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South Korea at the Olympic Games

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IOC code KOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors
MedalsGold
6
Silver
6
Bronze
7
Total
19
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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The Flag of South Korea, or Taegukgi has three parts a white background a red and blue Taegeuk (taijitu or "yin-yang" in the The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) uses Three letter acronym country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic National Olympic Committees (or NOCs) are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West South Korea first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then except The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. South Korea competed as Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia. South Korea competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. South Korea competed as Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, while North Korea competed as the Democratic South Korea competed (as Korea) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years South Korea, as Korea, competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1948 Winter Olympics South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. South Korea competed as Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.

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Medals

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Results by event

Archery

Korea's second appearance in Olympic archery was highly successful, especially for the women's team. Seo Hyang-Soon (born July 8, 1967) is a female South Korean archer and Olympic champion Shin Joon-Sup (born June 17, 1963) was a South Korean boxer. Shin won the gold medal for South Korea in the middleweight division at the 3rd Ahn Byeong-Keun (born February 23 1962 is a retired Judoka from South Korea, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Ha Hyoung-Zoo (born June 3, 1962) also known by Ha Hyung-Joo is a retired Judoka from South Korea. Kim Weon-Kee (born January 6, 1962) is a South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic champion You In-Tak (born January 10, 1958) is a South Korean freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion An Young-Su (born February 20, 1964) is a retired boxer from South Korea, who won the silver medal in the men's Welterweight division Yoon Soo-Kyung (born January 19, 1964) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Shon Mi-Na (born October 8, 1964) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic champion Sung Kyung-Hwa (born July 20, 1965) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic champion Yoon Byung-Soon (born November 27, 1963) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Kim Ok-Hwa (born August 11, 1958) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Lee Soon-Ei (born October 15, 1965) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Lee Young-Ja (born January 5, 1964) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Kim Choon-Rye (born June 21, 1966) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic champion Kim Kyung-Soon (born December 10, 1965) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic champion Kim Mi-Sook (born June 10, 1962) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Han Hwa-Soo (born February 3, 1963) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Jeong Hyoi-Soon (born April 28, 1964) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic silver medalist Jeung Soon-Bok (born August 9, 1960) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic silver medalist Kim Jae-Yup (born May 17 1965) is a retired South Korean Judoka At the age of 19 he became runner-up in the extra-lightweight (60 kg Hwang Jung-Oh (born April 1, 1958) is a retired Judoka from South Korea, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics Chun Chil-Sung ( Hangul: 전칠성 Hanja: 全七星 (born July 7, 1961 in Sinan, Jeollanam-do, South Korea) Cho Yong-Chul (born May 7 1961 is a South Korean Judoka At the 1985 World Judo Championships in Seoul Cho won a gold medal beating two-time Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics was contested in the same format used since 1972. Seo Hyang-Soon (서향순) set new Olympic records in both the single and double FITA round categories. Seo Hyang-Soon (born July 8, 1967) is a female South Korean archer and Olympic champion The International Archery Federation (FITA from the French Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc) is the governing body of the sport of Archery The Korean medalists were separated by only 13 points, while the fourth place competitor was 31 points behind Kim Jin-Ho (김진호).

Women's Individual Competition

Men's Individual Competition

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7. Seo Hyang-Soon (born July 8, 1967) is a female South Korean archer and Olympic champion At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested 24 events by men and 17 by women These are the official results of the men's Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles California, held on Sunday August Kim Jong-Il (born 11 September 1962) is a retired South Korean Long jumper best known for winning two gold medals at the Asian Games 86m
  • Final — 7. 81m (→ 8th place)

Women's 100 metres

  • First Heat — 12. 06s (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Women's Team Competition

  • Defeated Canada (67-62)
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (55-52)
  • Lost to United States (47-84)
  • Defeated Australia (54-48)
  • Defeated PR China (69-56)
  • Lost to United States (55-85) → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
  • Park Chan-Sook
  • Sung Jung-A
  • Lee Hyung-Sook
  • Lee Mi-Ja
  • Moon Kyung-Ja
  • Kim Eun-Sook
  • Kim Hwa-Soon
  • Kim Young-Hee
  • Choi Aei-Young
  • Choi Kyung-Hee
  • Jeong Myung-Hee

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

Handball

Men's Team Competition

  • Lost to West Germany (25:37)
  • Lost to Denmark (31:28)
  • Lost to Sweden (23:36)
  • Lost to Spain (25:31)
  • Drew with United States (22:22)
  • 11th/12th place: Defeated Algeria (25:21) → 11th place
  • An Jin-Soo
  • Choi Geun-Yeon
  • Choi Tai-Sub
  • Hwang Yo-Na
  • Kang Duck-Soo
  • Kang Jae-Won
  • Kang Tae-Koo
  • Koh Suk-Chang
  • Lee Kwang-Nam
  • Lee Sang-Hyo
  • Lim Kyu-Ha
  • Lim Young-Chul
  • Park Byung-Hong
  • Park Young-Dae
  • Shim Jung-Man

Women's Team Competition

Swimming

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 58. Final results for the Basketball Competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles California. Kim Kwang-Sun (born June 8, 1964 in Chunnahbokdo Korea is a South Korean boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (51 kg category Paul Garza Gonzales (born April 18, 1964 in East Los Angeles California) was an American boxer, who won the light flyweight Sung-Kil Moon (born July 20, 1963 in Seoul) is a former two-division world champion boxer from South Korea. For the saint see Peter Nolasco. Pedro Nolasco (born February 2, 1962 &ndash died September 15, 1995 Shin Joon-Sup (born June 17, 1963) was a South Korean boxer. Shin won the gold medal for South Korea in the middleweight division at the 3rd Rick Duff (born June 21, 1964 in Camrose Alberta) is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the Aristides González (born January 12, 1961) is a boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the bronze medal in the Middleweight division (71-75 kg Virgil Eugene Hill (born January 18, 1964 Clinton Missouri) is a Joplin Missouri fighter partly of Native American heritage The Cycling competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles consisted of three road cycling events and five Track cycling Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics featured competition for men and women Kang Jae-Won (born November 30, 1965 in South Korea) is a former Korean handball player and current coach for the Chinese national Kim Kyung-Soon (born December 10, 1965) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic champion Lee Soon-Ei (born October 15, 1965) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Jeong Hyoi-Soon (born April 28, 1964) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic silver medalist Kim Mi-Sook (born June 10, 1962) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Han Hwa-Soo (born February 3, 1963) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Kim Ok-Hwa (born August 11, 1958) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Jeung Soon-Bok (born August 9, 1960) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic silver medalist Yoon Byung-Soon (born November 27, 1963) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Lee Young-Ja (born January 5, 1964) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic medalist Sung Kyung-Hwa (born July 20, 1965) is a South Korean Team handball player and Olympic champion Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium, located on the USC campus 91 (→ did not advance, 39th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:07. 80 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:00. 91 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:13. 76 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:07. 35 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:23. 80 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

  • Defeated Tunisia (3-0)
  • Lost to United States (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-1)
  • Defeated Argentina (3-2)
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated China (3-1)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Argentina (3-1) → 5th place
  • Lee John-Kyung
  • Kang Doo-Tae
  • Chang Yoon-Chang
  • Lee Yong-Bun
  • Lee Bum-Joo
  • Yang Jin-Wung
  • Moon Yong-Kwan
  • Yoo Joong-Tak
  • Kim Ho-Chul
  • No Jin-Su
  • Kang Man-Soo
  • Chung Euy-Tak

Women's Team Competition

  • South Korea — Japan 1-3 (15-8, 11-15, 2-15, 7-15)
  • South Korea — Canada 3-0 (15-10, 15-1, 15-3)
  • South Korea — Peru 2-3 (8-15, 6-15, 15-7, 15-6, 3-15)
  • 5th-8th place: South Korea — Brazil 3-1 (13-15, 15-13, 15-9, 15-10)
  • 5th-6th place: South Korea — West Germany 3-0 (15-10, 15-10, 15-2) → Fifth place
  • Lee Eun-Kyung (이은경)
  • Lee Un-Yim (이은임)
  • Jin Chun-Mae (진전매)
  • Lee Young-Sun (이영순)
  • Kim Jeong-Sun (김정순)
  • Jea Sook-Ja (재숙자)
  • Han Kyung-Ae (한경애)
  • Lee Myung-Hee (이명희)
  • Kim Ok-Soon (김옥순)
  • Park Mi-Hee (박미희)
  • Lim Hye-Sook (임혜숙)
  • Yoon Chung-Hae (윤정해)
This page presents the results of male and female Volleyball during the Olympic Games of Los Angeles in the summer of 1984.
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