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South Korea at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Beijing
Competitors267 in 25 sports
Flag bearers Jang Sung-ho (opening)
Jang Mi-ran (closing)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
13
Silver
11
Bronze
8
Total
32
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea competed (as Korea) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 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 7th in gold medals, and 8th in total medals. The 13 gold medals won was the highest number of gold medals earned in its Olympic history.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Choi Min-ho Judo Men's 60 kg
 Gold Park Tae-hwan Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
 Gold Joo Hyun-jung
Park Sung-hyun
Yun Ok-hee		 Archery Women's team
 Gold Im Dong-hyun
Lee Chang-hwan
Park Kyung-mo		 Archery Men's team
 Gold Jin Jong-oh Shooting Men's 50 m pistol
 Gold Sa Jae-hyouk Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
 Gold Jang Mi-ran Weightlifting Women's +75 kg
 Gold Lee Yong-dae
Lee Hyo-jung		 Badminton Mixed doubles
 Gold Lim Su-jeong Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
 Gold Son Tae-jin Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
 Gold Hwang Kyung-seon Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
 Gold Cha Dong-min Taekwondo Men's +80 kg
 Gold South Korea national baseball team
 Baseball Men's tournament
 Silver Jin Jong-oh Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol
 Silver Yoon Jin-hee Weightlifting Women's 53 kg
 Silver Wang Ki-chun Judo Men's 73 kg
 Silver Nam Hyun-hee Fencing Women's foil
 Silver Park Tae-hwan Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle
 Silver Kim Jae-bum Judo Men's 81 kg
 Silver Park Sung-hyun Archery Women's individual
 Silver Park Kyung-mo Archery Men's individual
 Silver Lee Hyo-jung
Lee Kyung-won		 Badminton Women's doubles
 Silver Yoo Won-chul Gymnastics Men's parallel bars
 Silver Im Jyoung-hwa Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
 Bronze Park Eun-chul Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
 Bronze Yun Ok-hee Archery Women's individual
 Bronze Jeong Gyeong-mi Judo Women's 78 kg
 Bronze Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin		 Badminton Men's doubles
 Bronze Dang Ye-seo
Kim Kyung-ah
Park Mi-young		 Table tennis Women's team
 Bronze Oh Sang-eun
Ryu Seung-min
Yoon Jae-young		 Table tennis Men's team
 Bronze Kim Jung-joo Boxing Welterweight
 Bronze South Korea women's national handball team
 Handball Women's tournament

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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 / BM
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 669 10  Jiang L (CHN) (55)
W 112–108 		 Ergin (TUR) (23)
W 117–109 OR 		 Cheng C S (MAS) (26)
L 105 (18)–105 (19) 		Did not advance
Park Kyung-mo 676 4  Trainini (BRA) (61)
W 116–99 		 Kuo C-w (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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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 		 Zhang Jj (CHN) (27)
L 101–106 		Did not advance
Park Sung-hyun 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 		 Kwon U-S (PRK) (5)
W 109–106 		 Zhang Jj (CHN) (27)
L 109–110 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yun Ok-hee 667 2  Kamaltdinova (TJK) (63)
W 109–102 		 Beaudet (CAN) (34)
W 114–107 		 Chen L (CHN) (15)
W 113–103 		 Lorig (USA) (26)
W 111–105 		 Zhang Jj (CHN) (27)
L 109–111 		 Kwon U-S (PRK) (5)
W 109–106 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Lee Jung-joon 110 m hurdles 13.65 5 q 13.55 NR 6 Did not advance
Kim Yi-yong Marathon — 2:23:57 50
Lee Bong-ju — 2:17:56 28
Lee Myong-seung — 2:14:37 18
Kim Hyun-sub 20 km walk — 1:22:57 23
Park Chil-sung — 1:25:07 33
Kim Dong-young 50 km walk — 4:02:32 31
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Kim Deok-hyeon Triple jump 16.88 18 Did not advance
Kim Yoo-suk Pole vault NM — Did not advance
Park Jae-myong Javelin throw 76.63 17 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Chae Eun-hee Marathon 2:38:52 53
Lee Eun-jung 2:33:07 25
Lee Sun-young 2:43:23 56
Kim Mi-jung 20 km walk 1:33:55 29
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Jung Soon-ok Long jump 6.33 14 Did not advance
Lee Mi-young Shot put 15.10 33 Did not advance
Kim Kyung-ae Javelin throw 53.13 46 Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lee Hyun-il Singles Bye  Jonassen (DEN)
W 15–21, 21–14, 21–19 		 Zwiebler (GER)
W 21–13, 21–11 		 Bao Cl (CHN)
W 23–21, 21–11 		 Lee C W (MAS)
L 18–21, 21–13, 13–21 		 Chen J (CHN)
L 16–21, 21–12, 14–21 		4
Park Sung-hwan  Dabeka (CAN)
W 21–11, 21–11 		 Ekiring (UGA)
W 21–5, 21–8 		 Lin D (CHN)
L 8–21, 11–21 		Did not advance
Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin 		Doubles —  Choong T F /
Lee W W (MAS)
W 20–22, 21–13, 21–16 		 Masuda /
Ohtsuka (JPN)
W 21–12, 18–21, 21–9 		 Cai Y /
Fu Hf (CHN)
L 20–22, 8–21 		 Paaske /
Rasmussen (DEN)
W 13–21, 21–18, 21–17 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae 		—  Paaske /
Rasmussen (DEN)
L 16–21, 19–21 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jun Jae-youn Singles  Augustyn (POL)
W 21–15, 21–5 		 Magee (IRL)
W 21–12, 21–14 		 Zhang N (CHN)
L 11–21, 12–21 		Did not advance
Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung 		Doubles —  Du J /
Yu Y (CHN)
L 11–21, 21–16, 15–21 		Did not advance
Lee Hyo-jung
Lee Kyung-won 		—  Chin /
Wong (MAS)
W 21–14, 21–19 		 Jiang Ym /
Li Yj (SIN)
W 21–15, 21–12 		 Maeda /
Suetsuna (JPN)
W 22–20, 21–15 		 Du J /
Yu Y (CHN)}
L 15–21, 13–21 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Han Sang-hoon
Hwang Yu-mi 		Doubles  Widianto /
Natsir (INA)
L 21–23, 19–21 		Did not advance
Lee Hyo-jung
Lee Yong-dae 		 Cooper /
Flavell (NZL)
W 21–12, 21–11 		 Robertson /
Emms (GBR)
W 21–19, 21–12 		 Limpele /
Marissa (INA)
W 21–9, 12–21, 21–17 		 Widianto /
Natsir (INA)
W 21–11, 21–17 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

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

Team G W L RS RA WIN% GB Tiebreaker
 South Korea 7 7 0 41 22 100% - -
 Cuba 7 6 1 52 23 85.7% 1 -
 United States 7 5 2 40 22 71.4% 2 -
 Japan 7 4 3 30 14 57.1% 3 -
 Chinese Taipei 7 2 5 29 33 28.6% 5 1-0
 Canada 7 2 5 29 20 28.6% 5 0-1
 Netherlands 7 1 6 9 50 14.3% 6 1-0
 China 7 1 6 14 60 14.3% 6 0-1

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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.

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics South Korea women's basketball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A14

Quarterfinals

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's basketball game C3

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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
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 Bye  Manzanilla (VEN)
L 6–17 		Did not advance
Baik Jong-sub Lightweight Bye  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 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cho Deok-jin Middleweight  Chomphuphuang (THA)
L 3–9 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lee Sun-ja Women's K-1 500 m 1:58.140 8 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify directly to final; q = Qualify to semi-final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Park Sung-baek Men's road race 7:03:04 88
Gu Sun-geun Women's road race 3:45:59 58
Son Hee-jung Did not finish

Track

Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Lee Min-hye Women's points race −40 −2 19

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Events Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Son Seong-cheol 3 m springboard 353.35 29 Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Choi Jun-sang Cinque Cento Individual 57.333 46 Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jung Jin-sun Individual épée Bye  Li Gj (CHN)
W 15–6 		 Chumak (UKR)
W 15–6 		 Jeannet (FRA)
L 11–15 		Did not advance
Kim Seung-gu  Maduma (RSA)
W 15–12 		 Imre (HUN)
L 14–15 		Did not advance
Kim Won-jin Bye  Abajo (ESP)
L 14–15 		Did not advance
Jung Jin-sun
Kim Seung-gu
Kim Won-Jin 		Team épée —  Italy (ITA)
L 37–45 		Classification semi-final
 Venezuela (VEN)
L 38–45 		7th place final
 Ukraine (UKR)
L 39–41 		8
Choi Byung-chul Individual foil —  Al-Hamadi (QAT)
W 15–3 		 Ota (JPN)
L 14–15 		Did not advance
Oh Eun-seok Individual sabre Bye  Lapkes (BLR)
W 15–8 		 Lopez (FRA)
L 11–15 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jung Hyo-jung Individual épée —  Hurley (USA)
W 15–6 		 Heidemann (GER)
L 5–12 		Did not advance
Jung Gil-ok Individual foil Bye  Sugawara (JPN)
L 9–11 		Did not advance
Nam Hyun-hee Bye  Shaban (EGY)
W 15–6 		 Varga (HUN)
W 15–4 		 Sugawara (JPN)
W 15–10 		 Trillini (ITA)
W 15-10 		 Vezzali (ITA)
L 5–6 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Keum-hwa Individual sabre Bye  Vergne (FRA)
W 15–14 		 Tan (CHN)
L 8–15 		Did not advance
Lee Shin-mi Bye  Ovtchinnikova (CAN)
L 13–15 		Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics South Korea men's field hockey team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game A14

Classification match for 5th/6th place

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's field hockey game C4

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics South Korea women's field hockey team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey group A standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A6 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A11 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game A13

Classification match for 9th/10th place

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's field hockey game C2

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics South Korea men's football team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football group D standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game D2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game D4 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's football game D5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Kim Dae-eun Team 15.500 14.725 15.450 16.050 16.050 14.625 92.400 3 Q 15.625 — 15.275 15.950 15.925 14.400 —
Kim Ji-hoon 14.975 15.175 Q — 15.650 — 14.525 — — 14.850 — 15.450 —
Kim Seung-il 14.975 14.550 14.325 15.650 15.325 12.175 87.000 34 Did not compete
Kim Soo-myun 15.575 13.800 14.175 16.025 15.350 14.975 89.900 18* 15.825 14.675 — 15.925 — 15.175 —
Yang Tae-young 13.850 15.000 14.875 16.000 16.100 Q 13.475 89.300 22 Q 14.900 13.525 14.750 15.350 15.450 —
Yoo Won-chul — 15.575 — 16.150 Q — — 15.475 — 15.850 —
Total 61.025 59.450 60.225 63.725 63.650 57.600 365.675 4 Q 46.350 43.050 45.500 47.225 47.225 45.025 274.375 5

* Kim Soo-Myun withdrew from the individual all-around due to injury in the team event, and was replaced by Yang Tae-Young.

Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Kim Dae-eun All-around 15.225 13.650 15.400 15.625 16.000 14.875 90.775 11
Kim Ji-hoon Pommel horse — 15.175 — 15.175 6
Yang Tae-young All-around 15.225 14.300 14.900 16.075 16.350 14.750 91.600 8
Parallel bars — 15.650 — 15.650 7
Yoo Won-chul Parallel bars — 16.250 — 16.250 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Jo Hyun-joo All-around 13.375 14.125 11.875 13.400 52.775 58 Did not advance

Rhythmic

South Korea qualified one woman in rhythmic gymnastics.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
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

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics South Korea men's handball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B5 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B14

Quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game C4

Classification semifinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game D2

7th–8th place

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game E1

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics South Korea women's handball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball game B2 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball game B5 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball game B8 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball game B10 Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball game B15

Quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball game C3

Semifinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball game F1

Bronze medal game

Template:2008 Summer Olympics women's handball game G1

Final rank

 Bronze

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Choi Min-ho −60 kg Bye  Albarracín (ARG)
W 1000–0000 		 Akhondzadeh (IRI)
W 1000–0000 		 Sobirov (UZB)
W 1001–0000 		 Houkes (NED)
W 1000–0000 		Bye  Paischer (AUT)
W 1000–0000 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Joo-jin −66 kg Bye  Derly (BRA)
L 0001–0002 		Did not advance
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 		Bye  Mammadli (AZE)
L 0000–1000 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Jae-bum −81 kg Bye  Shundzikau (BLR)
W 0011–0000 		 Krawczyk (POL)
W 1100–0001 		 Neto (POR)
W 0001–0000 		 Elmont (NED)
W 0001–0000 		Bye  Bischof (GER)
L 0000–0010 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Choi Sun-ho −90 kg —  Mesbah (EGY)
L 0000–0000 YUS 		Did not advance
Jang Sung-ho −100 kg —  Rosales (VEN)
W 1010–0001 		 Despaigne (CUB)
W 0001–0000 		 Naidangiin (MGL)
L 0010–0011 		Did not advance Bye  Behrla (GER)
W 1000–0000 		 Zhorzholiani (GEO)
L 0020–0021 		Did not advance
Kim Sung-bum +100 kg  Brutus (HAI)
W 1001–0000 		 Padar (EST)
L 0000–1100 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kim Young-ran −48 kg Bye  Lusnikova (UKR)
W 0100–0000 		 Dumitru (ROU)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance Bye  Csernoviczki (HUN)
L 0000–0001 		Did not advance
Kim Kyung-ok −52 kg Bye  García (DOM)
W 1003–0000 		 Haddad (ALG)
L 0001–0210 		Did not advance Bye  Müller (LUX)
W 0010–0001 		 Carrascosa (ESP)
W 1010–0001 		 Nakamura (JPN)
L 0000–0200 		5
Kang Sin-young −57 kg  Quadros (BRA)
L 0002–0011 		Did not advance
Kong Ja-young −63 kg  Yuri (BRA)
W 1000–0100 		 Xu Yh (CHN)
W 0100–0012 		 Tanimoto (JPN)
L 0001–1000 		Did not advance Bye  Barreto (VEN)
L 0100–1001 		Did not advance
Park Ka-yeon −70 kg  Ueno (JPN)
L 0000–1010 		Did not advance  Wang J (CHN)
L 0000–1010 		Did not advance
Jeong Gyeong-mi −78 kg Bye  Rogers (GBR)
W 0001–0000 		 Wollert (GER)
W 1002–0000 		 Castillo (CUB)
L 0000–0001 		Bye  Silva (BRA)
W 1010–0000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kim Na-young +78 kg Bye  Chikhrouhou (TUN)
W 0011–0001 		 Tong W (CHN)
L 0000–1001 		Did not advance Bye  Donguzashvili (RUS)
W 1000–0000 		 Ramadan (EGY)
W 0200–0000 		 Polavder (SLO)
L 0000–0001 		5

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol) 		Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Running
(3000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Points Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Lee Choon-huan Men's 176 26 1048 19–16 10 856 2:09.18 27 1252 1116* 34 84 9:41.05 20 1076 4316 33
Nam Dong-hong 181 18 1108 15–20 24 760 2:05.28 16 1300 380 30 540 8:55.57 OR 1 1260 4968 28
Yun Cho-rong Women's 166 34 928 16–19 22 784 2:22.88 24 1208 140 24 1060 11:47.30 35 892 4872 33

* Did not finish

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jang Kang-eun
Kim Hong-kyun 		Lightweight double sculls 6:42.97 5 R 7:12.17 6 SC/D 6:47.13 4 FD 6:47.44 20
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shin Yeong-eun Single sculls 8:17.40 3 QF — 7:58.71 6 SC/D 8:23.62 5 FD 7:48.31 20
Ji Yoo-jin
Ko Young-eun 		Lightweight double sculls 7:39.70 5 R 8:03.51 6 FC — Bye 7:39.46 17

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Lee Tae-hoon RS:X 22 14 20 15 20 25 13 11 9 9 EL 133 18
Ha Jee-min Laser 23 33 37 31 13 17 17 34 22 CAN EL 190 28
Kim Hyeong-tae
Yoon Cheul 		470 17 24 21 27 20 3 23 25 22 25 EL 180 25

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Han Jin-seop 10 m air rifle 590 26 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1165 15 Did not advance
Jin Jong-oh 10 m air pistol 584 2 Q 684.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50 m pistol 563 6 Q 660.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Hak-man 50 m rifle prone 591 28 Did not advance
Lee Dae-myung 10 m air pistol 580 16 Did not advance
50 m pistol 551 26 Did not advance
Lee Young-sik Trap 115 15 Did not advance
Park Bong-duk 10 m air rifle 593 16 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 587 43 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1159 31 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ahn Soo-kyeong 25 m pistol 288 23 Did not advance
Kim Chan-mi 10 m air rifle 396 10 Did not advance
Kim Min-ji Skeet 55 18 Did not advance
Kim Yeo-oul 10 m air rifle 395 13 Did not advance
Kim Yoo-yeon 50 m rifle 3 positions 569 34 Did not advance
Kim Yun-mi 10 m air pistol 382 16 Did not advance
Lee Bo-na Trap 55 19 Did not advance
Lee Ho-lim 10 m air pistol 380 21 Did not advance
25 m pistol 289 20 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Ji-heun 200 m backstroke 2:00.72 26 Did not advance
Lim Nam-gyun 100 m freestyle 51.80 54 Did not advance
Park Beom-ho 200 m individual medley 2:06.17 44 Did not advance
Park Tae-hwan 200 m freestyle 1:46.73 6 Q 1:45.99 2 Q 1:44.85 AS 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m freestyle 3:43.10 1 Q — 3:41.86 AS 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle 15:05.55 16 — Did not advance
Shin Su-jong 200 m breaststroke 2:16.21 43 Did not advance
Sung Min 100 m backstroke 54.99 NR 23 Did not advance
Yoo Jung-nam 200 m butterfly 2:01.00 34 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chang Hee-jin 50 m freestyle 25.59 31 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 55.96 32 Did not advance
Choi Hye-ra 100 m butterfly 1:00.65 40 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:11.42 24 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:15.26 24 Did not advance
Jeong Da-rae 200 m breaststroke 2:27.28 16 Q 2:28.28 14 Did not advance
Jung Seul-ki 100 m breaststroke 1:09.26 23 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:25.95 11 Q 2:26.83 11 Did not advance
Kang Yeong-seo 200 m backstroke 2:14.52 26 Did not advance
Kim Yu-yeon 100 m backstroke 1:04.63 44 Did not advance
Lee Ji-eun 400 m freestyle 4:21.53 37 — Did not advance
Lee Keo-ra 200 m freestyle 2:05.71 46 Did not advance
Nam Yoo-sun 400 m individual medley 4:46.74 27 — Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

South Korea had qualified places in both singles and team events.

Men's singles
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Oh Sang-eun Singles Bye  Toriola (NGR)
W 4–3 		 Boll (GER)
W 4–1 		 Ma L (CHN)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Ryu Seung-min Bye  Ko L C (HKG)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Yoon Jae-young Bye  Henzell (AUS)
W 4–3 		 Schlager (AUT)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Women's singles
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Dang Ye-seo Singles Bye  Miao (AUS)
W 4–1 		 Feng Tw (SIN)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Kim Kyung-ah Bye  Fukuoka (JPN)
W 4–2 		 Wang (USA)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Park Mi-young Bye  Kim J (PRK)
W 4–0 		 Wang N (CHN)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group round Semifinals Bronze playoff 1 Bronze playoff 2 Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Oh Sang-eun
Ryu Seung-min
Yoon Jae-young 		Men's team Group C
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
W 3 – 1
 Sweden (SWE)
W 3 – 0
 Brazil (BRA)
W 3 – 1 		1 Q  China (CHN)
L 0 – 3 		Bye  Hong Kong (HKG)
W 3 – 1 		 Austria (AUT)
W 3 – 1 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dang Ye-seo
Kim Kyung-ah
Park Mi-young 		Women's team Group D
 Japan (JPN)
W 3 – 0
 Spain (ESP)
W 3 – 0
 Australia (AUS)
W 3 – 0 		1 Q  Singapore (SIN)
L 2 – 3 		Bye  United States (USA)
W 3 – 0 		 Japan (JPN)
W 3 – 0 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Son Tae-jin Men's −68 kg  Bekkers (NED)
W 4–3 		 Tazegül (TUR)
W 1–0 		 Sung Y-c (TPE)
W 7–6 		Bye  M López (USA)
W 3–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cha Dong-min Men's +80 kg  Moitland (CRC)
W 1–(−2) 		 Irgashev (UZB)
W 2–0 		 Matos (CUB)
W 1–0 		Bye  Nikolaidis (GRE)
W 5–4 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lim Su-jeong Women's −57 kg  Su L-W (TPE)
W 1–0 		 Cheong (NZL)
W 4–1 		 Calabrese (ITA)
W 5–1 		Bye  Tanrıkulu (TUR)
W 1–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hwang Kyung-seon Women's −67 kg  Al-Maktoum (UAE)
W 5–1 		 Šarić (CRO)
W 3–1 		 Épangue (FRA)
W 2–1 		Bye  Sergerie (CAN)
W 2–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lee Hyung-taik Men's singles  Arévalo (ESA)
L 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ji Hun-min −62 kg 142 2 161 DNF 142 DNF
Lee Bae-young −69 kg 155 2 186 DNF 155 DNF
Kim Kwang-hoon −77 kg 155 11 200 2 355 4
Sa Jae-hyouk 163 3 203 1 366 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jeon Sang-guen +105 kg 195 DNF — — — DNF
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Im Jyoung-hwa −48 kg 86 3 110 4 196 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yoon Jin-hee −53 kg 94 3 119 2 213 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Soo-kyung −63 kg 98 8 127 4 225 6
Jang Mi-ran +75 kg 140 1 186 1 326 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kim Hyo-sub −55 kg Bye  Sanchez (ESP)
W 3–1 PP 		 Sevdimov (AZE)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 9
Kim Jong-dae −60 kg Bye  Ramazanov (MKD)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 14
Jung Young-ho −66 kg Bye  Barzakov (BUL)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 17
Cho Byung-kwan −74 kg  Saitiev (RUS)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance  Gülhan (TUR)
W 3–1 PP 		 Fundora (CUB)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 11
Kim Jae-gang −120 kg Bye  Mutalimov (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 15
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Park Eun-chul −55 kg Bye  Nyblom (DEN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Mango (USA)
W 3–1 PP 		 Mankiev (RUS)
L 0–3 PO 		Bye  Sourian (IRI)
W 3–1 PP 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jung Ji-hyun −60 kg Bye  Dubinin (BLR)
W 3–0 PO 		 Tengizbayev (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 9
Kim Min-chul −66 kg  Mohammadi (IRI)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 15
Kim Jung-sub −84 kg  Abrahamian (SWE)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 13
Han Tae-young −96 kg Bye  Englich (GER)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Guri (ALB)
W 3–1 PP 		 Wheeler (USA)
L 1–3 PP 		5
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kim Hyung-joo −48 kg Bye  Bremner (AUS)
W 3–0 PO 		 Huynh (CAN)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance Bye  Stadnik (AZE)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 8

References

  1. ^ "South Korea preview: South Korea eyes on top 10 finish", The People's Daily Online, July 24, 2008.
  2. ^ "North and South Korea to join forces in fight for Olympic gold", The Guardian, November 2, 2005.
  3. ^ "'One' Korea for Olympics", The Age, February 26, 2004.
  4. ^ "No progress on joint Korean Olympic team: officials", ABC News, April 4, 2006.
  5. ^ "Sides still at odds over joint '08 Olympics team", Associated Press, December 1, 2006.
  6. ^ 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results
  7. ^ 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
  8. ^ 2nd AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
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