South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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]

South Korea at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.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)

Medalists

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

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 9 2 11
Badminton 6 6 12
Boxing 11 11
Canoeing 6 0 6
Cycling 4 0 4
Equestrian 4 1 5
Fencing 10 5 15
Field hockey 0 16 16
Football 14 14
Gymnastics 6 4 10
Handball 15 13 28
Judo 7 7 14
Modern pentathlon 3 3
Rowing 0 2 2
Sailing 3 0 3
Shooting 7 5 12
Swimming 2 2 4
Table tennis 4 4 8
Tennis 2 2 4
Volleyball 12 0 12
Weightlifting 10 10
Wrestling 16 16
Total 154 72 226

Archery

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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:

  • Cho, Kim, and Lee — Final (→   Gold Medal), 4-0

Men's Team Competition:

  • Chung, Han, and Lim — Quarterfinal (→ 5th place), 1-1

Athletics

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Men's Marathon

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 72.68 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Badminton

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Boxing

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Four male cyclists represented South Korea in 1992.

Men's team pursuit
Men's points race

Equestrianism

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Fencing

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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

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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

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Handball

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Men's team competition

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  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • 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
  • Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: South Korea – Spain 21-36 (→ Sixth place)
  • Team roster

Women's Team Competition

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  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • South Korea – Norway 27-16
  • South Korea – Austria 27-27
  • South Korea – Spain 28-18
  • Semi Finals
  • South Korea – Germany 26-25
  • Gold Medal Match
  • South Korea – Norway 28-21 (→   Gold Medal)
  • Team roster

Hockey

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Judo

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented South Korea in 1992.

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lee Eun-chul 50 m rifle prone 597 8 Q 702.5 OR  
50 m rifle 3 positions 1162 11 Did not advance
Ji Jong-koo 10 m air rifle 586 21 Did not advance
Park Jong-shin 50 m pistol 547 33 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 571 33 Did not advance
Chae Keun-bae 10 m air rifle 590 4 Q 687.8 8
Kim Seon-il 50 m pistol 558 11 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 581 9 Did not advance
Cha Young-chul 50 m rifle prone 594 18 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1158 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lee Eun-ju 10 m air rifle 392 8 Q 492.6 6
Bang Hyun-joo 10 m air pistol 377 15 Did not advance
25 m pistol 570 29 Did not advance
Yeo Kab-soon 10 m air rifle 396 OR 2 Q 498.2 OR  
Kang Myung-a. 50 m rifle 3 positions 571 24 Did not advance
Lee Sun-bock 10 m air pistol 377 15 Did not advance
Open
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Kim Kun-il Trap 135 46 Did not advance

Swimming

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Table tennis

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Tennis

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Volleyball

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  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