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South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = KOR

| NOCname = Korean Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1992

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.sports.or.kr }} {{in lang|ko|en}}

| location = Barcelona

| competitors = 226 (154 men, 72 women)

| sports = 24

| flagbearer = Kim Tae-hyun

| rank = 7

| gold = 12

| silver = 5

| bronze = 12

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

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}}

South Korea competed as Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 226 competitors, 154 men and 72 women, took part in 134 events in 24 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/1992/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041552/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KOR/summer/1992/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=South Korea at the 1992 Summer Games |access-date=2011-12-28 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Medalists

{{further|1996 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 1992 Summer Olympics medal winners}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

{{gold medal}}Yeo Kab-soonShootingWomen's 10 metre air rifle{{dts|format=dmy7|26}}
{{gold medal}}Chun Byung-kwanWeightliftingMen's 56 kg{{dts|format=dmy7|27}}
{{gold medal}}Kim Mi-jungJudoWomen's 72 kg{{dts|format=dmy7|28}}
{{gold medal}}Lee Eun-chulShootingMen's 50 metre rifle prone{{dts|format=dmy7|29}}
{{gold medal}}An Han-bongWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 57 kg{{dts|format=dmy7|30}}
{{gold medal}}Cho Youn-jeongArcheryWomen's individual{{dts|format=dmy8|2}}
{{gold medal}}Cho Youn-jeong
Kim Soo-nyung
Lee Eun-kyung		ArcheryWomen's team{{dts|format=dmy8|4}}
{{gold medal}}Kim Moon-soo
Park Joo-bong		BadmintonMen's doubles{{dts|format=dmy8|4}}
{{gold medal}}Hwang Hye-young
Chung So-young		BadmintonWomen's doubles{{dts|format=dmy8|4}}
{{gold medal}}Park Jang-soonWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg{{dts|format=dmy8|6}}
{{gold medal}} typo{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:32em|{{ubl|Nam Eun-young|Lee Ho-youn|Kim Hwa-sook|Moon Hyang-ja|Min Hye-sook|Cha Jae-kyung|Hong Jeong-ho|Park Jeong-lim|Park Kap-sook|Lee Mi-youngLim O-kyeongJang Ri-raOh Sung-okHan Hyun-sookHan Sun-hee}}}}HandballWomen's tournament{{dts|format=dmy8|8}}
{{gold medal}}Hwang Young-choAthleticsMen's marathon{{dts|format=dmy8|9}}
{{silver medal}}Kim Soo-nyungArcheryWomen's individual{{dts|format=dmy8|2}}
{{silver medal}}Yoon HyunJudoMen's 60 kg{{dts|format=dmy8|2}}
{{silver medal}}Chung Jae-hunArcheryMen's individual{{dts|format=dmy8|3}}
{{silver medal}}Bang Soo-hyunBadmintonWomen's singles{{dts|format=dmy8|4}}
{{silver medal}}Kim Jong-shinWrestlingMen's freestyle 48 kg{{dts|format=dmy8|6}}
{{bronze medal}}Min Kyung-gabWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 52 kg{{dts|format=dmy7|28}}
{{bronze medal}}Kim Byung-jooJudoMen's 78 kg{{dts|format=dmy7|30}}
{{bronze medal}}Chung HoonJudoMen's 71 kg{{dts|format=dmy7|31}}
{{bronze medal}}Yoo Ok-ryulGymnasticsMen's vault{{dts|format=dmy8|2}}
{{bronze medal}}Hyun Jung-hwa
Hong Cha-ok		Table tennisWomen's doubles{{dts|format=dmy8|3}}
{{bronze medal}}Gil Young-ah
Shim Eun-jung		BadmintonWomen's doubles{{dts|format=dmy8|4}}
{{bronze medal}}Kang Hee-chan
Lee Chul-seung		Table tennisMen's doubles{{dts|format=dmy8|4}}
{{bronze medal}}Kim Taek-soo
Yoo Nam-kyu		Table tennisMen's doubles{{dts|format=dmy8|4}}
{{bronze medal}}Hyun Jung-hwaTable tennisWomen's singles{{dts|format=dmy8|5}}
{{bronze medal}}Kim Taek-sooTable tennisMen's singles{{dts|format=dmy8|6}}
{{bronze medal}}Hong Sung-sikBoxingLightweight{{dts|format=dmy8|8}}
{{bronze medal}}Lee Seung-baeBoxingMiddleweight{{dts|format=dmy8|8}}

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/KOR/editions/23 Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics]

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Archery

| 3

36
align=left|Athletics

| 9

211
align=left|Badminton

| 6

612
align=left|Boxing

| 11

–11
align=left|Canoeing

| 6

06
align=left|Cycling

| 4

04
align=left|Equestrian

| 4

15
align=left|Fencing

| 10

515
align=left|Field hockey

| 0

1616
align=left|Football

| 14

–14
align=left|Gymnastics

| 6

410
align=left|Handball

| 15

1328
align=left|Judo

| 7

714
align=left|Modern pentathlon

| 3

–3
align=left|Rowing

| 0

22
align=left|Sailing

| 3

03
align=left|Shooting

| 7

512
align=left|Swimming

| 2

24
align=left|Table tennis

| 4

48
align=left|Tennis

| 2

24
align=left|Volleyball

| 12

012
align=left|Weightlifting

| 10

–10
align=left|Wrestling

| 16

–16
Total || 154 || 72 || 226

Archery

{{main|Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Korea's fourth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals and a pair of silver medals. The women continued to dominate the field, though not quite as thoroughly as they had on their home field four years earlier. The individuals went a combined 16-5, while the teams were 5-1.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Chung, Han, and Lim — Quarterfinal (→ 5th place), 1-1

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Men's Marathon

Men's Javelin Throw

:* Qualification — 72.68 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

Badminton

{{main|Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

:* First Round – Defeated Luigi Castiglione (ITA), 8:2

:* Second Round – Lost to Pál Lakatos (HUN), 15:20

Canoeing

{{main|Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Four male cyclists represented South Korea in 1992.

;Men's team pursuit

;Men's points race

Equestrianism

{{main|Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented South Korea in 1992.

;Men's foil

;Men's team foil

; Men's épée

;Men's team épée

;Women's foil

;Women's team foil

Football

{{main|Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Korea was represented by the following squad in Barcelona: (1) Kim Bong-soo, (2) Na Seung-hwa, (3) Lee Moon-seok, (4) Han Jung-kook, (5) Kang Chul, (6) Shin Tae-yong, (7) Kim Gwi-hwa, (8) Noh Jung-yoon, (9) Gwak Kyung-keun, (10) Chung Jae-kwon, (11) Seo Jung-won, (12) Cho Jung-hyun, (13) Kim Do-keun, (14) Jung Kwang-seok, (15) Lee Seung-hyup, (16) Cho Jin-ho, (17) Lee Lim-saeng, (18) Lee Jin-hang, (19) Shin Bum-chul, and (20) Lee Woon-jae. Coach: Kim Sam-rak.

Gymnastics

{{main|Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Handball

{{main|Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

=Men's team competition=

  • Preliminary round (group A)

:* South Korea – Hungary 22-18

:* South Korea – Sweden 18-26

:* South Korea – Czechoslovakia 20-19

:* South Korea – Iceland 24-26

:* South Korea – Brazil 30-26

  • Classification Match

:* 5th/6th place: South Korea – Spain 21-36 (→ Sixth place)

  • Team roster

:* Back Sang-suh

:* Cho Burn-yun

:* Cho Chi-hyo

:* Cho Young-shin

:* Choi Suk-jae

:* Jung Kang-wook

:* Kang Jae-won

:* Lee Ki-ho

:* Lee Kyu-chang

:* Lee Min-woo

:* Lee Sun-soon

:* Lim Jin-suk

:* Moon Byung-wook

:* Park Do-hun

:* Shim Jae-hong

:* Yoon Kyung-shin

=Women's Team Competition=

  • Preliminary round (group B)

:* South Korea – Norway 27-16

:* South Korea – Austria 27-27

:* South Korea – Spain 28-18

  • Semi Finals

:* South Korea – Germany 26-25

  • Gold Medal Match

:* South Korea – Norway 28-21 (→ Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal)

  • Team roster

:* Nam Eun-young

:* Lee Ho-youn

:* Kim Hwa-sook

:* Moon Hyang-ja

:* Min Hye-sook

:* Cha Jae-kyung

:* Hong Jeong-ho

:* Park Jeong-lim

:* Park Kap-sook

:* Lee Mi-young

:* Lim O-kyeong

:* Jang Ri-ra

:* Oh Sung-ok

Hockey

{{main|Field hockey at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Judo

{{main|Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Modern pentathlon

{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Three male pentathletes represented South Korea in 1992.

;Individual

;Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

{{main|Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Twelve South Korean shooters (seven men and five women) qualified to compete in the following events:

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Lee Eun-chul

|align=left|50 m rifle prone

|597

|8 Q

|702.5 OR

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|50 m rifle 3 positions

|1162

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Ji Jong-koo

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|586

|21

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Park Jong-shin

|align=left|50 m pistol

|547

|33

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|10 m air pistol

|571

|33

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Chae Keun-bae

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|590

|4 Q

|687.8

|8

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Kim Seon-il

|align=left|50 m pistol

|558

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|10 m air pistol

|581

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Cha Young-chul

|align=left|50 m rifle prone

|594

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|50 m rifle 3 positions

|1158

|17

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left |Lee Eun-ju

|align=left |10 m air rifle

|392

|8 Q

|492.6

|6

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Bang Hyun-joo

|align=left|10 m air pistol

|377

|15

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|25 m pistol

|570

|29

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left |Yeo Kab-soon

|align=left |10 m air rifle

|396 OR

|2 Q

|498.2 OR

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left |Kang Myung-a.

|align=left |50 m rifle 3 positions

|571

|24

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Lee Sun-bock

|align=left|10 m air pistol

|377

|15

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Open

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kim Kun-il

|align=left|Trap

|135

|46

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Table tennis

{{main|Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Tennis

{{main|Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Volleyball

{{main|Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics}}

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:South Korea At The 1992 Summer Olympics}}

Korea, South

1992

Olympics, Summer