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.
Medalists
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 High Jump
* Qualification — 2.28m
* Final — 2.29m (â 8th place)
Men's Long Jump
* Qualification — NM (â did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Women's Javelin Throw
* Qualification — 58.66m (â did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
* Qualification — 16.92m (â 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
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
9thâÂÂ12th place classification
11th place match
Women's tournament
Preliminary round
9thâÂÂ12th place classification
9th place match
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* First round — Lost to Ramaz Paliani (Russia), 7-10
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 (â no ranking)
Track Competition
Men's Points Race
* Final — 6 points (â 7th place)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
* Preliminary Heat — 293.52 (â did not advance, 32nd place)
Women's 10m Platform
* Preliminary Heat — 180.15 (â did not advance, 31st place)
* Preliminary Heat — 166.56 (â 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)
* South Korea – Great Britain 2–2
* South Korea – Australia 2–3
* South Korea – South Africa 3–3
* South Korea – Netherlands 1–3
* South Korea – Malaysia 4–2
* 5th/8th place: South Korea – India 4–4 (South Korea wins after penalty strokes, 5–3)
* 5th/6th place: South Korea – Pakistan 3–1 â Fifth place
* Koo Jin-soo
* Shin Seok-kyo
* Han Beung-kook
* You Myung-keun
* Cho Myung-jun
* Jeon Jong-ha
* You Seung-jin
* Park Shin-heum
* Kang Keon-wook
* Kim Jong-yi
* Jeong Yong-kyun
* Song Seung-tae
* Kim Yong-bae
* Hong Kyung-suep
* Kim Young-kyu
* Kim Yoon
Women's Team Competition
* South Korea – Great Britain 5–0
* South Korea – United States 2–3
* South Korea – Netherlands 3–1
* South Korea – Australia 3–3
* South Korea – Spain 2–0
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
Women
Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Koh Yun-ho
- # Heat – 1:52.80 (â did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Woo Cheol
- # Heat – 4:03.11 (â did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
- Lee Gyu-chang
- # Heat – 15:47.92 (â did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Kim Min-seok
- # Heat – 58.43 (â did not advance, 42nd place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Ji Sang-jun
- # Heat – 2:01.39
- # B-Final – 2:02.68 (â 14th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Cho Kwang-jea
- # Heat – 1:03.39 (â did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Cho Kwang-jea
- # Heat – 2:04.53 (â did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Kim Bang-hyun
- # Heat – 2:06.99 (â did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Kim Bang-hyun
- # Heat – 4:31.16 (â did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 4 ÃÂ 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Medley Relay
<br /> Women's 100m Freestyle
- Lee Bo-eun
- # Heat – 58.27 (â did not advance, 35th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
- Lee Jie-hyun
- # Heat – 2:05.78 (â did not advance, 32nd place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
- Jeong Eun-na
- # Heat – 4:23.35 (â did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
- Suh Hyun-soo
- # Heat – 9:03.22 (â did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Lee Ji-hyun
- # Heat – 1:03.96 (â did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Lee Chang-ha
- # Heat – 2:14.18
- # B-Final – 2:14.55 (â 13th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Byun Hye-young
- # Heat – 1:12.85 (â did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
- Roh Joo-hee
- # Heat – 2:36.20 (â did not advance, 26th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
- Lee Jie-hyun
- # Heat – 2:22.97 (â did not advance, 35th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Lee Ji-hyun
- # Heat – 4:59.52 (â did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 ÃÂ 200 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 ÃÂ 100 m Medley Relay
Table tennis
Tennis
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) â Did not advance, 10th place
* Bang Sin-bong
* Shin Young-chul
* Choi Cheon-sik
* Ha Jong-hwa
* Im Do-hun
* Kim Sang-woo
* Kim Se-jin
* Lee Seong-hui
* Park Hee-sang
* Park Sun-chool
* Sin Jin-sik
* Shin Jung-sub
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)
* Lost to Brazil (0-3)
* Defeated United States (3-0)
* Lost to the Netherlands (0-3) â Sixth place
* Chang So-yun
* Chang Yoon-hee
* Choi Kwang-hee
* Chung Sun-hye
* Eoh Yeon-soon
* Hong Ji-yeon
* Kang Hye-mi
* Kim Nam-soon
* Lee In-sook
* Lee Soo-jung
* Park Soo-jeong
* Yoo Yeon-gyeong
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References