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Born | March 2, 1981 |
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Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Seo So-yung (born 2 March 1981) is a South Korean swimmer who represented South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. [1]
She finished 41st in the women's 50 metre freestyle with a new national record of 27.30, 19th in the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay and 18th in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. [2]
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.
Hong Kong competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 48 competitors, 38 men and 10 women, took part in 49 events in 11 sports. The use in the traditional Korean Hangul alphabet which placed last before the host nation in the Parade of Nations.
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.
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Annabelle Mary Cripps Olympian / Author: Rescue Me: A Powerful Memoir By An Olympian, represented Great Britain at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. At her 1984 Summer Games Olympic debut in Los Angeles, she placed sixth in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay, followed by finishing 14th in the women's 800-metre freestyle and then 15th in the 200-metre freestyle four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
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