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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 175 competitors, 116 men and 59 women, took part in 97 events in 19 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Seoul, a traditional Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
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 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 competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag. 281 competitors, 175 men and 106 women, took part in 144 events in 26 sports.
Pae Gil-su is a North Korean gymnast.
Lee Sang-bok is a retired badminton player from South Korea.
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.
Byeon Sang-su is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, paired with Yun Gi-su, he was eliminated in the repechages of the Kayak Doubles (K-2) 500 m event.
Yun Gi-su is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, paired with Byeon Sang-Su, he was eliminated in the repechages of the Kayak Doubles (K-2) 500 m event.
Alexander Igorevich Shibaev is a Russian table tennis player. He won the doubles crown with Alexey Smirnov at the 2010 Slovenian Open. In 2011, he won a silver medal with Kirill Skachkov in the double event at the European Championships.
Park Jung-eun is a Korean basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Jung Su-young is a Korean handball player for Hanam Handball Club and the Korean national team.
Lee Sang-su is a South Korean table tennis player. He won two singles titles at the ITTF Pro Tour, the first one was in 2010. He reached semifinals in singles event at the 2017 World Championships.
Park Hee-sang is a former South Korean male volleyball player. He was part of the South Korea men's national volleyball team. He played for Inha University. He competed with the national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, finishing 9th.
Park Soo-jeong was a South Korean female volleyball player. She was part of the South Korea women's national volleyball team.
South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9–18 March 2018, as the host nation. In February 2018, the IPC recommended North Korea participate, and so North Korea made its Winter Paralympic debut. Teams representing South Korea and North Korea had planned to enter the Opening Ceremony marching under the Korean Unification Flag; however, talks between the two teams failed to do so, and they entered separately in the opening ceremony under their own respective flags.
Park Su-kwang is a South Korean volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Park Soo-yun is a South Korean badminton player. She competed in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
The following squads and players competed in the women's handball tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Park Sang-su Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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