South Korea competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 264 athletes, 145 men and 119 women, competed in 25 sports.
South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 42 competitors, took part in 24 events in 8 sports.
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.
Andre Beaudoin is a Paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Hong Suk-Man(Korean:홍석만) is a Paralympian athlete from South Korea competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.
Pichet Krungget is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.
Kim Gyu Dae is a Paralympic athlete from South Korea who competes in T54 track and field events.
Yoo Byung-hoon is a Paralympian athlete from South Korea competing mainly in category T53 middle-distance events.
Richard Nicholson is an Australian Paralympic powerlifter and athlete. He has competed at five successive Paralympic Games from the 1996 to 2012 Summer Paralympics. At the 2000 Games, he won a silver medal in the powerlifting Men's Up to 60 kg event. In athletics, at the 2004 Athens Paralympics he won a silver medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m T53–54 event and at the 2012 London Paralympics a bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 400 m T53–54 event.
Malcolm Pringle is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category T38 sprint and middle-distance events.
Jodi Elkington-Jones is Australian athlete who has cerebral palsy. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and has also competed in two Commonwealth Games, winning gold in the 2014 Games in the F37/38 long jump. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.
Sopa Intasen is a paralympic athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.
Charles "Charl" Bouwer is a paralympic swimmer from South Africa competing in category S13 events. He was born in Kimberley.
Irina Grazhdanova is a paralympic swimmer from Russia competing mainly in category S9 events.
Moon Jung-hoon is a paralympic athlete from South Korea competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.
Kim Du-chun is a paralympic athlete from South Korea competing mainly in category C6 sprint events.
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Paralympics took place at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea on March 9, 2018. at 20:00 KST
Thailand competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was the country's tenth appearance at the Paralympic Games.
Jung Young-a is a South Korean para table tennis player. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and two bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Kim Jung-gil is a South Korean para table tennis player. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, both in the Class 4–5 team event.
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