South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the
1956 Summer Olympics
South Korea at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	35 in 7 sports
Medals; Ranked 29th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	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	Sim Sang-Ok	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	-

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	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

Thailand's loss gave the nation 15th place.

Korea's final ranking was 14th.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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 (EUA) 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

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

Two shooters represented South Korea in 1956.

Men

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Yu In-Ho	Bantamweight (-56 kg)	90	5	95	5T	135	1	320	4
Kim Hae-Nam	Bantamweight (-56 kg)	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

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final
Athlete	Event	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

^ "South Korea at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

v t e Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
Africa	(Egypt)* Ethiopia Kenya Liberia Nigeria South Africa Uganda
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma (Cambodia)* Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Malaya North Borneo Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg (Netherlands)* Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union (Spain)* Sweden (Switzerland)* Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand
Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)