| Noc: | KOR |
| Nocname: | Korean Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1952 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Helsinki |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Rank: | 37 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
| Event | Athletes | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Men's 200 metres | Um Pal-Yong | 23.0 | 5 (H13) | align=center bgcolor="f4c2c2" colspan=4 | did not advance | |||
| Men's marathon | Choi Yun-Chil | 2:26:36 | 4 | |||||
| Choi Chung-Sik | 2:41:23 | 33 | ||||||
| Hong Jong-O | Did not finish | align=center | - | |||||
| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result (m) | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Men's triple jump | Choi Yeong-Gi | 14.44 | 18 | did not advance | |
| Women's shot put | Choi Myeong-Suk | 10.76 | 20 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Flyweight | W TKO (R1) | W 3-0 | L 0-3 | did not advance | |||
| Kang Joon-Ho | Bantamweight | W 3-0 | W 2-1 | L 0-3 | |||
| Seo Byeong-Ran | Featherweight | W 3-0 | L 0-3 | did not advance | |||
| Ju Sang-Jeom | Lightweight | L 0-3 | align=center colspan="4" bgcolor="f4c2c2" | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwon Ik-Hyun | Individual road race | Did Not Finish | ||
| Im Sang-Jo | Individual road race | Did Not Finish | ||
| Kim Ho-Soon | Individual road race | Did Not Finish | ||
| Kwon Ik-Hyun Im Sang-Jo Kim Ho-Soon | Team road race | Did Not Finish |
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Kim Hae-Nam< | --김해남--> | Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg) | 80 | 8 | 95 | 3 | 120 | 4 | 295 | 4 |
| Nam Su-Il | Men's Featherweight (-60 kg) | 90 | 9 | 90 | 15 | 120 | 12 | 300 | 11 | |
| Kim Chang-Hui | Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg) | 100 | 8 | 105 | 6 | 140 | 2 | 345 | 4 | |
| Kim Seong-Jip | Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) | 122.5 | 1 | 112.5 | 5 | 147.5 | 5 | 382.5 | 3 | |