South Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KOR
Nocname:	Korean Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	401 (269 men and 132 women)
Sports:	27
Flagbearer:	Cho Yong-chul
Rank:	4
Gold:	12
Silver:	10
Bronze:	11
Appearances:	auto

South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors, 269 men and 132 women, took part in 218 events in 27 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Handball	Women's tournament
		Field hockey	Women's tournament
		Handball	Men's tournament

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	3	3	6
Athletics	27	20	47
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	12	–	12
Canoeing	11	4	15
Cycling	11	4	15
Diving	1	1	2
Equestrian	9	1	10
Fencing	15	5	20
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	16	–	16
Gymnastics	3	8	11
Handball	13	12	25
Judo	7	–	7
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	19	9	28
Sailing	8	2	10
Shooting	14	8	22
Swimming	8	7	15
Synchronized swimming	–	3	3
Table tennis	4	3	7
Tennis	3	2	5
Volleyball	12	12	24
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	10	–	10
Wrestling	19	–	19
Total	269	132	401

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Korea's third appearance in Olympic archery was even more successful than its previous one. The women's team was flawless, winning all three of the individual medals and the team gold. The men also won the team gold, with Park Sung-soo adding a fourth individual medal to bring the Koreans' total to six.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Kim Soo-nyung — Final (→ Gold Medal)
• Wang Hee-kyung — Final (→ Silver Medal)
• Yun Young-sook — Final (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Park Sung-soo — Final (→ Silver Medal)
• Chun In-soo — Final (→ 4th place)
• Lee Han-sup — Semifinal (→ 10th place)

Women's Team Competition:

• Kim, Wang, and Yun — Final → (Gold Medal)

Men's Team Competition:

• Park, Chun, and Lee — Final → (Gold Medal)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's 10,000 metres

• Lee Sang-keun

• Heat — 29:37.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Kim Won-tak

• Final — 2:15.44 (→ 18th place)
• Yoo Jae-sung

• Final — 2:20.11 (→ 31st place)
• Gwon Seong-nak

• Final — DNF

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Sung Nak-kun, Shim Duk-sup, Kim Bock-sup, and Jang Jae-keun

• Heat — 39.61

• Semi Final — 39.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Hwang Hong-chul, Yoon Nam-han, Ryu Tae-keong, and Cho Jin-saeng

• Heat — 3:14.71 (→ did not advance)

Men's 3.000 m Steeplechase

• Cha Han-sik

• Heat — 8:59.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Kim Jong-il

• Qualification – 7.70m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Lee Joo-hyong

• Qualifying Heat — 55.98m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Han Min-soo

• Qualifying heat – 15.68m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Min Se-hoon

• Qualifying heat – 47.84m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Lee Wook-jong

• Qualification — 78.10m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Lee Kwang-ik — 6917 points (→ 33rd place)

1. 100 metres — 11.57s

1. Long Jump — 7.19m

1. Shot Put — 10.27m

1. High Jump — 1.91m

1. 400 metres — 50.71s

1. 110m Hurdles — 16.20s

1. Discus Throw — 34.36m

1. Pole Vault — 4.10m

1. Javelin Throw — 54.94m

1. 1.500 metres — 4:29.98s

Men's 20 km Walk

• Chung Pil-hwa

• Final — 1:32:23 (→ 46th place)
• Jung Myong-oh

• Final — 1:40:09 (→ 49th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Yoon Mi-kyong, Woo Yang-ja, Park Mi-seon, and Lee Young-sook

• Heat — 45.83 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Yang Kyoung-hee, Choi Se-beom, Lim Chun-ae, and Kim Soon-ja

• Heat — 3:51.09 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Lee Mi-ok

• Final — 2:32.51 (→ 15th place)
• Lim Eun-joo

• Final — 2:38.21 (→ 37th place)
• Kim Mi-gyeong

• Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's Discus Throw

• Kim Chun-hee

• Qualification – 45.88m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Yoo Chun-ok

• Qualification – 48.26m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Choi Mi-seon

• Qualification — 13.97m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Ji Jeong-mi

• Final Result — 5289 points (→ 24th place)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

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Classification round 9–12

Classification round 9/10

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play

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Classification 5–8

Classification 7/8

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Fifteen cyclists, eleven men and four women, represented South Korea in 1988.

Men's road race

• Park Hyeon-gon
• Lee Jin-ok
• Sin Dae-cheol

Men's team time trial

• Jo Deok-haeng
• Lee Jin-ok
• Park Hyeon-gon
• Yu Byeong-heon

Men's sprint

• Eom Yeong-seop

Men's 1 km time trial

• Eom Yeong-seop

Men's individual pursuit

• Park Min-su

Men's team pursuit

• An U-hyeok
• Jeong Jeom-sik
• Kim Yong-gyu
• Park Min-su

Men's points race

• Do Eun-cheol

Women's road race

• Kim Gyeong-suk
• No Yeom-ju
• Hong Yeong-mi

Women's sprint

• Kim Jin-yeong

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented South Korea in 1988.

Men's foil

• Kim Seung-pyo
• Go Nak-chun
• Kim Yong-guk

Men's team foil

• Hong Yeong-seung, Kim Seung-pyo, Kim Yong-guk, Go Nak-chun, Lee Yeong-rok

Men's épée

• Lee Sang-gi
• Yun Nam-jin
• Lee Il-hui

Men's team épée

• Jo Hui-je, Lee Il-hui, Lee Sang-gi, Yang Dal-sik, Yun Nam-jin

Men's sabre

• Lee Byeong-nam
• Kim Sang-uk
• Lee Uk-jae

Men's team sabre

• Kim Sang-uk, Lee Byeong-nam, Lee Hyo-geun, Lee Hyeon-su, Lee Uk-jae

Women's foil

• Tak Jeong-im
• Shin Seong-ja
• Park Eun-hui

Women's team foil

• Kim Jin-sun, Shin Seong-ja, Tak Jeong-im, Yun Jeong-suk, Park Eun-hui

Football

See main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group B)

• South Korea — Great Britain 2–2

• South Korea — Soviet Union 1–3

• South Korea — India 1–3

• South Korea — West Germany 0–1

• South Korea — Canada 1–1
• Classification Matches

• 9th–12th place: South Korea — Kenya 5–2

• 9th–10th place: South Korea — Spain 0–2 (→ Tenth place)
• Team roster

• (1.) Song Suk-chan

• (2.) Kim Yeong-jun

• (3.) Kim Jong-kap

• (4.) Chung Boo-jin

• (5.) Chung Kye-suk

• (6.) Kim Jae-chun

• (7.) Kwon Soon-pil

• (8.) Mo Ji-young

• (9.) Ji Jae-kwan

• (10.) Kim Man-whe

• (11.) Han Jin-soo

• (12.) Lee Heung-pyo

• (13.) Hur Sang-young

• (14.) Park Jae-sik

• (15.) Yoo Seung-jin

• (16.) Shin Suk-kyun
• Head coach: Yoo Seung-in

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group B)

• South Korea — West Germany 4–1

• South Korea — Canada 3–1

• South Korea — Australia 5–5
• Semi Finals

• South Korea — Great Britain 1–0
• Final

• South Korea — Australia 0–2 (→ Silver Medal)
• Team roster

• (1.) Kim Mi-sun

• (2.) Han Ok-kyung

• (3.) Chang Eun-jung

• (4.) Han Keum-sil

• (5.) Choi Choon-ok

• (6.) Kim Soon-duk

• (7.) Chung Sang-hyun

• (8.) Jin Won-sim

• (9.) Hwang Keum-sook

• (10.) Cho Ki-hyang

• (11.) Seo Kwang-mi

• (12.) Park Soon-ja

• (13.) Kim Young-sook

• (14.) Seo Hyo-sun

• (15.) Lim Kye-sook

• (16.) Chung Eun-kyung
• Head coach: Yoo Young-chae

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Three male pentathlete represented South Korea in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Kim Myeong-geon — 5099 pts, 12th place
• Gang Gyeong-hyo — 5074 pts, 13th place
• Kim Seong-ho — 3854 pts, 61st place

Men's Team Competition:

• Kim, Kang, and Kim — 14027 pts, 14th place

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Twenty two South Korean shooters (fourteen men and eight women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
An Byung-kyun	10 m air rifle	590	8 Q	690.7	7
Yang Chung-yul	25 m rapid fire pistol	591	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Lee Eun-chul	50 m rifle 3 positions	1161	28	Did not advance
10 m air rifle	589	12	Did not advance
Lim Jang-soo	25 m rapid fire pistol	575	32	Did not advance
Park Jong-shin	10 m air pistol	577	18	Did not advance
Kwak Jung-hoon	50 m rifle prone	594	24	Did not advance
Hong Seung-pyo	50 m running target	577	19	Did not advance
Kwon Taek-yul	50 m rifle 3 positions	1165	21	Did not advance
Cha Young-chul	50 m rifle prone	598	2 Q	702.8
align=left rowspan=2	Min Young-sam	50 m pistol	552	29	Did not advance
10 m air pistol	575	23	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left	Kang Hye-ja	align=left	10 m air rifle	391	12	Did not advance
align=left	Lee Hye-kyung	align=left	50 m rifle three positions	575	23	Did not advance
Bang Hyun-joo	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol	376	19	Did not advance
Park Jung-hee	378	12	Did not advance
align=left	Lee Mi-kyung	align=left	10 m air rifle	385	30	Did not advance
Boo Sun-hee	25 m pistol	576	27	Did not advance
align=left	Kim Young-mi	align=left	50 m rifle three positions	568	30	Did not advance
Hong Young-ok	25 m pistol	575	28	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Park Chul-sung	Trap	144	19 Q	191	16	Did not advance
Kim Ha-yeon	Skeet	141	40	Did not advance
Kim Kon-il	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	142	25	Did not advance
Byun Kyung-soo	141	30	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Song Kwang-sun
  1. Heat – 25.40 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Kwon Sang-won
  1. Heat – 54.34 (→ did not advance, 55th place)
• Song Kwang-sun
  1. Heat – 54.63 (→ did not advance, 57th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Kwon Sang-won
  1. Heat – 1:56.88 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
• Kwon Soon-kun
  1. Heat – 1:58.95 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Yang Wook
  1. Heat – 4:05.81 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
• Kwon Soon-kun
  1. Heat – 4:08.02 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Yang Wook
  1. Heat – 16:21.10 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Park Dong-pil
  1. Heat – 1:01.25 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Park Dong-pil
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Yoon Joo-il
  1. Heat – 1:04.68 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Yoon Joo-il
  1. Heat – 2:19.94 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Park Yeong-cheol
  1. Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Park Yeong-cheol
  1. Heat – 2:08.57 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Lee Jae-soo
  1. Heat – 2:11.88 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Lee Jae-soo
  1. Heat – 4:40.46 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Kwon Sang-won, Yang Wook, Song Kwang-sun, and Kwon Soon-kun
  1. Heat – 3:38.05 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Kwon Sang-won, Yang Wook, Song Kwang-sun, and Kwon Soon-kun
  1. Heat – 7:52.93 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Park Dong-pil, Yoon Joo-Il, Park Yeong-cheol, and Kwon Sang-won
  1. Heat – 3:56.94 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Han Young-hee
  1. Heat – 28.02 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
• Park Joo-li
  1. Heat – 28.20 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Kim Eun-jung
  1. Heat – 1:00.39 (→ did not advance, 43rd place)
• Han Young-hee
  1. Heat – 1:01.72 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Kim Eun-jung
  1. Heat – 2:10.85 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
• Park Joo-li
  1. Heat – 2:11.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Hong Ji-hee
  1. Heat – 1:08.33 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Hong Ji-hee
  1. Heat – 2:24.58 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Park Sung-won
  1. Heat – 1:12.32 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Park Sung-won
  1. Heat – 2:39.40 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Lee Hong-mi
  1. Heat – 1:04.36 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
• Kim Soo-jin
  1. Heat – 1:06.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Kim Soo-jin
  1. Heat – 2:19.00 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Kim Eun-jung, Han Young-hee, Park Joo-li, and Lee Hong-mi
  1. Heat – 4:03.18 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Hong Ji-hee, Park Sung-won, Lee Hong-mi, and Han Young-hee
  1. Heat – 4:28.90 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Three synchronized swimmers represented South Korea in 1988.

Women's solo

• Ha Su-gyeong
• Choi Jeong-yun
• Kim Mi-jinsu

Women's duet

• Ha Su-gyeong
• Kim Mi-jinsu

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's Singles Competition

• Kim Bong-soo
  1. First round — Defeated George Kalovelonis (Greece) 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–7, 6–3
  2. Second round — Defeated Henri Leconte (France) 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
  3. Third round — Lost to Martín Jaite (Argentina) 4–6, 1–6, 3–6
• Yoo Jin-sun
  1. First round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf (Israel) 2–6, 4–6, 5–7
• Song Dong-wook
  1. First round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (USA) 3–6, 3–6, 4–6

Women's Singles Competition

• Lee Jeong-myung
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Lost to Catherine Suire (France) 5–7, 6–4, 5–7
• Kim Il-soon
  1. First Round – Defeated Etsuko Inoue (Japan) 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
  2. Second Round – Defeated Helena Suková (Czechoslovakia) 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
  3. Third Round – Lost to Larisa Neiland (Soviet Union) 3–6, 6–7

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Lost to Sweden (2–3)

• Defeated Brazil (3–2)

• Lost to Soviet Union (0–3)

• Lost to Bulgaria (0–3)

• Lost to Italy (0–3)
• Classification Matches

• 9th/12th place: Lost to Japan (2–3)

• 11th/12th place: Defeated Tunisia (3–0) → 11th place
• Team roster

• Choi Chon-sik

• Lee Sang-yul

• Chang Yun-chang

• Han Jang-sok

• Lee Seong-hui

• Kim Eun-sok

• Park Sam-yong

• Lee Myung-hak

• Kim Ho-chul

• Lee Chae-on

• Lee Jong-kyung

• Jung Eu-tak
• Head coach: Lee Kyu-so

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Defeated East Germany (3–1)

• Lost to Soviet Union (0–3)

• Lost to Japan (1–3)
• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (2–3)

• 7th/8th place: Lost to United States (2–3) → 8th place
• Team roster

• Park Mi-hee

• Kim Kyung-hee

• Kim Kui-soon

• Lim Hye-sook

• Yoo Young-mi

• Nam Soon-ok

• Yoon Chung-hye

• Park Bok-rye

• Kim Yoon-hye

• Sun Mi-sook

• Moon Sun-hee

• Ji Kyung-hee
• Head coach: Hwang Sung-on

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Lost to France (5–16)

• Lost to Italy (1–11)

• Lost to West Germany (2–18)

• Lost to Soviet Union (4–17)

• Lost to Australia (2–13)
• Classification Round (Group E)

• Lost to Greece (7–17)

• Lost to China (7–14) → Twelfth place
• Team roster

• Lee Jung-suk

• Chang Si-young

• Kim Sung-eun

• Yoo Seung-hoon

• Kim Ki-choon

• Kim Jae-yun

• Choi Sun-young

• Kim Kil-hwan

• Kim Jin-tae

• Song Seung-ho

• Hong Soon-bo

• Lee Taek-won

• Park Sang-won
• Head coach: Kim Jong-ku

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: South Korea at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041553/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-07-24 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/KOR/editions/22 Republic of Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics