South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:KOR
Nocname:Korean Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1992
Website: 
Location:Barcelona
Competitors:226 (154 men, 72 women)
Sports:24
Flagbearer:Kim Tae-hyun
Rank:7
Gold:12
Silver:5
Bronze:12
Appearances:auto

South Korea competed as Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 226 competitors, 154 men and 72 women, took part in 134 events in 24 sports.[1]

Competitors

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

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery3 3 6
Athletics9 2 11
Badminton6 6 12
Boxing11 11
Canoeing6 0 6
Cycling4 0 4
Equestrian4 1 5
Fencing10 5 15
Field hockey0 16 16
Football14 14
Gymnastics6 4 10
Handball15 13 28
Judo7 7 14
Modern pentathlon3 3
Rowing0 2 2
Sailing3 0 3
Shooting7 5 12
Swimming2 2 4
Table tennis4 4 8
Tennis2 2 4
Volleyball12 0 12
Weightlifting10 10
Wrestling16 16
Total 154 72 226

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Korea's fourth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals and a pair of silver medals. The women continued to dominate the field, though not quite as thoroughly as they had on their home field four years earlier. The individuals went a combined 16-5, while the teams were 5-1.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's Marathon

Men's Javelin Throw

Women's Marathon

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Four male cyclists represented South Korea in 1992.

Men's team pursuit
Men's points race

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented South Korea in 1992.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

See main article: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Korea was represented by the following squad in Barcelona: (1) Kim Bong-soo, (2) Na Seung-hwa, (3) Lee Moon-seok, (4) Han Jung-kook, (5) Kang Chul, (6) Shin Tae-yong, (7) Kim Gwi-hwa, (8) Noh Jung-yoon, (9) Gwak Kyung-keun, (10) Chung Jae-kwon, (11) Seo Jung-won, (12) Cho Jung-hyun, (13) Kim Do-keun, (14) Jung Kwang-seok, (15) Lee Seung-hyup, (16) Cho Jin-ho, (17) Lee Lim-saeng, (18) Lee Jin-hang, (19) Shin Bum-chul, and (20) Lee Woon-jae. Coach: Kim Sam-rak.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

Women's Team Competition

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Three male pentathletes represented South Korea in 1992.

Individual
Team

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Twelve South Korean shooters (seven men and five women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Lee Eun-chul50 m rifle prone5978 Q 702.5 OR
50 m rifle 3 positions116211 Did not advance
Ji Jong-koo10 m air rifle58621Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Park Jong-shin50 m pistol54733 Did not advance
10 m air pistol57133Did not advance
Chae Keun-bae10 m air rifle5904 Q 687.88
align=left rowspan=2Kim Seon-il50 m pistol55811 Did not advance
10 m air pistol5819Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Cha Young-chul50 m rifle prone59418 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions115817 Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left Lee Eun-jualign=left 10 m air rifle3928 Q492.6 6
align=left rowspan=2Bang Hyun-joo10 m air pistol37715Did not advance
25 m pistol57029Did not advance
align=left Yeo Kab-soonalign=left 10 m air rifle396 OR2 Q498.2 OR
align=left Kang Myung-a.align=left 50 m rifle 3 positions57124 Did not advance
Lee Sun-bock10 m air pistol37715 Did not advance
Open

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Table tennis

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

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Korea at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041552/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/1992/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-12-28 . sports-reference.com.
  2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/KOR/editions/23 Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics