South Korea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	KOR
Npcname:	Korean Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	79
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Park Jong-Chul
Rank:	13
Gold:	10
Silver:	8
Bronze:	13
Officials:	54
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1968

South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of 79 competitors and 54 officials.

Among the competitors were world record holders Park Jong-chul in powerlifting, Min Byeong-eon in swimming and Hong Suk-man in athletics. The team's athletics (track and field) director was Yu Hee-sang. Other members of the team included wheelchair racers Hong Duk-ho and Yoo Byung-hoon. The group left for Beijing on September 1, five days before the start of the games.^[1]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's team recurve
			Women's individual recurve standin
			Men's 400m T53
			Mixed individual BC3
			Mixed pairs BC3
			Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
			Mixed 50m pistol SH1
			Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2
			Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2
			Men's team class 4-5
			Women's team recurve
			Men's individual pursuit CP3
			Women's 10m air pistol SH1
			Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
			Mixed 50m pistol SH1
			Men's 50m backstroke S3
			Men's singles class 1
			Men's singles class 4-5
			Men's 200m T53
			Men's 800m T53
			Men's 4x100m relay T53-54
			Mixed individual BC3
			Men's time trial CP3
			Men's 56kg
			Men's 10m air pistol SH1
			Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1
			Men's 50m freestyle S3
			Men's singles class 1
			Men's singles class 2
			Men's team class 1-2
			Women's singles class 4

Sports

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

|-|align=left|Go Sung Kil|rowspan=3 align=left|Men's individual compound open|680|4|Bye|
L 112-113|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Kweon Hyun Ju|662|17|
L 106-106*|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Lee Ouk Soo|686|2|Bye|
L 112-115|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|An Seong Pyo|align=left|Men's individual compound W1|619|6||
W 104-100|
L 104-106|colspan=3|did not advance|-|align=left|An Tae Sung|rowspan=3 align=left|Men's individual recurce standing|580|17|
W 96-95|
L 98-101|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Cho Hyun Kwan|625|4|Bye|
L 96-101|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Yoon Young Bae|594|15|
L 91-102|colspan=5|did not advance|-|align=left|Jung Young Joo|rowspan=3 align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2|616|9|
W 102-88|
W 106-94|
L 102-103|colspan=3|did not advance|-|align=left|Kim Hong Kyu|632|2|Bye|
L 99-104|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Lee Hong Gu|629|3|
W 105-80|
W 108-103|
L 104-105|colspan=3|did not advance|-|align=left|Cho Hyun Kwan
Kim Hong Kyu
Lee Hong Gu|align=left|Men's team recurve|1886 WR|1||Bye|
W 188-187|
W 201-188|
W 209-206||}

• - Kweon Hyun Ju's round of 32 match against Eric Bennett was decided by additional arrows: Kweon won 9, 8 while Bennett scored 9, 9. Bennett succeeded through to the next round.

Women

|-|align=left|Kim Ki Hee|rowspan=3 align=left|Women's individual recurve standing|567|5|Bye|
W 85-79|
L 85-86|colspan=3|did not advance|-|align=left|Kim Ran Sook|564|6|Bye|
L 85-98|colspan=4|did not advance|-|align=left|Lee Hwa Sook|614 WR|1|Bye|
W 101-97|
W 107-96|
W 101-100|
W 103-92||-|align=left|Kim Ki Hee
Kim Ran Sook
Lee Hwa Sook|align=left|Women's team recurve|1745|2|colspan=2 |
W 178-161|
W 199-184|
L 177-205||}

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hong Duk-Ho	T53	800m	1:41.59	10	did not advance
Hong Suk-Man	T53	200m	27.02	3 Q	26.87
		400m	49.13 PR	1 Q	47.67 WR
		800m	1:39.52	5 Q	1:37.45
Jung Dong-Ho	T53	100m	15.82	9	did not advance
		400m	53.47	9	did not advance
Kim Gyu-Dae	T54	200m	26.12	10	did not advance
Lee Yun-Oh	T54	Marathon	1:38:44	31
Yoo Byung-Hoon	T53	400m	52.19	3 Q	49.84	4
		800m	1:38.65	3 Q	1:37.80	7
		1500m	3:10.24	16 q	DNS		did not advance
Hong Suk-Man Jung Dong-Ho Kim Gyu-Dae Yoo Byung-Hoon	T53-T54	4x100m relay	52.67	4 Q	53.52
		4x400m relay	3:18.98	3 Q	DSQ

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeon Min-Jae	T36	100m	15.67	6
		200m	32.62	4

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Park Jae Suk	Mixed individual BC1		W 5-3	2 Q	L 2-3	did not advance
			L 0-7
			W 5-2
			W 8-4
Jeong Ho Won	Mixed individual BC3		W 6-0	1 Q	W 8-0	L 1-4	W 12-0
			W 5-3
			W 14-0
Park Keon Woo			W 5-2	1 Q	W 8-0	W 4-3	W 3-2
			W 7-2
			W 8-2
Shin Bo Mee			W 14-0	1 Q	L 0-8	did not advance
			W 6-2
			W 3-2
Jeong Ho Won Park Keon Woo Shin Bo Mee	Mixed pairs BC3		W 9-3	1 Q	(Punsnit, Sukkarath, Visaratanunta) W 15-0	(Martin, Pesquera, J M Rodriguez) W 8-1
			W 9-1
			W 9-2

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cho Hang-duk	Men's road race HC B	1:38:09	13
	Men's road time trial HC B	25:50.09	15
Jin Yong-sik	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:38:13	9
	Men's road time trial CP3	38:45.83

Men's track

Football 5-a-side

See main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. The men's football team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out 6 teams.

Players

• Hur Suk
• Ji Jun Min
• Jo Woo Hyung
• Kim Jae Sik
• Kim Jung Hoon
• Kim Kyung Ho
• Lee Jin Won
• Oh Yong Kyun
• Park Meong Su
• Yoon Jong Suk

Tournament

5th-6th classification

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Bong Duk-Hwan	75kg	170.0	11
Jung Keum-Jong	56kg	180.0
Park Jong-Chul	90kg	NMR

Women

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Han Tae-ho	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	578	17	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	598	18	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	584	16	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Jang Sung-won	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	586	10	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1142	6 Q	98.6	1240.6	6
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	580	27	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Lee Ji-seok	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	600	1 Q	105.3	705.3
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	600	1 Q	104.3	704.3
Lee Ju-Hee	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	568	4 Q	96.6	664.6
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	571	4 Q	195.4	766.4	4
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	541	3 Q	89.1	630.1
Park Sea-kyun	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	568	3 Q	92.9	660.9	7
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	552	1 Q	92.9	644.9
Sim Jae-yong	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	587	9	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1146	5 Q	96.1	1242.1	5
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	3 Q	104.8	703.8
You Ho-gyoung	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	600	1 Q	104.1	704.1	4
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	597	6 Q	104.2	701.2	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Bae Young-ee	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	364	7 Q	92.2	456.2	8
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	499	26	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Kim Im-yeon	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	386	6 Q	100.3	486.3	7
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	571	3 Q	100.0	671.0
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	595	30	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Lee Yoo-jeong	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	386	9	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	570	5 Q	96.1	666.1	5
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	587	6 Q	100.8	687.8	7
Lee Yun-ri	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	378	17	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	579	1 Q	97.9	676.9
Moon Aee-kyung	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	374	2 Q	89.2	463.2

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lee Kwon Sik	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:52.39	7 Q	2:13.37	8
Lim Woo Guen	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:40.51	5 Q	1:38.98	5
Min Byeong-Eon	S3	50m backstroke	45.85 WR	1 Q	44.80
		50m freestyle	46.71	1 Q	45.75

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Choi Na Mi	SB5	100m breaststroke	2:10.96	12	did not advance
Kim Ji Eun	S7	100m backstroke	1:35.28	8 Q	1:34.31	8
		50m freestyle	37.31	7 Q	DSQ
		100m freestyle	1:18.54	5
		400m freestyle	5:54.76	7 Q	5:51.52	7

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cho Jae Kwan	Men's singles C1	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–0	1 Q	W 3–1	L 0-3
Choi Kyoung Sik	Men's singles C4-5	W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q	L 1-3	did not advance
Jeyoung Young Ill	Men's singles C3	L 0-3	W 3-2	2	did not advance
Jung Eun Chang	Men's singles C4-5	W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q	W 3-1	W 3-2	W 3-1	L 2-3
Kim Byoung Young	Men's singles C4-5	L 2-3	W 3-0	2	did not advance
Kim Jeong Seok	Men's singles C3	L 1-3	W 3-1	2	did not advance
Kim Kong Yong	Men's singles C2	L 1-3	L 2-3	W 3-0	3	did not advance
Kim Kyung Mook	Men's singles C2	W 3-0	W 3-2	W 3-0	1 Q	L 1-3	W 3-1
Kim Young Gun	Men's singles C3	W 3-2	W 3-2	1 Q	L 2-3	did not advance
Lee Hae Kon	Men's singles C1	W 3-2	W 3-2	W 3-0	1 Q	L 1-3	W 3-1

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Choi Hyun Ja	Women's singles C3	L 1–3	W 3–0	W 3-1	2	did not advance
Jung Ji Nam	Women's singles C4	L 0-3	W 3-1	W 3-1	2	did not advance
Moon Sung Hye	Women's singles C4	W 3-0	W 3-0	W 3-0	1 Q	L 0-3	W 3-1
Na Yu Rim	Women's singles C6-7	L 0-3	L 1-3	3	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cho Jae Kwan Kim Kong Yong Kim Kyung Mook Lee Hae Kon	Men's team C1-2	Bye	L 2-3	W 3-0
Kim Jeong Seok Kim Young Gun	Men's team C3	L 1-3	did not advance
Choi Kyoung Sik Jung Eun Chang Kim Byoung Young	Men's team C4-5	W 3-2	W 3-2	W 3-1
Choi Hyun Ja Jung Ji Nam Moon Sung Hye	Women's team C4-5	L 1-3	did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Gi Hong	Men's épée B		L 1–5	3 Q	W 15–13	L 13-15	did not advance
			L 3-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-4
			W 5-3
	Men's foil B		L 1-5	6	did not advance
			L 0-5
			L 1-5
			L 4-5
			L 4-5

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lee Ha-gel	Open	Men's singles	W 6–1, 6–1	L 2-6, 1-6	did not advance
Oh Sang-ho			L 2-6, 4-6	did not advance
Lee Ha-gel Oh Sang-ho		Men's doubles	/ W 6-0, 6-1	/ W 6-2, 6-3	/ L 0-6, 0-6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hong Young-Suk	Open	Women's singles	W 6–1, 6–1	L 0-6, 1-6	did not advance
Hwang Myung-Hee			W 6-2, 6-2	L 1-6, 0-6	did not advance
Hong Young-Suk Hwang Myung-Hee		Women's doubles	/ L 1-6, 3-6	did not advance

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bae . Ji-sook . Korean Squad All Set for Paralympics . . 2008-08-26 . 2008-08-26 .