South Korea at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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South Korea at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of South Korea.svg
IPC code KOR
NPC Korea Paralympic Committee
Website www.koreanpc.kr  (in Korean)
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors60 in 11 sports
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

South Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 235
Athletics 101
Badminton 426
Boccia 225
Goalball 066
Paracanoeing 101
Rowing 011
Shooting 2312
Swimming 516
Table tennis 9615
Taekwondo 202
Total322460

Archery

South Korea entered five athletes into the games by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic and 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. [1]

Men
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
  Individual W1
  Individual recurve
Women
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
  Individual W1
  Individual compound
  Individual recurve
Mixed
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
 
 
Team W1
 
 
Team recurve

Athletics

South Korean track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
Track events
AthleteEventsHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
  Men's 400 m T53

Badminton

South Korea has qualified six para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Choi Jung-man Singles WH1
Jeong Jae-gun
Yu Soo-young Singles WH2
Shin Kyung-hwan Singles SL4
Choi Jung-man
Kim Jung-jun
Doubles WH1–2
Women
AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kwon Hyun-ah Singles WH1
Jung Gye-oul Singles WH2
Jung Gye-oul
Kwon Hyun-ah
Doubles WH1–2

Boccia

South Korea confirmed two quotas (one in men and one in women), by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC3 pairs event, at the 2023 Asian/Oceanian Championships in Hong Kong; the nations also secured one teams quota in mixed BC1/BC2 teams through the final world ranking.

AthleteEventPool matchesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
  Men's individual BC3
  Women's individual BC3
 
 
 
Mixed team BC1/BC2
  Mixed pairs BC3

Goalball

South Korean women's goalball team entered the Paralympic games after being the runner-up at 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Matosinhos, Portugal. [2]

Summary
TeamEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
South Korea women's Women's tournament

Paracanoeing

South Korea earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
  Men's KL3

Rowing

Kazakhstan qualified one boats in women's single sculls classes, by virtue of the highest ranked eligible boats, at the 2024 Asia/Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
  PR1 women's single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

South Korea entered twelve para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024. [3]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
  P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1
  R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
 
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
  P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
  R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
  R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1
Mixed
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
  P3 – 25 m pistol SH1
  P4 – 50 m pistol SH1
  R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
 
  R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
  R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2

Swimming

South Korea entered six swimmers (five men and one woman), by virtue of the results at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines; and through the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots. [4]

Men
AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Jo Giseong 50 m freestyle S4
100 m freestyle S4
200 m freestyle S4
50 m backstroke S4
50 m backstroke S4
50 m backstroke S4
Women
AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Lim Eun-yeong 100 m butterfly S8
Mixed
AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
 
 
 
 
4 × 100 m freestyle relay S13

Table tennis

South Korea entered fifteen table tennis players to compete for Paris 2024. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou; [5] meanwhile, the other eleven athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final ranking.

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Joo Young-dae Individual C1
Kim Hak-jin
Park Jin-cheol Individual C2
Cha Soo-yong
Jang Yeong-jin Individual C3
Baek Young-bok
Kim Young-gun Individual C4
Kim Jung-gil
Kim Gi-tae Individual C11
Women
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Seo Su-yeon Individual C1–2
Yoon Ji-yu Individual C3
Lee Mi-gyu
Jung Young-a Individual C5
Moon Sung-hye
Kim Seong-ok Individual C7

Taekwondo

South Korea entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Joo Jeong-hun qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in men's 80 kg class; meanwhile Lee Dong-ho qualified for Paris 2024, after winning the gold medal results in under 63 class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lee Dong-ho Men's –63 kg
Joo Jeong-hun Men's –80 kg

See also

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