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South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics

South Korea, the previous host of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, competed as Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 226 competitors, 154 men and 72 women, took part in 134 events in 24 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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

Archery

Korea's fourth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals and a pair of silver medals. The women continued to dominate the field, though not quite as thoroughly as they had on their home field four years earlier. The individuals went a combined 16-5, while the teams were 5-1.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Chung Jae-hun — Final (→ Silver Medal (4-1)
  • Han Seung-hoon — Round of 16 (→ 15th place), 1-1
  • Lim Hee-sik — Round of 32 (→ 20th place), 1-1

Women's Team Competition:

  • Cho, Kim, and Lee — Final (→ Gold Medal), 4-0

Men's Team Competition:

  • Chung, Han, and Lim — Quarterfinal (→ 5th place), 1-1

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Men's Javelin Throw

* Qualification — 72.68 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Lee Mi-ok — 2:54.21 (→ 25th place)

Badminton

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

* First Round – Defeated Luigi Castiglione (ITA), 8:2
* Second Round – Lost to Pál Lakatos (HUN), 15:20

Canoeing

Cycling

Four male cyclists represented South Korea in 1992.

Men's team pursuit
Men's points race

Equestrianism

Fencing

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented South Korea in 1992.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Korea was represented by the following squad in Barcelona: (1) Kim Bong-soo, (2) Na Seung-hwa, (3) Lee Moon-seok, (4) Han Jung-kook, (5) Kang Chul, (6) Shin Tae-yong, (7) Kim Gwi-hwa, (8) Noh Jung-yoon, (9) Gwak Kyung-keun, (10) Chung Jae-kwon, (11) Seo Jung-won, (12) Cho Jung-hyun, (13) Kim Do-keun, (14) Jung Kwang-seok, (15) Lee Seung-hyup, (16) Cho Jin-ho, (17) Lee Lim-saeng, (18) Lee Jin-hang, (19) Shin Bum-chul, and (20) Lee Woon-jae. Coach: Kim Sam-rak.

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group A)
* South Korea – Hungary 22-18
* South Korea – Sweden 18-26
* South Korea – Czechoslovakia 20-19
* South Korea – Iceland 24-26
* South Korea – Brazil 30-26
  • Classification Match
* 5th/6th place: South Korea – Spain 21-36 (→ Sixth place)
  • Team roster
* Back Sang-suh
* Cho Burn-yun
* Cho Chi-hyo
* Cho Young-shin
* Choi Suk-jae
* Jung Kang-wook
* Kang Jae-won
* Lee Ki-ho
* Lee Kyu-chang
* Lee Min-woo
* Lee Sun-soon
* Lim Jin-suk
* Moon Byung-wook
* Park Do-hun
* Shim Jae-hong
* Yoon Kyung-shin

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary round (group B)
* South Korea – Norway 27-16
* South Korea – Austria 27-27
* South Korea – Spain 28-18
  • Semi Finals
* South Korea – Germany 26-25
  • Gold Medal Match
* South Korea – Norway 28-21 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Team roster
* Nam Eun-young
* Lee Ho-youn
* Kim Hwa-sook
* Moon Hyang-ja
* Min Hye-sook
* Cha Jae-kyung
* Hong Jeong-ho
* Park Jeong-lim
* Park Kap-sook
* Lee Mi-young
* Lim O-kyeong
* Jang Ri-ra
* Oh Sung-ok

Hockey

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented South Korea in 1992.

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Twelve South Korean shooters (seven men and five women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
Women
Open

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References