South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics
South Korea is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's official debut in 1948, South Korean athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States-led boycott.
South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | KOR |
NOC | Korean Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Tokyo, Japan | |
Competitors | 149 in 19 sports |
Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Archery
South Korean archers qualified each for the men's and women's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of their respective team recurves at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[2]
- Men
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Team | N/A |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Team | N/A |
- Mixed
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Baseball
South Korea national baseball team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked squad from Asia and Oceania, excluding the host nation Japan, at the 2019 WBSC Premier12 in Tokyo.[3]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 24 players
Basketball
- Summary
Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
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South Korea women's | Women's tournament |
Women's tournament
South Korea women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads from group B at the Belgrade meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time in 12 years.[4]
- Team roster
- Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible quarterfinals |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Boxing
South Korea entered two female boxers for the first time into the Olympic tournament. Im Ae-ji (women's featherweight) and defending Asian Games champion Oh Yeon-ji (women's lightweight) secured the spots on the South Korean squad by advancing to the semifinal match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[5]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Im Ae-ji | Women's featherweight | ||||||
Oh Yeon-ji | Women's lightweight |
Cycling
Road
South Korea entered one rider to compete in the women's Olympic road race, by securing an outright berth, as the highest-ranked cyclist, not yet qualified, at the 2019 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[6]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Na Ah-reum | Women's road race |
Track
Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, South Korea entered one rider to compete in the women's sprint and keirin based on her final individual UCI Olympic rankings.
- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) |
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Lee Hye-jin | Women's sprint | |
- Keirin
Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Final |
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Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
Lee Hye-jin | Women's keirin |
Diving
South Korea entered one diver into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top twelve of both the men's springboard and men's platform, respectively, at the 2019 FINA World Championships.
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Woo Ha-ram | Men's 3 m springboard | ||||||
Men's 10 m platform |
Equestrian
South Korea entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group G (South East Asia and Oceania).[7]
Dressage
Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | |||
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Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
Individual |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
Football
- Summary
Key:
- A.E.T – After extra time.
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
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South Korea men's | Men's tournament |
Men's tournament
South Korea men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand.[8][9]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players
Gymnastics
Artistic
South Korea fielded a full team of six artistic gymnasts (four men and two women) into the Olympic competition. The men's squad claimed one of the remaining nine spots in the team all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. On the women's side, Yeo Seo-jeong secured an outright berth available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the vault exercise, while an additional spot was awarded to another South Korean female gymnast, who participated in the individual all-around at the same tournament.[10][11]
- Men
- Team
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Team | N/A | ||||||||||||||||
Total |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
All-around | |||||||||||||
Yeo Seo-jeong | Vault | N/A | N/A |
Handball
Women's tournament
South Korea women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Asian Qualification Tournament in Chuzhou, China.[12]
- Team roster
- Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players
Modern pentathlon
South Korean athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Rio 2016 Olympian Jun Woong-tae secured his selection in the men's race by winning the bronze medal and sealing one of three spots available at the 2019 UIPM World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[13] Meanwhile, Asian Games silver medalists Lee Ji-hun and Kim Se-hee confirmed places each in their respective events with gold-medal victories at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in Kunming, China.[14][15]
Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) |
Swimming (200 m freestyle) |
Riding (show jumping) |
Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) |
Total points | Final rank | |||||||||
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RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | ||||
Jun Woong-tae | Men's | |||||||||||||||
Lee Ji-hun | ||||||||||||||||
Kim Se-hee | Women's |
Rugby sevens
Men's tournament
South Korea national rugby sevens team qualified for the Games by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the 2019 Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Incheon, marking the country's debut in the sport.[16]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Sailing
South Korean sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, the 2018 Asian Games, and the continental regattas.[17]
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
Men's RS:X | ||||||||||||||||
Men's Laser | N/A | |||||||||||||||
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Men's 470 | N/A |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
South Korean shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[18]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
50 m rifle 3 positions | |||||
10 m air pistol | |||||
25 m rapid fire pistol | |||||
Skeet |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
10 m air rifle | |||||
50 m rifle 3 positions | |||||
10 m air pistol | |||||
25 m pistol | |||||
Skeet |
Sport climbing
South Korea entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. With the IFSC Asian Championships cancelled because of the travel restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chon Jong-won and Seo Chae-hyun received the unused berths respectively, as the continent's highest-ranked male and female sport climber vying for qualification, at the 2019 Worlds in Hachioji, Japan.[19][20]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Total | Final | Total | ||||||||||||
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Speed | Lead | Bouldering | Speed | Lead | Bouldering | ||||||||||||
Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Chon Jong-won | Men's | ||||||||||||||||
Seo Chae-hyun | Women's |
Swimming
South Korean swimmers further 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)):[21][22] To secure their nomination to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain a top-two finish under the FINA Olympic qualifying A standard in each individual pool event at the 2020 Korean Trials (November 17 to 20) in Gimcheon.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Cho Sung-jae | Men's 200 m breaststroke | ||||||
Hwang Sun-woo | Men's 100 m freestyle | ||||||
Men's 200 m freestyle | |||||||
Lee Ju-ho | Men's 200 m backstroke | ||||||
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Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | N/A |
Table tennis
South Korea entered six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's and women's teams secured one of nine available places, respectively, at the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete each in the men's and women's singles tournament.[23][24]
- Men
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Team | N/A |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Team | N/A |
- Mixed
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Doubles |
Taekwondo
South Korea entered six athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Jang Jun (men's 58 kg), double Olympic medalist Lee Dae-hoon (men's 68 kg), In Kyo-don (men's +80 kg), and world champions Sim Jae-young (women's 49 kg), Lee Ah-reum (women's 57 kg), and Lee Da-bin (women's +67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Jang Jun | Men's −58 kg | ||||||
Lee Dae-hoon | Men's −68 kg | ||||||
In Kyo-don | Men's +80 kg | ||||||
Sim Jae-young | Women's −49 kg | ||||||
Lee Ah-reum | Women's −57 kg | ||||||
Lee Da-bin | Women's +67 kg |
Volleyball
Women's tournament
South Korea women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match and securing an outright berth at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.[25]
- Team roster
- Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
6 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
25 July 2021 21:45 v |
Brazil ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
27 July 2021 21:45 v |
South Korea ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
29 July 2021 11:05 v |
South Korea ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
31 July 2021 19:40 v |
Japan ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
2 August 2021 09:00 v |
Serbia ![]() |
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Ariake Arena, Tokyo |
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