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
Medal Name Sport Event Date Yeo Kab-soon Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle Chun Byung-kwan Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Kim Mi-jung Judo Women's 72 kg Lee Eun-chul Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone An Han-bong Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg Cho Youn-jeong Archery Women's individual Cho Youn-jeong Kim Soo-nyung Lee Eun-kyung Archery Women's team Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong Badminton Men's doubles Hwang Hye-young Chung So-young Badminton Women's doubles Park Jang-soon Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg typo Handball Women's tournament Hwang Young-cho Athletics Men's marathon Kim Soo-nyung Archery Women's individual Yoon Hyun Judo Men's 60 kg Chung Jae-hun Archery Men's individual Bang Soo-hyun Badminton Women's singles Kim Jong-shin Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg Min Kyung-gab Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg Kim Byung-joo Judo Men's 78 kg Chung Hoon Judo Men's 71 kg Yoo Ok-ryul Gymnastics Men's vault Hyun Jung-hwa Hong Cha-ok Table tennis Women's doubles Gil Young-ah Shim Eun-jung Badminton Women's doubles Kang Hee-chan Lee Chul-seung Table tennis Men's doubles Kim Taek-soo Yoo Nam-kyu Table tennis Men's doubles Hyun Jung-hwa Table tennis Women's singles Kim Taek-soo Table tennis Men's singles Hong Sung-sik Boxing Lightweight Lee Seung-bae Boxing Middleweight
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 9 2 11Badminton 6 6 12Boxing 11 – 11Canoeing 6 0 6 Cycling 4 0 4Equestrian 4 1 5Fencing 10 5 15Field hockey 0 16 16Football 14 – 14Gymnastics 6 4 10Handball 15 13 28Judo 7 7 14Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 0 2 2Sailing 3 0 3Shooting 7 5 12Swimming 2 2 4Table tennis 4 4 8Tennis 2 2 4Volleyball 12 0 12Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 16 – 16 Total 154 72 226
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: Cho Youn-jeong — Final (→ Gold Medal), 5-0 Kim Soo-nyung — Final (→ Silver Medal), 4-1 Lee Eun-kyung — Round of 16 (→ 14th place), 1-1
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 Hwang Young-cho 2:13.23 (→ Gold Medal) Kim Jae-ryong 2:15.01 (→ 10th place) Kim Wan-ki — 2:18.32 (→ 28th place)
Men's Javelin Throw Kim Ki-hoon 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) Cho Dong-bum 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 Ji Seung-hwan Kim Yong-gyu Park Min-su Won Chang-yong
Men's points race Park Min-su
Equestrianism
Fencing
15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented South Korea in 1992.
Men's foil Yu Bong-hyeong Kim Yeong-ho Kim Seung-pyo
Men's team foil Kim Yeong-ho, Kim Seung-pyo, Lee Ho-seong, Lee Seung-yong, Yu Bong-hyeong
Men's épée Lee Sang-gi Jang Tae-seok Kim Jeong-gwan
Men's team épée Lee Sang-gi, Jang Tae-seok, Kim Jeong-gwan, Gu Gyo-dong, Lee Sang-yeop
Women's foil Lee Jeong-sook Shin Seong-ja Kim Jin-sun
Women's team foil Lee Jeong-sook, Shin Seong-ja, Kim Jin-sun, Jang Mi-gyeong, Jeon Mi-gyeong
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 Head coach: Lee Kvu-jung
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 Head coach: Chung Hyung-kyun
Hockey
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented South Korea in 1992.
Individual Lee Yeong-chan Kim Myeong-geon Kim In-ho
Team Lee Yeong-chan Kim Myeong-geon Kim In-ho
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Twelve South Korean shooters (seven men and five women) qualified to compete in the following events: Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankLee Eun-chul50 m rifle prone5978 Q 702.5 OR50 m rifle 3 positions116211 Did not advanceJi Jong-koo10 m air rifle58621Did not advancePark Jong-shin50 m pistol54733 Did not advance10 m air pistol57133Did not advanceChae Keun-bae10 m air rifle5904 Q 687.88Kim Seon-il50 m pistol55811 Did not advance10 m air pistol5819Did not advanceCha Young-chul50 m rifle prone59418 Did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions115817 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankLee Eun-ju10 m air rifle3928 Q492.6 6Bang Hyun-joo10 m air pistol37715Did not advance25 m pistol57029Did not advanceYeo Kab-soon10 m air rifle396 OR2 Q498.2 ORKang Myung-a.50 m rifle 3 positions57124 Did not advanceLee Sun-bock10 m air pistol37715 Did not advance
Open AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankKim Kun-ilTrap13546Did not advance
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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