North Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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North Korea at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Flag of North Korea.svg
IOC code PRK
NOC Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Barcelona
Competitors64 (36 men, 28 women) in 12 sports
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
4
Silver
0
Bronze
5
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the nation's first appearance in twelve years at the Summer Games due to its boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 64 competitors, 36 men and 28 women, took part in 53 events in 12 sports. [1]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pae Gil-su Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 2 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ri Hak-son Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 5 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Il Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 6 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Choi Chol-su Boxing Flyweight 9 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kim Myong-nam Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 30 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ri Pun-hui
Yu Sun-bok 		Table tennis Women's doubles 1 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ri Pun-hui Table tennis Women's singles 4 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ri Gwang-sik Boxing Bantamweight 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kim Yong-sik Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 033
Athletics 123
Boxing 6–6
Cycling 033
Diving 044
Gymnastics 3811
Judo 213
Shooting 639
Table tennis 448
Weightlifting 10–10
Wrestling 4–4
Total362864

Archery

Women's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Women's Marathon

Women's Long Jump

  • Heat – 6.17 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light flyweight (– 48 kg)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Cycling

Three cyclists, all women, represented North Korea in 1992.

Women's Individual Road Race

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat – 232.65 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)
  • Preliminary Heat – 206.64 points (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round – 282.36 points (→ 18th place)
  • Preliminary Round – 282.36 points (→ 23rd place)

Gymnastics

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Shooting

Table tennis

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

  1. ↑ also competed at the 1992 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships Silver medal icon.svg Silver

References

  1. ↑ "North Korea at the 1992 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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