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,attending every Summer Olympics held during the country's existence up to that point with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States-led 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.
Park Sung-hyun is an archer from South Korea who competed in two Olympic Games,winning three gold medals. Park made her international archery debut in 2001,winning the women's recurve title at that year's World Archery Championships. Her Olympic debut came at the 2004 Summer Olympics,where she won gold medals in both the women's individual and women's team events. She won two further medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics,achieving her third Olympic gold in the women's team event before earning the silver medal as the runner-up in the women's individual event.
South Korea,as Korea,competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 175 competitors,116 men and 59 women,took part in 97 events in 19 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Seoul,a traditional Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors,269 men and 132 women,took part in 218 events in 27 sports.
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.
South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,United States. 300 competitors,189 men and 111 women,took part in 160 events 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 has traditional sports of its own,as well as sports from different cultures and countries.
The South Korea men's national basketball team represents South Korea in international basketball competitions. They are administered by the Korea Basketball Association.
Jung is a Latin alphabet rendition of the Korean family name "정",also often spelled Jeong,Chung,Joung or Jong. As of the South Korean census of 2015,there were 2,407,601 people by this name in South Korea or 4.84% of the population. The Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous hanja. 鄭 (2,151,879),丁 (243,803) and 程 (11,683). The rest of the homophonous hanjas include:政 (139),桯 (41),定 (29),正 (22) and 情 (5).
Hong Sung-heon is a former South Korean designated hitter. He batted and threw right-handed.
Lee Yong-dae is a professional badminton player from South Korea who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners,Jung Jae-sung,Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seong in men's doubles,and Lee Hyo-jung in mixed doubles. He won a total of 43 Superseries titles,37 in the men's doubles,the most of any doubles player in one discipline,and 6 in mixed doubles. He was ranked world number 1 in men's doubles for 117 consecutive weeks with his last partner,Yoo Yeon-seong.
South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games.
The South Korea women's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. It was one of the leading squads in the world in the 1970s,1990s and 2010s,having won the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal,Quebec,Canada,and placing fourth at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,Germany,the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,Great Britain and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,Japan.
The South Korea men's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches,governed by Korea Volleyball Association. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has competed in the Olympic Games eight times,but has not featured since the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney,Australia. The national team's best performance at the Olympic Games was 5th place at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles,California,United States. The national team at the FIVB World Championship competed nine times,with their best result at 4th place in 1978. On continental level,The national team won three gold medals at the Asian Games in 1978,2002 and 2006. And at the Asian Championship,the national team won four gold medals,two of these was at home in 1989 Seoul and 2001 Changwon and the other two are in 1993 and 2003. The national team now ranks 28th in the FIVB World Rankings.
Hyun Jung-hwa is a retired table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics,and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung is a South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event.
Kim Min-jung or Kim Min-jeong is a Korean name consisting of the family name Kim and the given name Min-jung,and may refer to:
South Korea participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang,Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. It was the 18th appearance of the country at the Asian Games,except the first edition in Delhi. As one of the best competitors at the Games,South Korea's best achievement was in the 2002 Busan,with the acquisition of 96 gold,80 silver and 84 bronze medals. At the latest edition in 2014 Incheon,the country had collected 79 gold,71 silver,and 84 bronze medals.
Lee Hyun-jung is a South Korean professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).
