84 9 Not qualified

Nam Yu-seon — 1st time a Korean advanced to the finals

Synchronized swimming

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank
Kim Sung-Eun
Yoo Na-Mi		 Duet 43.834 14 44.250 15 88.084 T14 Did not advance

Tennis

Men's singles:

Women's singles:

Volleyball

Women's:

Officials

References