South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the
2024 Summer Olympics
South Korea at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	49 in 9 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

South Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Athletics	1	0	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Diving	1	0	1
Gymnastics	2	5	7
Handball	0	14	14
Modern pentathlon	1	1	2
Shooting	3	7	10
Swimming	6	2	8
Total	18	31	49

Archery

South Korea entered four archers to compete at the games. The nation's fielded full squad of men's team recurve by scoring a successful gold-medal victory and obtaining the first of three available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[1] Meanwhile, the nation's entered one individual female archer's to compete in the individual recurve event by virtue of the result at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's individual			0
				0
				0
	Men's team			—
	Women's individual			0
	Mixed team			—

Athletics

South Korean track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[3]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Woo Sang-hyeok	Men's high jump

Cycling

Road

South Korea entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Women's road race

Diving

South Korea divers secured a quota place in the men's individual platform for Paris 2024 by virtue of top twelve individual results at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Yeong-taek	Men's 10 m platform

Gymnastics

Artistic

South Korea entered seven gymnasts into Paris. South Korea's men team earned the right to send an individual gymnast to the Games by finishing as one of the three strongest non-qualified nations at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Lee Jun-ho also officially booked his Olympic ticket at the same championships as one the highest-ranked eight All-Around gymnasts who did not have a pathway to Paris as part of a qualified team.[5] Meanwhile, five other female gymnasts qualified for the games after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

Men
Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Lee Jun-ho	All-around
	All-around

Women
Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
	Team											—




Total

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Korea women's	Women's tournament

Women's tournament

South Korea women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament in Hiroshima, Japan.[6]

Team roster

Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Modern pentathlon

South Korean modern pentathletes confirmed two quota places for Paris 2024. Jun Woong-tae and Kim Sun-woo secured her spots in the men's and women's event by winning the gold and silver medal in their respective class and obtained one of five available spots at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[7]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
Jun Woong-tae	Men's
Kim Sun-woo	Women's

Shooting

South Korean shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Men's 10 m air pistol
	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
	Men's skeet
	Women's 10 m air rifle
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions
	Women's 10 m air pistol
	Women's 10 m air pistol
	Women's 25 m pistol
	Women's 25 m pistol
	Women's skeet

Swimming

South Korean swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ji Yu-chan	50 m freestyle
Hwang Sun-woo	100 m freestyle
Hwang Sun-woo	200 m freestyle
Lee Ho-joon	200 m freestyle
Kim Woo-min	400 m freestyle
Kim Woo-min	800 m freestyle			—
Lee Ju-ho	100 m backstroke
Lee Ju-ho	200 m backstroke
Choi Dong-yeol	100 m breaststroke

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Eun-ji	200 m backstroke
Kim Seo-yeong	200 m medley

References

"First official Paris 2024 Olympic quotas awarded at worlds in Berlin". World Archery Federation. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
"Five of six Olympic quotas awarded at Asian Games in Hangzhou". World Archery. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
"Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
"Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
"Final nine Men's Artistic Gymnastics teams solidify Olympic team qualification in Paris". FIG. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
"South Korea seal women's handball spot at Paris 2024 Olympics". Inside The Games. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
"19TH ASIAN GAMES: ZHANG (CHN) AND JUN (KOR) CELEBRATE GOLD AND PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
"Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
"Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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[1] "First official Paris 2024 Olympic quotas awarded at worlds in Berlin". World Archery Federation. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[2] "Five of six Olympic quotas awarded at Asian Games in Hangzhou". World Archery. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[3] "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[4] "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[5] "Final nine Men's Artistic Gymnastics teams solidify Olympic team qualification in Paris". FIG. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

[6] "South Korea seal women's handball spot at Paris 2024 Olympics". Inside The Games. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[7] "19TH ASIAN GAMES: ZHANG (CHN) AND JUN (KOR) CELEBRATE GOLD AND PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

[8] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[9] "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

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