North Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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North Korea at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of North Korea.svg
IOC code PRK
NOC Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Im Yong-myong & Mun Song-hui
Medals
Ranked 68th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. North Korea's eleventh Summer Olympics appearance marked the official return of the nation to the sporting event after withdrawing from the games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong 		Table tennis Mixed doubles 30 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kim Mi-rae
Jo Jin-mi 		Diving Women's synchronized 10 m platform 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Pang Chol-mi Boxing Women's 54 kg 4 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kim Mi-rae Diving Women's 10 m platform 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ri Se-ung Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman –60 kg 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Choe Hyo-gyong Wrestling Women's freestyle –53 kg 8 August

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Diving 0112
Table tennis 0101
Boxing 0011
Wrestling 0022
Total0246

Medals by day

Medals by day
DayDateGoldSilverBronzeTotal
130 July0101
231 July0101
34 August0011
46 August0022
58 August0011
Total0246

Medals by gender

Medals by gender
GenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Female0134
Male0011
Mixed/Open0101
Total0246
Multiple medalists
NameSportGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
Kim Mi-rae Diving 0112

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Boxing 022
Diving 123
Gymnastics 011
Judo 011
Table tennis 123
Wrestling 145
Total41216

Athletics

North Korean track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024 by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event: [1] [2]

Key
Track and road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Han Il-ryong Men's marathon 2:11:2129

Boxing

North Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Pang Chol-mi (women's bantamweight) and Won Ung-yong (women's lightweight) qualified themself for Paris in their respective division by advancing to the semifinal round at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. [3]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Pang Chol-mi Women's 54 kg —Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uktamova  (UZB)
W 5–0		Flag of Morocco.svg  Bertal  (MAR)
W 4–0		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chang  (CHN)
L 2–3		Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Won Un-gyong Women's 60 kg —Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Heijnen  (NED)
L 1–4		Did not advance

Diving

North Korean divers secured one quota place for Paris 2024 by being the top individuals of the men's and women's platform at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Im Yong-myong Men's 10 m platform 347.1022Did not advance
Kim Mi-rae Women's 10 m platform 287.7010322.404372.10Bronze medal icon.svg
Kim Mi-rae
Jo Jin-mi 		Women's 10 m synchronized platform —315.90Silver medal icon.svg

Gymnastics

Artistic

North Korea entered one gymnast to compete at the games. An Chang-ok secured a quota place by becoming one of the highest eligible gymnasts in the women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
An Chang-ok All-around 14.183 Q13.433DNS11.666DNFDid not advance
Women's vault 14.183—14.1836 Q14.216—14.2164

Judo

North Korea qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Mun Song-hui (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Mun Song-hui Women's −70 kg Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Matniyazova  (UZB)
L 00–10		Did not advance

Table tennis

North Korea qualified a mixed doubles team and one women's singles for the Games, by winning the semifinal match, at the 2024 ITTF World Mixed Doubles Olympic Qualification at Havirov, Czech Republic; and through the re-allocations of the East Asian Qualification Tournament.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Pyon Song-gyong Women's singles ByeByeFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Doo  (HKG)
W 4–1		Flag of Germany.svg  Mittelham  (GER)
W 4–3		Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Díaz  (PUR)
W 4–3		Flag of Japan.svg  Hayata  (JPN)
L 3–4		Did not advance
Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong 		Mixed doubles —Flag of Japan.svg  Harimoto /
Hayata  (JPN)
W 4–1		Flag of Sweden.svg  Karlsson /
Källberg  (SWE)
W 4–1		Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Wong /
Doo  (HKG)
W 4–3		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang /
Sun  (CHN)
L 2–4		Silver medal icon.svg

Wrestling

North Korea qualified five wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Four of them qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; meanwhile the other wrestler qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Kim Son-hyang Women's −50 kg Did not participate
Choe Hyo-gyong Women's −53 kg Flag of Ecuador.svg  Yépez  (ECU)
L 4–7		Did not advanceFlag of Romania.svg  Ana  (ROU)
W 11–0		Flag of Germany.svg  Wendle  (GER)
W 10–0		Bronze medal icon.svg
Mun Hyon-gyong Women's −62 kg Did not participate
Pak Sol-gum Women's −68 kg Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Rîngaci  (MDA)
W 10–6		Flag of India.svg  Dahiya  (IND)
W 10–8		Flag of the United States.svg  Elor  (USA)
L 0–10		—Flag of Turkey.svg  Çavuşoğlu  (TUR)
L 2–4		5
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Ri Se-ung Men's −60 kg Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Ciobanu  (MDA)
W 10–3		Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Bakhromov  (UZB)
W 9–0		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cao  (CHN)
L 3–3		—Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Rodríguez  (VEN)
W 8–0		Bronze medal icon.svg

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References

  1. ↑ "Road to Paris 2024: Men's marathon". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon". World Athletics . Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Final eight Paris 2024 Olympic quota places at Asia Qualifying Tournament have now been won". World Boxing. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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