South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the Olympic Games
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	248 in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Yoon Kyung-shin (opening) Song Dae-nam (closing)
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 13	Silver 8	Bronze 7	Total 28
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South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, having missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States boycott. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 248 athletes, 135 men and 113 women, competed in 22 sports.

South Korea left London with a total of 28 medals (13 gold, 8 silver, and 7 bronze), finishing fifth in the medal standings and tying its record with Beijing for the most gold medals at a single Olympics.^[1] Six of these medals were awarded to the team in fencing, five in shooting, four in archery, and three in judo. South Korean athletes dominated in archery, where they won gold medals in all but one sporting events and broke two world records. Despite the absence of baseball and softball at the Olympics, South Korea's team-based athletes proved successful in London, as the men's football team won the bronze medal against neighbouring Japan. For the first time in its history, South Korea won Olympic medals in team fencing.

Among the nation's medalists were pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh, and taekwondo jin Hwang Kyung-seon, who both successfully defended their Olympic titles from Beijing. Three South Korean athletes won Olympic gold medals for the first time in history: gymnast Yang Hak-seon in the men's vault exercises, archer Oh Jin-hyek in the men's individual event, and sabre fencer Kim Ji-yeon in the women's individual event. Park Tae-hwan, who won two silver in London, emerged as the most successful South Korean swimmer in history, with a total of four Olympic medals.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Jin Jong-oh Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 28 July  Gold Lee Sung-jin Ki Bo-bae Choi Hyun-joo Archery Women's team 29 July  Gold Kim Jae-bum Judo Men's 81 kg 31 July  Gold Kim Jang-mi Shooting Women's 25 m pistol 1 August  Gold Song Dae-nam Judo Men's 90 kg 1 August  Gold Kim Ji-yeon Fencing Women's sabre 1 August  Gold Ki Bo-bae Archery Women's individual 2 August  Gold Oh Jin-hyek Archery Men's individual 3 August  Gold Gu Bon-gil Won Woo-young Kim Jung-hwan Oh Eun-seok Fencing Men's team sabre 3 August  Gold Jin Jong-oh Shooting Men's 50 m pistol 5 August  Gold Yang Hak-seon Gymnastics Men's vault 6 August  Gold Kim Hyeon-woo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 7 August  Gold Hwang Kyung-seon Taekwondo Women's 67kg 10 August  Silver Park Tae-hwan Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 28 July  Silver Park Tae-hwan Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle 30 July  Silver Choi In-jeong Shin A-lam Jung Hyo-jung Choi Eun-sook Fencing Women's team épée 4 August  Silver Choi Young-rae Shooting Men's 50 m pistol 5 August  Silver Kim Jong-hyun Shooting Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions 6 August  Silver Joo Se-hyuk Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Table tennis Men's team 8 August  Silver Lee Dae-hoon Taekwondo Men's 58 kg 8 August  Silver Han Soon-chul Boxing Men's lightweight 12 August  Bronze Im Dong-hyun Kim Bub-min Oh Jin-hyek Archery Men's team 28 July  Bronze Cho Jun-ho Judo Men's 66 kg 29 July  Bronze Choi Byung-chul Fencing Men's foil 31 July  Bronze Jung Jin-sun Fencing Men's épée 1 August  Bronze Nam Hyun-hee Jung Gil-ok Jeon Hee-sook Oh Ha-na Fencing Women's team foil 2 August  Bronze Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Badminton Men's doubles 5 August  Bronze South Korea national football team Jung Sung-ryong   Kim Bo-kyung   Koo Ja-cheol Oh Jae-suk   Baek Sung-dong   Kim Chang-soo Yun Suk-young   Ji Dong-won   Park Jong-woo Kim Young-gwon   Park Chu-young   Jung Woo-young Kim Kee-hee   Nam Tae-hee   Kim Hyun-sung Ki Sung-yueng   Hwang Seok-ho   Lee Bum-young Football Men's tournament 10 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Shooting 3 2 0 5 Archery 3 0 1 4 Fencing 2 1 3 6 Judo 2 0 1 3 Taekwondo 1 1 0 2 Gymnastics 1 0 0 1 Wrestling 1 0 0 1 Swimming 0 2 0 2 Boxing 0 1 0 1 Table tennis 0 1 0 1 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Football 0 0 1 1 Total 13 8 7 28

Delegation

The South Korean Olympic delegation participating in the opening ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) selected a team of 245 athletes, 133 men and 112 women, to compete in 24 sports; it was the nation's smallest team sent to the Olympics since 1992. South Korea did not qualify athletes in basketball, canoeing, equestrian, and tennis.^[2] There was only a single competitor in rhythmic gymnastics, and in triathlon.

The South Korean team featured nine defending champions from Beijing, including freestyle swimmer Park Tae-hwan, the men's archery team (led by Im Dong-hyun), pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh, weightlifters Jang Mi-ran and Sa Jae-hyouk, and taekwondo jins Hwang Kyung-seon and Cha Dong-min. Among these champions, Jin Jong-oh only managed to defend his Olympic title for the second consecutive time. Handball player Yoon Kyung-shin, who competed at his fifth Olympics since 1992 (except the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where his team did not qualify), was the oldest athlete of the team, at age 39, and later became South Korea's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[2] Platform diver Kim Su-ji, on the other hand, was the youngest of the team, at age 14.

Other notable South Korean athletes featured judoka and top medal contenders Wang Ki-chun and Kim Jae-bum, foil fencer and Olympic silver medalist Nam Hyun-hee, and butterfly swimmer and Youth Olympic gold medalist Chang Gyu-cheol.

The following table lists the number of South Korean competitors who participated in each Olympic sport. Note that swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and water polo are technically considered as one sport, aquatics. However, due to their significant practical differences, they are listed separately by tradition.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	11	6	17
Badminton	6	6	12
Boxing	2	0	2
Cycling	6	4	10
Diving	1	1	2
Fencing	7	10	17
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	5	2	7
Handball	14	14	28
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	2	1	3
Rowing	1	3	4
Sailing	4	0	4
Shooting	7	6	13
Swimming	6	9	15
Synchronized swimming	–	2	2
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Triathlon	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	6	4	10
Wrestling	7	2	9
Total	135	113	248

Archery

South Korea has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, three archers for the women's individual event, a team for the men's team event and a team for the women's team event

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Im Dong-hyun	Individual	699 WR	1	Guidi (SMR) (64) W 6–0	Wang C-P (TPE) (33) W 6–4	van der Ven (NED) (16) L 1–7	Did not advance
Kim Bub-min		698	2	Elder (FIJ) (63) W 6–4	Rai (IND) (31) W 6–2	Olaru (MDA) (47) W 7–1	Dai Xx (CHN) (7) L 5–6	Did not advance
Oh Jin-hyek		690	3	Müller (SUI) (62) W 7–3	Álvarez (MEX) (30) W 6–4	Dobrowolski (POL) (14) W 6–0	Ruban (UKR) (43) W 7–1	Dai Xx (CHN) (7) W 6–5	Furukawa (JPN) (5) W 7–1
Im Dong-hyun Kim Bub-min Oh Jin-hyek	Team	2087 WR	1	N/A		BYE	Ukraine (UKR) (9) W 227–220	United States (USA) (4) L 219–224	Mexico (MEX) (7) W 224–219

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choi Hyun-joo	Individual	651	21	Tomasi (ITA) (44) W 6–5	Grandal (ESP) (53) W 6–5	Schuh (FRA) (37) L 5–6	Did not advance
Ki Bo-bae		671	1	Al-Mashhadani (IRQ) (64) W 6–0	Timofeyeva (BLR) (33) W 6–2	Hayakawa (JPN) (16) W 6–0	Perova (RUS) (9) W 6–4	Lorig (USA) (4) W 6–2	Román (MEX) (11) W 6–5
Lee Sung-jin		671	2	Tuimalealiifano (SAM) (63) W 6–0	Esebua (GEO) (34) W 6–2	Bishindee (MGL) (18) W 6–0	Avitia (MEX) (10) L 2–6	Did not advance
Choi Hyun-joo Ki Bo-bae Lee Sung-jin	Team	1993	1	N/A		BYE	Denmark (DEN) (8) W 206–195	Japan (JPN) (5) W 221–206	China (CHN) (7) W 210–209

Athletics

South Korean athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3][4]

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
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Jang Sin-Kweon in men's marathon

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Jang Sin-kweon	Marathon	2:28:20	73
Jeong Jin-hyeok		2:38:45	82
Lee Doo-hang		2:17:19	32
Byun Young-jun	20 km walk	1:23:26	31
Kim Hyun-sub		1:21:36	17
Park Chil-sung		DNF
Kim Dong-young	50 km walk	3:57:33	38
Park Chil-sung		3:45:55 NR	13
Yim Jung-hyun		3:56:34	34

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kim Deok-hyeon	Triple jump	16.22	22	Did not advance
Kim Yoo-suk	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Jung Sang-jin	Javelin throw	76.39	31	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jung Hye-lim	100 m hurdles	13.48	7	Did not advance
Chung Yun-hee	Marathon	N/A				2:31:58	41
Kim Sung-eun						2:46:38	96
Lim Kyung-hee						2:39:03	76
Jeon Yong-eun	20 km walk	N/A				DSQ

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Choi Yun-hee	Pole vault	4.10	18	Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lee Hyun-il	Singles	Pacheco (PER) W (21–12, 21–7)	N/A		1 Q	Jørgensen (DEN) W (21–17, 21–13)	Chen J (CHN) W (21–15, 21–16)	Lin D (CHN) L (12–21, 10–21)	Chen L (CHN) L (12–21, 21–15, 15–21)	4
Son Wan-ho		Ivanov (RUS) W (21–15, 21–19)	Hsu J-h (TPE) W (21–14, 21–10)	N/A	1 Q	Gade (DEN) L (9–21, 16–21)	Did not advance
Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Doubles	Bach / Gunawan (USA) W (21–14, 21–19)	Kawamae / Sato (JPN) W (21–16, 21–15)	Koo K K / Tan B H (MAS) W (21–16, 21–11)	1 Q	N/A	Ahsan / Septano (INA) W (21–12, 21–16)	Boe / Mogensen (DEN) L (21–17, 18–21 20–22)	Koo K K / Tan B H (MAS) W (23–21, 21–10)
Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong		Cwalina / Łogosz (POL) W (17–21, 21–7, 21–13)	Isara / Jongjit (THA) L (15–21, 14–21)	Ahsan / Septano (INA) L (22–24, 12–21)	3	N/A	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bae Youn-joo	Singles	Tee J Y (MAS) W (16–21, 21–15, 21–12)	Allegrini (ITA) W (21–11, 21–15)	N/A	1 Q	Wang Yh (CHN) L (21–15, 14–21, 14–21)	Did not advance
Sung Ji-hyun		Kværnø (NOR) W (21–8, 21–5)	Yip P Y (HKG) L (18–21, 21–23)	N/A	2	Did not advance
Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	Doubles	Choo / Veeran (AUS) W (21–7, 21–19)	Edwards / Viljoen (RSA) W (21–8, 21–7)	Jauhari / Polii (INA) W (18–21, 21–14, 21–12)	1 Q	N/A	Disqualified – match fixing
Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na		Bruce / Li (CAN) W (21–5, 21–11)	Sorokina / Vislova (RUS) W (23–21, 21–18)	Wang Xl / Yu Y (CHN) W (21–14, 21–11)	1 Q	N/A	Disqualified – match fixing

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ha Jung-eun Lee Yong-dae	Doubles	Ahmad / Natsir (INA) L (19–21, 12–21)	Laybourn / Juhl (DEN) L (15–21 12–21)	Diju / Gutta (IND) W (21–15, 21–15)	3	Did not advance

Boxing

South Korea has so far qualified in the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shin Jong-hun	Light flyweight	BYE	Aleksandrov (BUL) L 14–15	Did not advance
Han Soon-chul	Lightweight	Eliwa (EGY) W 11–6	Safaryants (BLR) W 13^+–13	Gaibnazarov (UZB) W 16–13	Petrauskas (LTU) W 18–13	Lomachenko (UKR) L 9–19

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Park Sung-baek	Men's road race	Did not finish
Na Ah-reum	Women's road race	3:35:56	13

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Lee Hye-jin	Women's sprint	11.405 63.130	14	Panarina (BLR) L	Sullivan (CAN)  Maeda (JPN) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Lee Eun-ji Lee Hye-jin	Women's team sprint	34.636 51.969	9	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Choi Seung-woo Jang Sun-jae Park Keon-woo Park Seon-ho	Men's team pursuit	4:07.210	10	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Lee Hye-jin	Women's keirin	5	6	Did not advance	17

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Cho Ho-sung	Men's omnium	13.614	12	20	10	9	4:32.382	13	8	1:04.150	8	60	11
Lee Min-hye	Women's omnium	14.793	14	3	14	11	3:46.871	15	9	36.547	11	74	15

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Park Ji-ho	10 m platform	370.50	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Su-ji	10 m platform	215.75	26	Did not advance

Fencing

South Korea has qualified 14 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jung Jin-sun	Individual épée	N/A	Sukhov (RUS) W 15–11	Alimzhanov (KAZ) W 15–8	Fiedler (GER) W 15–11	Piasecki (NOR) L 13–15	Kelsey (USA) W 12–11
Park Kyoung-doo		N/A	Kudayev (UZB) L 9–15	Did not advance
Choi Byung-chul	Individual foil	BYE	Zhu J (CHN) W 15–13	Le Péchoux (FRA) W 15–13	Ma Jf (CHN) W 15–13	Abouelkassem (EGY) L 12–15	Baldini (ITA) W 15–14
Gu Bon-gil	Individual sabre	BYE	Zalomir (ROU) W 15–12	Hartung (GER) L 14–15	Did not advance
Kim Jung-hwan		BYE	Zhong M (CHN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Won Woo-young		BYE	Wang (CHN) W 15–6	Kovalev (RUS) L 11–15	Did not advance
Gu Bon-gil Kim Jung-hwan Won Woo-young Oh Eun-seok	Team sabre	N/A			Germany (GER) W 45–38	Italy (ITA) W 45–37	Romania (ROU) W 45–26

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choi In-jeong	Individual épée	BYE	Szász (HUN) W 15–12	Besbes (TUN) L 11–12	Did not advance
Jung Hyo-jung		BYE	Sivkova (RUS) L 12–15	Did not advance
Shin A-lam		BYE	Schalm (CAN) W 15–12	Sozanska (GER) W 14–9	Măroiu (ROU) W 15–14	Heidemann (GER) L 5–6	Sun Yj (CHN) L 11–15	4
Choi In-jeong Jung Hyo-jung Shin A-lam Choi Eun-sook	Team épée	N/A			Romania (ROU) W 45–38	United States (USA) W 45–36	China (CHN) L 25–39
Jeon Hee-sook	Individual foil	BYE	Sugawara (JPN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Jung Gil-ok		BYE	Shanayeva (RUS) W 15–14	Kiefer (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Nam Hyun-hee		BYE	Leleyko (UKR) W 15–9	Mohamed (HUN) W 8–7	Ikehata (JPN) W 15–6	Di Francisca (ITA) L 10–11	Vezzali (ITA) L 12–13	4
Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Nam Hyun-hee Oh Ha-na	Team foil	N/A			United States (USA) W 45–31	Russia (RUS) L 32–44	France (FRA) W 45–32
Kim Ji-yeon	Individual sabre	N/A	González (MEX) W 15–3	Marzocca (ITA) W 15–7	Vougiouka (GRE) W 15–12	Zagunis (USA) W 15–13	Velikaya (RUS) W 15–9
Lee Ra-jin		N/A	Benítez (VEN) L 9–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

The South Korean women's hockey team have qualified a team of 16 players for the games by virtue of being runner-up at the 2010 Asian Games hockey tournament.^[5]

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the South Korea roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head Coach: Cho Myung-jun

Lee Myung-ho Jang Jong-hyun Oh Dae-keun Lee Nam-yong Seo Jong-ho Lee Seung-il Yoon Sung-hoon You Hyo-sik

Yeo Woon-kon Kang Moon-kweon Hyun Hye-sung Cha Jong-bok Hong Eun-seong Kim Young-jin Kang Moon-kyu Nam Hyun-woo

Reserves:

• Cho Suk-hoon
• Kim Jae-hyeon

South Korea is in Pool B of the men's tournament.

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	18	7	+11	15
Germany	5	3	1	1	14	11	+3	10
Belgium	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7
South Korea	5	2	0	3	9	8	+1	6
New Zealand	5	1	2	2	10	14	−4	5
India	5	0	0	5	6	18	−12	0

     Advanced to semifinals

30 July 2012 08:30 South Korea  2 – 0  New Zealand You Hyo-sik  20', 34' Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (GBR) German Montes de Oca (ARG)

1 August 2012 21:15 South Korea  0 – 1  Germany Report Zeller  33' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

3 August 2012 21:15 Belgium  2 – 1  South Korea Boon  37' Charlier  61' Report Nam Hyun-woo  46' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Nigel Iggo (NZL)

5 August 2012 13:15 India  1 – 4  South Korea Chandi  10' Report Jang Jong-hyun  6' Nam Hyun-woo  59', 70' Seo Jong-ho  68' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Gary Simmonds (RSA)

7 August 2012 08:30 South Korea  2 – 4  Netherlands Nam Hyun-woo  53' Lee Nam-yong  62' Report Van der Weerden  17' Verga  21' Weusthof  47' Bakker  64' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Ged Curran (GBR)

7th/8th place game

9 August 2012 11:30 Pakistan  3 – 2  South Korea Waqas  31' Khan  44' Imran  61' Report Hyun Hye-sung  30', 33' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Simon Taylor (NZL)

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the South Korea roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Head Coach: Lim Heung-sin

Moon Young-hui (GK) Kim Young-ran Cha Se-na Park Seon-mi Lee Seon-ok (C) Park Mi-hyun Han Hye-lyoung Kim Jong-hee

Kim Jong-eun Kim Da-rae Cheon Seul-ki Jeon Yu-mi Kim Ok-ju Park Ki-ju Jang Soo-ji (GK) Cheon Eun-bi

South Korea women's team after the match against Great Britain

Reserves:

• Cho Eun-ji
• Hong Yoo-jin

South Korea is in Pool A of the women's competition.

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	5	0	0	12	5	+7	15
Great Britain	5	3	0	2	14	7	+7	9
China	5	2	1	2	6	3	+3	7
South Korea	5	2	0	3	9	13	−4	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	4
Belgium	5	0	2	3	2	10	−8	2

     Advanced to semifinals

29 July 2012 13:45 China  4 – 0  South Korea Ma Yibo  26', 67' Zhao Yudiao  51' Li Hongxia  54' Report Umpires: Frances Block (GBR) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

31 July 2012 16:00 Great Britain  5 – 3  South Korea White  6' Cullen  25' Danson  38' Twigg  61' Rogers  62' Report Kim Da-Rae  18' Han Hye-Lyoung  52' Park Mih-Yun  57' Umpires: Stella Bartlema (NED) Lisa Roach (AUS)

2 August 2012 08:30 South Korea  1 – 0  Japan Cheon Seul-Ki  42' Report Umpires: Miao Lin (CHN) Frances Block (GBR)

4 August 2012 10:45 Netherlands  3 – 2  South Korea Welten  10' Hoog  14' Dirkse van den Heuvel  36' Report Cheon Seul-Ki  5', 65' Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Claire Adenot (FRA)

6 August 2012 16:00 South Korea  3 – 1  Belgium Kim Jong-eun  8', 70' Lee Seon-ok  24' Report Coppey  37' Umpires: Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Miao Lin (CHN)

7th/8th place

8 August 2012 11:30 South Korea  1 – 4  Germany Cheon Seul-Ki  8' Report Hahn  6', 16' Rinne  55' Mavers  70' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Claire Adenot (FRA)

Football

Men's tournament

South Korea qualified a team of 18 players for the men's tournament. The squad won the bronze medal and the team were granted exemption to two years of mandatory military service but still required to do four weeks of basic training.^[7][8]

Roster

The following is the South Korea roster in the men's football tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Coach: Hong Myung-bo

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2012 club
1	GK	Jung, Sung-ryongJung Sung-ryong*	4 July 1985 (aged 26)	17	1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2	DF	Oh, Jae-sukOh Jae-suk	4 January 1990 (aged 22)	14	0	Gangwon FC
3	DF	Yun, Suk-youngYun Suk-young	13 February 1990 (aged 22)	16	0	Chunnam Dragons
4	DF	Kim, Young-gwonKim Young-gwon	27 February 1990 (aged 22)	13	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
5	DF	Kim,Kee-heeKim Kee-hee	13 July 1989 (aged 23)	2	2	Daegu FC
6	MF	Ki, Sung-yuengKi Sung-yueng	24 April 1989 (aged 23)	14	0	Celtic
7	MF	Kim, Bo-kyungKim Bo-kyung	6 October 1989 (aged 22)	19	4	Cerezo Osaka
8	MF	Baek, Sung-dongBaek Sung-dong	13 August 1991 (aged 20)	7	2	Júbilo Iwata
9	MF	Ji, Dong-wonJi Dong-won	28 May 1991 (aged 21)	10	2	Sunderland
10	FW	Park, Chu-youngPark Chu-young*	10 July 1985 (aged 27)	22	9	Arsenal
11	MF	Nam, Tae-heeNam Tae-hee	3 July 1991 (aged 21)	2	2	Lekhwiya
12	DF	Hwang, Seok-hoHwang Seok-ho	27 June 1989 (aged 23)	2	0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
13	MF	Koo, Ja-cheolKoo Ja-cheol (c)	27 February 1989 (aged 23)	8	3	Augsburg
14	DF	Kim, Chang-sooKim Chang-soo*	12 September 1985 (aged 26)	18	1	Busan IPark
15	MF	Park, Jong-wooPark Jong-woo	10 March 1989 (aged 23)	4	1	Busan IPark
16	MF	Jung, Woo-youngJung Woo-young	14 December 1989 (aged 22)	6	0	Kyoto Sanga
17	FW	Kim, Hyun-sungKim Hyun-sung	27 September 1989 (aged 22)	6	2	FC Seoul
18	GK	Lee, Bum-youngLee Bum-young	2 April 1989 (aged 23)	9	0	Busan IPark

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
South Korea	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Gabon	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Mexico  v  South Korea

26 July 2012 14:30

Mexico	0–0	South Korea
	Report

St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 15,748[10] Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

South Korea  v   Switzerland

29 July 2012 17:15

South Korea	2–1	Switzerland
Park Chu-young  57' Kim Bo-kyung  64'	Report	Emeghara  60'

City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry Attendance: 30,114[11] Referee: Raúl Orosco (Bolivia)

South Korea  v  Gabon

1 August 2012 17:00

South Korea	0–0	Gabon
	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,927[12] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Quarter-final

Great Britain  v  South Korea

4 August 2012 19:30

Great Britain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Ramsey  36' (pen.)	Report	Ji Dong-won  29'
	Penalties
Ramsey Cleverley Dawson Giggs Sturridge	4–5	Koo Ja-cheol Baek Sung-dong Hwang Seok-ho Park Jong-woo Ki Sung-yueng

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 70,171[13] Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Semi-final

South Korea  v  Brazil

7 August 2012 19:45

South Korea	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Rômulo  38' Damião  57', 64'

Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 69,389[14] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Bronze medal game

South Korea  v  Japan

10 August 2012 19:45

South Korea	2–0	Japan
Park Chu-young  38' Koo Ja-cheol  57'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 56,393[15] Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Final rank

 Bronze

Controversy

Park Jong-Woo was not present at the medal ceremony after the gold medal match between Mexico and Brazil and did not receive the bronze medal with the rest of his team due to his political position on the Liancourt Rocks, which are disputed both by South Korea and Japan by having a claim on the islands, after FIFA was notified about Park holding a sign of South Korea having claim on Dokdo, the Korean name for the islets.^[16] On 11 February 2013, Park attended an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing at Lausanne, Switzerland. After the Disciplinary Commission reviewed Park's action at the Olympics, the IOC decided to award the player the bronze medal he had been barred from collecting for several months.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Kim Hee-hoon	Team	12.933	12.100	14.166	N/A	13.700	N/A			Did not advance
Kim Ji-hoon		12.900	13.100	N/A			15.500 Q	N/A
Kim Seung-il		N/A	12.133	12.666	14.533	14.033	13.233	N/A
Kim Soo-myun		14.766	13.433	13.833	15.666	14.700	13.933	86.331	23 Q
Yang Hak-seon		14.066	N/A	13.933	16.233 Q	11.966	11.233	N/A
Total		41.765	38.666	41.932	47.865	42.433	42.666	265.327	12

Yang Hak-Seon captures South Korea's first ever gold medal in artistic gymnastics.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Kim Ji-hoon	Horizontal bar	N/A					15.133	15.133	8
Kim Soo-myun	All-around	12.266	13.700	14.200	16.000	14.641	14.966	85.773	20
Yang Hak-seon	Vault	N/A			16.533	N/A		16.533

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Heo Seon-mi	All-around	13.233	13.800	12.166	11.400	50.599	48	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Son Yeon-jae	Individual	28.075	27.825	26.350	28.050	110.300	6 Q	28.050	28.325	26.750	28.350	111.475	5

Handball

South Korea has qualified for the men's and women's event by winning the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament

Men's tournament

The following is the South Korea roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[17]

Head coaches: Cho Young-shin

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Chang-woo, LeeLee Chang-woo 12 May 1983 (aged 29) 1.87 m Chungnam 2 CB Yi-kyeong, JeongJeong Yi-kyeong 28 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.88 m Doosan 5 P Kyung-suk, ParkPark Kyung-suk 25 April 1981 (aged 31) 1.85 m Chungnam 7 RW Su-young, JungJung Su-young 17 October 1985 (aged 26) 1.84 m HC Korosa 8 P Jung-gyu, ParkPark Jung-gyu 2 November 1983 (aged 28) 1.90 m KHF 11 LW Duk-jun, LimLim Duk-jun 30 August 1980 (aged 31) 1.86 m Doosan 12 GK Chan-young, ParkPark Chan-young 26 January 1983 (aged 29) 1.90 m Doosan 13 RB Jae-woo, LeeLee Jae-woo 28 September 1979 (aged 32) 1.81 m Doosan 17 RW Dong-geun, YuYu Dong-geun 3 September 1985 (aged 26) 1.85 m Incheon DTC 19 LW Han, JeongJeong Han 17 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.85 m Incheon DTC 20 LB Won-chul, PaekPaek Won-chul 10 January 1977 (aged 35) 1.80 m HC Korosa 22 LB Kyung-soo, KoKo Kyung-soo 5 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.82 m Chungnam 33 RB Hyo-won, EomEom Hyo-won 12 December 1986 (aged 25) 1.82 m Sangmu 77 RB Kyung-shin, YoonYoon Kyung-shin 7 July 1973 (aged 39) 2.03 m KHF 88 P Jin-ho, JungJung Jin-ho 10 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.93 m HC Korosa

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Croatia	5	5	0	0	150	109	+41	10
Denmark	5	4	0	1	124	129	−5	8
Spain	5	3	0	2	140	126	+14	6
Hungary	5	2	0	3	114	128	−14	4
Serbia	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	115	140	−25	0

Qualified for the quarterfinals

29 July 2012 11:15	Croatia	31 – 21	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,068[18] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Čupić 8	(14–8)	Jeong Yi-kyeong 5
	4× 1×	Report	6× 2×

31 July 2012 11:15	South Korea	19 – 22	Hungary	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,262[19] Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Jeong Yi-kyeong, Jeong Han 4	(9–7)	Lékai 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

2 August 2012 09:30	Spain	33 – 29	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,209[20] Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Ugalde 6	(16–14)	Lee Jae-woo 8
	4× 3×	Report	8× 2×

4 August 2012 11:15	South Korea	22 – 28	Serbia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,525[21] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Jeong Han 6	(10–12)	Nikčević, Toskić 5
	2× 3×	Report	1× 6×

6 August 2012 14:30	Denmark	26 – 24	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,546[22] Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
	Eggert Jensen, Knudsen 6	(13–14)	Lee Jae-woo, Eom Hyo-won 6
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the South Korea roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[23]

Head coaches: Kang Jae-won

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Hui, JuJu Hui 4 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.80 m 0 0 Colorful Daegu 2 RW Sun-hee, WooWoo Sun-hee 1 July 1978 (aged 34) 1.72 m 0 0 Wonderful Samcheok 3 CB On-a, KimKim On-a 6 September 1988 (aged 23) 1.69 m 0 0 Incheon Sports Council 5 RW Yu-ra, JungJung Yu-ra 6 February 1992 (aged 20) 1.70 m 0 0 Colorful Daegu 7 LB Han-na, GwonGwon Han-na 22 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.72 m 0 0 Seoul City 9 P Cha-youn, KimKim Cha-youn 10 February 1981 (aged 31) 1.73 m 0 0 Omron handball 10 LB Mi-gyeong, LeeLee Mi-gyeong 2 October 1991 (aged 20) 1.65 m 0 0 Seoul City 11 RB Eun-hee, RyuRyu Eun-hee 24 February 1990 (aged 22) 1.80 m 0 0 Incheon Sports Council 12 GK Kyeong-ha, MoonMoon Kyeong-ha 29 May 1980 (aged 32) 1.76 m 0 0 GNDC 13 P Cheong-sim, KimKim Cheong-sim 8 February 1976 (aged 36) 1.78 m 0 0 SK Lubricants 17 LB Hae-in, SimSim Hae-in 31 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.78 m 0 0 Wonderful Samcheok 19 RB Im-jeong, ChoiChoi Im-jeong 14 February 1981 (aged 31) 1.82 m 0 0 Colorful Daegu 20 CB Ji-hae, JungJung Ji-hae 6 March 1985 (aged 27) 1.68 m 0 0 Wonderful Samcheok 21 LW Hyo-bi, JoJo Hyo-bi 15 July 1991 (aged 21) 1.65 m 0 0 Incheon Sports Council 33 LW Eun-bi, LeeLee Eun-bi 23 October 1990 (aged 21) 1.63 m 0 0 BISCO

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	5	4	1	0	125	103	+22	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	136	130	+6	7
Spain	5	3	1	1	119	114	+5	7
Norway	5	2	1	2	118	120	−2	5
Denmark	5	1	0	4	113	121	−8	2
Sweden	5	0	0	5	108	131	−23	0

Qualified for the quarterfinals

28 July 2012 11:15	Spain	27 – 31	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,900[24] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Martín 7	(12–16)	Ryu Eun-hee 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

30 July 2012 11:15	South Korea	25 – 24	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,393[25] Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
	Jo Hyo-bi 5	(11–10)	Larsen 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

1 August 2012 09:30	Norway	27 – 27	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,178[26] Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Sulland 11	(13–15)	three players 6
	3×	Report	3× 2×

3 August 2012 11:15	South Korea	21 – 24	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,568[27] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Sim Hae-in 6	(12–10)	Lacrabère 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

5 August 2012 09:30	Sweden	28 – 32	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,180[28] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
	Flognman 8	(13–16)	Ryu Eun-hee 10
	4× 4×	Report	5× 3×

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 17:00	Russia	23 – 24	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,299[29] Referees: Lopéz, Sabroso (ESP)
	Postnova, Levina 5	(11–14)	Gwon Han-na 6
	2× 4×	Report	5× 3×

Semi-final

9 August 2012 17:00	Norway	31 – 25	South Korea	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,274[30] Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Løke 8	(18–15)	Gwon Han-na 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Bronze medal match

11 August 2012 17:00	South Korea	29 – 31 (ET)	Spain	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,622[31] Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Gwon Han-na 7	(13–13)	Alberto, Fernández 5
	2× 1×	Report	4× 2×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 1–3

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Choi Gwang-hyeon	−60 kg	BYE	Chammartin (SUI) W 0001–0000	Jokinen (FIN) W 0010–0000	Galtsyan (RUS) L 0001–0001 YUS	Did not advance	Kitadai (BRA) L 0001–0011	Did not advance	7
Cho Jun-ho	−66 kg	BYE	Drebot (UKR) W 0011–0002	Farmonov (UZB) W 0011–0001	Ebinuma (JPN) L 0001–0001 YUS	Did not advance	Oates (GBR) W 0021–0002	Uriarte (ESP) W 0000–0001
Wang Ki-chun	−73 kg	Tatalashvili (GEO) W 0001–0000	Ibragimov (KAZ) W 1001–0000	Ježek (CZE) W 0010–0001	Delpopolo (USA) W 0000–0000 YUS	Isaev (RUS) L 0002–0011	BYE	Legrand (FRA) L 0001–0101	5
Kim Jae-bum	−81 kg	BYE	Imamov (UZB) W 0010–0001	Csoknyai (HUN) W 0010–0002	Lucenti (ARG) W 0100–0003	Nifontov (RUS) W 0100–0001	BYE	Bischof (GER) W 0020–0001
Song Dae-nam	−90 kg	N/A	Romero (URU) W 1001–0000	Mammadov (AZE) W 0011–0000	Nishiyama (JPN) W 0111–0101	Camilo (BRA) W 0112–0012	BYE	González (CUB) W 0101–0001
Hwang Hee-tae	−100 kg	N/A	Mekić (BIH) W 0021–0002	Bloshenko (UKR) W 1001–0000	Gasimov (AZE) W 0021–0002	Naidangiin (MGL) L 0001–0010	BYE	Grol (NED) L 0000–0100	5
Kim Sung-min	+100 kg	N/A	Hoshina (PHI) W 0100–0000	Ceraj (SLO) W 0020–0001	Makarau (BLR) W 0011–0002	Riner (FRA) L 0003–0100	BYE	Silva (BRA) L 0000–0100	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chung Jung-yeon	−48 kg	BYE	van Snick (BEL) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Kim Kyung-ok	−52 kg	BYE	Miranda (BRA) W 1012–0001	Forciniti (ITA) L 0001–0001	Did not advance	Gneto (FRA) L 0002–0021	Did not advance	7
Kim Jan-di	−57 kg	Dorjsüren (MGL) W 0001–0001	Quintavalle (ITA) L 0002–1011	Did not advance
Joung Da-woon	−63 kg	BYE	Yusubova (AZE) W 1000–0000	Ueno (JPN) W 0020–0002	Xu L (CHN) L 0002–0011	BYE	Émane (FRA) L 0000–0000 YUS	5
Hwang Ye-sul	−70 kg	Barbieri (ITA) W 0102–0001	Robra (SUI) W 0011–0002	Sraka (SLO) W 1000–0001	Décosse (FRA) L 0000–0001	BYE	Bosch (NED) L 0011–0011 YUS	5
Jeong Gyeong-mi	−78 kg	Ogata (JPN) L 0002–0010	Did not advance
Kim Na-young	+78 kg	BYE	Issanova (KAZ) L 0012–0012^+	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Based on their results at the 2011 Asian/Oceania Championships three South Korean pentathletes have qualified for London; Hwang Woo-Jin and Jung Jin-Hwa have earned places in the men's event; Yang Soo-jin has earned places in the women's event.^[32]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Hwang Woo-jin	Men's	14–21	=29	736	2:01.14	5	1348	364	34	736	12:08.88	35	2088	4908	34
Jung Jin-hwa		16–19	=20	784	2:00.25	4	1360	40	9	1160	10:57.07	19	2372	5676	11
Yang Soo-jin	Women's	14–21	=28	736	2:17.93	15	1148	80	21	1120	12:40.71	24	1960	4964	24

Rowing

South Korea has qualified the following boats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Dong-yong	Single sculls	7:05.24	4 R	7:03.91	2 QF	7:16.12	5 SC/D	7:48.09	4 FD	7:27.94	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Ye-ji	Single sculls	8:04.68	6 R	7:50.64	1 QF	8:00.26	4 SC/D	7:59.78	4 FD	8:32.57	19
Kim Myeong-sin KIm Sol-ji	Lightweight double sculls	7:31.98	4 R	7:27.95	4 FC	N/A		BYE		7:44.03	14

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

South Korea has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Lee Tae-hoon	RS:X	8	6	21	17	25	9	21	13	31	19	EL	139	15
Ha Jee-min	Laser	8	9	15	14	36	50 DNF	50 DSQ	28	12	17	EL	188	24
Cho Sung-min Park Gun-woo	470	23	14	15	24	20	25	20	8	24	21	EL	169	22

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

South Korea has ensured berths in the following events of shooting:^[33]

Jin Jong-Oh defends his Olympic title in pistol shooting.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Cho Yong-seong	Skeet	109	35	Did not advance
Choi Young-rae	10 m air pistol	569	35	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	569	1 Q	661.5
Han Jin-seop	10 m air rifle	590	32	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	5 Q	698.2	6
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	9	Did not advance
Jin Jong-oh	10 m air pistol	588	1 Q	688.2
	50 m pistol	562	5 Q	662.0
Kim Dae-yoong	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	10	Did not advance
Kim Hak-man	50 m rifle prone	594	15	Did not advance
Kim Jong-hyun	10 m air rifle	593	17	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1171	5 Q	1272.5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Jeong Mi-ra	10 m air rifle	387	51	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	581	17	Did not advance
Kang Gee-eun	Trap	62	19	Did not advance
Kim Byung-hee	10 m air pistol	381	17	Did not advance
Kim Jang-mi	10 m air pistol	382	13	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	591	1 Q	792.4
Kim Kyeong-ae	25 m pistol	582	11	Did not advance
Na Yoon-kyung	10 m air rifle	394	21	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	583	10	Did not advance

Swimming

Korean swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[34][35]

Swimmer Park Tae-Hwan has won two silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chang Gyu-cheol	100 m butterfly	52.69	25	Did not advance
Choi Kyu-woong	200 m breaststroke	2:13.57	25	Did not advance
Jung Won-yong	200 m individual medley	2:03.33	32	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:23.12	28	N/A		Did not advance
Park Hyung-joo	200 m backstroke	2:01.50	31	Did not advance
Park Seon-kwan	100 m backstroke	55.51	36	Did not advance
Park Tae-hwan	200 m freestyle	1:46.79	5 Q	1:46.02	3 Q	1:44.93
	400 m freestyle	3:46.68	4 Q	N/A		3:42.06
	1500 m freestyle	14:56.89	6 Q	N/A		14:50.61	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Back Su-yeon	200 m breaststroke	2:25.76	=7 Q	2:24.67	9	Did not advance
Baek Il-joo	200 m freestyle	2:04.32	33	Did not advance
Choi Hye-ra	200 m butterfly	2:08.45	10 Q	2.08.32	14	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:14.91	23	Did not advance
Ham Chan-mi	200 m backstroke	2:15.30	31	Did not advance
Han Na-kyeong	800 m freestyle	8:57.26	32	N/A		Did not advance
Jeong Da-rae	200 m breaststroke	2:26.83	14 Q	2:28.74	16	Did not advance
Kim Ga-eul	400 m freestyle	4:43.46	34	N/A		Did not advance
Kim Hye-jin	100 m breaststroke	1:09.79	33	Did not advance
Kim Seo-yeong	400 m individual medley	4:43.99	17	N/A		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Park Hyun-Ha and Park Hyun-Sun in women's duet

South Korea has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Park Hyun-ha Park Hyun-sun	Duet	86.700	13	87.460	174.160	12 Q	87.250	173.950	12

Table tennis

South Korea has qualified three men and three women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joo Se-hyuk	Singles	BYE			Kim H-B (PRK) L (2–4)	Did not advance
Oh Sang-eun		BYE			Freitas (POR) W (4–0)	Kishikawa (JPN) L (1–4)	Did not advance
Joo Se-hyuk Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min	Team	N/A				North Korea (PRK) W (3–1)	Portugal (POR) W (3–2)	Hong Kong (HKG) W (3–0)	China (CHN) L (0–3)

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Kyung-ah	Singles	BYE			Liu J (AUT) W (4–1)	Shen Yf (ESP) W (4–1)	Feng Tw (SIN) L (2–4)	Did not advance
Park Mi-young		BYE			Póta (HUN) W (4–1)	Li Xx (CHN) L (1–4)	Did not advance
Dang Ye-seo Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young	Team	N/A				Brazil (BRA) W (3–0)	Hong Kong (HKG) W (3–0)	China (CHN) L (0–3)	Singapore (SIN) L (0–3)	4

Taekwondo

South Korea has ensured berths in the following events of taekwondo by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament:^[36][37][38]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Dae-hoon	Men's −58 kg	Karaket (THA) W 8–7 SDP	Bayoumi (EGY) W 11–10 SDP	Denisenko (RUS) W 7–6	BYE		González (ESP) L 8–17
Cha Dong-min	Men's +80 kg	Trajkovic (SLO) W 9–4	Tanrıkulu (TUR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Hwang Kyung-seon	Women's −67 kg	Gbagbi (CIV) W 4–1	Fromm (GER) W 8–4	Anić (SLO) W 7–0	BYE		Tatar (TUR) W 12–5
Lee In-jong	Women's +67 kg	Falavigna (BRA) W 13–9	Graffe (FRA) L 4–7	Did not advance	Mamatova (UZB) W 8–1	Baryshnikova (RUS) L 6–7	Did not advance	5

Triathlon

South Korea has qualified the following athletes.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Heo Min-ho	Men's	18:02	0:38	59:46	0:28	35:36	1:54:30	54

Volleyball

South Korea has qualified a women's team for the indoor tournament.

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Korean roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[39]

Head coach: Kim Hyung-sil

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2012 club
3	Joon-eem, HaHa Joon-eem	26 December 1989	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	287 cm (113 in)	281 cm (111 in)	Korea Expressway Corporation
4	Sa-nee, KimKim Sa-nee (C)	21 June 1981	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	292 cm (115 in)	Heungkuk Life
5	Hae-ran, KimKim Hae-ran (L)	16 March 1984	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Korea Expressway Corporation
7	Hyo-sook, LimLim Hyo-sook	26 April 1982	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	278 cm (109 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Korea Expressway Corporation
10	Yeon-koung, KimKim Yeon-koung	26 February 1988	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	299 cm (118 in)	Fenerbahçe
11	Yoo-mi, HanHan Yoo-mi	5 February 1982	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	307 cm (121 in)	297 cm (117 in)	Korea Ginseng Corporation
12	Song-yi, HanHan Song-yi	5 September 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	298 cm (117 in)	GS Caltex
13	Dae-young, JungJung Dae-young	12 August 1981	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	292 cm (115 in)	GS Caltex
14	Youn-joo, HwangHwang Youn-joo	13 August 1986	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	294 cm (116 in)	Hyundai E&C
17	Hyo-jin, YangYang Hyo-jin	14 December 1989	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	287 cm (113 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Hyundai E&C
19	Hee-jin, KimKim Hee-jin	29 April 1991	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	IBK Altos
20	Sook-ja, LeeLee Sook-ja	17 June 1980	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	286 cm (113 in)	264 cm (104 in)	GS Caltex

Group play

Qualified for the quarter-finals

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	15	5	0	15	2	7.500	426	345	1.235
2	China	9	3	2	11	10	1.100	475	461	1.030
3	South Korea	8	2	3	11	10	1.100	449	452	0.993
4	Brazil	7	3	2	10	10	1.000	447	420	1.064
5	Turkey	6	2	3	9	11	0.818	434	443	0.980
6	Serbia	0	0	5	2	15	0.133	297	407	0.730

28 July 2012 20:00	United States	3 – 1	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Janpen Jirakakul (THA), Georgios Karampetsos (GRE) Report(s): result statistics
	25 25 20 25 95	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	19 17 25 21 82

30 July 2012 11:30	Serbia	1 – 3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 7,500 Referee(s): Brian McDougall (GBR), Simone Santi (ITA) Report(s): result statistics
	12 16 25 21 75	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	25 25 16 25 91

1 August 2012 22:00	Brazil	0 – 3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 11,000 Referee(s): Mitchell Davidson (CAN), Mitchell Salvatore (USA) Report(s): result statistics
	23 21 21 65	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

3 August 2012 14:45	Turkey	3 – 2	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referee(s): Simone Santi (ITA), Brian McDougall (GBR) Report(s): result statistics
	25 21 25 19 15 105	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	16 25 18 25 12 96

5 August 2012 11:30	China	3 – 2	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Janpen Jirakul (THA), Frans Loderus (NED) Report(s): result statistics
	28 22 25 22 15 112	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total	26 25 19 25 10 105

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 21:00	Italy	1 – 3	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Jose Mercado (PUR) Report(s): result statistics
	25 21 20 18 84	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Total	18 25 25 25 93

Semi-final

9 August 2012 15:00	South Korea	0 – 3	United States	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Rolando Cholakian (ARG), Brian McDougall (GBR) Report(s): result statistics
	20 22 22 64	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	25 25 25 75

Bronze medal match

11 August 2012 11:30	Japan	3 – 0	South Korea	Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London Attendance: 13,500 Referee(s): Suzana Rodriguez (ESP), Jose Mercado (PUR) Report(s): result statistics
	25 26 25 76	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Total	22 24 21 67

Weightlifting

South Korea has qualified 6 men and 4 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ji Hun-min	−62 kg	130	7	162	DNF	162	DNF
Won Jeong-sik	−69 kg	144	9	178	6	322	7
Sa Jae-hyouk	−77 kg	158	3	—	—	158	DNF*
Kim Min-jae	−94 kg	185	1	210	8	395	8
Kim Hwa-seung	−105 kg	178	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Jeon Sang-guen	+105 kg	190	10	246	2	436	4

Defending Olympic champion Jang Mi-Ran in women's +75 kg.

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yang Eun-hye	−58 kg	87	17	113	14	200	14
Mun Yu-ra	−69 kg	102	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Lim Ji-hye	−75 kg	97	9	126	10	223	10
Jang Mi-ran	+75 kg	125	5	164	4	289	4

* Sa Jae-Hyouk was forced to retire from the competition after he dislocated his elbow during his second snatch attempt.

Wrestling

South Korea has so far qualified the following quota places.

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Jin-cheol	−55 kg	BYE	Yumoto (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					11
Lee Seung-chul	−60 kg	BYE	Scott (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					18

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Choi Gyu-jin	−55 kg	BYE	Yun W-C (PRK) W 3–0 ^PO	Balart (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Bayramov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	BYE		Semenov (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	5
Jung Ji-hyun	−60 kg	BYE	Meoque (CUB) W 3–0 ^PO	Aliyev (AZE) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				8
Kim Hyeon-woo	−66 kg	Varderesyan (ARM) W 3–0 ^PO	Mulens (CUB) W 3–0 ^PO	Venckaitis (LTU) W 3–0 ^PO	Guénot (FRA) W 3–1 ^PP	BYE		Lőrincz (HUN) W 3–0 ^PO
Kim Jin-hyeok	−74 kg	Datunashvili (GEO) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						19
Lee Se-yeol	−84 kg	Hrustanović (AUT) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						18

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Hyung-joo	−48 kg	BYE	Merleni (UKR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					13
Um Ji-eun	−55 kg	Amri (TUN) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance						14

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