South Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics

South Korea competed as Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Both North Korea and South Korea marched together in the Parade of Nations at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies under the Unification Flag, a white flag showing the united Korean Peninsula in blue. They had two flagbearers carrying the flag together at each occasion, one representing the North and the other representing the South. The female athletes and staff wore red blazers, while their male counterparts wore blue. Although they marched together, the teams competed separately and had separate medal tallies.

Medalists

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay:

• (So-Eun Sun, Yoon-Ji Ryu, Min-Ji Shim, Hyun-Ju Kim) — 3:44.84 (9th place; did not advance)

Women's 400 m individual medley:

• Nam Yu-seon — 4:50.35 (7th place; 1st time a Korean advanced to the finals)

Synchronized swimming

Duet:

• Kim Sung-Eun & Yoo Na-Mi — 88.084 pts (14th place)

Archery

Men's individual:

• Park Kyung-mo — 5th place; Olympic record, 70 m 18-arrow round with 173 points
• Im Dong-hyun — 6th place; world record, 70 m 72-arrow round with 687 points
• Jang Yong-ho — 11th place

Women's individual:

• Park Sung Hyun — gold medal; world record, 70 m 72-arrow round with 682 points
• Lee Sung Jin — silver medal
• Yun Mi Jin — 5th place; Olympic record, 70 m 18-arrow round with 173 points

Men's team:

• Im Dong-hyun, Jang Yong-ho, Park Kyung-mo — gold medal

Women's team:

• Park Sung Hyun, Lee Sung Jin, Yun Mi Jin — gold medal

Athletics

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

• Park Tae-Kyong — Round 1: 13.96 s

Men's 800 metres:

• Lee Jae-Hoon — Round 1: 1:46.2 (did not advance)

Men's marathon:

• Lee Bong-Ju — 2:15:33 (14th place)
• Ji Young-Joon — 2:16:14 (17th place)
• Lee Myong-Seun — 2:21:01 (41st place)

Women's marathon:

• Lee Eun-Jung — 2:37:23 (19th place)
• Chung Yun-Hee — 2:38:57 (23rd place)
• Choi Kyung-Hee — 2:44:05 (35th place)

Men's 20 km walk:

• Shin Il-Yong — 1:28:02 (29th place)
• Lee Dae-Ro — 1:28:59 (33rd place)
• Park Chil-Sung — 1:32:41 (41st place)

Women's 20 km walk:

• Kim Mi-Jeong — DSQ

Men's 50 km walk:

• Kim Dong-Young — 4:05:16 (27th place)

Men's triple jump:

• Park Hyung-Jun — Round 1, 15.84 metres (did not advance)

Men's pole vault:

• Kim Yoo-Suk — Round 1, 5.30 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:

• Lee Mi-Young — Round 1: 16.35 metres

Men's javelin:

• Park Jae-Myong — Round 1, 72.70 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:

• Chang Jung-Yeon — Round 1: 53.93 metres

Badminton

Men's singles:

• Shon Seung-mo — silver medal
• Park Tae-sang — defeated in quarterfinals
• Lee Hyun-il — defeated in round of 16

Women's singles:

• Jun Jae-youn — defeated in round of 16
• Seo Yoon-hee — defeated in round of 16

Men's doubles:

• Kim Dong-moon and Ha Tae-kwon — gold medal
• Lee Dong-soo and Yoo Yong-sung — silver medal
• Yim Bang-eun and Kim Yong-hyun — defeated in quarterfinals
• Kim Sun-Woo and Kwon Soon-Jae — defeated in semifinals

Women's doubles:

• Ra Kyung-min and Lee Kyung-won — bronze medal
• Lee Hyo-jung and Hwang Yu-mi — defeated in quarterfinals

Mixed doubles:

• Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min — defeated in quarterfinals
• Kim Yong-hyun and Lee Hyo-jung — defeated in round of 16

Basketball

Women's: 12th place

• Preliminary round: 0-5
• Classification (11/12): lost to Nigeria, 68-64

Boxing

South Korea sent seven boxers to Athens. They returned with two bronze medals, putting them in a four-way tie for 12th place in the boxing medal count. Three lost their round of 32 bouts, while the other four all won in the round of 16 to advance to the quarterfinals. Two more fell there, with the remaining two losing in the semifinals to finish with bronze medals. The combined record of the Korean team was 9-7.

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

• Hong Moo-Won
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Lalaina Rabenarivo of Madagascar, outscored
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Harry Tanamor of Philippines, 42-25
3. Quarterfinal — Lost to Yan Bhartelemy Varela of Cuba, 30-11

Men's Flyweight (– 51kg)

• Kim Ki-Suk
1. Round of 32 — Lost to Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand, 22-12

Men's Bantamweight (54kg)

• Kim Won Il
1. Round of 32 — Lost to Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand, outscored

Men's Featherweight (– 57kg)

• Jo Seok-Hwan — bronze medal
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Sedat Tasci of Turkey, 37-28
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Benoit Gaudet of Canada, 28-16
3. Quarterfinal — Defeated Viorel Simion of Romania, 39-35
4. Semifinal — Lost to Alexei Tichtchenko of Russia, 45-25

Men's Lightweight (– 60kg)

• Jong Sub Baik
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Gyula Kate of Hungary, 30-23
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene of Mongolia, 33-22
3. Quarterfinal — Lost to Amir Khan of Great Britain, stopped contest

Men's Welterweight (– 69kg)

• Kim Jung Joo — Bronze Medal
1. Round of 32 — Bye
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Vitalie Grusac of Moldova, 23-20
3. Quarterfinal — Defeated Juan Camilo Novoa of Colombia, 25-23
4. Semifinal — Lost to Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros of Cuba, 38-10

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81kg)

• Song Hak Sung
1. Round of 32 — Lost to Abdelhani Kensi of Algeria, 25-19

Cycling

Road cycling

Women's road race:

• Han Songhee — 51st place, 3:40:43

Track cycling

Men's individual sprint:

• Kim Chi-Bum — 1/16 repechage, no rank
• Yang Hee-Chun — 1/16 repechage, no rank

Women's points race:

• Kim Yong-Mi — 16th place, -19 points

Men's Keirin:

• Hong Suk-Hwan — first repechage, no rank
• Yang Hee-Chun — first repechage, no rank

Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance to the final rounds in the individual jumping event, Woo Jung-Ho did not qualify despite placing higher than many that did move on. His final ranking was below all of the qualifiers.

Individual jumping:

• Sohn Bong-Gak riding Cim Christo — final round B, 15th place
• Hwang Soon-Won riding C.Chap — final round B, 22nd place
• Joo Jung-Hyun riding Epsom Gesmeray — final round B, 25th place
• Woo Jung-Ho riding Seven Up — qualifier, 53rd place (43rd after round)

Team jumping:

• Hwang, Joo, Sohn, and Woo — final, 9th place

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Lee Sang-yup — defeated in round of 16

Women's épée individual:

• Kim Hee-Jeong — defeated in quarterfinals
• Kim Mi-jung — defeated in round of 32
• Lee Keum-Nam — defeated in round of 32

Men's foil individual:

• Ha Chang-Duk — defeated in round of 16
• Choi Byung-chul — defeated in round of 16
• Park Hee-kyung — defeated in round of 16

Women's foil individual:

• Nam Hyun-hee — defeated in quarterfinals

Men's sabre individual:

• Oh Eun-seok — defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Lee Shin-mi — defeated in round of 32

Women's épée team:

• Kim Hee-Jeong, Go Jung-Nam, and Lee Keum-Nam — 7th place

Men's foil team:

• Choi Byung-chul, Ha Chang-Duk, and Kim Woon-sung — 7th place

Football (Soccer)

Men's: 6th place

• Preliminary round: 1-2-0
• Quarterfinal: lost to Paraguay, 3-2

Gymnastics

Men's artistic: 4th place team

• Kim Dae-Eun — advanced in one exercise
• All-around — silver medal
• Yang Tae-Young — advanced in two exercises
• All-around — bronze medal
• Horizontal bar — 10th place
• Cho Seong-Min — did not advance in any exercise
• Kim Dong-Hwa — did not advance in any exercise
• Kim Seung-Il — did not advance in any exercise
• Lee Sun-Sung — did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic:

• Park Kyung-Ah — did not advance in any exercise

Handball

Men's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 2-0-3
• Quarterfinal: lost to Hungary, 30-25
• Classification (5-8): lost to Greece, 29-24
• Classification (7/8): lost to Spain, 31-24

Women's: silver medal

• Preliminary round: 3-1-0
• Quarterfinal: defeated Brazil, 26-24
• Semifinal: defeated France, 32-31
• Gold medal match: lost to Denmark, 38-36

Hockey

Men's: 8th place

• Preliminary round: 2-2-1
• Classification (5-8): lost to New Zealand, 4-3
• Classification (7/8): lost to India, 5-2

Women's: 7th place

• Preliminary round: 1-1-2
• Classification (5-8): lost to New Zealand, 3-2
• Classification (7/8): defeated Japan, 3-1

Judo

Men's 60 kg:

• Choi Min-Ho — Bronze medal
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Ludwig Paischer, of Austria
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Benjamin Darbelet of France
3. Quarterfinal — Lost to Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar of Mongolia
4. Repechage Round of 16 — Defeated Akram Shah, of India
5. Repechage Quarterfinal — Defeated Oliver Gussenberg of Germany
6. Repechage Semifinal — Defeated Masoud Haji Akhondzade, of Iran

Men's 66 kg:

• Bang Gui-Man
1. Round of 32 — Lost to Henrique Guimarães of Brazil

Men's 73 kg:

• Lee Won Hee — Gold medal
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Anatoly Laryukov of Belarus
2. Round of 16 — Defeated James Pedro, United States
3. Quarterfinal — Defeated Gennadiy Bilodid of Ukraine
4. Semifinal — Defeated Victor Bivol of Moldova
5. Final — Defeated Vitaliy Makarov of Russia

Men's 81 kg:

• Kwon Young-Woo — 7th place
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Cedric Claverie of France
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Gabriel Arteaga of Cuba
3. Quarterfinal — Lost to Ilias Iliadis of Greece
4. Repechage Round of 16 — Defeated Morgan Endicott-Davies of Australia
5. Repechage Quarterfinal — Lost to Flavio Canto of Brazil

Men's 90 kg

• Hwang Hee-Tae — 5th place
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Przemyslaw Matyjaszek of Poland
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Mark Huizinga of Netherlands
3. Quarterfinal — Defeated Keith Morgan of Canada
4. Semifinal — Lost to Hiroshi Izumi of Japan
5. Repechage Semifinal — Lost to Mark Huizinga of Netherlands

Men's 100 kg:

• Jang Sung-Ho — Silver medal
1. Round of 32 — Defeated Franck Martial Moussima Ewane of Cameroon
2. Round of 16 — Defeated Rhadi Ferguson of United States
3. Quarterfinal — Defeated Ariel Zeevi of Israel
4. Semifinal — Defeated Michael Jurack of Germany
5. Final — Lost to Ihar Makarau of Belarus

Men's + 100 kg:

• Kim Sung-Beom
1. Round of 64 — Defeated Aytami Ruano of Spain
2. Round of 32 — Lost to Paolo Bianchessi of Italy
3. Repechage Round of 32 — Defeated Vitaliy Polyanskyy of Ukraine
4. Repechage Round of 16 — Lost to Dennis van der Geest of Netherlands

Women's 48 kg:

• Ye Gue-Rin — 7th place
1. Round of 16 — Defeated Nese Sensoy Yildiz of Turkey
2. Quarterfinal — Lost to Julia Matijass of Germany
3. Repechage Quarterfinal — Lost to Gao Feng of China

Women's 52 kg:

• Lee Eun-Hee
1. Round of 16 — Lost to Amarilys Savon Carmenate of Cuba
2. Repchange Round of 32 — Lost to Sanna Askelof of Sweden

Women's 63 kg:

• Lee Bok-Hee
1. Round of 16 — Lost to Daniela Krukower of Argentina
2. Repechage Round of 16 — Lost to Lucie Decosse of France

Women's 70 kg:

• Kim Mi-Jung
1. Round of 32 — Lost to Catherine Jaques of Belgium

Women's 78 kg:

• Lee So-Yeon — 7th place
1. Round of 32 — Lost to Anastasiia Matrosova of Ukraine
2. Repechage Round of 32 — Defeated Varvara Akiritidou of Greece
3. Repechage Round of 16 — Defeated Rachel Wilding of Great Britain
4. Repechage Quarterfinal — Lost to Yurisel Laborde of Cuba

Women's + 78 kg:

• Choi Sook-Ie — 7th place
1. Round of 16 — Lost to Tea Donguzashvili of Russia
2. Repchange Round of 32 — Defeated Samah Ramadan of Egypt
3. Repechage Round of 16 — Defeated Barbara Andolina of Italy
4. Repechage Quarterfinal — Lost to Maryna Prokofyeva of Ukraine

Modern pentathlon

Men's

• Han Do-Ryung — 4936 (24th place)
• Lee Choon-Huan — 5068 (21st place)

Rowing

Women's Single Sculls

• Lee Yoon-Hui — 20th place
• Heat — 8:04.48 (heat 1, 5th place)
• Repechages — 7:59.53 (Repechage 2, 5th place)
• Semifinals — 8:03.01 (Semifinal 3, 3rd place)
• Final D — 7:53.33 (2nd place)

Women's Single Sculls

• Ham Jung-Wook — 22nd place
• Heat — 7:50.39 (Heat 5, 5th place)
• Repechages — 7:11.38 (Repechage 5, 3rd place)
• Semifinal — 7:33.70 (Semifinal E, 3rd place)
• Final D — 7:10.44 (4th place)

Sailing

Men's Mistral

• Ok Duck-Pil — 236pts, 27th place

Men's 470 class

• Kim Dae-Young & Jung Sung-Ahn — 171pts, 23rd place

Laser mixed

• Kim Ho-Kon — 255pts, 32nd place

Tennis

Men's singles:

• Lee Hyung-Taik — defeated in Round of 32 to Fernando González

Women's singles:

• Cho Yoon-Jeong — defeated in Round of 32 to Francesca Schiavone

Volleyball

Women's:

• Prelims: 3-2
• Quarterfinal: Defeated 3-0 by Russia

Officials

• President: Lee Yun-taek
• Secretary General: Park Yang-Chun

References

• sports-reference