North Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Medalists

Gold

Gu Yong-ju Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Silver

Ri Byong-uk Ã¢ÂÂ Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Results by event

Archery

1976 was the first time that North Korea competed in archery in the Olympics. Two women competed, taking 4th and 10th place to put North Korea at fifth place in the archery national leaderboard.

Women's Individual Competition:

Jang Sun-yong – 2405 points (Ã¢ÂÂ 4th place)
Han Sun-hi – 2347 points (Ã¢ÂÂ 10th place)

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Choe Chang-sop — 2:16:33 (Ã¢ÂÂ 12th place)
Kim Chang-son — 2:27:38 (Ã¢ÂÂ 44th place)
Goh Chun-son — 2:31:54 (Ã¢ÂÂ 52nd place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Ri Byong-uk
# First Round – Defeated Sidney McKnight (CAN), KO-1
# Second Round – Defeated Henryk ÃÂrednicki (POL), 3:2
# Quarterfinals – Defeated Armando Guevara (VEN), 3:2
# Semifinals – Defeated Payao Pooltarat (THA), RSC-2
# Final – Lost to Jorge HernÃÂ¡ndez (CUB), 1:4 Ã¢ÂÂ Silver Medal

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Jong Jo-ung
# First Round — Bye
# Second Round — Defeated Joachim SchÃÂ¼r (FRG), RSC-2
# Third Round — Defeated Vicente RodrÃÂguez (ESP), 3:2
# Quarterfinal — Lost to David Torosyan (URS), 0:5

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 48 kg

Li Yong-nam
# First Round — Defeated Kim Hwa-kyung (KOR), 10 - 11
# Second Round — Defeated Claudio Pollio (ITA), 35 - 7
# Third Round — Lost to Sobhan Rouhi (IRI), 14 - 13
# Fourth Round — Bye
# Fifth Round — Lost to Akira Kudo (JPN), 2 - 16 Ã¢ÂÂ 6th place

Men's freestyle 52 kg

Li Bong-sun
# First Round — Defeated Diego Lo Brutto (FRA), 21 - 16
# Second Round — Defeated Fritz Niebler (GER), 4:58 (won by fall)
# Third Round — Lost to Eloy Abreu (CUB), 16 - 12
# Fourth Round — Lost to Aleksandr Ivanov (URS), 22 - 19 Ã¢ÂÂ 7th place

Men's freestyle 57 kg

Li Ho-pyong
# First Round Lost to Vladimir Yumin (URS), 20 - 5
# Second Round Bye
# Third Round Defeated Zbigniew ÃÂ»edzicki (POL), 13 - 10
# Fourth Round Lost to Masao Arai (JPN), 7 - 18