Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Korea at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:   KOR
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Medals	Gold  12	Silver 10	Bronze 11	Total 33
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South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Hockey 2.3.1 Men's Team Competition 2.3.2 Women's Team Competition 2.4 Modern pentathlon 2.5 Swimming 2.6 Tennis 2.7 Water polo

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Kim Soo-Nyung — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
• Kim Soo-Nyung, Wang Hee Kyung, and Yun Young-Sook — Archery, Women's Team Competition
• Park Sung-Soo, Chun In-Soo, and Lee Han-Sup — Archery, Men's Team Competition
• Kim Kwang-Sun — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
• Park Si-Hun — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

[edit] Silver

• Park Sung-Soo — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
• Wang Hee Kyung — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
• Suh Kwang-Mi, Lim Kye-Sook, Park Soon-Ja, Suh Hyo-Sun, Kim Mi-Sun, Kim Soon-Duk, Kim Young-Sook, Han Ok-Kyung, Hwang Keum-Sook, Jin Won-Sim, Chun Eun-Kyung, Chung Sang-Hyun, Han Keum-Sil, Chang Eun-Jung, Choi Choon-Ok, and Cho Ki-Hyang — Field Hockey, Women's Team Competition
• Baik Hyun-Man — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
• Choi Suk-Jae, Kang Jae-Won, Kim Jae-Hwan, Koh Suk-Chang, Lee Sang-Hyo, Lim Jin-Suk, Oh Young-Ki, Park Do-Hun, Park Young-Dae, Roh Hyun-Suk, Shim Jae-Hong, Shin Young-Suk, and Yoon Tae-Il — Handball, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Bronze

• Yun Young-Sook — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
• Lee Jae-Hyuk — Boxing, Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
• Park Jong-Hoon — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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:

• Kim Soo-Nyung — Final (→ Gold Medal)

• Wang Hee Kyung — Final (→ Silver Medal)

• Yun Young-Sook — Final (→ Bronze Medal)

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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

• Lee Sang-Keun
  1. Heat — 29:37.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Kim Won-Tak

• Final — 2"15.44 (→ 18th place)

• Yoo Jae-Sung

• Final — 2"20.11 (→ 31st place)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Sung Nak-Kun, Shim Duk-Sup, Kim Bock-Sup, and Chang Jae-Keun

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

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Hwang Hong-Chul, Yoon Nam-Han, Ryu Tae-Keong, and Cho Jin-Saeng

• Heat — 3:14.71 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Cha Han-Sik

1. Heat — 8:59.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Kim Jong-Il

1. Qualification – 7.70m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Lee Kwang-Ik — 6917 points (→ 33rd place)

1. 100 metres — 11.57s
2. Long Jump — 7.19m
3. Shot Put — 10.27m
4. High Jump — 1.91m
5. 400 metres — 50.71s
6. 110m Hurdles — 16.20s
7. Discus Throw — 34.36m
8. Pole Vault — 4.10m
9. Javelin Throw — 54.94m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:29.98s

Women's 4x100m Relay

• Yoon Mi-Kyong, Woo Yang-Ja, Park Mi-Sun, and Lee Young-Sook

1. Heat — 45.83 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400m Relay

• Yang Kyoung-Hee, Choi Se-Beom, Lim Chun-Ae, and Kim Soon-Ja

1. Heat — 3:51.09 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Lee Mi-Ok

• Final — 2"32.51 (→ 15th place)

• Lim Eun-Joo

• Final — 2"38.21 (→ 37th place)

• Lim Mi-Kyong

• Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

[edit] Hockey

[edit] 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 Young-Joon
• ( 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

Head Coach: Yoo Seung-In

[edit] 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

Head Coach: Yoo Young-Chae

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Kim Myung-Gon — 5099 pts, 12th place
• Kang Kyung-Hyo — 5074 pts, 13th place
• Kim Sung-Ho — 3854 pts, 61st place

Men's Team Competition:

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

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Song Kwang-Sun
  1. Heat – 25.40 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Kwon Sang-Won
  1. Heat – 54.34 (→ did not advance, 55th place)

• Song Kwang-Sun
  1. Heat – 54.63 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Kwon Sang-Won
  1. Heat – 1:56.88 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

• Kwon Soon-Kun
  1. Heat – 1:58.95 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Yang Wook
  1. Heat – 4:05.81 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

• Kwon Soon-Kun
  1. Heat – 4:08.02 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

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

Men's 100 m Backstroke

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

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Park Dong-Pil
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

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

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Yoon Joo-Il
  1. Heat – 2:19.94 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Park Young-Chul
  1. Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Park Young-Chul
  1. Heat – 2:08.57 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Lee Jae-Soo
  1. Heat – 2:11.88 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Lee Jae-Soo
  1. Heat – 4:40.46 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Kwon Sang-Won, Yang Wook, Song Kwang-Sun, and Kwon Soon-Kun
  1. Heat – 3:38.05 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Kwon Sang-Won, Yang Wook, Song Kwang-Sun, and Kwon Soon-Kun
  1. Heat – 7:52.93 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Park Dong-Pil, Yoon Joo-Il, Park Young-Chul, and Kwon Sang-Won
  1. Heat – 3:56.94 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Han Young-Hee
  1. Heat – 28.02 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

• Park Joo-Li
  1. Heat – 28.20 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Kim Eun-Jung
  1. Heat – 1:00.39 (→ did not advance, 43th place)

• Han Young-Hee
  1. Heat – 1:01.72 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Kim Eun-Jung
  1. Heat – 2:10.85 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

• Park Joo-Li
  1. Heat – 2:11.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

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

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Hong Ji-Hee
  1. Heat – 2:24.58 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

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

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Park Sung-Won
  1. Heat – 2:39.40 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Lee Hong-Mi
  1. Heat – 1:04.36 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

• Kim Soo-Jin
  1. Heat – 1:06.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Kim Soo-Jin
  1. Heat – 2:19.00 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Kim Eun-Jung, Han Young-Hee, Park Joo-Li, and Lee Hong-Mi
  1. Heat – 4:03.18 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Hong Ji-Hee, Park Sung-Won, Lee Hong-Mi, and Han Young-Hee
  1. Heat – 4:28.90 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Bong-Soo Kim
  1. First round — Defeated George Kalovelonis (Greece) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Henri Leconte (France) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
  3. Third round — Lost to Martin Jaite (Argentina) 4-6, 1-6, 3-6

• Jin-Sun Yoo
  1. First round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf (Israel) 2-6, 4-6, 5-7

• Dong-Wook Song
  1. First round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (USA) 3-6, 3-6, 4-6

[edit] 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

• Jung-Suk Lee
• Si-Young Chang
• Sung-Eun Kim
• Seung-Hoon Yoo
• Ki-Choon Kim
• Jae-Yun Kim
• Sun-Young Choi
• Kil-Hwan Kim
• Jin-Tae Kim
• Seung-Ho Song
• Soon-Bo Hong
• Taek-Won Lee
• Sang-Won Park

Head Coach: Jong-Ku Kim

Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea

Afghanistan • Algeria • American Samoa • Andorra • Angola • Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Aruba • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Bahrain • Bangladesh • Barbados • Belgium • Belize • Benin • Bermuda • Bhutan • Bolivia • Botswana • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Brunei • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • Burma • Cameroon • Canada • Cayman Islands • Central African Republic • Chad • Chile • China • Chinese Taipei • Colombia • Congo • Cook Islands • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Djibouti • Dominican Republic • East Germany • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Equatorial Guinea • Fiji • Finland • France • Gabon • The Gambia • Ghana • Great Britain • Greece • Grenada • Guam • Guatemala • Guinea • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Iraq • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kenya • Korea • Kuwait • Laos • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Malawi • Malaysia • Maldives • Mali • Malta • Mauritania • Mauritius • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Mozambique • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Niger • Nigeria • North Yemen • Norway • Oman • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Qatar • Romania • Rwanda • Saint Vincent‑Grenadines • Samoa • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Singapore • Solomon Islands • Somalia • South Yemen • Spain • Sri Lanka • Sudan • Suriname • Swaziland • Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Thailand • Togo • Tonga • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Uganda • United Arab Emirates • United States • Uruguay • USSR • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • West Germany • Yugoslavia • Zaire • Zambia • Zimbabwe