South Korea at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

South Korea at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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)
Competitors	83 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Choi Yong-beom
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 6 Silver 10 Bronze 1‌4 Total
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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South Korea competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	3	5
Athletics	1	0	1
Badminton	4	2	6
Boccia	2	2	5
Goalball	0	6	6
Paracanoeing	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	2	3	12
Swimming	5	1	6
Table tennis	9	6	15
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Total	46	37	83

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Park Hong Jo	Individual W1	613	12	—	Han  (CHN) L 140–130	Did not advance			11
Kwak Geonhwi	Individual recurve	647	2	Bye	Papağan  (TUR) W 6–2	Kenton-Smith  (AUS) L 4-6	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Ok-geum	Individual W1	623	3	—	Bye	Kingstone  (GBR) W 128-122	Chen  (CHN) L 123-132	Brandtlová  (CZE) L 122-127	4
Choi Nami	Individual compound	661	18	Zúñiga  (CHI) L135-139	Did not advance				17
Jeong Jinyoung		659	19	Lin  (CHN) L134-140	Did not advance				17
Jang Gyeong Suk	Individual recurve	510	20	Pattawaeo  (THA) L 0-6	Did not advance				23

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Park Hong Jo Kim Ok-geum	Team W1	1236	4	—	Hekimoğlu / Mısır  (TUR) W 134-132	Tianxin / Minyi  (CHN) L 139-145	Tonon / Dameno  (ITA) L 132-134	4
Jang Gyeong Suk Kwak Geonhwi	Team recurve	—		Rahimi / Arab Ameri  (IRI) L 4-5	Did not advance			9

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Byunghoon Yoo	Men's 400 m T53	51.38	4	Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choi Jung-man	Singles WH1	Nagashima  (JPN) W 2-0	Murayama  (JPN) W 2-0	—	1 Q	—	Jeong  (KOR) W 2-0	Zimo  (CHN) L 0-2
Jeong Jae-gun		Qu  (CHN) L 0-2	Ramli  (MAS) W 2-1	—	2 Q	Murayama  (JPN) W 2-0	Choi  (KOR) L 0-2	Did not advance	4
Yu Soo-young	Singles WH2	Mai  (CHN) W 2-0	Hellmann  (GER) W 2-1	—	1 Q	—	Chan  (HKG)
Kim Jung-jun		Jakobs  (FRA) W 2-1	Levi  (ISR) W 2-0	—	1 Q	—	Kajiwara  (JPN)
Shin Kyung-hwan	Singles SL4	Yathiraj  (IND) L 0-2	Ramdani  (INA) L 1-2	—	3	Did not advance
Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun	Doubles WH1–2	Jeong / Yu  (KOR) L 0-2	Matsumoto / Nagashima  (JPN) L0-2	Jakobs / Toupe  (FRA) W2-1	3	Did not advance
Jeong Jae-gun Yu Soo-young		Choi / Kim  (KOR) W 2-0	Jakobs / Toupe  (FRA) W 2-0	Matsumoto / Nagashima  (JPN) W 2-0	1 Q	—	Matsumoto / Nagashima  (JPN) W 2-0	Mai / Qu  (CHN)

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kwon Hyun-ah	Singles WH1	Koósz  (AUT) W 2-0	To  (BEL) L 0-2	—	2 Q	To  (BEL) L 0-2	Did not advance
Jung Gye-oul	Singles WH2	Ginns  (AUS) WDN	Weitwithan  (THA) L 1-2	—	2	Renggli  (SUI) L 0-2	Did not advance
Jung Gye-oul Kwon Hyun-ah	Doubles WH1–2	Satomi / Yamazaki  (JPN) L 0-2	Liu / Yin  (CHN) L 0-2	—	3	Did not advance

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jung Sung-joon	Men's individual BC1	Huadpradit  (THA) L 3–7
Kim Doh-yun		Král  (SVK) L 2–4	Syafa  (INA) L 4–7	—	3	Did not advance			11
Seo Min-kyu	Men's individual BC2	Rombouts  (BEL) W 5–2
Jeong Ho-won	Men's individual BC3
Jeong So-yeong	Women's individual BC2
Kang Sun-hee	Women's individual BC3
Jeong Ho-won Kang Sun-hee	Mixed pairs BC3
Jung Sung-joon Seo Min-kyu Jeong So-yeong	Mixed team BC1/BC2

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Korea women's	Women's tournament	Japan L 1–3	France W 6–1	Canada D 0–0	3 Q	Turkey L 3–6	—	France W 2–2 (2–1 p)	7

Women's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

The 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]

Team roster

Coach: Jung Eun-sun

The following is the South Korea squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. ^[3]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Kim Hee-jin	B3	(1994-11-29)29 November 1994 (aged 29)
3	Kim Eun-ji	B2	(1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 33)
4	Park Eun-ji	B1	(1999-06-02)2 June 1999 (aged 25)
6	Sim Seon-hwa	B2	(1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 32)
7	Seo Min-ji	B2	(2001-12-29)29 December 2001 (aged 22)
8	Choi Eum-jee	B1	(1999-07-06)6 July 1999 (aged 25)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Quarter-finals
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	11	2	+9	4
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	France (H)	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	0

Source: Paris 2024 ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts

29 August 2024

19:00

South Korea	1–3	Japan
Sim Seon-hwa 3'	Report	Hagiwara 7', 17', 23'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Linda Welborn (United States)
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)

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31 August 2024

19:00

France	1–6	South Korea
Ajami 0'	Report	Sim Seon-hwa 3', 14', 15', 16' Park Eun-ji 14', 15'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Kazuto Ono (Japan)
Sarah Kuper (Germany)

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1 September 2024

10:30

South Korea	0–0	Canada
	Report

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Kazuto Ono (Japan)

Quarter-finals

3 September 2024

19:45

Turkey	6–3	South Korea
Sevd. Altunoluk 0', 2', 6', 12' Güler 6' Altan 22'	Report	Seo Min-ji 5' Sim Seon-hwa 17', 23'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)
Linda Welborn (United States)

Seventh place match

4 September 2024

10:00

South Korea	2–2	France
Sim Seon-hwa 3' Seo Min-ji 11'	Report	Rondepierre 7' Ajami 20'
Penalties
Kim Hee-jin Sim Seon-hwa Seo Min-ji Park Eun-ji Kim Eun-ji Choi Eum-jee	2–1	Gonzalez Berquier Ajami Matos Rondepierre Alhan

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)
Claude Dagenais (Canada)

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's KL3

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Sejeong	PR1 women's single sculls	10:45.53	3 R	10:52.23	2 FA
Kang Hyounjoo Bae Jiin Choi Seonwoong Lee Seungho coxswain= Seo Hakyung	PR3 mixed coxed four	7:51.27	5 R	7:30.93	5 FB

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1
	R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
	R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
	R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	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

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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. ^[6]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
Cho Wonsang	100 m butterfly S14	59.92	11	Did not advance
Lee Inkook	100 m butterfly S14	59.15	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lim Eun-yeong	100 m butterfly S8

Mixed

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	4 × 100 m freestyle relay S13

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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; ^[7] meanwhile, the other eleven athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition 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
Cha Soo-yong Park Jin-cheol	Doubles MD4	—			Mihálik  (SVK)/   Trávníček  (SVK) L 2-3
Jang Yeong-jin Park Sung-joo		—		Davies  (GBR)/   Matthews  (GBR) W 3-0		Mihálik  (SVK)/   Trávníček  (SVK) L 1-3

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition 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

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Dong-ho	Men's –63 kg	Milad  (ISR) L 12-27	Did not advance
Joo Jeong-hun	Men's –80 kg	Bye	Spajić  (SRB) W 8-1	Nájera  (MEX) L 8-10	—	Dombayev  (KAZ) W 7-1

Wheelchair tennis

Main articles: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Han Sung-bong	Men's singles	Langmann  (AUT) L 2-6, 6-0, 2-6	Did not advance
Im Ho-won		Bin Yusuf  (MAS) W 6-2, 6-3	Caverzaschi  (ESP) L 6-4, 4-6, 6-7	Did not advance
Han Sung-bong Im Ho-won	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Langmann / Riegler  (AUT) W 6-2, 6-0	Miki / Oda  (JPN)

See also

• South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• South Korea at the Paralympics

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