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South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors, 269 men and 132 women, took part in 218 events in 27 sports.
South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 154 competitors, 128 men and 26 women, took part in 93 events in 17 sports.
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The South Korea men's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has competed in the Olympic Games eight times, but has not featured since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The national team's best performance at the Olympic Games was 5th place at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, California, United States. The national team at the FIVB World Championship competed nine times, with their best result at 4th place in 1978. On continental level, The national team won three gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978, 2002 and 2006. And at the Asian Championship, the national team won four gold medals, two of these was at home in 1989 Seoul and 2001 Changwon and the other two are in 1993 and 2003. The national team now ranks 28th in the FIVB World Rankings.
Jeong Gyeong-mi is a South Korean judoka.
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Noh Kyung-Sun is a Korean former freestyle wrestler who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Lee Hye-jin is a South Korean track cyclist.
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The following teams and players took part in the women's volleyball tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles.
The following teams and players took part in the women's volleyball tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in Seoul.
Lee Gyeong-su is a South Korean volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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