South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KOR
Nocname:	Korean Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2024
Location:	Paris, France
Website:
Competitors:	144
Sports:	23
Flagbearer Open:	Woo Sang-hyeok & Kim Seo-yeong^[1]
Flagbearer Close:	Park Tae-joon & Im Ae-ji
Rank:	8
Gold:	13
Silver:	9
Bronze:	10
Appearances:	auto

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth participation at the Summer Olympics.

Opening ceremony

During the Parade of Nations, South Korea was incorrectly introduced as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (North Korea) instead of "Republic of Korea" from both French and English announcers by mistake.^{[2] [3]}

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Archery	5	1	1	7
Shooting	3	3	0	6
Fencing	2	1	0	3
Taekwondo	2	0	1	3
Badminton	1	1	0	2
Judo	0	2	3	5
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Table tennis	0	0	2	2
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Modern pentathlon	0	0	1	1
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	13	9	10	32

Medals by gender
Gender				Total	Percentage
Female	7	5	5	17	53.1%
Male	5	2	3	10	31.3%
Mixed	1	2	2	5	15.6%
Total	style=background:gold	13	style=background:silver	9	style=background:#c96	10	32	100%

Medals by date
Date	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
27 July	1	1	1	3
28 July	2	1	0	3
29 July	2	1	0	3
30 July	0	0	2	2
31 July	1	0	0	1
02 August	1	2	1	4
03 August	2	2	1	5
04 August	1	0	2	3
05 August	1	1	0	2
07 August	1	0	0	1
08 August	1	0	0	1
10 August	0	0	2	2
11 August	0	1	1	2
Total	13	9	10	32

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
		3	0	0	3
	Archery	3	0	0	3
		2	0	0	2
	Archery	1	1	0	2
	Archery	1	0	1	2
	Judo	0	1	1	2
	Judo	0	1	1	2
	Judo	0	0	2	2
	Judo	0	0	2	2
	Table tennis	0	0	2	2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Artistic swimming	0	2	2
Athletics	3	0	3
Badminton	4	8	12
Boxing	0	2	2
Breaking	1	0	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Diving	4	2	6
Equestrian	1	0	1
Fencing	5	6	11
Golf	2	3	5
Gymnastics	3	5	8
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	5	6	11
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	6	11	17
Sport climbing	2	1	3
Swimming	12	3	15
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Weightlifting	3	2	5
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	65	76	141

Archery

See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered six archers to compete at the games. The nation fielded a full squad of men's team recurve by scoring a successful gold-medal victory and obtaining the first of three available team spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.^[4] Meanwhile, the nation qualified one individual female archer to compete in the individual recurve event by virtue of the result at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China^[5] before earning a team quota at the 2023 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Je-deok	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	682	2	W 6–0	W 6–4	W 6–4	L 0–6	Did not advance
Kim Woo-jin	686	1	W 6–0	W 6–0	W 7–1	W 6–4	W 6–5	W 6–5
Lee Woo-seok	681	5	W 6–0	W 6–0	W 6–2	W 6–4	L 5–6	W 6–0
Kim Je-deok Kim Woo-jin Lee Woo-seok	Team	2049	1		W 6–0	W 5–1	W 5–1

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jeon Hun-young	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	664	13	W 6–2	W 7–1	W 6–4	W 6–2	L 4–6	L 4–6	4
Lim Si-hyeon	694	1	W 6–0	W 6–0	W 7–1	W 6–4	W 6–4	W 7–3
Nam Su-hyeon	688	2	W 7–1	W 7–3	W 6–2	W 6–4	W 6–0	L 3–7
Jeon Hun-young Lim Si-hyeon Nam Su-hyeon	Team	2046	1		W 6–2	W 5–4	W 5–4

Mixed

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the top three highest-ranked nations, eligible for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korean track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[7]

Track and road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Woo Sang-hyeok	Men's high jump	2.27	=3 q	2.27	7
Kim Jang-woo	Men's triple jump	16.31	26	Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered twelve badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jeon Hyeok-jin	Singles	W (21–12, 21–19)	L (10–21, 16–21)		2	Did not advance
Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	Doubles	W (21–12, 21–17)	W (21–17, 21–15)	W (21–16, 21–15)	1 Q		L (19–21, 20–22)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Ga-eun	Singles	W (21–12, 21–6)	W (21–17, 20–22, 23–21)		1 Q	L (4–21, 21–8, 21–23)	Did not advance
An Se-young	W (21–15, 21–11)	W (21–5, 21–7)		1Q		W (15-21, 21-17, 21-8)	W (11–21, 21–13, 21–16)	W (21–13, 21–16)
Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	Doubles	L (18–21, 21–9, 14–21)	W (21–13, 21–8)	W (21–9, 21–12)	2 Q		L (9–21, 13–21)	Did not advance
Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong		W (21–18, 21–10)	W (24–22, 26–24)	W (21–12, 21–17)	1 Q		L (12–21, 13–21)	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	Doubles	W (21–10, 21–7)	W (21–16, 21–12)	W (21–16, 10–21, 21–15)	1 Q	W (21–15, 21–10)	L (16-21, 22-20, 21-23	L (13-21, 20-22)	4
Kim Won-ho Jeong Na-eun		L (13-21, 14-21)	L (20–22, 21–14, 19–21)	W (22–20, 21–16)	2 Q	W (21–19, 21–14)	W (21-16, 20-22, 23-21)	L (8-21, 11-21)

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Im Ae-ji (women's bantamweight) and Oh Yeon-ji (women's lightweight) secured their spots following their triumph in the quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Im Ae-ji	Women's bantamweight		W 4–1	W 3–2	L 2–3	Did not advance
Oh Yeon-ji	Women's lightweight	L 0–5	Did not advance

Breaking

See main article: article, Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered one breakdancer to compete in the B-Boy dual battles for Paris 2024. Kim Hong-yul (Hong10) outlasted the male breakdancers from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

South Korea entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympics through the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kim Eu-ro	Men's road race	6:39:27	65
Song Min-ji	Women's road race

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korean divers secured two quota places. The nations secured one quota in the men's individual platform for Paris 2024 by virtue of top twelve individual results at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; secured one quota in the women's individual springboard, by virtue of top twelve individuals, not yet qualified, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar; and secured three quotas from unused quota reallocation.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Woo Ha-ram	Men's 3 m springboard	389.10	12 Q	432.00	9 Q	374.15	11
Yi Jae-gyeong		381.40	16 Q	366.50	17	Did not advance
Kim Yeong-taek	Men's 10 m platform	320.40	24	Did not advance
Shin Jung-whi		369.20	17 Q	290.60	18	Did not advance
Kim Su-ji	Women's 3 m springboard	285.50	11 Q	272.75	13	Did not advance
Kim Na-hyun	Women's 10 m platform	250.00	26	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered one rider in the dressage event through the establishment of the final Olympic ranking because Palestine was not able to fulfil the MER requirements.

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered fourteen fencers into the Olympic competition. Ha Tae-gyu and Kim Jae-won secured their quota places in their respective divisions after being nominated as one of the two highest-ranked individual fencers, eligible for the Asia & Oceania zone; and men's sabre team, women's épée team and women's sabre team qualified for the games by becoming one of four highest ranked worldwide team, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Jae-won	Épée		L 12–14	Did not advance
Ha Tae-gyu	Foil		L 13–15	Did not advance
Gu Bon-gil	align=left rowspan=3	Sabre		L 8–15	Did not advance
Oh Sang-uk		W 15–8	W 15–10	W 15–13	W 15–5	W 15–11
Park Sang-won		W 15–10	L 11–15	Did not advance
Gu Bon-gil Oh Sang-uk Park Sang-won	Team sabre	W 45–33	W 45–39	W 45–41

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Song Se-ra	align=left rowspan=3	Épée		W 15–11	L 6–15	Did not advance
Lee Hye-in		L 13–15	Did not advance
Kang Young-mi		L 13–14	Did not advance
Song Se-ra Lee Hye-in Choi In-jeong	Team Épée	L 31–37	Classifications Semifinal W 45–39	Classifications Placement 5–6 W 45–38	5
Yoon Ji-su	align=left rowspan=3	Sabre		W 15–11	L 9–15	Did not advance
Choi Se-bin		W 15–14	W 15–7	W 15–14	L 12–15	L 14–15	4
Jeon Ha-young		W 15–8	W 15–7	L 14–15	Did not advance		5
Yoon Ji-su Choi Se-bin Jeon Ha-young Jeon Eun-hye	Team sabre	W 45–35	W 45–36	L 42–45

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered two male and three female golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the individual competitions based on their world ranking performance on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Tom Kim	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	66	68	69	68	271	−13	8
An Byeong-hun	72	68	70	70	278	−6	T24
Amy Yang	align=left rowspan=3	Women's	72	71	70	69	282	−6	T4
Kim Hyo-joo	76	70	73	69	288	E	T25
Ko Jin-young	73	73	73	69	288	E	T25

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

South Korea entered eight gymnasts into Paris. South Korea's men's team earned the right to send an individual gymnast to the Games by finishing as one of the three strongest non-qualified nations at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Lee Jun-ho also officially booked his Olympic ticket at the same championships as one of the highest-ranked eight All-Around gymnasts who did not have a pathway to Paris as part of a qualified team. One more Olympic quota was assured for Korea through the FIG World Cup Series 2024.^[10] Meanwhile, five other female gymnasts qualified for the games after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

Men

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Lee Jun-ho	All-around	13.700	11.200	13.600	14.383	13.600	12.266	78.899	38	Did not advance
Hur Woong	Pommel horse		14.900	14.900				7 Q		14.300	14.300	7
Ryu Sung-hyun	Floor	14.266	14.266					10	Did not advance

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Yeo Seo-jeong	align=left rowspan=6	Team	14.400 Q		12.700	12.733	Did not advance	rowspan=5 colspan=2
Eom Do-hyun		12.233	12.300	12.366	colspan="2"
Lee Da-yeong	12.866		colspan="4"
	12.700	12.333			47.099	56
Shin Sol-yi		12.966	12.366	12.533	49.998	52
Total	39.966	37.532	37.366	37.632	152.496	12	Did not advance

Individual finals

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. South Korea women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament in Hiroshima, Japan.^[11]

Team roster

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

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

South Korea has qualified eleven judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Asia.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Won-jin	Men's −60 kg		W 10–00	W 10–00	L 00–01	Did not advance	L 00–10	Did not advance
An Ba-ul	Men's −66 kg		W 10–00	L 00–01	Did not advance
Lee Joon-hwan	Men's −81 kg		W 01–00	W 10–00	W 10–00	L 00–01		W 01–00
Han Ju-yeop	Men's −90 kg		W 10–00	W 01–00	L 00–10	Did not advance	L 00–11	Did not advance
Kim Min-jong	Men's +100 kg			W 11–00	W 01–00	W 10–00		L 00–10
Lee Hye-kyeong	Women's −48 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Jung Ye-rin	Women's −52 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Huh Mi-mi	Women's −57 kg			W 10–00	W 01–00	W 01–00		L 00–10
Kim Ji-su	Women's −63 kg		W 10–00	W 01–00	L 00–10	Did not advance	L 00–10	Did not advance
Yoon Hyun-ji	Women's −78 kg		W 10–00	L 01–10	Did not advance
Kim Ha-yun	Women's +78 kg			W 10–00	L 00–01	Did not advance	W 01–00	W 10–00

Mixed

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korean modern pentathletes confirmed four quota places for Paris 2024. Jun Woong-tae and Kim Sun-woo secured their spots in the men's and women's events by winning the gold and silver medal in their respective classes and obtained one of five available spots at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China;^[12] meanwhile, Seong Seung-min and Seo Chang-wan, qualified for the games, respectively through the 2024 UIPM World Championships in Zhengzhou, China, and final Olympics ranking.

Semi-finals

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
				Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Jun Woong-tae	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	235	2	2	237	1:59.90	4	311	14	11	286	10:19.14	8	681	1515	2 Q
Seo Chang-wan	225	0	7	225	2:00.79	5	309	0	5	300	10:31.53	12	669	1503	5 Q
Kim Sun-woo	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	220	0	6	220	2:14.44	4	282	0	2	300	11:46.64	9	594	1396	5 Q
Seong Seung-min	225	0	4	225	2:12.44	4	286	7	8	293	11:44.13	8	596	1400	4 Q

Finals

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
				Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Jun Woong-tae	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	235	6	2	241	1:59.41	7	312	13	11	287	10:14.33	13	686	1526	6
Seo Chang-wan	225	4	6	229	2:01.53	8	307	14	12	286	10:02.33	10	698	1520	7
Kim Sun-woo	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	220	2	8	222	2:17.67	11	275	14	16	286	11:13.92	9	627	1410	8
Seong Seung-min	225	0	7	225	2:11.47	2	288	0	2	300	11:12.87	8	628	1441

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. A South Korean sailor secured a quota place in the following events through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France.

Medal race events

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korean shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air rifle	630.8	5 Q	145.2	7
Park Ha-jun	629.2	13	Did not advance
Park Ha-jun	50 m rifle three positions	572	44	Did not advance
Lee Won-ho	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol	580	4 Q	197.9	4
Cho Yeong-jae	575	14	Did not advance
Cho Yeong-jae	align=left rowspan=2	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	4 Q	25
Song Jong-ho	580	17	Did not advance
Kim Min-su	Skeet	118	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Keum Ji-hyeon	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air rifle	630.9	9	Did not advance
Ban Hyo-jin	634.5	1 Q	251.8
Lee Eun-seo	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle three positions	583	19	Did not advance
Im Ha-na	577	30	Did not advance
Kim Ye-ji	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol	578	5 Q	241.3
Oh Ye-jin	582	2 Q	243.2
	align=left rowspan=2	25 m pistol	575	27	Did not advance
Yang Ji-in	586	6 Q	37
Jang Kook-hee	Skeet	115	21	Did not advance
Kang Gee-eun	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	114	20	Did not advance
Lee Bo-na	113	24	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Keum Ji-hyeon Park Ha-jun	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air rifle team	631.4	2 QG	L 12–16
Ban Hyo-jin Choe Dae-han	623.7	22	Did not advance
Oh Ye-jin Lee Won-ho	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol team	579	4 QB	L 10–16	4
Kim Ye-ji Cho Yeong-jae	577	7	Did not advance
Jang Kook-hee Kim Min-su	Skeet team	144	7	Did not advance

Sport climbing

See main article: article, Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea qualified three sport climbers for Paris 2024. Shin Eun-cheol, Lee Do-hyun, and Seo Chae-hyun all qualified directly for games through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier series ranking.

Boulder & lead combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Boulder		Lead		Total	Rank	Boulder		Lead		Total	Rank
		Result	Place	Result	Place			Result	Place	Result	Place
Lee Do-hyun	Men's	34.0	10	12.0	17	46.0	15	Did not advance
Seo Chae-hyun	Women's	44.2	13	72.1	=4	116.3	8 Q	28.9	8	76.1	4	105.0	6

Speed

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korean swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ji Yu-chan	50 m freestyle	22.16	28	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Hwang Sun-woo	100 m freestyle	48.41	16 Q			Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:46.13	4 Q	1:45.92	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Woo-min	200 m freestyle	1:46.64	12 Q	1:46.58	12	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:45.52	7 Q	3:42.50
align=left rowspan=2	Lee Ju-ho	100 m backstroke	54.65	30	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	1:57.39	10 Q	1:56.76	11	Did not advance
Choi Dong-yeol	100 m breaststroke	1:00.17	18	Did not advance
Cho Sung-jae	200 m breaststroke	2:09.45	1 Q	2:10.03	12	Did not advance
Kim Min-seop	200 m butterfly	1:56.02	15 Q	1:55.22	13	Did not advance
Lee Ho-joon Lee Yoo-yeon Kim Yeong-hyeon Kim Woo-min Hwang Sun-woo Yang Jae-hoon	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:07.96	7 Q	7:07.26	6
Lee Ju-ho Choi Dong-yeol Kim Ji-hun Hwang Sun-woo	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.68	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Eun-ji	200 m backstroke	2:09.88	10 Q	2:11.86	15	Did not advance
Kim Seo-yeong	200 m individual medley	2:12.42	17	Did not advance

Mixed

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered a full squad of male and female table tennis players into the Games by advancing to the quarter-finals round through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan.^[15] The nations also entered mixed doubles pair through the allocations of world ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cho Dae-seong	align=left rowspan=2	Singles		L 2–4	Did not advance
Jang Woo-jin		W 4–1	W 4–1	W 4–0	L 0–4	Did not advance
Cho Dae-seong Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon	Team	W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jeon Ji-hee	align=left rowspan=2	Singles		L 0–4	Did not advance
Shin Yu-bin		W 4–0	W 4–1	W 4–0	W 4–3	L 0–4	L 2–4	4
Shin Yu-bin Jeon Ji-hee Lee Eun-hye	Team	W 3–1	W 3–0	L 0–3	W 3–0

Mixed

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea qualified four athletes to compete at the games. Park Tae-joon, Seo Geon-woo and Lee Da-bin qualified for their games in their own respective division after being nominated one of the five highest-ranked eligible athletes through the WT final rankings. Later on, Kim Yu-jin joined the nations squad following the triumph of her victory in the semifinal rounds in her class at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Park Tae-joon	Men's –58 kg		W 2–0	W 2–1	W 2–0		W 1–0
Seo Geon-woo	Men's –80 kg		W 2–1	W 2–0	L 1–2		L 0–2	5
Kim Yu-jin	Women's –57 kg		W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–1		W 2–0
Lee Da-bin	Women's +67 kg		W 2–0	W 2–1	L 0–2		W 2–1

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Bak Joo-hyo (men's 73 kg), Yu Dong-ju (men's 89 kg), Jang Yeon-hak (men's 102 kg), Kim Su-hyeon (women's 81 kg) and Park Hye-jeong (women's +81 kg), secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bak Joo-hyo	Men's −73 kg	147	10	187	5	334	7
Yu Dong-ju	Men's −89 kg	168	7	203	6	371	6
Jang Yeon-hak	Men's −102 kg	173	8	200	9	373	9
Kim Su-hyeon	Women's −81 kg	110	6	140	6	250	6
Park Hye-jeong	Women's +81 kg	131	2	168	2	299

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. South Korea qualified two wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Kim Seung-jun and Lee Seung-chan qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Seung-jun	Men's −97 kg	L 0–9^ST	Did not advance		L 2–8^PP	Did not advance
Lee Seung-chan	Men's −130 kg	L 0–7^PO	Did not advance		L 0–9^ST	Did not advance

Freestyle

Notes and References

1. News: (Olympics) High jumper Woo Sang-hyeok, swimmer Kim Seo-yeong named S. Korean flag bearers. Yonhap News Agency. 21 July 2024. 21 July 2024. 11 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210711011114/https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210707008500315. live.
2. News: (2nd LD) (Olympics) 'Games Wide Open': 33rd Summer Olympic Games kick off in Paris. Yonhap News Agency. 2024-07-27. As the boat carrying the delegation came into view, the French-speaking announcer said, "Republique populaire democratique de Coree," and the English-speaking announcer followed with "Democratic People's Republic of Korea," the official designation of North Korea.. 2024-07-27.
3. News: "대한민국이 북조선인민공화국(DPRK)이라고?" 초황당 파리올림픽 개회식→문체부X체육회 적극 대응［파리live］. Sports Chosun. 2024-07-27. ko. 대한민국을 DPRK로 소개한 장내 아나운서의 치명적인 실수에 새벽 TV로 개회식을 지켜보던 국민들이 경악했다. 남성 아나운서가 한국을 프랑스어로 'Republique populaire democratique de coree'로 소개한 후 여성 아나운서가 영어로 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea'라고 반복해 소개했다.. 2024-07-27.
4. News: First official Paris 2024 Olympic quotas awarded at worlds in Berlin. 8 August 2023. World Archery Federation. 17 September 2023.
5. News: Five of six Olympic quotas awarded at Asian Games in Hangzhou. World Archery. 4 October 2023. 10 October 2023.
6. News: Asian Champs: finals day brings Olympics dream closer. World Archery. 9 November 2023. 26 July 2024.
7. News: Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022.
8. News: Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations. 18 October 2023. International Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023.
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11. News: South Korea seal women's handball spot at Paris 2024 Olympics. Inside The Games. 17 September 2023.
12. News: 19TH ASIAN GAMES: ZHANG (CHN) AND JUN (KOR) CELEBRATE GOLD AND PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION. Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 25 September 2023.
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14. Web site: Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification. World Aquatics. 4 June 2023.
15. Web site: Table tennis: These teams have obtained a Paris 2024 qualifying quota spot. Olympics. 21 February 2024. 23 February 2024.
16. Web site: China wins sixth Olympic licence for taekwondo. Inside The Games. 16 March 2024. 11 April 2024.