South Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KOR
Nocname:	Korean Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Website:
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	42 (32 men, 10 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Kim Ji-Hak^[1]
Rank:	33
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 42 competitors (32 men and 10 women), took part in 24 events in 8 sports.^[2]

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, South Korea entered three women. Their highest placing competitor was Kim Ho-gu, at 7th place in the women's competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Kim Ho-gu - 2369 points (7th place)
• Ju Chun-sam - 2349 points (12th place)
• Kim Hyang-min - 2275 points (20th place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's High Jump

• Park Sang-soo

• Qualification Round - 2.00m (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Lee Chung-ping, Soo Wen-ho, Chen Chin-lung, and Chen Ming-chih

• Heat - 41.78s (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Paik Ok-ja

• Qualification Round - 15.78m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Paik Ok-ja

• Qualification Round - DNS (→ did not advance)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Light Middleweight (–71 kg)

• Jae Keun-lim

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2

• Third Round - Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), TKO-2

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Five male shooters represented South Korea in 1972.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Choi Chung-seok	50 m rifle prone	589	60
Park Do-geun	Skeet	182	44
Kim Nam-gu	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	177	41
Kim Tae-seok	181	32
Park Seong-tae	Skeet	168	56

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 400 m freestyle:

• Cho Oh-ryun - Heat: 4:21.78 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

• Cho Oh-ryun - Heat: 17:29.23 (did not advance)

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's: 7th place

• Roster: Choi Jong-ok, Chung Dong-kee, Jin Jun-tak, Kang Man-soo, Kim Chung-han, Kim Kun-bong, Kim Kyui-hwan, Lee Chun-pio, Lee In, Lee Sun-koo, Lee Yong-kwan, and Park Kee-won
• Preliminary round: 2-3
• Semi–Final: Lost to Romania (0-3)
• Final: Defeated Brazil (3-0)

Women's: 4th place

• Roster: Jo Hea-jung, Kim Eun-hui, Kim Young-ja, Lee In-sook, Lee Jung-ja, Lee Kyung-ai, Lee Kyung-sook, Lee Soon-bok, Yoon Young-nae, Yu Jung-hye, and Yu Kyung-hwa
• Preliminary round: 2-1
• Semi–Final: Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Final: Lost to D.P.R. Korea (0-3)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Lightweight:

• Won Shin-hee - 427.5 kg (7th place)

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Republic of Korea . olympedia.org . 7 January 2024.
2. Web site: South Korea at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041603/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/1972/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 February 2016 . Sports Reference.