South Korea at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	KOR
Nocname:	Korean Sport & Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2014
Location:	Nanjing
Competitors:	73
Sports:	20
Rank:	13
Gold:	4
Silver:	6
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto

South Korea competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified two archers from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Lee Woo-seok	Boys' Individual	704	1	W 6–0	W 6–0	W 6–2	W 6–0	W 7–3
Lee Eun Gyeong	Girls' Individual	681	1	W 6–0	W 6–2	W 7–3	L 4–6	W 7–1

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Mixed Team	1202	32	L 2–6	Did not advance				17
		1258	30	L 2–6	Did not advance				17

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified six athletes.^[3]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Choi Mingi	400 m	49.30	14 qB	50.40	14
Kim Gyeong-Tae	align=left	110 m hurdles	13.50 PB	2 Q	13.43 PB
Joo Hyeonmyeong	align=left	10 km walk	43:51.89 PB	5

Girls

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Lee Hyeonjeong	align=left	Triple jump	12.44	7 Q	12.32	6
Yusun Jeong	align=left	Shot put	16.11	5 Q	16.03	5

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified two athletes based on the 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.^{[4] [5]}

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Seo Seung-jae	Boys' Singles	W (21–12, 21–11)	L (15–21, 11–21)	W (Walkover)	2	Did not advance			9
Kim Ga Eun	Girls' Singles	W (21–12, 21–16)	W (21–15, 21–16)	W (21–14, 21–2)	1QF	L (18–21, 16–21)	Did not advance		5

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Mixed Doubles	L (15–21, 10–21)	L (16–21, 15–21)	L (21–16, 21–16)	2	Did not advance
	Mixed Doubles	W (21–11, 21–23, 21–14)	W (21–7, 21–7)	L (20–22, 19–21)	2	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships^[6]

Boys

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[7]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Choi Jisung	C1 slalom
C1 sprint

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2014 FIE Cadet World Championships.^[8]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Pool Round	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Myeongki Kim	Épée	Pool 2 L 2–5	3	W 15–12	L 12–15	Did not advance		7
Myeong Cheol Seo	Foil	W 5–1		W 15–11	W 15–3	L 10–15	L 11–15	4
Dongju Kim	Sabre	W 5–1 W 5–3		W 15–12			L

Girls

Athlete	Event	Pool Round	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sinhee Lee	Épée	Pool 2	2		W 15–14	W 15–10	W 15–13
Eunhye Jeon	Sabre

Mixed Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals /	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Asia-Oceania 1	Mixed Team		Europe 4 W 30–22	Europe 2 W 30–29	Europe 1 W
Asia-Oceania 2	Mixed Team	Europe 3 W 30–26		Europe 1 L	Europe 2 L 25–30	4

Football

See main article: Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea will compete in the boys' tournament.^[9]

Boys' tournament

See main article: Football at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament.

Roster

• Hong Hyun-seok
• Im Wha-rang
• Jeong Woo-yeong
• Joo Hwi-min
• Kim Chan
• Kim Gyu-hyeong
• Kim Kyu-nam
• Kim Min-gyu
• Kim Seong-jun
• Kim Seung-ha
• Lee Chang-min
• Lee Ji-yong
• Lee Kyu-hyuk
• Lee Sang-su
• Lim Jae-hyuk
• Park Jun-phil
• Park Kyeong-woo
• Shin Do-hyun

Group Stage

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Semi-final

Gold medal match

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.^[10]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Youm Eun Ho	align=left	Boys
Lee Soyoung	align=left	Girls	69	1	68	137	1			1

Team

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic Gymnastics

South Korea qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[11]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Lim Myongwoo	Qualification	13.750 8 Q	11.400 30	13.300 9 Q	13.150 33	9.100 38	13.050 12	73.750	28
Floor	13.766
Rings	12.733	8

Girls

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the 2013 Asian Youth Games.^[12]

Girls' tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament.

Roster

• Choi Ji-hyeon
• Gim Bo-eun
• Hur You-jin
• Kang Da-hye
• Kang Eun-hye
• Kang Kyung-min
• Kim Seong-eun
• Kim So-ra
• Lee Ga-hee
• Lee Ha-neul
• Park Jo-eun
• Park Jun-hee
• Park Min-jeong
• Yu So-jeong

Group stage----

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.^[13]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals					Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Seunghwan Ryu	Boys' −66 kg	W 110–010	W 100–000	W 100–000	L 010–010	L 000–000	5
Lee Hye-kyeong	Girls' −52 kg		L 001–002	Did not advance			W 000–000	W 101–000	W 000–000	W 100–000

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Team Geesink	Mixed Team	W 4 – 3	W 4 – 3	W 3^202 – 3^111	L 2 – 4
Team Douillet	Mixed Team	W 3^200 – 3^112	W 5 – 2	L 3^111 – 3^202	Did not advance

Modern Pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified two athletes based on its performance at the Asian and Oceania YOG Qualifiers.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch)		Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Final Round (épée one touch)			Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Gilung Park			7											15
Juhye Choi			7										1014	8
					8	335					3

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified two shooters based on its performance at the 2014 Asian Shooting Championships.^[15]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Cheongyong	Boys' 10m Air Pistol	587	1 Q	199.8
Kim Min-jung	Girls' 10m Air Pistol	375	6 Q	175.4

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol
	Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol		Q	L	Did not advance			17

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified four swimmers.^[16]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Song Sukgyu	100 m backstroke	59.55	34	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:05.08	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Kim Jaeyoun	50 m breaststroke	28.89	9 Q	28.89	10	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:03.62	15 Q	1:03.01	10	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:17.40	12	Did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Park Jin-young	50 m butterfly	28.24	19	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	1:00.80	7 Q	1:00.02	4 Q	59.94	5
200 m butterfly	2:11.88	3 Q	2:10.30	4
align=left rowspan=3	Yang Jiwon	50 m breaststroke	32.31	7 Q	32.22	6 Q	32.14	7
100 m breaststroke	1:10.96	12 Q	1:10.43	9	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:31.07	4 Q	2:27.31

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Jaeyoun Park Jin-young Song Sukgyu Yang Jiwon	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:51.81	17	Did not advance
Kim Jaeyoun Park Jin-young Song Sukgyu Yang Jiwon	4×100 m medley relay	4:02.99	13	Did not advance

Table Tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified a male athlete based on the ITTF Under-18 World Rankings. Later South Korea qualified a female athlete based on its performance at the Road to Nanjing series.^[17]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=3	Minhyeok Kim	align=left rowspan=3	Boys	Group E W 3 – 0
L 2 – 3
align=left rowspan=3	Park Seri	align=left rowspan=3	Girls	Group D L 1 – 3

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=3	South Korea	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed	Kazakhstan W	Q		China L 0 – 2	Did not advance	8
France
Egypt W

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.^[18]

Boys

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified three athletes based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.^{[19] [20]}

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Chung Yun-seong	Boys' Singles	W 2–0 6–1, 7–5	L 1–2 6–3, 0–6, 6^5-7^7	Did not advance			9
Lee Duck-hee	Boys' Singles	W 2–0 6–2, 6–4	W 2–0 6–2, 6–0	L 1 (Ret)-2 6–3, 4–6, 0^r-0	Did not advance		5
Kim Dabin	Girls' Singles	W 2–0 7–5, 6–2	L 0 (Ret)-2 2–6, 1^r-1	Did not advance			9

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Boys' Doubles		W 2–0 6–3, 6–3	L w/o	Did not advance		5
	Girls' Doubles		L 1–2 7^7-6^5, 3–6, [9]-[11]	Did not advance			9
	Mixed Doubles	L 0–2 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance				17
	Mixed Doubles	W 2–1 3–6, 6–4, [13]-[11]	L w/o	Did not advance			9

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[21]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Lee Gyunhyung	Boys	09:48	00:43	29:30	00:24	18:16	0:58:41	20
Kim Gyuri	Girls	10:49	00:55	32:54	00:24	19:00	1:04:02	15

Relay

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified 1 quota in the boys' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Youth & Junior Asian Championships.^[22]

Boys

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

South Korea qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Asian Cadet Championships.^[23]

Girls

References

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Notes and References

1. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Boys . . 14 June 2014 . 27 June 2014.
2. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Girls . . 6 June 2014 . 7 June 2014.
3. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 8 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808234918/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014AT%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
4. News: BWF Junior World Rankings: Boys' Singles . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714215859/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=573142&dl=1 . 14 July 2014 . dead .
5. News: BWF Junior World Rankings: Girls' Singles . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153712/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=573140&dl=1 . 14 July 2014 . dead .
6. News: Meet the Qualified Athletes for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. . 23 May 2014 . 23 May 2014.
7. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Canoeing . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 7 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808061832/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014CA%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
8. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Games – Nanjing FIE Qualifications . . 10 July 2014 . 10 July 2014.
9. https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensyoutholympic/china2014 Qualifiers – Boys' Youth Olympic Football Tournaments Nanjing 2014
10. News: Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking . . 8 June 2014 . 7 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702151154/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/youth-olympic-games/youth-olympic-golf-ranking/ . 2 July 2014 .
11. News: 2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers – Gymnastics . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
12. News: All Youth Olympic Games participants confirmed – draw on Friday in Basle . . 30 April 2014 . 1 May 2014.
13. News: 2014 YOG IJF Athlete List. International Judo Federation. 18 July 2014. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812015412/http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2014_07/28/140653382518565615/2014_nanjing_final_list_of_entries_by_noc.pdf. 12 August 2014. dead.
14. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon final athletes'list . . 9 July 2014 . 9 July 2014.
15. News: Quota Places for Asian Shooting . . 13 March 2014 . 15 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140315231932/http://asia-shooting.org/news/articlefiles/551-Quota%20List%20achieved%20for%20YOG%202014.pdf . 15 March 2014 . dead .
16. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 9 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808210533/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014SW%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
17. News: Players Qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympic Gammes . . 16 April 2014 . 20 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309012014/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/PDF_Upload/pictures/PDF27240.pdf . 9 March 2014 .
18. News: WTF Qualification Tournament for Nanjing 2014 – Day 2. World Taekwondo Federation. 21 March 2014. 22 March 2014.
19. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Boys Acceptance List by Country . . 1 July 2014 . 15 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719220010/http://nanjing.itftennis.com/media/179729/179729.pdf . 19 July 2014 .
20. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Girls Acceptance List by Country . . 1 July 2014 . 15 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719210308/http://nanjing.itftennis.com/media/179730/179730.pdf . 19 July 2014 .
21. News: Results: 2014 Burabay ASTC Triathlon Asian YOG Qualifier and Junior Asian Championships . . 2 June 2014 . 18 July 2014.
22. News: Boys Team Classification from Asian Youth Championships . . 8 March 2014 . 8 March 2014.
23. News: Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games . . 28 July 2014 . 30 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810041126/http://www.fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1287:wrestling-qualifiers-named-for-youth-olympic-games&catid=60:actualite&Itemid=100235&lang=en . 10 August 2014 .