South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KOR
Nocname:	Korean Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2016
Website:
Location:	Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:	205
Sports:	24
Flagbearer:	Gu Bon-gil (opening)^[1] Kim Hyeon-woo (closing)^[2]
Rank:	8
Gold:	9
Silver:	3
Bronze:	9
Appearances:	auto

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history since 1984. A total of 205 athletes, 103 men and 101 women, competed in 24 sports.

Medalists

The following South Korean competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
	4	0	1	5
	2	0	3	5
	1	0	1	2
	1	1	0	2
	1	0	0	1
	0	2	1	3
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	9	3	9	21

Medals by day
Day				Total
August 6	1	1	0	2
August 7	1	1	1	3
August 8	0	0	0	0
August 9	1	0	0	1
August 10	1	0	2	3
August 11	1	0	1	2
August 12	1	1	0	2
August 13	0	0	0	0
August 14	0	0	1	1
August 15	0	0	0	0
August 16	0	0	0	0
August 17	1	0	1	2
August 18	0	0	2	2
August 19	1	0	0	1
August 20	1	0	1	2
August 21	0	0	0	0
Total	9	3	9	21

Competitors

The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) selected a team of 204 athletes, 103 men and 101 women, to compete in 22 sports; it was the nation's smallest team sent to the Olympics since 1984, just six athletes relatively short of its size.^[3] South Korea did not qualify athletes in basketball, rugby sevens, tennis, and triathlon.

| width=78% align=left valign=top |The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	10	5	15
Badminton	7	7	14
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	2	0	2
Cycling	7	2	9
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	1	0	1
Fencing	6	8	14
Field hockey	0	16	16
Football	18	0	18
Golf	2	4	6
Gymnastics	5	2	7
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	7	5	12
Modern pentathlon	2	1	3
Rowing	1	1	2
Sailing	4	0	4
Shooting	9	8	17
Swimming	3	5	8
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	3	2	5
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	4	3	7
Wrestling	5	0	5
Total	103	101	205

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korean archers qualified each for the men's and women's events after having secured a top eight finish in their respective team recurves at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[4] ^[5]

With a top eight placement at the Worlds, the spots for the three men and three women from South Korea will be determined in two national selection meets by April 2016.^[6] The South Korean archery team, led by London 2012 Olympic champion Ki Bo-bae, was announced on April 19, 2016.^[7] On August 5, 2016, Kim Woo-jin set a world record by scoring 700 out of a possible 720 in the seeding round of the men's individual recurve.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Woo-jin	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	700 WR	1	W 6–0	L 2–6	Did not advance
Ku Bon-chan	681	6	W 6–0	W 6–0	W 6–4	W 6–5	W 6–5	W 7–3
Lee Seung-yun	676	12	W 6–2	W 7–1	W 6–4	L 4–6	Did not advance
Kim Woo-jin Ku Bon-chan Lee Seung-yun	Team	2057	1		W 6–0	W 6–0	W 6–0

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chang Hye-jin	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	666	2	W 6–0	W 6–2	W 6–2	W 7–1	W 7–3	W 6–2
Choi Mi-sun	669	1	W 6–0	W 6–2	W 7–3	L 0–6	Did not advance
Ki Bo-bae	663	3	W 7–1	W 6–2	W 6–0	W 6–2	L 3–7	W 6–4
Chang Hye-jin Choi Mi-sun Ki Bo-bae	Team	1998	1		W 5–1	W 5–1	W 5–1

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korean athletes have achieved qualifying standards in the following event (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[9] ^[10]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Byun Young-jun	align=left rowspan=2	20 km walk	1:30:38	61
Choe Byeong-kwang	1:29:08	57
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Hyun-sub	20 km walk	1:21:44	17
50 km walk
Kim Kuk-young	100 m	10.37	7	Did not advance
Park Chil-sung	50 km walk
Shim Jung-sub	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:42:42	138
Son Myeong-jun	2:36:21	131

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ahn Seul-ki	Marathon	2:36:50	42
Jeon Yeong-eun	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:36:31	39
Lee Da-seul
Lee Jeong-eun
Lim Kyung-hee	Marathon	2:43:31	70

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Deok-hyeon	Men's long jump	7.82	14	Did not advance
Men's triple jump	16.36	27	Did not advance
Woo Sang-hyeok	align=left rowspan=2	Men's high jump	2.26	22	Did not advance
Yun Seung-hyun	2.17	43	Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea qualified a total of fourteen badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: two entries each in the men's and women's singles, as well as the men's, women's doubles, and one in the mixed doubles.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lee Dong-keun	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L (11–21. 13–21)	L (19–21, 21–17, 16–21)		2	Did not advance
Son Wan-ho	W (21–9, 21–15)	W (21–10, 21–10)		1 Q	W (23–21, 21–17)	L (11–21, 21–18, 11–21)	Did not advance
Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	W (21–15, 21–18)	W (21–14, 21–15)	L (21–17, 23–25, 18–21)	1 Q		L (21–11, 18–21, 22–24)	Did not advance
Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	W (18–21, 21–13, 21–18)	L (17–21, 21–19, 16–21)	W (21–14, 21–16)	2 Q		L (21–17, 18–21, 19–21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bae Yeon-ju	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W (21–11, 21–8)	W (21–11, 21–7)		1 Q	L (6–21, 7–21)	Did not advance
Sung Ji-hyun	W (21–13, 21–14)	W (21–17, 21–11)		1 Q	W (21–15, 21–12)	L (12–21, 16–21)	Did not advance
Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	W (21–18, 14–21, 21–11)	W (24–22, 21–15)	W (21–18, 18–21, 21–17)	1 Q		L (26–28, 21–18, 15–21)	Did not advance
Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	W (21–10, 21–14)	L (16–21, 18–21)	W (21–14, 21–12)	1 Q		W (21–13, 20–22, 21–14)	L (16–21, 15–21)	W (21–8, 21–17)

Mixed

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea entered one boxer to compete in the men's bantamweight division into the Olympic competition. Ham Sang-myeong received a spare Olympic berth, as the next highest-ranked boxer, not yet qualified, in the AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) rankings, as France's top boxer Khedafi Djelkhir decided to withdraw from the Games and thereby announce his retirement from the sport.^[12]

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

South Korea qualified a single boat in men's K-2 200 m for the Games at the 2015 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Palembang, Indonesia, as the quota spot had been passed to the highest finisher not yet qualified.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cho Kwang-hee	Men's K-1 200 m	35.402	5 Q	35.869	8 FB	37.265	12
Cho Kwang-hee Choi Min-kyu	Men's K-2 200 m	33.825	6 Q	33.767	4 FB	33.812	9

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Road

South Korean riders qualified for a maximum of three quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour. One female rider was added to the South Korean squad to compete in the women's Olympic road race by finishing first at the 2016 Asian Championships.^[14] ^[15]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kim Ok-cheol	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	Did not finish
Seo Joon-yong	Did not finish
Na Ah-reum	Women's road race	3:58:03	30

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, South Korean riders have accumulated spots in the men's team sprint and men's omnium. As a result of their place in the men's team sprint, South Korea assured its right to enter two riders in both men's sprint and men's keirin. Although South Korea failed to win a quota place in the women's team sprint, they managed to claim a single place in the women's keirin, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in that event.

Sprint

Team sprint

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Im Chae-bin	align=left rowspan=2	Men's keirin	6 R	2	Did not advance
Kang Dong-jin	3 R	3	Did not advance
Lee Hye-jin	Women's keirin	2 Q		4	8

Omnium

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korean divers qualified for the following individual and synchronized team spots at the 2016 Olympic Games through the World Championships and the FINA World Cup series.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Woo Ha-ram	Men's 3 m springboard	364.10	24	Did not advance
Men's 10 m platform	438.45	11 Q	453.85	12 Q	414.55	11

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Asia and Oceania at the FEI qualification event in Perl, Germany.^[17]

Dressage

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korean fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's and women's team épée and women's team sabre by virtue of being the highest ranking team from Asia outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[18] ^[19]

London 2012 Olympians Gu Bon-gil, Kim Jung-hwan, and Jeon Hee-sook, along with 2008 Olympic silver medalist Nam Hyun-hee, had secured their individual spots in the men's sabre and women's foil, respectively, by finishing among the top 14 fencers in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. They were joined by four-time Asian men's foil champion Heo Jun as one of the two highest-ranked fencers from Asia outside the world's top eight qualified teams.^[20] Other fencers also featured London 2012 sabre champion Kim Ji-yeon and bronze medalist Jung Jin-sun in men's épée.

The fencing team was officially named to the South Korean roster for the Games on June 22, 2016.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jung Jin-sun	align=left rowspan=3	Épée	W 15–8	L 11–15	Did not advance
Park Kyoung-doo		L 10–12	Did not advance
Park Sang-young		W 15–11	W 15–12	W 15–4	W 15–9	W 15–14
Jung Jin-sun Jung Seung-hwa Park Kyoung-doo Park Sang-young	Team épée	L 42–45	Classification semifinal W 45–40	5th place final W 45–36	5
Heo Jun	Foil		L 8–15	Did not advance
Gu Bon-gil	align=left rowspan=2	Sabre		W 15–9	L 12–15	Did not advance
Kim Jung-hwan		W 15–7	W 15–14	W 15–10	L 12–15	W 15–12

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choi In-jeong	align=left rowspan=3	Épée		W 15–12	W 15–8	L 8–15	Did not advance
Kang Young-mi		W 15–10	L 11–15	Did not advance
Shin A-lam		L 14–15	Did not advance
Choi Eun-sook Choi In-jeong Kang Young-mi Shin A-lam	Team épée	L 26–27	Classification semifinal W 45–34	5th place final L 15–22	6
Jeon Hee-sook	align=left rowspan=2	Foil		W 10–8	L 11–15	Did not advance
Nam Hyun-hee		L 12–15	Did not advance
Hwang Seon-a	align=left rowspan=3	Sabre		L 11–15	Did not advance
Kim Ji-yeon		W 15–3	L 13–15	Did not advance
Seo Ji-yeon		L 12–15	Did not advance
Hwang Seon-a Kim Ji-yeon Seo Ji-yeon Yoon Ji-su	Team sabre	L 40–45	Classification semifinal W 45–40	5th place final W 45–41	5

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. South Korea women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by receiving a berth and earning the gold medal from the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.^[22]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. South Korea men's football team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at and by progressing to the gold medal match of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar.^[23]

Team roster

Group play--------

Quarterfinal

Golf

See main article: article and Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea entered six golfers (two men and four women) into the Olympic tournament. An Byeong-hun (world no. 31) and Wang Jeung-hun (world no. 76) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the men's event, while top 15 seeds Park Inbee, Amy Yang, Kim Sei-young, and Chun In-gee did so for the women's based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[24] ^[25]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
An Byeong-hun	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	68	72	70	68	278	−6	=11
Wang Jeung-hun	70	72	77	67	286	+2	=43
Chun In-gee	align=left rowspan=4	Women's	70	66	72	71	279	−5	=13
Kim Sei-young	66	73	73	71	283	−1	=25
Park Inbee	66	66	70	66	268	−16
Amy Yang	73	65	70	67	275	−9	=4

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

South Korea fielded a full squad of five gymnasts in the men's artistic gymnastics events. The men's team qualified through a top eight finish at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.^[26] Meanwhile, an additional Olympic berth had been awarded to the South Korean female gymnast, who participated in the apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[27] The men's artistic gymnastics team was named to the Olympic roster on June 22, 2016.^[28] Lee Go-im was selected to represent South Korea in the women's artistic gymnastics for the Games on June 12, 2016, with the men's squad joining her at the end of Olympic Team Trials on July 8.^[29] ^[30] Before the start of the Games, Lee Go-im suffered an arm injury in training which forced her to withdraw. She was replaced by Lee Eun-ju.^[31]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus	Total	Rank
								Total	Rank		Total	Rank
Kim Han-sol	align=left rowspan=6	Team	14.266	12.900		12.633		11.666	Did not advance
Lee Sang-wook	14.333	14.033	13.500		14.633	14.066	colspan=2
Park Min-soo	13.400	13.600	14.400	14.033	15.033	14.800	85.266	27
Shin Dong-hyen	13.966	13.775		15.100	13.800	colspan=3
Yoo Won-chul	14.733	14.333	14.441	14.600	colspan=2
Total	42.565	41.408	42.633	43.466	44.107	43.466	247.645	11

Women

Rhythmic

South Korea qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[32]

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. South Korea women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Nagoya, Japan.

Team roster

Group play----------------

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea qualified a total of twelve judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Eleven of them (seven men and four women) were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Bak Ji-yun at women's half-middleweight (63 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region as South Korea's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[33] ^[34]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Won-jin	−60 kg		W 001–000	W 010–001	L 000–100	Did not advance	L 000–001	Did not advance	7
An Ba-ul	−66 kg		W 110–000	W 110–000	W 010–000	W 001–000		L 000–100
An Chang-rim	−73 kg		W 110–000	L 000–010	Did not advance
Lee Seung-soo	−81 kg		W 100–000	L 000–010	Did not advance
Gwak Dong-han	−90 kg		W 100–000	W 100–000	W 100–000	L 000–100		W 100–000
Cho Gu-ham	−100 kg		W 000–000	L 000–100	Did not advance
Kim Sung-min	+100 kg		W 102–000	L 000–101	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jeong Bo-kyeong	−48 kg		W 010–000	W 100–000	W 100–000		L 000–010
Kim Jan-di	−57 kg		L 000–010	Did not advance
Bak Ji-yun	−63 kg	L 000–100	Did not advance
Kim Seong-yeon	−70 kg		L 000–010	Did not advance
Kim Min-jung	+78 kg		W 001–000	L 000–101	Did not advance	W 102-000	L 000–100	5

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea qualified a total of three modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Jun Woong-tae, Lee Dong-gi, and Kim Sun-woo finished among the top five in their respective events at the 2015 Asia & Oceania Championships.^[35] London 2012 Olympian Jung Jin-hwa became the third South Korean to qualify for the men's event in Rio, as a result of his world ranking as of May 31, 2016, resulting him and Jun Woong-tae (world no. 11) to be selected to the Olympic team over Lee Dong-gi, as the nation's top two modern pentathletes on the list.^[36]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event			Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Jun Woong-tae	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	13–22	0	32	178	2:00.88	8	338	28	25	272	11:02.50	1	638	1426	19
Jung Jin-hwa	17–18	1	23	203	2:00.82	6	338	17	17	283	11:21.80	12	619	1443	13
Kim Sun-woo	Women's	16–19	1	22	197	2:16.06	14	292	0	2	300	13:04.28	20	516	1305	14

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea qualified one boat each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Dong-yong	Men's single sculls	7:20.85	4 R	7:12.96	1 QF	7:05.69	5 SC/D	7:20.10	3 FC	6:59.72	17
Kim Ye-ji	Women's single sculls	8:24.79	4 R	7:59.59	1 QF	7:51.80	5 SC/D	8:12.58	3 FC	7:52.68	18

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korean sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the individual fleet World Championships and Asian qualifying regattas.^[37]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Lee Tae-hoon	Men's RS:X	14	20	3	9	18	7	33	17	27	14	22	14	EL	165	18
Ha Jee-min	Men's Laser	26	6	38	3	12	9	10	21	8	14	EL	109	13
Kim Chang-ju Kim Ji-hoon	Men's 470	5	25	5	8	20	13	21	23	24	20	EL	146	19

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korean shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[38] To assure their nomination to the Olympic team, shooters must compete at two separate legs of Olympic Trials: air gun (March 14 to 18) in Naju and small-bore (March 30 to April 10) in Daegu.

A total of 17 shooters (eight men and nine women) were selected to the South Korean roster, with Jin Jong-oh aiming to defend the Olympic title in the men's air pistol at his fourth straight Games. Among the shooters also featured London 2012 champion Kim Jang-mi (women's 25 m pistol) and silver medalist Kim Jong-hyun (men's 50 m rifle 3 positions).

With Jin Jong-oh securing quota places in both men's air and free pistol as a double starter, the South Korean team decided to exchange one of them with an additional spot in the women's 10 m air rifle instead based on performances throughout the qualifying period. The slot was awarded to Park Hae-mi.^[39]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Han Seung-woo	50 m pistol	562	3 Q	151.0	4
align=left rowspan=2	Jin Jong-oh	10 m air pistol	584	2 Q	139.8	5
50 m pistol	567	1 Q	193.7
Jung Ji-geun	10 m air rifle	616.7	43	Did not advance
Kang Min-su	25 m rapid fire pistol	564	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Hyeon-jun	10 m air rifle	624.4	11	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1165	32	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Jong-hyun	50 m rifle prone	628.1	3 Q	208.2
50 m rifle 3 positions	1170	16	Did not advance
Kim Jun-hong	25 m rapid fire pistol	581	8	Did not advance
Kwon Jun-cheol	50 m rifle prone	623.2	11	Did not advance
Lee Dae-myung	10 m air pistol	577	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hwang Seong-eun	25 m pistol	577	18	Did not advance
Jang Geum-young	50 m rifle 3 positions	568	35	Did not advance
Kim Eun-hye	10 m air rifle	410.8	36	Did not advance
Kim Jang-mi	25 m pistol	582	9	Did not advance
Kim Min-jung	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol	380	18	Did not advance
Kwak Jung-hye	380	15	Did not advance
Lee Kye-rim	50 m rifle 3 positions	570	32	Did not advance
Park Hae-mi	10 m air rifle	414.4	19	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korean swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[40] ^[41] To secure their nomination to the Olympic team, swimmers must attain a top two finish under the FINA Olympic qualifying A standard in each of the individual pool events at the Dong-A Swimming Competition (April 25 to 29) in Gwangju.^[42]

A total of eight swimmers (three men and five women) were selected to the South Korean roster for the Games at the end of the qualifying period, with Athens 2004 top eight finalist Nam Yoo-sun and four-time medalist Park Tae-hwan becoming the first to compete at their fourth Olympics.^[43] On July 8, 2016, the Korean Olympic Committee officially allowed Park to join the swimming team, following his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a three-year suspension imposed by the committee for testing positive on banned testosterone.^[44]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Choi Kyu-woong	200 m breaststroke	2:13.36	24	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Park Tae-hwan	100 m freestyle	49.24	32	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:48.06	29	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:45.63	10	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle			Did not advance
Won Young-jun	100 m backstroke	55.05	30	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	An Se-hyeon	100 m butterfly	57.80	10 Q	57.95	9	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:08.42	13 Q	2:08.69	13	Did not advance
Back Su-yeon	200 m breaststroke	2:32.79	29	Did not advance
Kim Seo-yeong	align=left rowspan=2	200 m individual medley	2:11.75	10 Q	2:12.15	=12	Did not advance
Nam Yoo-sun	2:16.11	32	Did not advance
Park Jin-young	200 m butterfly	2:09.99	21	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea fielded a team of six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Jung Young-sik, Lee Sang-su, Jeon Ji-hee, and Seo Hyo-won were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[45]

London 2012 silver medalist Joo Sae-hyuk and two-time Youth Olympic medalist Yang Ha-eun were each awarded the third spot to build the men's and women's teams for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[46] ^[47]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jung Young-sik	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance
Lee Sang-su	L 3–4	Did not advance
Joo Sae-hyuk Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su	Team	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 0–3	L 1–3	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jeon Ji-hee	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 4–1	L 1–4	Did not advance
Seo Hyo-won	W 4–1	L 3–4	Did not advance
Jeon Ji-hee Seo Hyo-won Yang Ha-eun	Team	W 3–2	L 2–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea entered five athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Three men, including 2008 Olympic champion Cha Dong-min, and 2012 Olympic silver medalist Lee Dae-hoon, and two women qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[48] ^[49]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Tae-hun	Men's −58 kg	L 10–12	Did not advance		W 4–1	W 7–5
Lee Dae-hoon	Men's −68 kg	W 6–0	L 8–11	Did not advance	W 14–6	W 11–7
Cha Dong-min	Men's +80 kg	W	L 8–12	Did not advance	W 5–2	W 4–3
Kim So-hui	Women's −49 kg	W 10–2	W 6–5	W 1–0		W 7–6
Oh Hye-ri	Women's −67 kg	W 9–3	W 21–9	W 6–5		W 13–12

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. South Korea women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top three national finish at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo, Japan.^[50]

Team roster

Group play

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Quarterfinal

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korean weightlifters have qualified four men's and three women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

The full weightlifting team was announced on July 4, 2016, with London 2012 Olympian Won Jeong-sik and Beijing 2008 silver medalist Yoon Jin-hee leading the athletes for their second Olympic appearance.^[51]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Han Myeong-mok	−62 kg	130	6	150	10	280	9
Won Jeong-sik	−69 kg	143	9	177	9	320	9
Yu Dong-ju	−85 kg	150	=12	190	=12	340	14
Park Han-woong	−94 kg	165	10	202	10	367	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Yoon Jin-hee	−53 kg	88	5	111	3	199
Lee Hui-sol	align=left rowspan=2	+75 kg	122	4	153	6	275	5
Son Young-hee	118	8	155	5	273	6

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics. South Korea qualified a total of five wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book an Olympic spot in the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while two more Olympic places were awarded to South Korean wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.^[52]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the South Korean roster in separate Olympic Qualification Tournaments; one of them in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar and the other in men's freestyle 86 kg at the final meet in Istanbul.^[53]

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yun Jun-sik	−57 kg		L 1–4 ^SP	Did not advance					17
Kim Gwan-uk	−86 kg		L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance					16

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Jung-baik	−59 kg	L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						14
Ryu Han-su	−66 kg		W 3–0 ^PO	L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		W 3–0 ^PO	L 0–4 ^ST	5
Kim Hyeon-woo	−75 kg		L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance			W 3–1 ^PP	W 3–1 ^PP

External links

Web site: Republic of Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com) . 22 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826082134/https://www.rio2016.com/en/republic-of-korea . 26 August 2016 . bot: unknown . dmy-all .

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South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Fencing

Field hockey

Women's tournament

Football

Men's tournament

Golf

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Handball

Women's tournament

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Volleyball

Indoor

Women's tournament

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

External links

Notes and References