North Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	PRK
Nocname:	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	64 (36 men, 28 women)
Sports:	12
Rank:	16
Gold:	4
Silver:	0
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the nation's first appearance in twelve years at the Summer Games due to its boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 64 competitors, 36 men and 28 women, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				2 August
				5 August
				6 August
				9 August
				30 July
				1 August
				4 August
				6 August
				7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	0	3	3
Athletics	1	2	3
Boxing	6	–	6
Cycling	0	3	3
Diving	0	4	4
Gymnastics	3	8	11
Judo	2	1	3
Shooting	6	3	9
Table tennis	4	4	8
Weightlifting	10	–	10
Wrestling	4	–	4
Total	36	28	64

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Kim Jong-hwa - Round of 32, 19th place (0-1)
• Li Myong-gum - Round of 32, 29th place (0-1)
• Sin Song-hui - Ranking round, 52nd place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

• Kim, Li, and Sin - Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's Marathon

• Ryu Ok-hyon - 2:40.51 (→ 80th place)

Women's Marathon

• Mun Gyong-ae - 2:37.03 (→ 6th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Heat - 6.17 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• O Song-chol

• First Round  - Defeated Anicet Rasoanaivo (MAD), KO-2

• Second Round  - Lost to Daniel Petrov (BUL), RSC-3

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Three cyclists, all women, represented North Korea in 1992.

Women's Individual Road Race

• Pak Chun-wa - 2:38:38 (→ 53rd place)
• Kim Gyong-hui - 2:39:43 (→ 54th place)
• Choi In-ae - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Women's 3m Springboard

• Kim Myong-son

• Preliminary Heat - 232.65 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)
• Kim Hye-ok

• Preliminary Heat - 206.64 points (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Kim Chun-ok

• Preliminary Round - 282.36 points (→ 18th place)
• Ryu Un-Sil

• Preliminary Round - 282.36 points (→ 23rd place)

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: North Korea at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043017/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PRK/summer/1992/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 August 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/PRK/editions/23 Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics