South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	35 in 7 sports
Medals Rank: 29	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 2
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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Medalists

Silver

• Song Sun-Chun — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

• Kim Chang-Hui — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

Results by event

Athletics

Track and road

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's 800 metres	Sim Sang-Ok	1:55.5	6 (H4)	Did not advance
Men's 1500 metres		4:09.0	13 (H2)	Did not advance
Men's marathon	Lee Chang-Hoon					2:28:45	4
	Choi Chung-Sik					2:36:53	12
	Im Hwa-Dong					Did not finish	-

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result (m)	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's long jump	Seo Yeong-Ju	7.09	18	Did not advance
Men's triple jump	Choi Yeong-Gi	14.86	20 Q	14.65	21
Men's hammer throw	Song Gyo-Sik	53.74	16	Did not advance

Basketball

Group Round

TEAM	PTS	P	W	L	PF	PA
Uruguay	6	3	3	0	238	187
Bulgaria	5	3	2	1	242	199
Republic of China	4	3	1	2	216	249
South Korea	3	3	0	3	194	255

• China 83-76 Korea
• Bulgaria 89-58 Korea
• Uruguay 83-60 Korea

Classification 9-15

Group 2 (9-15)

TEAM	PTS	P	W	L	PF	PA
Canada	4	2	2	0	147	123
Japan	3	2	1	1	143	140
South Korea	0	2	0	2	130	157

• Canada 74-63 Korea
• Japan 83-67 Korea

Classification 13-15

Thailand's loss gave the nation 15th place.

• Korea 61-47 Thailand
• Singapore, BYE

Classification 13/14

• Singapore 92-79 Korea

Korea's final ranking was 14th.

Squad

An Yeong-Sik, An Byeong-Seok, Jo Byeong-Hyeon, Choi Tae-Gon, Kim Chun-Bae, Kim Hyeong-Il, Kim Yeong-Gi, Kim Yeong-Su, Go Se-Tae, Baek Jeong-Nam

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pyo Hyeon-Gi	Flyweight		Libeer (FRA) L by points	Did not advance
Song Sun-Cheon	Bantamweight	Adela (PHI) W by points	Bath (AUS) W by points	Tomaselli (ARG) W by points	Barrientos (CHI) W by points	Behrendt (GER) L by points
Jeong Do-Hun	Featherweight		Zachara (TCH) L by points	Did not advance
Baek Do-Seon	Lightweight		Vairolatto (FRA) L by retired	Did not advance
Hwang Eui-Kyung	Light-Welterweight		de los Santos (PHI) W by disqualified	Dumitrescu (ROU) L by points	Did not advance

Cycling

Road Competition

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kim Ho-Soon	Individual road race	5:34:37	37
Im Sang-Jo	Individual road race	Did Not Finish	-

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Kim Yun-Gi	50 m pistol	463	30th
Chu Hwa-Il	300 m rifle three positions	903	19th

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yu In-Ho	Bantamweight (-56 kg)	90	5	95	5T	135	1	320	4
Kim Hae-Nam		85	10	95	5T	127.5	4	307.5	5
Lee Kyung-Seop	Featherweight (-60 kg)	90	16	95	8	127.5	4T	312.5	8
Kim Chang-Hui	Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	107.5	11	112.5	7	150	1T	370	3
Kim Seong-Jip	Middleweight (-75 kg)	125	2	110	11	145	6	380	5
Park Dong-Cheol	Middle-Heavyweight (-90 kg)	120	12	0	-	-	-	120	15

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lee Jeong-Gyu	Flyweight (−52 kg)	Abdul (PAK) W by fall	Daware (IND) L 0-3
Lee Sang-Gyun	Bantamweight (−57 kg)	Ramel (PHI) W by fall	Zahur (PAK) W 2-1	Bye	Iizuka (JPN) L 0-3
Oh Tae-Keun	Lightweight (−67 kg)	Ashraf (PAK) L by fall

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database