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South Korea competed as Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 226 competitors, 154 men and 72 women, took part in 134 events in 24 sports.
South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 300 competitors, 189 men and 111 women, took part in 160 events in 25 sports.
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.
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.
Lee Suik-Houng is a retired South Korean handball player.
South Korea competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 82 athletes, 72 men and 10 women. Competitors from Korea won 28 medals, including 11 gold, 11 silver and 6 bronze to finish 16th in the medal table.
Lee Jeong-sook is a South Korean fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Lee Hyung-Sook is a South Korean former basketball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. She went on to work for Hankook Cosmetics, and then in 1992 quit that position to move to Taiwan and coach girls' high school basketball there. As of 2006, she worked at Pu-Men High School in Kaohsiung.
Lee Jung-keun is a Korean former wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Lee Joo-hyung is a Korean former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Ju Hyeong-gyeol is a South Korean long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Lee Hyeong-U is a South Korean weightlifter. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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