South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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]

South Korea at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors300 (189 men and 111 women) in 25 sports
Flag bearer Choi Cheon-sik
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
7
Silver
15
Bronze
5
Total
27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Gold

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:

  • Oh, Kim, and Jang - Final, Silver Medal (3-1)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Kim, Kim, and Yoon - Final, Gold Medal (4-0)

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:

  • South Korea - 8th place (1-6)

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)

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

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: South Korea India 44 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 53)
  • 5th/6th place: South Korea Pakistan 31 → Fifth place
  • Team Roster

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's:

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Fourteen South Korean shooters (six men and eight women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Park Chul-sung Double trap 138 6 Q 183 4
Lee Eun-chul 50 m rifle prone 596 7 Q 699.1 7
50 m rifle 3 positions 1163 18 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 590 11 Did not advance
Kim Sung-joon 50 m pistol 548 37 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 579 12 Did not advance
Kim Sung-joon 50 m pistol 560 11 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 573 36 Did not advance
Cha Young-chul 50 m rifle prone 591 36 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1154 40 Did not advance
Lim Young-sueb 10 m air rifle 590 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Weon Gyung-sook 50 m rifle 3 positions 568 32 Did not advance
Lee Ho-sook 10 m air pistol 382 9 Did not advance
Kong Hyun-ah 50 m rifle 3 positions 583 6 Q 675.8 6
Park Jung-hee 25 m pistol 574 21 Did not advance
Kim Jung-mi 10 m air rifle 391 19 Did not advance
Lee Sang-hui Double trap 95 17 Did not advance
Boo Soon-hee 10 m air pistol 379 15 Did not advance
25 m pistol 583 5 Q 683.9 4
Jin Soon-young 10 m air rifle 393 9 Did not advance

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Koh Yun-ho
    1. Heat 1:52.80 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Woo Cheol
    1. Heat 4:03.11 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Lee Gyu-chang
    1. Heat 15:47.92 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Kim Min-seok
    1. Heat 58.43 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Ji Sang-jun
    1. Heat 2:01.39
    2. B-Final 2:02.68 (→ 14th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Butterfly

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Men's 400m Individual Medley

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Lee Bo-eun
    1. Heat 58.27 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Lee Ji-hyun
    1. Heat 2:05.78 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Jeong Eun-na
    1. Heat 4:23.35 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Suh Hyun-soo
    1. Heat 9:03.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Lee Ji-hyun
    1. Heat 1:03.96 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Lee Chang-ha
    1. Heat 2:14.18
    2. B-Final 2:14.55 (→ 13th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Roh Joo-hee
    1. Heat 2:36.20 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Lee Ji-hyun
    1. Heat 2:22.97 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Lee Ji-hyun
    1. Heat 4:59.52 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m 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
Choi Young-ja 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

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • 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
  • Team Roster

Women's Indoor Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • 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)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Classification Matches
  • Defeated United States (3-0)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (0-3) → Sixth place
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Kim Cheol-yong

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "South Korea at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
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