South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics South Korea

South Korea will compete (as Korea) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who have qualified for the Olympics.

North and South Korea had initially intended to send a joint delegation to the Games,^[1]^[2] but were unable to agree on the details of its implementation.^[3]^[4]

Medallists

Daily: Overall Medals
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	8th	—	—	—	—
Day 2	9th	1	1	0	2
Day 3	10th	3	2	0	5
Day 4	11th
Day 5	12th
Day 6	13th
Day 7	14th
Day 8	15th
Day 9	16th
Day 10	17th
Day 11	18th
Day 12	19th
Day 13	20th
Day 14	21th
Day 15	22th
Day 16	23th
Day 17	24th

Gold Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Choi Min-ho	Judo	Men -60 kg
Gold	Tae Hwan Park	Swimming	Men's 400 meter freestyle
Gold	Joo Hyun-Jung<br\>Park Sung-Hyun<br\>Yun Ok-Hee	Archery	Women's Team

Silver Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Jin Jong-Oh	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Pistol
Silver	Yoon Jin-Hee	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg

Archery

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Korea's won the championship in both the men's and women's events. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Rank
Im Dong-Hyun	Individual	670	8	Salem (QAT) (37)
Lee Chang-Hwan	Individual	669	10	Jiang (CHN) (55)
Park Kyung-Mo	Individual	676	4	Trainini (BRA) (61)
Im Dong-Hyun<br\>Lee Chang-Hwan<br\>Park Kyung-Mo	Team	2015	1			bye	Poland (POL) (8) W 224-222	China (CHN) (12)

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Opposition<br\>Score	Rank
Joo Hyun-Jung	Individual	664	3	Romero (COL) (62)
Park Sung-Hyun	Individual	673	1	Abbouda (MAR) (64)
Yun Ok-Hee	Individual	667	2	Kamaltdinova (TJK) (63)
Joo Hyun-Jung<br\>Park Sung-Hyun<br\>Yun Ok-Hee	Team	2004	1			bye	Italy (ITA) (9) W 231-217	France (FRA) (5) W 213-184	China (CHN) (3) W 224-215

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lee Hyun-Il	Singles		(5) Jonassen (DEN)
Park Sung-Hwan	Singles	Dabeka (CAN)
Hwang Ji-man <br\> Lee Jae-jin	Doubles			(4) Choong <br\> and Lee (MAS)
(3) Jung Jae-Sung <br\> Lee Yong-Dae	Doubles			Paaske <br\> and Rasmussen (DEN)

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jun Jae-Youn	Singles		Augustyn (POL)
Ha Jung-Eun <br\> Kim Min-Jung	Doubles			(2) Du Jing <br\> and Yu Yang (CHN)
(4) Lee Hyo-jung <br\> Lee Kyung-won	Doubles			Chin <br\> and Wong (MAS)

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Han Sang-Hoon <br\> Hwang Yu-mi	Doubles			(1) Natsir <br\> and Widianto (INA)
Lee Hyo-jung <br\> Lee Yong-dae	Doubles			Cooper <br\> and Flavell (NZL)

Baseball

Korea placed second in the Final Qualifying Tournament, earning the South Korea national baseball team a qualification spot in baseball. 2008 will be Korea's third appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament; the team took the bronze medal in 2000 and placed eighth in 1996.

Basketball

Women's competition

Korea's women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2007. It will be the women's team's sixth Olympic appearance.

The men's team finished third at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

Boxing

Korea qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Lee, Baik, and Kim each earned their spots at the first Asian qualifying tournament.^[6] Han and Cho joined them as Olympic qualifiers at the second qualifying tournament.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lee Ok-Sung	Flyweight
Han Soon-Chul	Bantamweight
Baik Jong-Sub	Lightweight
Kim Jung-Joo	Welterweight
Cho Deok-Jin	Middleweight

Canoeing

Flatwater

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Soon-Ja	K-1 500 m

Cycling

Road

Men'

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Park Sung-Baek	Road race	7h 03' 04 (+39:15)	88th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hae Ok-Jeong	Road race
Sung Eun-Go	Road race

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Place	Overall	Rank	Score	Place	Overall	Rank
Choi Jun-Sang	Individual

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jin Sun Jung	Individual épée		Li (CHN) 15-6	Chumak (UKR) 15-6	Jeannet (FRA) 11-15	did not advance
Kim Seung Gu	Individual épée	Maduma (RSA) 15-12	Imre (HUN) 14-15	did not advance
Kim Won Jin	Individual épée		Abajo (ESP) 14-15	did not advance
Choi Byung-Chul	Individual foil
Oh Eun-Seok	Individual sabre
<br\> <br\>	Team épée				Italy

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jung Hyo-Jung	Individual épée
Jung-Gil Ok	Individual foil
Nam Hyun-Hee	Individual foil
Kim Keum-Hwa	Individual sabre		Vergne (FRA) 15-14	Tan (CHN) 8-15	did not advance
Lee Shin-Mi	Individual sabre		Ovtchinnikova (CAN) 13-15	did not advance

Field Hockey

Men's competition

Team Roster

Women's competition

Team Roster

Football (Soccer)

Results

2008-08-07

19:45

South Korea	1 – 1	Cameroon
Park Chu-Young 68'	(Report)	Mandjeck 81'

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 21,943

Referee: Jair Maruffo (USA)

2008-08-10

19:45

Italy	3 - 0	South Korea

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao

2008-08-13

17:00

South Korea	v	Honduras

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
South Korea	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Honduras	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Kim Dae Eun	All-around
Kim Ji Hun	All-around
Kim Seung Il	All-around
Kim Su Myon	All-around
Yang Tae Young	All-around
Yoo Won Chel	All-around
Kim Dae Eun<br\>Kim Ji Hun<br\>Kim Seung Il<br\>Kim Su Myon<br\>Yang Tae Young<br\>Yoo Won Chel	Team

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Jo Hyun-Joo	All-around

Rhythmic

South Korea qualified one woman in rhythmic gymnastics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual

Handball

Men's competition

Women's competiton

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Choi Min-Ho	−60 kg		Miguel Albarracín (ARG) W 1000-0000	Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh (IRI) W 1000-0000	Rishod Sobirov (UZB) W 1001-0000	Ruben Houkes (NED) W 1000-0000				Ludwig Paischer (AUT) W 1000-0000
Kim Joo-Jin	−66 kg	J. Derly (BRA)
Wang Ki-Chun	−73 kg
Kim Jae-Bum	−81 kg
Choi Sun-Ho	−90 kg
Jang Sung-Ho	−100 kg
Kim Sung-Bum	+100 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage <br\>Round	Repechage <br\>Quarterfinals	Repechage <br\>Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Yong-Ram	−48 kg			Lyudmyla Lusnikova (UKR) W 0100-0000	Alina Alexandra Dumitru (ROU) L 0000-1000			Eva Csernoviczki (HUN) L 0000-0001
Kim Kyung-Ok	−52 kg
Kang Sin-Young	−57 kg	K. Quadros (BRA)
Kong Ja-Young	−63 kg	D. Yuri (BRA)
Park Ka-Yeon	−70 kg
Jeong Gyeong-Mi	−78 kg
Kim Na-Young	+78 kg

Modern Pentathlon

Men

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Lee Chun-Heon
Nam Dong-Hun

Women

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Yun Cho-Rong

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jang Kang-Eun Park Tae-Hwan	Lightweight<br\> double sculls

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shin Yeong-Eun	Single sculls
Ji Yoo-Jin Ko Young-Eun	Lightweight<br\> double sculls

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Lee Tae-Hun	Sailboard
Ha Jee-Min	Laser
Kim Hyeong-Tae Yoon Cheul	470

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Han Jin-Seop	10 m air rifle
Han Jin-Seop	50 m Rifle Three Positions
Park Bong-Duk	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle Prone
	50 m Rifle Three Positions
Kim Hak-Man	50 m rifle Prone
Jin Jong-Oh	10 m air pistol	584	2nd	100.5	684.5	Silver
Jin Jong-Oh	50 m pistol
Lee Dae-Myung	10 m air pistol	580	16th	Not qualified		16th
Lee Dae-Myung	50 m pistol
Lee Young-Sik	Trap	115	15th	Not qualified		15th

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Kim Chan-Mi	10 m air rifle	396	10th	Not qualified		10th
Kim Yeo-Oul	10 m air rifle	395	13th	Not qualified		13th
Kim Yoo-Yeon	50 m rifle three positions
Ahn Soo-Kyeong	25 m pistol
Lee Ho-Lim	10 m air pistol	380	21st	Not qualified		21st
Lee Ho-Lim	25 m pistol
Gim Yun-Mi	10 m air pistol	382	16th	Not qualified		16th
Kim Min-Ji	skeet
Lee Bo-Na	trap	55	19th

Swimming

50 m freestyle, women
- Jang Hee-jin

100 m freestyle, men
- Im Nam-kyeon

100 m backstroke, men
- Seong Min

100 m freestyle, women
- Jang Hee-jin

100 m backstroke, women
- Kim Yu-yeon

100 m breaststroke, women
- Jeong Seul-ki

100 m butterfly, women
- Choi Hye-ra

200 m freestyle, men
- Park Tae-hwan

200 m backstroke, men
- Kim Ji-hyeon

200 m breaststroke, men
- Shin Su-jong

200 m butterfly, men
- Yu Jeong-nam

200 m freestyle, women
- Lee Kyo-ra

200 m backstroke, women
- Kang Yeong-seoh

200 m breaststroke, women
- Jeong Da-raeh

200 m butterfly, women
- Choi Hye-ra

400 m freestyle, men
- Park Tae-hwan

400 m freestyle, women
- Lee Ji-eun

1500 m freestyle, men
- Park Tae-hwan

200 m individual medley, men
- Park Beum-ho

200 m individual medley, women
- Choi Hye-ra

400 m individual medley, women
- Nam Yu-seon

Table Tennis

All six singles players will also participate in the team events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Oh Sang-Eun	Singles
Ryu Seung-Min	Singles
Yoon Jae-Young	Singles

Men's Team

August 13


South Korea	?–?	Sweden
South Korea	?–?	Brazil

August 14


South Korea	?–?	Chinese Taipei

Team (Group C)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Dang Ye-Seo	Singles
Kim Kyung-Ah	Singles
Park Mi-Young	Singles

Women's Team

August 13


South Korea	?–?	Spain

August 14


South Korea	?–?	Australia
South Korea	?–?	Japan

Team (Group D)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Son Tae-Jin	−68 kg
Cha Dong-Min	+80 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lim Su-Jeong	−57 kg
Hwang Kyung-Seon	−67 kg

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Lee Hyung-Taik	Singles	R Arevalo (ESA)

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ji Hun-Min	-62 kg
Lee Bae-Young	-69 kg
Kim Kwang-Hoon	-77 kg
Sa Jae-Hyouk	-77 kg
Jeon Sang-Guen	+105 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Im Jyoung-Hwa	-48 kg	86	3	110	4	196	4
Yoon Jin-Hee	-53 kg	94	3	119	2	213	2
Kim Sook-Yung	-63 kg
Jang Mi-Ran	+75 kg

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Hyo-Sub	−55 kg
Kim Jong-Dae	−60 kg
Jung Young-Ho	−66 kg
Cho Byung-Kwan	−74 kg
Kim Jae-Gang	−120 kg

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Hyung-Joo	−48 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Park Eun-Chul	−55 kg
Jung Ji-Hyun	−60 kg
Kim Min-Chul	−66 kg
Kim Jung-Sub	−84 kg
Han Tae-Young	−96 kg

References

^ "North and South Korea to join forces in fight for Olympic gold", The Guardian, November 2, 2005
^ "'One' Korea for Olympics", The Age, February 26, 2004
^ "No progress on joint Korean Olympic team: officials", ABC News, April 4, 2006
^ "Sides still at odds over joint '08 Olympics team", Associated Press, December 1, 2006
^ 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results
^ 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
^ 2nd AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

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[1] "North and South Korea to join forces in fight for Olympic gold", The Guardian, November 2, 2005

[2] "'One' Korea for Olympics", The Age, February 26, 2004

[3] "No progress on joint Korean Olympic team: officials", ABC News, April 4, 2006

[4] "Sides still at odds over joint '08 Olympics team", Associated Press, December 1, 2006

[ArcheryLeipzig-5] 2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results

[BoxingQualAsia1-6] 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

[BoxingQualAsia2-7] 2nd AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

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