South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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South Korea at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg
IOC code KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.sports.or.kr  (in Korean and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors226 (154 men, 72 women) in 24 sports
Flag bearer Kim Tae-hyun
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
12
Silver
5
Bronze
12
Total
29
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Yeo Kab-soon Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle 26 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Chun Byung-kwan Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 27 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Mi-jung Judo Women's 72 kg 28 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lee Eun-chul Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 29 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold An Han-bong Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 30 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cho Youn-jeong Archery Women's individual 2 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cho Youn-jeong
Kim Soo-nyung
Lee Eun-kyung
Archery Women's team 4 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Moon-soo
Park Joo-bong
Badminton Men's doubles 4 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hwang Hye-young
Chung So-young
Badminton Women's doubles 4 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Park Jang-soon Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 6 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold typo
Handball Women's tournament 8 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hwang Young-cho Athletics Men's marathon 9 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kim Soo-nyung Archery Women's individual 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yoon Hyun Judo Men's 60 kg 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chung Jae-hun Archery Men's individual 3 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bang Soo-hyun Badminton Women's singles 4 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kim Jong-shin Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Min Kyung-gab Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 28 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kim Byung-joo Judo Men's 78 kg 30 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chung Hoon Judo Men's 71 kg 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yoo Ok-ryul Gymnastics Men's vault 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hyun Jung-hwa
Hong Cha-ok
Table tennis Women's doubles 3 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kim Jong-shin
Shim Eun-jung
Badminton Women's doubles 4 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kang Hee-chan
Lee Chul-seung
Table tennis Men's doubles 4 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kim Taek-soo
Yoo Nam-kyu
Table tennis Men's doubles 4 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hyun Jung-hwa Table tennis Women's singles 5 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kim Taek-soo Table tennis Men's singles 6 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hong Sung-sik Boxing Lightweight 8 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lee Seung-bae Boxing Middleweight 8 August

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 336
Athletics 9211
Badminton 6612
Boxing 1111
Canoeing 606
Cycling 404
Equestrian 415
Fencing 10515
Field hockey 01616
Football 1414
Gymnastics 6410
Handball 151328
Judo 7714
Modern pentathlon 33
Rowing 022
Sailing 303
Shooting 7512
Swimming 224
Table tennis 448
Tennis 224
Volleyball 12012
Weightlifting 1010
Wrestling 1616
Total15472226

Archery

Korea's fourth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals and a pair of silver medals. The women continued to dominate the field, though not quite as thoroughly as they had on their home field four years earlier. The individuals went a combined 16-5, while the teams were 5-1.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification 72.68 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Badminton

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( 48 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Four male cyclists represented South Korea in 1992.

Men's team pursuit
Men's points race

Equestrianism

Fencing

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented South Korea in 1992.

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

Football

Korea was represented by the following squad in Barcelona: (1) Kim Bong-soo, (2) Na Seung-hwa, (3) Lee Moon-seok, (4) Han Jung-kook, (5) Kang Chul, (6) Shin Tae-yong, (7) Kim Gwi-hwa, (8) Noh Jung-yoon, (9) Gwak Kyung-keun, (10) Chung Jae-kwon, (11) Seo Jung-won, (12) Cho Jung-hyun, (13) Kim Do-keun, (14) Jung Kwang-seok, (15) Lee Seung-hyup, (16) Cho Jin-ho, (17) Lee Lim-saeng, (18) Lee Jin-hang, (19) Shin Bum-chul, and (20) Lee Woon-jae. Coach: Kim Sam-rak.

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's team competition

  • South Korea Hungary 22-18
  • South Korea Sweden 18-26
  • South Korea Czechoslovakia 20-19
  • South Korea Iceland 24-26
  • South Korea Brazil 30-26
  • 5th/6th place: South Korea Spain 21-36 (→ Sixth place)

Women's Team Competition

  • South Korea Norway 27-16
  • South Korea Austria 27-27
  • South Korea Spain 28-18
  • South Korea Germany 26-25
  • South Korea Norway 28-21 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Hockey

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented South Korea in 1992.

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Twelve South Korean shooters (seven men and five women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Lee Eun-chul 50 m rifle prone 5978 Q702.5 ORGold medal icon.svg
50 m rifle 3 positions 116211Did not advance
Ji Jong-koo 10 m air rifle 58621Did not advance
Park Jong-shin 50 m pistol 54733Did not advance
10 m air pistol 57133Did not advance
Chae Keun-bae 10 m air rifle 5904 Q687.88
Kim Seon-il 50 m pistol 55811Did not advance
10 m air pistol 5819Did not advance
Cha Young-chul 50 m rifle prone 59418Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 115817Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Lee Eun-ju 10 m air rifle 3928 Q492.66
Bang Hyun-joo 10 m air pistol 37715Did not advance
25 m pistol 57029Did not advance
Yeo Kab-soon 10 m air rifle 396 OR2 Q498.2 ORGold medal icon.svg
Kang Myung-a. 50 m rifle 3 positions 57124Did not advance
Lee Sun-bock 10 m air pistol 37715Did not advance
Open
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Kim Kun-il Trap 13546Did not advance

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. "South Korea at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  2. Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics