South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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IOC code	KOR
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	267 in 25 sports
Flag bearer	Jang Sung-Ho (opening); Jang Mi-Ran (closing)
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South Korea competed (as Korea) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games.^[1]

North and South Korea had initially intended to send a joint delegation to the Games,^[2]^[3] but were unable to agree on the details of its implementation.^[4]^[5] (see North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics)

The South Korean contingent aimed for ten gold medals and to be ranked in the top ten in the games. However, they exceeded expectations and the nation was ranked seventh in the end, putting it above Japan, Italy and France with 13 gold medals, the highest number of gold medals earned in its Olympic history.

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Choi Min-ho	Judo	Men 60 kg
1 Gold	Park Tae-Hwan	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle
1 Gold	Joo Hyun-Jung Park Sung-Hyun Yun Ok-Hee	Archery	Women's team
1 Gold	Im Dong-Hyun Lee Chang-Hwan Park Kyung-Mo	Archery	Men's team
1 Gold	Jin Jong-Oh	Shooting	Men's 50 m pistol
1 Gold	Sa Jae-Hyouk	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
1 Gold	Jang Mi-Ran	Weightlifting	Women's +75 kg
1 Gold	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	Badminton	Mixed doubles
1 Gold	Lim Su-Jeong	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg
1 Gold	Son Tae-Jin	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg
1 Gold	Hwang Kyung-Sun	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
1 Gold	Cha Dong-Min	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg
1 Gold	Men's national team	Baseball	Men's competition
2 Silver	Jin Jong-Oh	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol
2 Silver	Yoon Jin-Hee	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
2 Silver	Wang Ki-Chun	Judo	Men's 73 kg
2 Silver	Nam Hyun-Hee	Fencing	Women's foil
2 Silver	Park Tae-Hwan	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle
2 Silver	Kim Jae-Bum	Judo	Men's 81 kg
2 Silver	Park Sung-Hyun	Archery	Women's individual
2 Silver	Park Kyung-Mo	Archery	Men's individual
2 Silver	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Badminton	Women's doubles
2 Silver	Yoo Won-Chul	Gymnastics	Men's parallel bars
3 Bronze	Park Eun-Chul	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
3 Bronze	Yun Ok-Hee	Archery	Women's individual
3 Bronze	Jeong Gyeong-Mi	Judo	Women's 78 kg
3 Bronze	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	Badminton	Men's doubles
3 Bronze	Dang Ye Seo Kim Kyung Ah Park Mi Young	Table tennis	Women's team
3 Bronze	Oh Sang Eun Ryu Seung Min Yoon Jae Young	Table tennis	Men's team
3 Bronze	Kim Jung-Joo	Boxing	Welterweight
3 Bronze	Women's national team	Handball	Women's Team

[edit] Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Korea's won the championship in both the men's and women's events. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Im Dong-Hyun	Individual	670	8	Salem (QAT) (37) W 108-103	Johnson (USA) (40) W 115-106	Wunderle (USA) (41) L 111-113	Did not advance
Lee Chang-Hwan	Individual	669	10	Jiang (CHN) (55) W 112-108	Ergin (TUR) (55) W 117-109 OR	Chu Sian (MAS) (26) L 105 (+18)-105 (+19)	Did not advance
Park Kyung-Mo	Individual	676	4	Trainini (BRA) (61) W 116-99	Cheng Wei (TPE) (29) W 111-110	Dobrowolski (POL) (13) W 113-105	Stevens (CUB) (28) W 108 (+19)-108 (+17)	Serrano (MEX) (1) W 115-112	Ruban (UKR) (3) L 112-113
Im Dong-Hyun Lee Chang-Hwan Park Kyung-Mo	Team	2015	1				Poland (POL) (8) W 224-222	China (CHN) (12) W 221-218	Italy (ITA) (6) W 227-225

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Joo Hyun-Jung	Individual	664	3	Romero (COL) (30) W 108-98	Valeeva (ITA) (62) W 110-108	Schuh (FRA) (14) W 109-104	Juanjuan (CHN) (27) L 101-106	Did not advance
Park Sung-Hyun	Individual	673	1	Abbouda (MAR) (64) W 112-80	Hitzler (GER) (33) W 112-107	Romantzi (GRE) (49) W 115-103 OR	Hayakawa (JPN) (9) W 112-103	Un Sil (PRK) (5) W 109-106	Juanjuan (CHN) (27) L 109-110
Yun Ok-Hee	Individual	667	2	Kamaltdinova (TJK) (63) W 109-102	Beaudet (CAN) (34) W 114-107	Chen (CHN) (15) W 113-103	Lorig (USA) (26) W 111-105	Juanjuan (CHN) (27) L 111-109	Un Sil (PRK) (5) W 109-106
Joo Hyun-Jung Park Sung-Hyun Yun Ok-Hee	Team	2004	1				Italy (ITA) (9) W 231-217	France (FRA) (5) W 213-184	China (CHN) (3) W 224-215

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Track and road events

	Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
	Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men	110 m hurdles	Lee Jung-Joon	13.65	21 Q	13.55	18	Did not advance
	Marathon	Kim Yi-Yong							2:23:57	50
		Lee Bong-Ju							2:17:56	28
		Lee Myong-Seung							2:14:37	18
	20 km walk	Kim Hyun-Sub							1:22:57	23
	20 km walk	Park Chil-Sung							1:25:07	33
	50 km walk	Kim Dong-Young							4:02:32	31
Women	Marathon	Chae Eun-Hee							2:38:52	53
		Lee Eun-Jung							2:33:07	25
		Lee Sung-Young							2:43:23	56
	20 km walk	Kim Mi-Jung							1:33:55	29

Field events

	Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
	Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men	Triple jump	Kim Deok-Hyeon	16.88	18	Did not advance
	Pole vault	Kim Yoo-Suk	No mark	-	Did not advance
	Javelin throw	Park Jae-Myong	76.63	17	Did not advance
Women	Long jump	Jung Soon-Ok	6.33	14	Did not advance
	Javelin throw	Kim Kyung-Ae	53.13	46	Did not advance
	Shot put	Lee Mi-Young	15.10	33	Did not advance

[edit] Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Seed	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lee Hyun-Il	Singles			Jonassen (DEN) (5) W 2-1	Zwiebler (GER) W 2-0	Bao (CHN) (3) W 2-0	Lee Chong Wei (MAS) L 1-2	Chen Jin (CHN) L 1-2	4th
Park Sung-Hwan	Singles		Dabeka (CAN) W 2-0	Ekiring (UGA) W 2-0	Lin (CHN) L 0-2	Did not advance
Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	Doubles				Choong and Lee (MAS) (4) W 2-1	Ohtsuka and Masuda (JPN) W 2-1	Haifeng and Yun (CHN) L 0-2	Paaske and Rasmussen (DEN) W 2-1
Jung Jae-Sung Lee Yong-Dae	Doubles	3			Paaske and Rasmussen (DEN) L 0-2	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Seed	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jun Jae-Youn	Singles		Augustyn (POL) W 2-0	Augustyn (IRL) W 2-0	Zhang (CHN) (2) L 0-2	Did not advance
Ha Jung-Eun Kim Min-Jung	Doubles				Du and Yu (CHN) (2) L 1-2	Did not advance
Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Doubles	4			Chin and Wong (MAS) W 2-0	Jiang and Li (SIN) W 2-0	Maeda and Suetsuna (JPN) W 2-0	Du Jing and Yu Yang (CHN) L 0-2

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Han Sang-Hoon Hwang Yu-mi	Doubles		Natsir and Widianto (INA) (1) L 0-2	Did not advance
Lee Hyo-jung Lee Yong-dae	Doubles		Cooper and Flavell (NZL) W 2-0	Robertson and Emms (GBR) W 2-0	Limpele and Marissa (INA) W 2-1	Widianto and Natsir (INA) W 2-0

[edit] Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Korea placed second in the Final Qualifying Tournament, earning the South Korea national baseball team a qualification spot in baseball. 2008 will be Korea's third appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament; the team took the bronze medal in 2000 and placed eighth in 1996. On Korea's third appearance, they won the gold.

Group Stage

August 13 South Korea 8 – 7 United States
August 14 South Korea 0 – 0 China (Postponed due to rain)
August 15 South Korea 1 – 0 Canada
August 16 South Korea 5 – 3 Japan
August 17 South Korea 1 – 0 China
August 18 South Korea 9 – 8 Chinese Taipei
August 19 South Korea 7 – 4 Cuba
August 20 South Korea 10 – 0 Netherlands

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1-0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0-1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1-0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0-1

Semifinals

August 22 South Korea 6 – 2 Japan

Gold medal match

August 23 South Korea 3 – 2 Cuba

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Women's competition

Korea's women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2007. It will be the women's team's sixth Olympic appearance.

The men's team finished third at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

Preliminary round (Group A)

August 9 Korea 68 – 62 Brazil
August 11 Korea 72 – 77 Russia
August 13 Korea 62 – 90 Australia
August 15 Korea 53 – 63 Belarus
August 17 Korea 72 – 68 Latvia

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	5	0	349	264	+85	10
Russia	4	1	278	258	+20	9
Belarus	2	3	320	332	-12	7
Korea	2	3	352	360	-8	7
Latvia	1	4	266	315	-49	6
Brazil	1	4	337	354	-17	6

South Korea located 4th in Group A and qualified medal round.

Medal Round

Quarterfinal

August 19 Korea 60 – 104 USA

[edit] Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Korea qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Lee, Baik, and Kim each earned their spots at the first Asian qualifying tournament.^[7] Han and Cho joined them as Olympic qualifiers at the second qualifying tournament.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Ok-Sung	Flyweight	Warren (USA) W 9-8	Cherif (TUN) L 5-11	Did not advance
Han Soon-Chul	Bantamweight		Manzanilla (VEN) L 6-17	Did not advance
Baik Jong-Sub	Lightweight		Sayota (THA) W 10-4	Javakhyan (ARM) L WO	Did not advance
Kim Jung-Joo	Welterweight	Culcay-Keth (GER) W +11-11	Jackson (ISV) W 10-0	Andrade (USA) W 11-9	Sarsekbayev (KAZ) L 6-10
Cho Deok-Jin	Middleweight	Chomphuphuang (THA) L 3-9	Did not advance

[edit] Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Flatwater

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Soon-Ja	K-1 500 m	1:58.140	23rd	Did not advance

[edit] Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Park Sung-Baek	Road race	7h 03′ 04″ (+39:15)	88th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Son Heejung	Road race	3h 45′ 59″ (+13:35)	58th
Gu Sungeun	Road race	DNF

[edit] Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Son Seong-Cheol	Men's 3 metre springboard	353.35	29th	Not qualified

[edit] Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Place	Overall	Rank	Score	Place	Overall	Rank
Choi Jun-Sang	Individual dressage	57.333	46	Did not advance

[edit] Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Seed	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jin Sun Jung	Individual épée	3		Li (CHN) (30) W 15-6	Chumak (UKR) (14) W 15-6	Jeannet (FRA) (27) L 11-15	Did not advance
Kim Seung Gu	Individual épée	25	Maduma (RSA) (40) W 15-12	Imre (HUN) (8) L 14-15	Did not advance
Kim Won Jin	Individual épée	17		Abajo (ESP) (16) L 14-15	Did not advance
Choi Byung-Chul	Individual foil	7		Al-Hamadi (QAT) (26) W 15-3	Ota (JPN) (10) L 14-15	Did not advance
Oh Eun-Seok	Individual sabre	11		Lapkes (BLR) (22) W 15-8	Lopez (FRA) (27) L 11-15	Did not advance
	Team épée	6				Italy (ITA) (3) L 37-45	Venezuela (VEN) (7) L 38-45	Ukraine (UKR) (5) L 39-41	8th

Women

Athlete	Event	Seed	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jung Hyo-Jung	Individual épée	16		Hurley (USA) (17) W 15-6	Heidemann (GER) (1) L 5-12	Did not advance
Jung Gil-Ok	Individual foil	21		Sugawara (JPN) (12) L 9-11	Did not advance
Nam Hyun-Hee	Individual foil	4		Shaban (EGY) (36) W 15-6	Varga (HUN) (13) W 15-4	Sugawara (JPN) (12) W 15-10	Trillini (ITA) (1) W 15-10	Vezzali (ITA) (2) L 5-6
Kim Keum-Hwa	Individual sabre	13		Vergne (FRA) (20) W 15-14	Tan (CHN) (4) L 8-15	Did not advance
Lee Shin-Mi	Individual sabre	10		Ovtchinnikova (CAN) (23) L 13-15	Did not advance

[edit] Field Hockey

Main articles: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Men's competition

Preliminary round - Pool A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Spain	12	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4
Germany	11	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6
Korea	7	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2
New Zealand	7	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1
Belgium	4	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4
China	1	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9

Qualified for semifinals

Team Roster

[edit] Women's competition

Preliminary round - Pool A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands	15	5	5	0	0	14	3	+11
China	10	5	3	1	1	14	4	+10
Australia	10	5	3	1	1	17	9	+8
Spain	6	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8
Korea	3	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5
South Africa	0	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16

Qualified for semifinals

Team Roster

[edit] Football (Soccer)

Main articles: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
Cameroon	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Honduras	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

2008-08-07 19:45	Korea Republic	1 – 1	Cameroon	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 21,943 Referee: Jair Maruffo (USA)
	Park Chu-Young 68'	(Report)	Mandjeck 81'

2008-08-10 19:45	Italy	3 – 0	Korea Republic	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 29,455 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)
	Rossi 15' Rocchi 32' Montolivo 90'	(Report)

2008-08-13 17:00	Korea Republic	1 – 0	Honduras	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)
	Kim Dong-Jin 23'	(Report)

[edit] Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Artistic

[edit] Men

Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification
Athlete	Event	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Qualification	Rank
Kim Dae Eun	All-around	15.500	14.725	15.450	16.050	16.050	14.625	92.400	3rd
Kim Ji Hun	All-around	14.975	15.175		15.650		14.525	60.325	62nd
Kim Seung Il	All-around	14.975	14.550	14.325	15.650	15.325	12.175	87.000	34th
Kim Su Myon	All-around	15.575	13.800	14.175	16.025	15.350	14.975	89.900	18th
Yang Tae Young	All-around	13.850	15.000	14.875	16.000	16.100	13.475	89.300	22nd
Yoo Won-Chul	All-around			15.575		16.150		31.725	85th
Team total	Team	61.025	59.450	60.225	63.725	63.650	57.600	365.675	4th

Qualified for individual final

Reserve for individual final

Team Final

Athlete	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar
Kim Dae Eun	15.625		15.275	15.950	15.925	14.400
Kim Ji Hun		14.850				15.450
Kim Su Myon	15.825	14.675		15.925		15.175
Yang Tae Young	14.900	13.525	14.750	15.350	15.450
Yoo Won-Chul			15.475		15.850
Team Totals	46.350	43.050	45.500	47.225	47.225	45.025	274.375	5th

Final

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Final
Athlete	Event	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank
Kim Dae Eun	All-around	15.225	13.650	15.400	15.625	16.000	14.875	90.775	11th
Kim Ji Hun	Pommel horse		15.175					15.175	6th
Yang Tae Young	All-around	15.225	14.300	14.900	16.075	16.350	14.750	91.600	8th
Yang Tae Young	Parallel bars					15.650		15.650	7th
Yoo Won-Chul	Parallel bars					16.250		16.250
Team total	Team	46.350	43.050	45.500	47.225	47.225	45.025	274.375	5th

[edit] Women

Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank
Jo Hyun-Joo	All-around	14.125	13.375	11.875	13.400	52.775	58th

[edit] Rhythmic

South Korea qualified one woman in rhythmic gymnastics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Shin Soo-Ji	Individual	16.325	16.375	16.600	16.850	66.150	12	Did not advance

[edit] Handball

Main articles: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Men's competition

Preliminary round - Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
South Korea	5	3	0	2	122	129	-7	6
Denmark	5	2	2	1	137	131	6	6
Iceland	5	2	2	1	151	146	5	6
Russia	5	2	1	2	136	131	5	5
Germany	5	2	1	2	126	130	-4	5
Egypt	5	0	2	3	127	132	-5	2

Medal round - Quarterfinals

August 20 South Korea 24 – 29 Spain

Classification 5-8 places

August 22 South Korea 26 – 29 Poland
August 24 South Korea 26 – 37 Denmark

[edit] Women's competiton

Preliminary round - Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	-13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	123	137	-14	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	124	137	-13	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	123	134	-11	2

Medal round - Quarterfinals

August 19 South Korea 31 – 23 China

Medal round - Semifinals

August 21 South Korea 28 – 29 Norway

Medal round - Bronze Medal Match

August 23 South Korea 33 – 28 Hungary

[edit] Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Choi Min-Ho	−60 kg		Albarracín (ARG) W 1000-0000	Akhondzadeh (IRI) W 1000-0000	Sobirov (UZB) W 1001-0000	Houkes (NED) W 1000-0000				Paischer (AUT) W 1000-0000
Kim Joo-Jin	−66 kg		J. Derly (BRA) L 0001-0002
Wang Ki-Chun	−73 kg		Ibragimov (KAZ) W 1011-0000	Muminov (UZB) W 1100-0000	Guilheiro (BRA) W 0100-0000	Boqiev (TJK) W 0010-0001				Mammadli (AZE) L 0000-1000
Kim Jae-Bum	−81 kg		Shundikov (BLR) W 0011-0000	Krawczyk (POL) W 1100-0001	Neto (POR) W 0001-0000	Elmont (NED) W 0001-0000				Bischof (GER) L 0000-0010
Choi Sun-Ho	−90 kg		Mesbah (EGY) L −0000-+0000
Jang Sung-Ho	−100 kg		Rosales (VEN) W 1010-0001	Despaigne (CUB) W 0001-0000	Tüvshinbayar (MGL) L 0010-0011		Behrla (GER) W 1000-0000	Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0020-0021
Kim Sung-Bum	+100 kg	Brutus (HAI) W 1001-0000	Padar (EST) L 0000-1100

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First Round	Repechage Quarterfinal	Repechage Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Yong-Ram	−48 kg		Lusnikova (UKR) W 0100-0000	Dumitru (ROU) L 0000-1000			Csernoviczki (HUN) L 0000-0001
Kim Kyung-Ok	−52 kg		Garcia (DOM) W 1003-0000	Haddad (ALG) L 0001-0210			Muller (LUX) W 0010-0001	Carrascosa (ESP) W 1010-0001	Nakamura (JPN) L 0000-0200
Kang Sin-Young	−57 kg	K. Quadros (BRA) L 0002-0011
Kong Ja-Young	−63 kg	D. Yuri (BRA) W 1000-0100	Yuhua (CHN) W 0100-0012	Tanimoto (JPN) L 0001-1000			Barreto (VEN) L 0100-1001
Park Ka-Yeon	−70 kg	Ueno (JPN) L 0000-1010
Jeong Gyeong-Mi	−78 kg		Rogers (GBR) W 0001-0000	Wollert (GER) W 1002-0000	Castillo (CUB) L 0000-0001				Silva (BRA) W 1010-0000
Kim Na-Young	+78 kg		Rouhou (TUN) W 0011-0001	Tong Wen (CHN) L 0000-1001			Donguzashvili (RUS) W 1000-0000	Ramadan (EGY) W 0200-0000	Polavder (SLO) L 0000-0001

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Shooting			Fencing			Swimming			Riding			Running			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rings	Points	Rank	Record	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Time/Penalty	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Lee Chun-Heon	Individual	176	1048	26	19-16	856	10	2:09.18	1252	27	Did not finish	84	34	9:41.05	1076	20	4316	33
Nam Dong-Hun	Individual	181	1108	18	15-20	760	24	2:05.28	1300	16	144.52/380	540	30	9:30.67	1120	14	4828	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Shooting			Fencing			Swimming			Riding			Running			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rings	Points	Rank	Record	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Time/Penalty	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Yun Cho-Rong	Individual	166	928	34	16-19	784	22	2:22.88	1208	24	71.57/140	1060	24	11:47.30	892	35	4872	33

[edit] Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jang Kang-Eun Kim Hong-Kyun	Lightweight double sculls	6:42.97	19th	7:12.17	12th	6:47.13	20th	6:47.44	20th

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shin Yeong-Eun	Single sculls	8:17.40	16th	7:58.71	19th	8:23.62	21st	7:48.31	20th
Ji Yoo-Jin Ko Young-Eun	Lightweight double sculls	7:39.70	17th	8:03.51	11th			7:39.46	17th

[edit] Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Lee Tae-Hun	Sailboard	22	14	20	15	20	25	13	11	9	9	-	133	18th
Ha Jee-Min	Laser	23	33	37	31	13	17	17	34	22	^*	-	190	28th
Kim Hyeong-Tae Yoon Cheul	470	17	24	21	27	20	3	23	25	22	25	-	180	25th

^* canceled

[edit] Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Han Jin-Seop	10 m air rifle	590	26th	Not qualified		26th
Han Jin-Seop	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1165	15th	Not qualified		15th
Park Bong-Duk	10 m air rifle	593	16th	Not qualified		16th
	50 m rifle Prone	587	43rd	Not qualified		43rd
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1159	31st	Not qualified		31st
Kim Hak-Man	50 m rifle Prone	591	28th	Not qualified		28th
Jin Jong-Oh	10 m air pistol	584	2nd	100.5	684.5	2 Silver
Jin Jong-Oh	50 m pistol	563	6th	97.4	660.4	1 Gold
Lee Dae-Myung	10 m air pistol	580	16th	Not qualified		16th
Lee Dae-Myung	50 m pistol	551	26th	Not qualified		26th
Lee Young-Sik	Trap	115	15th	Not qualified		15th

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Kim Chan-Mi	10 m air rifle	396	10th	Not qualified		10th
Kim Yeo-Oul	10 m air rifle	395	13th	Not qualified		13th
Kim Yoo-Yeon	50 m rifle three positions	569	34th	Not qualified		34th
Ahn Soo-Kyeong	25 m pistol	288	23rd	Not qualified		23rd
Lee Ho-Lim	10 m air pistol	380	21st	Not qualified		21st
Lee Ho-Lim	25 m pistol	289	20th	Not qualified		20th
Kim Yun-Mi	10 m air pistol	382	16th	Not qualified		16th
Kim Min-Ji	skeet	55	18th	Not qualified		18th
Lee Bo-Na	trap	55	19th	Not qualified		19th

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Im Nam-Kyun	Men's 100 m freestyle	51.80	54th	Not qualified
Sung Min	Men's 100 m backstroke	54.99	23rd	Not qualified
Park Tae-Hwan	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:46.73	6th	1:45.99 (AS)	2nd	1:44.85 (AS)
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:43.10	1st			3:41.86 (AS)
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	15:05.55	16th	Not qualified
Kim Ji-Hyeon	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:00.72	26th	Not qualified
Shin Su-Jong	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:16.21	43rd	Not qualified
Yu Jeong-Nam	Men's 200 m butterfly	2:01.00	34th	Not qualified
Park Beom-Ho	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:06.17	44th	Not qualified

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jang Hee-Jin	Women's 50 m freestyle	25.59	32nd	Not qualified
Jang Hee-Jin	Women's 100 m freestyle	55.96	32nd	Not qualified
Kim Yu-Yeon	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:04.63	44th	Not qualified
Jeong Seul-Ki	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:09.26	23rd	Not qualified
Jeong Seul-Ki	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:25.95	11th	2:26.83	11th	Not qualified
Choi Hye-Ra	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:00.65	40th	Not qualified
	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:11.42	24th	Not qualified
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:15.26	24th	Not qualified
Lee Kyo-Ra	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:05.71	46th	Not qualified
Kang Young-Seo	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:14.52	26th	Not qualified
Jeong Da-Rae	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:27.28	16th	2:28.28	14th	Not qualified
Lee Ji-Eun	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:21.53	37th	Not qualified
Nam Yu-Seon	Women's 400 m individual medley	4:46.74	27th	Not qualified

[edit] Table Tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

All six singles players will also participate in the team events.

[edit] Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Oh Sang-Eun	Singles				Toriola (NGR) W 4-3	Timo Boll (GER) W 4-1	Ma Lin (CHN) L 0-4
Ryu Seung-Min	Singles				Ko Lai Chak (HKG) L 2-4
Yoon Jae-Young	Singles			Henzell (AUS) W 4-3	Schlager (AUT) (13) L 3-4

Men's Team

Group Round

August 13


South Korea	3–0	Sweden
South Korea	3–1	Brazil

August 14


South Korea	3–1	Chinese Taipei

Team (Group C)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	6	3	3	0	9	2
Chinese Taipei	5	3	2	1	7	6
Sweden	4	3	1	2	5	6
Brazil	3	3	0	3	2	9

Semifinal

August 16


South Korea	0–3	China

Bronze Play-off Round 2

August 17


South Korea	3–1	Hong Kong, China

Bronze Medal Final

August 18


South Korea	3–1	Austria

[edit] Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Dang Ye-Seo	Singles			Miao Miao (AUS) W 4-1	Feng Tianwei (SIN) (6) L 0-4
Kim Kyung-Ah	Singles				Haruna (JPN) W 4-2	Chen (USA) L 3-4
Park Mi-Young	Singles				Kim Jeong (PRK) W 4-0	Wang Nan (CHN) (3) L 2-4

Women's Team

Group Round

August 13


South Korea	3–0	Spain

August 14


South Korea	3–0	Australia
South Korea	3–0	Japan

Team (Group D)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	6	3	3	0	9	0
Japan	5	3	2	1	6	5
Spain	4	3	1	2	5	6
Australia	3	3	0	3	0	9

Semifinal

August 15


South Korea	2–3	Singapore

Bronze Play-off Round 2

August 16


South Korea	3–0	United States

Bronze Medal Final

August 17


South Korea	3–0	Japan

[edit] Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Son Tae-Jin	−68 kg	Dennis Bekkers (NED) W 4 – 3	Servet Tazegul (TUR) W 1 – 0	Sung Yu-Chi (TPE) W 7 – 6	Mark Lopez (USA) W 3 – 2
Cha Dong-Min	+80 kg	Kristopher Moitland (CRC) W 1 – -2	Akmal Irgashev (UZB) W 2 – 0	Angel Matos (CUB) W 1 – 0	Alexandros Nikolaidis (GRE) W 5 – 4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lim Su-Jeong	−57 kg	Su Li-Wen (TPE) W 1 – 0	Robin Cheong (NZL) W 4 – 1	Veronica Calabrese (ITA) W 5 – 1	Azize Tanrıkulu (TUR) W 1 – 0
Hwang Kyung-Seon	−67 kg	Sheikha Maitha Al-Maktoum (UAE) W 5 – 1	Sandra Šarić (CRO) W 3 – 1	Gwladys Épangue (FRA) W 2 – 1	Karine Sergerie (CAN) W 2 – 1

[edit] Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Lee Hyung-Taik	Singles	R Arevalo (ESA)	L 1-2	Did not advance

[edit] Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ji Hun-Min	-62 kg	142	2	0	-	0	DNF
Lee Bae-Young	-69 kg	155	2	0	-	0	DNF
Kim Kwang-Hoon	-77 kg	155	11	200	2	355	4
Sa Jae-Hyouk	-77 kg	163	3	203	1	366
Jeon Sang-Guen	+105 kg	0	-	-	-	0	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Im Jyoung-Hwa	-48 kg	86	3	110	4	196	4
Yoon Jin-Hee	-53 kg	94	3	119	2	213
Kim Sook-Yung	-63 kg	98	8	127	4	225	6
Jang Mi-Ran	+75 kg	140	1	186	1	326

[edit] Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Hyo-Sub	−55 kg		Sanchez (ESP) W 2-0	Sevdimov (AZE) L 1-2
Kim Jong-Dae	−60 kg		Ramazanov (MKD) L 0-2
Jung Young-Ho	−66 kg		Barzakov (BUL) L 1-2
Cho Byung-Kwan	−74 kg	Saitiev (RUS) L 0-2				Ahmet (TUR) W 2-1	Fundora (CUB) L 0-2
Kim Jae-Gang	−120 kg		Mutalimov (KAZ) L 0-2

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Hyung-Joo	−48 kg		Bremner (AUS) W 2-0	Huynh (CAN) L 0-2			Stadnik (AZE) L 0-2

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Park Eun-Chul	−55 kg		Nyblom (DEN) W 2-0	Mango (USA) W 2-0	Mankiev (RUS) L 1-2			Sourian (IRI) W 2-0
Jung Ji-Hyun	−60 kg		Dubinin (BLR) W 2-0	Tengizbayev (KAZ) L 1-2
Kim Min-Chul	−66 kg	Mohammadi (IRI) L 0-2
Kim Jung-Sub	−84 kg	Abrahamian (SWE) L 1-2
Han Tae-Young	−96 kg		Englich (GER) L 0-2

[edit] References

^ "South Korea preview: South Korea eyes on top 10 finish", The People's Daily Online, July 24, 2008
^ "North and South Korea to join forces in fight for Olympic gold", The Guardian, November 2, 2005
^ "'One' Korea for Olympics", The Age, February 26, 2004
^ "No progress on joint Korean Olympic team: officials", ABC News, April 4, 2006
^ "Sides still at odds over joint '08 Olympics team", Associated Press, December 1, 2006
^ 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results
^ 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
^ 2nd AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

[0] "South Korea preview: South Korea eyes on top 10 finish", The People's Daily Online, July 24, 2008

[1] "North and South Korea to join forces in fight for Olympic gold", The Guardian, November 2, 2005

[2] "'One' Korea for Olympics", The Age, February 26, 2004

[3] "No progress on joint Korean Olympic team: officials", ABC News, April 4, 2006

[4] "Sides still at odds over joint '08 Olympics team", Associated Press, December 1, 2006

[ArcheryLeipzig-5] 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results

[BoxingQualAsia1-6] 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

[BoxingQualAsia2-7] 2nd AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

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