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South Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics

South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors, 269 men and 132 women, took part in 218 events in 27 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery

Korea's third appearance in Olympic archery was even more successful than its previous one. The women's team was flawless, winning all three of the individual medals and the team gold. The men also won the team gold, with Park Sung-soo adding a fourth individual medal to bring the Koreans' total to six.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Park Sung-soo — Final (→ Silver Medal)
  • Chun In-soo — Final (→ 4th place)
  • Lee Han-sup — Semifinal (→ 10th place)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Kim, Wang, and Yun — Final → ( Gold Medal)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Park, Chun, and Lee — Final → ( Gold Medal)

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

* Heat — 29:37.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

* Final — 2:15.44 (→ 18th place)
* Final — 2:20.11 (→ 31st place)
* Final — DNF

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

* Heat — 39.61
* Semi Final — 39.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

* Heat — 3:14.71 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3.000 m Steeplechase

* Heat — 8:59.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

* Qualification – 7.70m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

* Qualifying Heat — 55.98m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

* Qualifying heat – 15.68m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

* Qualifying heat – 47.84m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

* Qualification — 78.10m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Lee Kwang-ik — 6917 points (→ 33rd place)
# 100 metres — 11.57s
# Long Jump — 7.19m
# Shot Put — 10.27m
# High Jump — 1.91m
# 400 metres — 50.71s
# 110m Hurdles — 16.20s
# Discus Throw — 34.36m
# Pole Vault — 4.10m
# Javelin Throw — 54.94m
# 1.500 metres — 4:29.98s

Men's 20 km Walk

* Final — 1:32:23 (→ 46th place)
  • Jung Myong-oh
* Final — 1:40:09 (→ 49th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

* Heat — 45.83 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

* Heat — 3:51.09 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

* Final — 2:32.51 (→ 15th place)
* Final — 2:38.21 (→ 37th place)
* Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

* Qualification – 45.88m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

* Qualification – 48.26m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

* Qualification — 13.97m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

* Final Result — 5289 points (→ 24th place)

Basketball

Men's tournament

Team roster
Group play
Classification round 9–12
Classification round 9/10

Women's tournament

Team roster
Group play
Classification 5–8
Classification 7/8

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists, eleven men and four women, represented South Korea in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Men's sprint
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race
Women's sprint

Diving

Men
Women

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented South Korea in 1988.

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 team foil

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group B)
* South Korea — Great Britain 2–2
* South Korea — Soviet Union 1–3
* South Korea — India 1–3
* South Korea — West Germany 0–1
* South Korea — Canada 1–1
  • Classification Matches
* 9th–12th place: South Korea — Kenya 5–2
* 9th–10th place: South Korea — Spain 0–2 (→ Tenth place)
  • Team roster
* (1.) Song Suk-chan
* (2.) Kim Yeong-jun
* (3.) Kim Jong-kap
* (4.) Chung Boo-jin
* (5.) Chung Kye-suk
* (6.) Kim Jae-chun
* (7.) Kwon Soon-pil
* (8.) Mo Ji-young
* (9.) Ji Jae-kwan
* (10.) Kim Man-whe
* (11.) Han Jin-soo
* (12.) Lee Heung-pyo
* (13.) Hur Sang-young
* (14.) Park Jae-sik
* (15.) Yoo Seung-jin
* (16.) Shin Suk-kyun

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary round (group B)
* South Korea — West Germany 4–1
* South Korea — Canada 3–1
* South Korea — Australia 5–5
  • Semi Finals
* South Korea — Great Britain 1–0
  • Final
* South Korea — Australia 0–2 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Team roster
* (1.) Kim Mi-sun
* (2.) Han Ok-kyung
* (3.) Chang Eun-jung
* (4.) Han Keum-sil
* (5.) Choi Choon-ok
* (6.) Kim Soon-duk
* (7.) Chung Sang-hyun
* (8.) Jin Won-sim
* (9.) Hwang Keum-sook
* (10.) Cho Ki-hyang
* (11.) Seo Kwang-mi
* (12.) Park Soon-ja
* (13.) Kim Young-sook
* (14.) Seo Hyo-sun
* (15.) Lim Kye-sook
* (16.) Chung Eun-kyung

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented South Korea in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Kim, Kang, and Kim — 14027 pts, 14th place

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Twenty two South Korean shooters (fourteen men and eight women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
Women
Open

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Song Kwang-sun
  • # Heat – 25.40 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Kwon Sang-won
  • # Heat – 54.34 (→ did not advance, 55th place)
  • Song Kwang-sun
  • # Heat – 54.63 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Kwon Sang-won
  • # Heat – 1:56.88 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
  • Kwon Soon-kun
  • # Heat – 1:58.95 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Yang Wook
  • # Heat – 4:05.81 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
  • Kwon Soon-kun
  • # Heat – 4:08.02 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Yang Wook
  • # Heat – 16:21.10 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Park Dong-pil
  • # Heat – 1:01.25 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Park Dong-pil
  • # Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Yoon Joo-il
  • # Heat – 1:04.68 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Yoon Joo-il
  • # Heat – 2:19.94 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Park Yeong-cheol
  • # Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Park Yeong-cheol
  • # Heat – 2:08.57 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Lee Jae-soo
  • # Heat – 2:11.88 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Lee Jae-soo
  • # Heat – 4:40.46 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Han Young-hee
  • # Heat – 28.02 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
  • Park Joo-li
  • # Heat – 28.20 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Kim Eun-jung
  • # Heat – 1:00.39 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
  • Han Young-hee
  • # Heat – 1:01.72 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Kim Eun-jung
  • # Heat – 2:10.85 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
  • Park Joo-li
  • # Heat – 2:11.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Hong Ji-hee
  • # Heat – 1:08.33 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Hong Ji-hee
  • # Heat – 2:24.58 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Park Sung-won
  • # Heat – 1:12.32 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Park Sung-won
  • # Heat – 2:39.40 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Lee Hong-mi
  • # Heat – 1:04.36 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
  • Kim Soo-jin
  • # Heat – 1:06.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Kim Soo-jin
  • # Heat – 2:19.00 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented South Korea in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • Kim Bong-soo
  • # First round — Defeated George Kalovelonis (Greece) 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
  • # Second round — Defeated Henri Leconte (France) 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
  • # Third round — Lost to Martín Jaite (Argentina) 4–6, 1–6, 3–6
  • Yoo Jin-sun
  • # First round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf (Israel) 2–6, 4–6, 5–7
  • Song Dong-wook
  • # First round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (USA) 3–6, 3–6, 4–6

Women's Singles Competition

  • Lee Jeong-myung
  • # First Round – Bye
  • # Second Round – Lost to Catherine Suire (France) 5–7, 6–4, 5–7
  • Kim Il-soon
  • # First Round – Defeated Etsuko Inoue (Japan) 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
  • # Second Round – Defeated Helena Suková (Czechoslovakia) 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
  • # Third Round – Lost to Larisa Neiland (Soviet Union) 3–6, 6–7

Volleyball

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group A)
* Lost to Sweden (2–3)
* Defeated Brazil (3–2)
* Lost to Soviet Union (0–3)
* Lost to Bulgaria (0–3)
* Lost to Italy (0–3)
  • Classification Matches
* 9th/12th place: Lost to Japan (2–3)
* 11th/12th place: Defeated Tunisia (3–0) → 11th place
  • Team roster
* Choi Chon-sik
* Lee Sang-yul
* Chang Yun-chang
* Han Jang-sok
* Lee Seong-hui
* Kim Eun-sok
* Park Sam-yong
* Lee Myung-hak
* Kim Ho-chul
* Lee Chae-on
* Lee Jong-kyung
* Jung Eu-tak

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary round (group A)
* Defeated East Germany (3–1)
* Lost to Soviet Union (0–3)
* Lost to Japan (1–3)
  • Classification Matches
* 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (2–3)
* 7th/8th place: Lost to United States (2–3) → 8th place
  • Team roster
* Park Mi-hee
* Kim Kyung-hee
* Kim Kui-soon
* Lim Hye-sook
* Yoo Young-mi
* Nam Soon-ok
* Yoon Chung-hye
* Park Bok-rye
* Kim Yoon-hye
* Sun Mi-sook
* Moon Sun-hee
* Ji Kyung-hee

Water polo

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group A)
* Lost to France (5–16)
* Lost to Italy (1–11)
* Lost to West Germany (2–18)
* Lost to Soviet Union (4–17)
* Lost to Australia (2–13)
  • Classification Round (Group E)
* Lost to Greece (7–17)
* Lost to China (7–14) → Twelfth place
  • Team roster
* Lee Jung-suk
* Chang Si-young
* Kim Sung-eun
* Yoo Seung-hoon
* Kim Ki-choon
* Kim Jae-yun
* Choi Sun-young
* Kim Kil-hwan
* Kim Jin-tae
* Song Seung-ho
* Hong Soon-bo
* Lee Taek-won
* Park Sang-won

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References