South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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South Korea at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg
IOC code KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.sports.or.kr  (in Korean and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors300 (189 men and 111 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Choi Cheon-sik
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
7
Silver
15
Bronze
5
Total
27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 300 competitors, 189 men and 111 women, took part in 160 events in 25 sports. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sim Kwon-ho Wrestling Greco-Roman 48 kg 21 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jeon Ki-young Judo Men's 86 kg 22 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cho Min-sun Judo Women's 66 kg 22 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Kyung-wook Archery Women's Individual 31 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Dong-moon
Gil Young-ah
Badminton Mixed doubles 1 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bang Soo-hyun Badminton Women's Singles 1 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Kyung-wook
Kim Jo-sun
Yoon Hye-young
Archery Women's team 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kim Min-soo Judo Men's 95 kg

21 July

Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kwak Dae-sung Judo Men's 71 kg 24 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jung Sun-yong Judo Men's 52 kg

24 July

Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hyun Sook-hee Judo Men's 52 kg

25 July

Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yeo Hong-chul Gymnastics Men's vault 29 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yang Hyun-mo Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 30 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gil Young-ah
Jang Hye-ock
Badminton Women's Doubles 31 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Park Joo-bong
Ra Kyung-min
Badminton Mixed doubles 1 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Field Hockey Women's tournament 1 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Oh Kyo-moon
Kim Bo-ram
Jang Yong-ho
Archery Men's team 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jang Jae-sung Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Park Jang-soon Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Handball Women's tournament 3 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Bong-ju Athletics Men's Marathon 4 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Seung-bae Boxing Light heavyweight 4 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Cho In-chul Judo Men's 78 kg 23 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jung Sung-sook Judo Men's 61 kg 23 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ryu Ji-hae
Park Hae-jung
Table Tennis Women's doubles 29 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yoo Nam-kyu
Lee Chul-seung
Table Tennis Men's doubles 30 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Oh Kyo-moon Archery Men's individual 1 August

Archery

Korea's fifth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals in the women's competitions as well as a silver medal and a bronze medal in the men's competitions. The only individual eliminated before the quarterfinals was Yoon Hye-Young, though she did set an Olympic record in the 36 arrow R32/R16 combined.

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification 58.66m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification 16.92m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Badminton

Baseball

Korea's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish for the team. The Koreans won only one game in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands. This put them in eighth place and ended their involvement in the competition.

Men's Team Competition:

Basketball

Men's tournament

Preliminary round
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg FR Yugoslavia 550478364+11410Quarterfinals
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 541492438+549
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 532402416148
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 523498494+47
5Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5144474651869th place playoff
6Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 505422562140511th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg11188Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half:64–37, 47–51
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Dorge 10
Asts: Heal 11
Pts: J. K. Jung 23
Rebs: J. K. Jung 8
Asts: D. H. Kang 8
Atlanta
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg8698Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half:52–51, 34–47
Pts: K. E. Moon 20
Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 11
Asts: Hur Jae 12
Pts: Ortiz 37
Rebs: Ortiz 14
Asts: Alicea 10
Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
FR Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg11865Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half:57–28, 61–37
Pts: Danilović 19
Rebs: Divac 8
Asts: Đorđević 10
Pts: J. Y. Hyun 20
Rebs: D. H. Kang 4
Asts: Hur Jae 5
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Virun Thongpila (THA)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg86108Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by half: 44–56, 42–52
Pts: J. Y. Hyun 24
Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6
Asts: D. H. Kang 10
Pts: Sigalas 22
Rebs: Rentzias 8
Asts: Bakatsias, Sigalas 6
Atlanta
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Yi Cui (CHN)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg12797Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half:66–49, 61–48
Pts: Schmidt 25
Rebs: dos Santos 8
Asts: Minuci 9
Pts: D. H. Kang 24
Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 6
Asts: D. H. Kang 7
Atlanta
Referees: Jiazhong Zhu (CHN), Tomislav Jovancic (YUG)
9th−12th place classification
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
15:00
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg9779Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half:44–41, 53–38
Pts: Espil 26
Rebs: Pérez 9
Asts: Espil 8
Pts: J. K. Jung 17
Rebs: H. C. Chun 8
Asts: D. H. Kang 8
Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Zhu Jiazhong (CHN)
11th place match
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
10:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg6199Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half: 33–48, 28–51
Pts: D. H. Kang 17
Rebs: H. C. Chun 5
Asts: S. M. Lee, D. H. Kang 6
Pts: Dias 27
Rebs: Dias 11
Asts: Moreira 5
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX), Juan Brea Diaz (CUB)

Women's tournament

Preliminary round
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)550507339+16810 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53235435848 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 532369319+508 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 523365377127 [lower-alpha 2]
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 523347389427 [lower-alpha 2]
6Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire 5052874471605
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Ukraine 1–0 Australia
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–0 South Korea
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg6176Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Pts: Yoo Y-j 16
Rebs: Yu Y-j 9
Asts: Chun J-w 5
Pts: Sporn 21
Rebs: Sporn, Sandie 10
Asts: Timms 5
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg7055Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Pts: León 20
Rebs: Martínez 14
Asts: León, Henry 4
Pts: Jung S-m 16
Rebs: Chun J-w 9
Asts: Chun E-s 3
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg7267Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Pts: Yoo Y-j, Chun E-s 14
Rebs: Jung S-m 7
Asts: Chun E-s, Chun J-w 5
Pts: Tkachenko 21
Rebs: Tkachenko 11
Asts: Zhyrko 8
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Zaire  Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg7195Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Pts: Mabika 30
Rebs: Tshijuka, Ngalula 7
Asts: Ngalula 3
Pts: Chun E-s 29
Rebs: Chun J-w 6
Asts: Chun E-s 14
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg64105Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Pts: Jung S-m 17
Rebs: Jung S-m 6
Asts: Chun J-w 7
Pts: McCray 16
Rebs: McCray 9
Asts: Swoopes 4
9th−12th place classification
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
12:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7988Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Scoring by half:41–37, 38–51
Pts: Norman 17
Rebs: Norman 8
Asts: Karch-Gailus 8
Pts: Chun J-w 31
Rebs: Jung S-m, Yoo Y-j 4
Asts: Chun J-w 9
9th place match
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
12:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg8571Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Scoring by half:48–39, 37–32
Pts: Zheng H 29
Rebs: Zheng H 10
Asts: Zheng D 10
Pts: Chun J-w 20
Rebs: Yoo Y-j 6
Asts: Han H-s 5

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight ( 57 kg)

Men's Lightweight

Men's Light-Welterweight

Men's Welterweight

Men's Light-Middleweight

Men's Middleweight ( 75 kg)

Men's Light-Heavyweight ( 81 kg)

Men's Heavyweight ( 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final 6 points (→ 7th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat 293.52 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat 180.15 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Preliminary Heat 166.56 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Fencing

Thirteen fencers, nine men and 4 women, represented South Korea in 1996.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's team competition

  • 5th/8th place: South Korea India 44 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 53)
  • 5th/6th place: South Korea Pakistan 31 → Fifth place

Women's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's:

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Fourteen South Korean shooters (six men and eight women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Park Chul-sung Double trap 1386 Q1834
Lee Eun-chul 50 m rifle prone 5967 Q699.17
50 m rifle 3 positions 116318Did not advance
10 m air rifle 59011Did not advance
Kim Sung-joon 50 m pistol 54837Did not advance
10 m air pistol 57912Did not advance
Kim Sung-joon 50 m pistol 56011Did not advance
10 m air pistol 57336Did not advance
Cha Young-chul 50 m rifle prone 59136Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 115440Did not advance
Lim Young-sueb 10 m air rifle 59011Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Weon Gyung-sook 50 m rifle 3 positions 56832Did not advance
Lee Ho-sook 10 m air pistol 3829Did not advance
Kong Hyun-ah 50 m rifle 3 positions 5836 Q675.86
Park Jung-hee 25 m pistol 57421Did not advance
Kim Jung-mi 10 m air rifle 39119Did not advance
Lee Sang-hui Double trap 9517Did not advance
Boo Soon-hee 10 m air pistol 37915Did not advance
25 m pistol 5835 Q683.94
Jin Soon-young 10 m air rifle 3939Did not advance

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Butterfly

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Table tennis

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Choi Young-ja Women's singles Flag of South Africa.svg  Joannette Kruger  (RSA)
W 6-7(5-7), 6–2, 6-1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy  (NED)
L 2–6, 4-6
Did not advance

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

  • Lost to Italy (0-3)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3)
  • Lost to Russia (0-3)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • Lost to Netherlands (2-3) → Did not advance, 10th place

Women's Indoor Team Competition

  • Defeated Japan (3-0)
  • Lost to China (2-3)
  • Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
  • Lost to United States (1-3)
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (0-3) → Sixth place

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. "South Korea at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-19.