South Korea at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

South Korea at the Paralympic Games

Flag of South Korea
IPC code  KOR
NPC Korean Paralympic Committee
At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem
Competitors in 3 sports
Medals
Rank: 26		 Gold
2		 Silver
2		 Bronze
1		 Total
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Paralympic history (summary)
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South Korea competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Kim Yoon-Bae Archery Men's Advanced metric round paraplegic
 Gold Choi Dong-Sik Table tennis Men's Singles 3
 Silver Choi Tae-Am Table tennis Men's Singles 2
 Silver Uh Jong-Hoe
Kim Si-Un 		Table tennis Men's Teams 1C
 Bronze Kim So-Boo
Choi Dong-Sik 		Table tennis Men's Teams 4

Archery

Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Kim Yoon-Bae Men's Advanced metric round paraplegic 884 1st
Chang Ki-Ki Men's Double FITA round paraplegic 2164 14

Dartchery

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
South Korea Men's Pairs open  Great Britain (GBR)
Won		  Finland (FIN)
Won		  Norway (NOR)
Lose		  United States (USA)
Lose		 4

Table tennis

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Kim Si-Un Men's Singles 1C bye  E. Broos (NED)
W 2–0		  Daniel Jeannin (FRA)
L 0–2
Uh Young-Ho Men's Singles 1C bye  Aldo Licciardi (ITA)
W 2–1		  G. Bunderud (SWE)
L 0–2
Choi Tae-Am Men's Singles 2 bye  See Yang Choi (HKG)
W 2–1		  Fritz Altendorfer (AUT)
W 2–0		  K. Kuijala (FIN)
W 2–0		  Franz Mandl (AUT)
L 0–2
Nam Kwi-Teak Men's Singles 2  Carlo Jannucci (ITA)
W 2–0		  G. Nilsson (SWE)
L 0–2
Choi Dong-Sik Men's Singles 3 bye  Andre Hennaert (FRA)
W 2–0		  H. Gentner (FRG)
W 2–0		  Michael Cunningham (IRL)
W 2–0		  Engelbert Rangger (AUT)
W 2–0
Yang Un-Seung Men's Singles 3  B. Edbrom (SWE)
W 2–0		  Heinz Simon (FRG)
W 2–1		  Engelbert Rangger (AUT)
Lose
Kim So-Boo Men's Singles 4 bye  P. Glaese (FRG)
W 2–0		  Michael Dempsey (USA)
L 0–2
Uh Young-Ho
Kim Si-Un		 Men's Teams 1C n/a bye  Aldo Licciardi /
Paolo D'Agostini (ITA)
W 3–1		  G. Laner /
B. Boerstler (FRG)
L 0–3
Choi Tae-Am
Nam Kwi-Teak		 Men's Teams 2 n/a bye  Manfred Emmel /
R. Loercher (FRG)
L 1–3
Kim So-Boo
Choi Dong-Sik		 Men's Teams 4 n/a bye  Franz Nietlispach /
Wolfgang Henklotz (SUI)
W 3–2		  Michael Dempsey /
Gary Kerr / T. Kaus (USA)
L 2–3		  K. Lerner /
Martin Huegenich (FRG)
W 3–0

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