South Korea at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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South Korea at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg
IOC code KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.sports.or.kr  (in Korean and English)
in Tokyo
Competitors154 (128 men and 26 women) in 17 sports
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 154 competitors, 128 men and 26 women, took part in 93 events in 17 sports. [1]

Contents

Medals

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chung Shin-cho Boxing Men's bantamweight 23 October
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chang Chang-sun Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight 14 October
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kim Eui-tae Judo Men's 80kg 21 October

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented South Korea in 1964.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Five fencers, four men and one woman, represented South Korea in 1964.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Women's foil

Football

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented South Korea in 1964.

Individual competition

Rowing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented South Korea in 1964.

Open
AthleteEventFinal
PointsRank
Seo Gang-uk 50 m pistol 52732
Sin Hyeon-ju 300 m rifle, three positions 108622
50 m rifle, three positions 109741
Chu Hwa-il 50 m rifle prone 58640
An Jae-song 50 m pistol 5489
An Jeong-geun Trap 18623
Lee Jong-hyeon 25 m pistol 56539
Park Nam-kyu 55246
Park Sam-gyu Trap 18135
Nam Sang-wan 300 m rifle, three positions 109121
Heo Uk-bong 50 m rifle, three positions 110337
50 m rifle prone 57465

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Lost to United States (2-3)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Lost to Brazil (1-3)
  • Lost to Romania (2-3)
  • Lost to Netherlands (1-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
  • Lost to Hungary (2-3)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3) → Tenth place
Women's Team Competition
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Lost to Poland (0-3)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Lost to Romania (0-3)
  • Lost to United States (0-3) → Sixth and last place

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "South Korea at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ↑ also transliterated as Wi Gyeong-Yong, Wi Gyeongyong, We Kyung-Yong, We Kyung-yong and Kyung-yong We
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