Park Bong-duk

{{short description|South Korean sports shooter}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|9|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea

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| sport = Shooting

| event = 10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle prone (FR60PR)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)

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| coach = Yoon Duk Ha

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{{MedalSport | Men's shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1998 Bangkok | STR3X20 }}

{{MedalBronze | 2002 Busan | STR3X20 }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Kuwait City|{{nowrap|50 m rifle 3 positions team}}}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Kuwait City|50 m rifle prone}}

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Park Bong-Duk (also Pak Bong-Deok, {{langx|ko|박 봉덕}}; born September 23, 1973, in Seoul) is a South Korean sport shooter.{{cite sports-reference|title = Park Bong-Duk|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/park-bong-deok-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417233442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/park-bong-deok-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 18 January 2013}} He won two bronze medals in the men's 50 m rifle three positions at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, with scores of 1,247 and 1,256.8 points, respectively.{{cite news|title=Heart-break for Jaspal Rana|url=http://hindu.com/2002/10/08/stories/2002100805642000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718043603/http://hindu.com/2002/10/08/stories/2002100805642000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2014|date=8 October 2002|work=The Hindu|accessdate=18 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=ISSF Profile – Park Bong-Duk|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHKORM2309197301|publisher=ISSF|accessdate=18 January 2013}} He also competed for two rifle shooting events (prone and three positions) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but he neither reached the final round, nor claimed an Olympic medal.

Four years after competing in his first Olympics, Park qualified for his second South Korean team, as a 35-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing third for the 50 m rifle prone (FR60PR) from the 2007 Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City, Kuwait.{{cite news|title=Chinese marksman Jia proves himself, winning men's 50m rifle prone|url=http://english.sina.com/sports/p/1/2007/1212/136553.html|work=Xinhua News Agency|publisher=SINA English|date=12 December 2007|accessdate=18 January 2013}} Park also received additional places for the 10 m air rifle (AR40) and 50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20); therefore, he competed for all rifle shooting events.

In his first event, 10 m air rifle, Park was able to hit a total of 593 points within six attempts, finishing sixteenth in the qualifying rounds.{{cite web|title=Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM101901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816053954/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM101901/index.html |archivedate=16 August 2012 }} Few days later, he placed forty-third in the 50 m rifle prone, by one target ahead of Canada's Johannes Sauer from the fifth attempt, with a total score of 587 points.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Rifle Prone Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM103901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816052443/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM103901/index.html |archivedate=16 August 2012 }} In his third and last event, 50 m rifle 3 positions, Park was able to shoot 398 targets in a prone position, 373 in standing, and 388 in kneeling, for a total score of 1,159 points, finishing only in thirty-first place.{{cite web|title=Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Qualification |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc=SHM104901/index.html |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816052404/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/shooting/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSHM104901/index.html |archivedate=16 August 2012 }}