North Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	PRK
Nocname:	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	31
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Pak Jung-Chul
Rank:	60
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Unification Flag of Korea.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's 58 kg
			Men's light flyweight
			Women's 52 kg
			Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

Results by event

Archery

North Korea sent only one woman to the archery competition in Sydney. She was undefeated until her semifinal match with an archer from South Korea. She also lost her bronze medal match, again to a South Korean archer.

align=center colspan=4	Women's individual
	align=center colspan=3	Ok Sil Choe
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Katri Suutari Finland	161-149
1/16 eliminations	Defeated	Nataliya Burdeyna Ukraine	162-160
1/8 eliminations	Defeated	Kateryna Serdyuk Ukraine	160-153
Quarterfinal	Defeated	Natalia Valeeva Italy	107-103
Semifinal	Lost to	Nam-Soon Kim Korea	107-114
Final	Lost to	Soo-Nyung Kim Korea	107-114
	align=center colspan=3	4th place

Athletics

Men's marathon

Kim Jung-Won
1. Final – 2:18:04 (29th place)
Kim Jong-Chol
1. Final – 2:18:04 (30th place)
Kil Jae-Son
1. Final – 2:25:13 (59th place)

Women's Marathon

Ham Bong-Sil
1. Final – 2:27:07 (8th place)
Jong Yong-Ok
1. Final – 2:31:40 (20th place)
Kim Chang-Ok
1. Final – 2:35:32 (28th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

Un Chol Kim – Bronze Medal
- Round 1 - Defeated Sebusiso Keketsi of Lesotho
- Round 2 - Defeated Pál Lakatos of Hungary
- Quarterfinal - Defeated Ivanas Stapovičius of Lithuania
- Semifinal - Lost to Rafael Lozano of Spain

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Yong – Ryong Pak
1. Preliminary – 271.47 (47th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

Hyong – Gil Choe
1. Preliminary – 448.41
2. Semi-final – 185.52 – 633.93
3. Final – 377.46 – 562.98 (12th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

Yong – Ryong Pak
1. Preliminary – 400.29
2. Semi-final – 181.74 – 582.03 (16th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

Ok Rim Ri
1. Preliminary – 238.77 (26th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

Song Hui Choe
1. Preliminary – 222.84 (33rd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

Ok Rim Ri
1. Preliminary – 262.20 (22nd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

Myong Hwa Choe
1. Preliminary – 308.73
2. Semi-final – 183.84 – 492.57
3. Final – 269.22 – 453.06 (10th place)

Synchronized swimming

Duet

Son Yong Choe, Yong Hui Jo

Technical Routine – 29.867 Did not compete in free routine

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Women

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

References

Works cited

Book: CITEREFNorth_Korea_Handbook2002 . Yonhap News Agency . North Korea Handbook . 2002 . M.E. Sharpe . Seoul . 978-0-7656-3523-5 .