South Korea at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	KOR
Npcname:	Korea Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2024
Website:
Location:	Paris, France
Competitors:	83
Sports:	17
Flagbearer Open:	Choi Yong-beom
Rank:	22
Gold:	6
Silver:	10
Bronze:	1‌4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1968

South Korea competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

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	2	3	5
Athletics	1	0	1
Badminton	4	2	6
Boccia	2	2	5
Goalball	0	6	6
Paracanoeing	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	2	3	12
Swimming	5	1	6
Table tennis	9	6	15
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Total	46	37	83

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. South Korea entered five athletes into the games by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic and 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Park Hong Jo	Individual W1	613	12		L 140–130	11
Kwak Geonhwi	Individual recurve	647	2		W 6–2	L 4-6	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Ok-geum	Individual W1	623	3			W 128-122	L 123-132	L 122-127	4
Choi Nami	align=left rowspan=2	Individual compound	661	18	L135-139	Did not advance				17
Jeong Jinyoung	659	19	L134-140	Did not advance				17
Jang Gyeong Suk	Individual recurve	510	20	L 0-6	Did not advance				23

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Park Hong Jo Kim Ok-geum	Team W1	1236	4		W 134-132	L 139-145	L 132-134	4
Jang Gyeong Suk Kwak Geonhwi	Team recurve			L 4-5	Did not advance			9

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. South Korean track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Track events

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. South Korea has qualified six para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quaterfinals	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choi Jung-man	align=left rowspan=2	Singles WH1	W 2-0	W 2-0		1 Q		W 2-0	L 0-2
Jeong Jae-gun	L 0-2	W 2-1		2 Q	W 2-0	L 0-2
Yu Soo-young	align=left rowspan=2	Singles WH2	W 2-0	W 2-1		1 Q
Kim Jung-jun	W 2-1	W 2-0		1 Q
Shin Kyung-hwan	Singles SL4	L 0-2	L 1-2		3	Did not advance
Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles WH1–2	L 0-2	L0-2	W2-1	3	Did not advance
Jeong Jae-gun Yu Soo-young	W 2-0	W 2-0	W 2-0	1 Q		W 2-0

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quaterfinals	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kwon Hyun-ah	Singles WH1	W 2-0	L 0-2		2 Q	L 0-2	Did not advance
Jung Gye-oul	Singles WH2	WDN	L 1-2		2	L 0-2	Did not advance
Jung Gye-oul Kwon Hyun-ah	Doubles WH1–2	L 0-2	L 0-2		3	Did not advance

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. South Korea confirmed two quotas (one in men and one in women), by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC3 pairs event, at the 2023 Asian/Oceanian Championships in Hong Kong; the nations also secured one teams quota in mixed BC1/BC2 teams through the final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jung Sung-joon	align=left rowspan=2	Men's individual BC1	L 3–7
Kim Doh-yun	L 2–4	L 4–7		3	11
Seo Min-kyu	Men's individual BC2	W 5–2
Jeong Ho-won	Men's individual BC3
Jeong So-yeong	Women's individual BC2
Kang Sun-hee	Women's individual BC3
Jeong Ho-won Kang Sun-hee	Mixed pairs BC3
Jung Sung-joon Seo Min-kyu Jeong So-yeong	Mixed team BC1/BC2

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament. The South Korean women's goalball team entered the Paralympic games after being the runner-up at 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Matosinhos, Portugal.^[2]

Team roster

Group stage--------

Quarter-finals

Seventh place match

Paracanoeing

See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. South Korea earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Kazakhstan qualified one boats in women's single sculls classes, by virtue of the highest ranked eligible boats, at the 2024 Asia/Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Sejeong	PR1 women's single sculls	10:45.53	3 R	10:52.23	2 FA
Kang Hyounjoo Bae Jiin Choi Seonwoong Lee Seungho coxswain= Seo Hakyung	PR3 mixed coxed four	7:51.27	5 R	7:30.93	5 FB

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. South Korea entered twelve para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1
	align=left rowspan=2	R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
	R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
	R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1
	P4 – 50 m pistol SH1
	align=left rowspan=2	R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
	R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
	R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. South Korea entered six swimmers (five men and one woman), by virtue of the results at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines; and through the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=6	Jo Giseong	50 m freestyle S4
100 m freestyle S4
200 m freestyle S4
50 m backstroke S4
50 m backstroke S4
50 m backstroke S4
Cho Wonsang	100 m butterfly S14	59.92	11	colspan=2
Lee Inkook	100 m butterfly S14	59.15	9

Women

Mixed

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. South Korea entered fifteen table tennis players to compete for Paris 2024. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou;^[5] meanwhile, the other eleven athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joo Young-dae	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C1
Kim Hak-jin
Park Jin-cheol	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C2
Cha Soo-yong
Jang Yeong-jin	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C3
Baek Young-bok
Kim Young-gun	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C4
Kim Jung-gil
Kim Gi-tae	Individual C11
Cha Soo-yong Park Jin-cheol	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles MD4		/ L 2-3
Jang Yeong-jin Park Sung-joo	/ W 3-0		/ L 1-3

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Seo Su-yeon	Individual C1–2
Yoon Ji-yu	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C3
Lee Mi-gyu
Jung Young-a	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C5
Moon Sung-hye
Kim Seong-ok	Individual C7

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. South Korea entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Joo Jeong-hun qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in men's 80 kg class; meanwhile Lee Dong-ho qualified for Paris 2024, after winning the gold medal results in under 63 class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Dong-ho	Men's –63 kg	L 12-27	colspan="5"
Joo Jeong-hun	Men's –80 kg		W 8-1	L 8-10		W 7-1

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Han Sung-bong	Men's singles	L 2-6, 6-0, 2-6	colspan="6"
Im Ho-won	W 6-2, 6-3	L 6-4, 4-6, 6-7	colspan="5"
Han Sung-bong Im Ho-won	Men's doubles			W 6-2, 6-0

See also

• South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• South Korea at the Paralympics

Notes and References

1. News: Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final. World Archery. 21 July 2023.
2. Web site: Figueiredo . Pedro . 2022-12-15 . Goalball: Four tickets granted to Paris 2024 . 2023-04-28 . IBSA International Blind Sports Federation . en-US.
3. Web site: Quota Allocation after New Delhi. 14 May 2024. Paralympics. 14 May 2024.
4. Web site: World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games . International Paralympic Committee . PDF . 6 March 2024.
5. News: Mixed Fortunes for Asian stars as Paralympic Games Gold Medallists Set Sights on Paris. 28 October 2023. International Table Tennis Federation. 3 December 2023.