South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the Olympic Games

Flag of South Korea
IOC code  KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (Korean) (English)
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors 300 (189 men and 111 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Choi Cheon-Sik
Medals
Rank: 10
Gold
7
Silver
15
Bronze
5
Total
27
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

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.[1]

Medalists

Gold

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Silver

Bronze

Archery

Korea's fifth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals in the women's competitions as well as a silver medal and a bronze medal in the men's competitions. The only individual eliminated before the quarterfinals was Yoon Hye-Young, though she did set an Olympic record in the 36 arrow R32/R16 combined.

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification 58.66m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification 16.92m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Badminton

Baseball

Korea's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish for the team. The Koreans won only one game in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands. This put them in eighth place and ended their involvement in the competition.

Men's Team Competition:

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight ( 57 kg)

Men's Lightweight

Men's Light-Welterweight

Men's Welterweight

Men's Light-Middleweight

Men's Middleweight ( 75 kg)

  • First Round Lost to Bertrand Tetsia (Cameroon), 2-12

Men's Light-Heavyweight ( 81 kg)

Men's Heavyweight ( 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final 6 points (→ 7th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat 293.52 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat 180.15 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
  • Preliminary Heat 166.56 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Fencing

Thirteen fencers, nine men and 4 women, represented South Korea in 1996.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

  • 5th/8th place: South Korea India 44 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 53)
  • 5th/6th place: South Korea Pakistan 31 → Fifth place

Women's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's:

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Butterfly

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay


Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

Table tennis

Tennis

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Young-Ja Choi Women's singles  Joannette Kruger (RSA)
W 6-7(5-7), 6-2, 6-1
 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED)
L 2-6, 4-6
Did not advance

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

  • Lost to Italy (0-3)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (0-3)
  • Lost to Russia (0-3)
  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • Lost to Netherlands (2-3) → did not advance, 10th place

Women's Indoor Team Competition

  • Defeated Japan (3-0)
  • Lost to China (2-3)
  • Defeated Ukraine (3-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
  • Lost to United States (1-3)
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (0-3) → Sixth place

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "South Korea at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
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