| South Korea at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | KOR |
| NPC | Korean Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 80 in 12 sports |
| Medals Ranked 16th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
South Korea competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 82 athletes, 72 men and 10 women. [1] Competitors from Korea won 28 medals, including 11 gold, 11 silver and 6 bronze to finish 16th in the medal table. [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Young Joo Jung Hak Young Lee Hong Gu Lee | Archery | Men's team open |
| Gold | Suk Man Hong | Athletics | Men's 100m T53 |
| Gold | Suk Man Hong | Athletics | Men's 200m T53 |
| Gold | Myung Hoon An Seong Hyeon Park | Boccia | Mixed pairs BC3 |
| Gold | Jong Chul Park | Powerlifting | Men's 90 kg |
| Gold | Myung Sook Her | Shooting | Women's sport rifle 3x20 SH1 |
| Gold | Young Gun Kim | Table tennis | Men's singles class 3 |
| Gold | Byoung Young Kim | Table tennis | Men's singles class 5 |
| Gold | Seong Hoon Kang Gong Yong Kim Kyung Mook Kim Hae Gon Lee | Table tennis | Men's teams class 1-2 |
| Gold | Young Gun Kim Heung Sik Yang Jae Kwan Cho | Table tennis | Men's teams class 3 |
| Gold | Kyoung Sik Choi Tae Hyung Um Park Jun-young | Table tennis | Men's teams class 4 |
 Silver | Young Joo Jung | Archery | Men's individual W2 |
| Silver | Suk Man Hong | Athletics | Men's 400m T53 |
| Silver | Keum Jong Jung | Powerlifting | Men's 60 kg |
| Silver | Myung Sook Her | Shooting | Women's air rifle standing SH1 |
| Silver | Im Yeon Kim | Shooting | Women's sport rifle 3x20 SH1 |
| Silver | Jae Yong Sim | Shooting | Mixed air rifle prone SH1 |
| Silver | Ho Gyoung You | Shooting | Mixed air rifle prone SH2 |
| Silver | Hae Gon Lee | Table tennis | Men's singles class 1 |
| Silver | Gong Yong Kim | Table tennis | Men's singles class 2 |
| Silver | Eun Chang Jung | Table tennis | Men's singles class 5 |
| Silver | Eun Chang Jung Byoung Young Kim | Table tennis | Men's team class 5 |
 Bronze | Hong Gu Lee | Archery | Men's individual W2 |
| Bronze | Tae Sung An | Archery | Men's individual standing |
| Bronze | Hee Sook Ko Hwa Sook Lee Kyung Hee Lee | Archery | Women's team open |
| Bronze | Myung Hoon An | Boccia | Mixed individual BC3 |
| Bronze | Kyung Mook Kim | Table tennis | Men's singles class 2 |
| Bronze | Kyoung Sik Choi | Table tennis | Men's singles class 4 |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| An Tae Sung | Men's individual standing | 603 | 10 | Bye |  Majercak (SVK)W 152-143 |  Rad (IRI)W 102-76 | Lyocsa (SVK) L 92-104 |  Zhu (CHN)W 108-99 | |
| Cho Hyu Kwan | 609 | 5 | Bye |  Zarzuela (ESP)L 142-144 | Did not advance | ||||
| Lee Hak Young | 638 WR | 1 | Bye | Zhu (CHN) L 154-155 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jung Young Joo | Men's individual W2 | 619 | 5 |  Zin (MAS)W 159-137 |  Gregory (GBR)W 161-149 |  Tseng (TPE)W 92-87 |  Lee (KOR)W 109-95 |  Oehme (GER)L 95-108 | |
| Lee Hong Gu | 628 | 1 | Bye |  Stone (USA)W 162-152 | Zhang (CHN) W 97-92 | Jung (KOR) L 95-109 |  de Pellegrin (ITA)W 104-96 | | |
| Lee Ouk Soo | 617 | 7 |  Baet Tellez (MEX)W 157-146 | Baylis (GBR) W 146-141 | de Pellegrin (ITA) L 91-94 | Did not advance | |||
| Jung Young Joo Lee Hak Young Lee Hong Gu | Men's team open | 1885 WR | 1 | N/A | Slovakia (SVK) W 217-213 | Great Britain (GBR) W 236-231 |  Japan (JPN)W 236-223 | | |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| Ko Hee Sook | Women's individual W1/W2 | 601 | 2 | N/A |  Giagkoulla (CYP)W 156-99 |  Terletska (UKR)W 98-92 | Isozaki (JPN) L 89-91 | Hirasawa (JPN) L 99-90 | 4 |
| Lee Hwa Sook | Women's individual standing | 577 | 4 | N/A | Struk (UKR) W 136-127 |  Karpmaichan (THA)L 78-88 | Did not advance | ||
| Lee Kyong Hee | 552 | 6 | N/A | Yonezawa (JPN) L 126-134 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ko Hee Sook Lee Hwa Sook Lee Kyung Hee | Women's team open | 1730 | 2 | N/A | Ukraine (UKR) W 201-198 | Italy (ITA) L 194-205 | Japan (JPN) W 213-201 | | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Choi Yong Jin | T36 | 400m | 1:04.45 | 9 | Did not advance | ||||
| 1500m | N/A | 4:50.98 | 4 | ||||||
| T37 | 800m | 2:35.54 | 12 | Did not advance | |||||
| Hong Duk Ho | T53 | 100m | 15.95 | 10 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 28.84 | 19 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Hong Suk Man | T53 | 100m | 15.11 PR | 1 Q | N/A | 15.04 PR | | ||
| 200m | 26.48 WR | 1 Q | N/A | 26.31 WR | | ||||
| 400m | N/A | | |||||||
| Kang Sung Kook | T37 | 400m | N/A | 1:00.61 | 8 | ||||
| 800m | 2:22.57 | 8 q | N/A | 2:21.31 | 8 | ||||
| 1500m | N/A | 5:03.80 | 10 | ||||||
| Kim Young Min | T38 | 100m | 13.07 | 10 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 27.84 | 10 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Han Do Hyung | F37 | Javelin | 36.71 | - | 7 |
| Han Sung Hyun | F11 | Javelin | 22.64 | - | 10 |
| Kim Dae Kwan | F36 | Discus | 29.97 | - | 5 |
| Shot put | 10.88 | - | 4 | ||
| Park Se Ho | F32 | Shot put | 5.97 | - | 6 |
| F32/51 | Club throw | 25.67 | 868 | 8 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| An Myung Hoon | Mixed individual BC3 |  Costa (POR) | L 5-6 | 2 Q | Hanson (USA) W 11-2 |  Gauthier (CAN)L 1-3 | Costa (POR) W 7-4 | |
 Dijkstra (NZL) | W 11-2 | |||||||
| Martin (ESP) | L 2-4 | |||||||
| Williams (USA) | W 11-1 | |||||||
| Park Seong Hyeon | Gauthier (CAN) | L 3-6 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Rodriguez (ESP) | W 8-4 | |||||||
| Jackson (NZL) | L 3-6 | |||||||
| An Myung Hoon Park Seong Hyeon | Mixed pairs BC3 | Gauthier (CAN) / Kabush (CAN) | W 7-1 | 1 Q | N/A | Dijkstra (NZL) / Jackson (NZL) W 13-0 | Pesquera (ESP) / Rodriguez (ESP) W 4-1 | |
| Macedo (POR) / Costa (POR) | W 11-2 | |||||||
| Hanson (USA) / Williams (USA) | W 11-1 | |||||||
The men's football 5-a-side team didn't win any medals. They were 6th out of 6 teams.
| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | South Korea vs.  Brazil (BRA) | 0 - 4 | 6 |
| 2 | South Korea vs.  Argentina (ARG) | 0 - 3 | |
| 3 | South Korea vs. Spain (ESP) | 0 - 3 | |
| 4 | South Korea vs.  Greece (GRE) | 1 - 3 | |
| 5 | South Korea vs.  France (FRA) | 1 - 2 | |
| 5th-6th classification | South Korea vs. France (FRA) | 1 - 3 | 6 |
The men's goalball team didn't win any medals. They were 8th out of 8 teams.
| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | South Korea vs. Spain (ESP) | 8 - 9 | 2 Q |
| 2 | South Korea vs.  Finland (FIN) | 0 - 10 | |
| 3 | South Korea vs.  Hungary (HUN) | 7 - 5 | |
| 4 | South Korea vs.  Lithuania (LTU) | 10 - 5 | |
| 5 | South Korea vs.  Slovenia (SLO) | 10 - 5 | |
| Quarterfinals | South Korea vs. Canada (CAN) | 4 - 9 | L |
| Semifinals | South Korea vs. Finland (FIN) | 3 - 5 | L |
| 7th-8th classification | South Korea vs. Hungary (HUN) | 3 - 8 | 8 |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Lee Jong Dae | Men's 66kg | Karpenyuk (UKR) W 1000-0102H | Garcia del Valle (ESP) L 0010K–0200C | N/A | Soutios (GRE) W ?-? | Xu (CHN) L 0031-0000 | Did not advance |
| Park Jung Min | Men's 90kg | Dinato (BRA) W 1000-0000 | Fernández (ESP) W 1002-0000S |  Kretsul (RUS)L 0000-1010 | N/A | Stoskus (LTU) L 0010C-0011C | |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bong Duk Hwan | 75kg | 187.5 | 8 |
| Cho Su Nam | 48kg | 125.0 | 10 |
| Jung Keum Jong | 60kg | 195.0 | |
| Park Jong Chul | 90kg | 240.0 PR | |
| Park Kwang Hyuk | 82.5kg | 190.0 | 6 |
| Sin Dae Heon | 67.5kg | 157.5 | 7 |
| Song Nam Kyou | 52kg | 127.5 | 11 |
| Yoon Sang Jin | 56kg | NMR | |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shin Jung Hee | 44kg | 60.0 | 8 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Choi Jong In | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 554 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 511 | 17 | Did not advance | |||
| Han Tae Ho | Men's 50m rifle three positions | 1123 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 596 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
| Ho Gyoung You | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 600 =WR | 1 Q | 105.3 | 705.3 | |
| Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 597 | 8 Q | 103.4 | 700.4 | 7 | |
| Jung Jin Owan | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 588 | 5 Q | 103.8 | 691.8 | 4 |
| Men's 50m rifle three positions | 1127 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 596 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
| Lee Hee Jeong | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 561 | 6 Q | 96.6 | 657.6 | 5 |
| Pyun Moo Jo | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 588 | 7 Q | 102.7 | 690.7 | 5 |
| Men's 50m rifle three positions | 1142 | 4 Q | 99.3 | 1241.3 | 4 | |
| Sim Jae Yong | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 585 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| Men's 50m rifle prone SH1 | 584 | 11 | Did not advance | |||
| Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 600 =WR | 1 Q | 104.3 | 704.3 | | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Bae Young Ee | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 | 360 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| Her Myung Sook | Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 389 | 2 Q | 100.3 | 489.3 | |
| Women's 50m rifle three positions SH1 | 564 | 1 Q | 97.6 | 661.6 WR | | |
| Kim Im Yeon | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 584 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
| Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 388 | 3 Q | 97.4 | 485.4 | 6 | |
| Women's 50m rifle three positions SH1 | 562 | 2 Q | 95.2 | 657.2 | | |
| Yoo Eun Joo | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 | 357 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Back Min Jun | S5 | 100m freestyle | 1:41.14 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| 200m freestyle | 3:40.29 | 8 Q | 3:40.91 | 8 | ||
| 50m butterfly | 51.44 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 1:58.92 | 6 Q | 1:59.73 | 7 | |
| Lee Hyung Yong | SB3 | 50m breaststroke | 1:00.91 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| SM3 | 150m individual medley | 3:37.66 | 7 Q | 3:33.46 | 6 | |
| Lee Sun Wook | S6 | 400m freestyle | 6:31.97 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Park Jong Man | SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 2:01.82 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| SM5 | 200m individual medley | DSQ | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Kang Seong Hoon Kim Gong Yong Kim Kyung Mook Lee Hae Gon | Men's teams 1-2 | Slovakia (SVK) W 3-2 | Finland (FIN) W 3–0 | Argentina (ARG) W 3–0 | 1 Q | N/A | Germany (GER) W 3-1 | Slovakia (SVK) W 3–1 | |
| Cho Jae Kwan Kim Young Gun Yang Heung Sik | Men's teams 3 | France (FRA) L 1-3 | Spain (ESP) W 3-1 | Slovakia (SVK) W 3-0 | 2 Q | N/A | Germany (GER) W 3-1 | Great Britain (GBR) W 3-0 | |
| Choi Kyoung Sik Park Jun-young Um Tae Hyung | Men's teams 4 | China (CHN) W 3-2 | Brazil (BRA) W 3-0 | N/A | 1 Q | N/A | Germany (GER) W 3-0 | France (FRA) W 3-2 | |
| Jung Eun Chang Kim Byoung Young | Men's teams 5 |  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)W 3-0 | Great Britain (GBR) W 3-0 | N/A | 1 Q |  Norway (NOR)W 3-1 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 3-1 |  Czech Republic (CZE)L 2-3 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Park Tae Hoon | Men's épée B |  Chung (HKG) | L 1–5 | 3 Q | Rodgers (USA) L 7-15 | Did not advance | |||
| Komar (UKR) | L 2-5 | ||||||||
| Sarri (ITA) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Hisakawa (JPN) | L 3-5 | ||||||||
| Soler (ESP) | W 5-2 | ||||||||
| Men's sabre B |  Czop (POL) | L 1-5 | 4 Q | Heaton (GBR) L 12-15 | Did not advance | ||||
| Mari (ITA) | L 4-5 | ||||||||
| Hui (HKG) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
| Arnau (ESP) | W 5-2 | ||||||||
| Moreno (USA) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Kwak Dong Ju | Open | Men's singles | Harel (FRA) L 2-6, 1-6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Lee Ha Gel | Musa (MAS) W 6–0, 6–0 |  Bonaccurso (AUS)L 2-6, 3-6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Kwak Dong Ju Lee Ha Gel | Men's doubles | N/A | Gardner (GBR) Plowman (GBR) W 6-2, 6-1 |  Ammerlaan (NED) Stuurman (NED)L 3-6, 1-6 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Hong Young Suk | Open | Women's singles | Griffioen (NED) W 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 | Kalt (NED) L 3-6, 2-6 | Did not advance | ||
| Hwang Myung Hee | Forshaw (GBR) L 2-6, 0-6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Hong Young Suk Hwang Myung Hee | Women's doubles | N/A | Korb (USA) Dorsett (USA) W 6-2, 6-2 |  Erath (SUI) Kalt (SUI)L 3-2, 2-6 | Did not advance | ||
South Korea competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 264 athletes, 145 men and 119 women, competed 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.
South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of 79 competitors and 54 officials.
The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. A total of 235 U.S. competitors took part in 18 sports; the only sport Americans did not compete in was soccer 5-a-side. The United States finished fourth in the gold and overall medal count, behind China, Great Britain and Canada.
Argentina competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included fifty-five athletes, forty-four men and eleven women. Argentinian competitors won four medals, two silver and two bronze to finish sixty-second in the medal table.
Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. It was Australia's 12th year of participation at the Paralympics. The team included 151 athletes. Australian competitors won 101 medals to finish fifth in the gold medal table and second on the total medal table. Australia competed in 12 sports and won medals in 8 sports. The Chef de Mission was Paul Bird. The Australian team was smaller than the Sydney Games due to a strict selection policy related to the athletes' potential to win a medal and the International Paralympic Committee's decision to remove events for athletes with an intellectual disability from the Games due to issues of cheating at the Sydney Games. This was due to a cheating scandal with the Spanish intellectually disabled basketball team in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where it was later discovered that only two players actually had intellectual disabilities. The IPC decision resulted in leading Australian athletes such as Siobhan Paton and Lisa Llorens not being able to defend their Paralympic titles. The 2000 summer paralympic games hosted in Sydney Australia proved to be a milestone for the Australian team as they finished first on the medal tally for the first time in history. In comparing Australia's 2000 Paralympic performance and their 2004 performance, it is suggested that having a home advantage might affect performance.
Ireland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included forty-two athletes, thirty-four men and eight women. Irish competitors won four medals, three silver and one bronze to finish sixty-first in the medal table.
Hungary competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 37 athletes—25 men and 12 women. Hungarian competitors won nineteen medals, one gold, eight silver and ten bronze, to finish 46th in the medal table.
Spain competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 158 athletes—123 men and 35 women. Spanish competitors won 71 medals, 20 gold, 27 silver and 24 bronze, to finish 7th in the medal table.
Germany competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 212 athletes—140 men and 72 women. German competitors won 78 medals, 19 gold, 28 silver and 31 bronze, to finish 8th in the medal table.
Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 162 athletes—108 men and 54 women. Japanese competitors won 52 medals, 17 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze, to finish 10th in the medal table.
France competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 136 athletes, 106 men and 30 women. French competitors won 74 medals, 18 gold, 26 silver and 30 bronze to finish 9th in the medal table.
Brazil competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 96 athletes, 74 men and 22 women. Competitors from Brazil won 33 medals, including 14 gold, 12 silver and 7 bronze to finish 14th in the medal table.
Belgium competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 25 athletes, 24 men and one woman. Competitors from Belgium won 7 medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze to finish 36th in the medal table.
Finland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 54 athletes, 31 men and 23 women. Competitors from Finland won 8 medals, including 4 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze to finish 33rd in the medal table.
Greece competed as the host nation of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 124 athletes, 107 men and 17 women. Competitors from Greece won 20 medals, including 3 gold, 13 silver and 4 bronze to finish 34th in the medal table.
Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 76 athletes, 62 men and 14 women. Competitors from Italy won 19 medals, including 4 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze to finish 31st in the medal table.
Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 95 athletes, 53 men and 42 women. Competitors from Netherlands won 29 medals, including 5 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze to finish 27th in the medal table.
Slovenia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 28 athletes, 14 men and 14 women. Competitors from Slovenia won 4 medals, including 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze to finish 49th in the medal table.
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history since 1984. A total of 205 athletes, 103 men and 101 women, competed in 24 sports.
