Lee Chang-hwan (; born 16 March 1982) is a professional archer from South Korea. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

with the men's team consisting of himself, Im Dong-hyun, Jang Yong-ho and

Park Kyung-mo Park Kyung-mo (; born August 15, 1975) is an archer from South Korea. He has won gold medals at the three major World Archery Federation events (Olympics, World Archery Championships and World Cup finals) and is a form ...

2008 Summer Olympics

At the

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in Beijing Lee finished his ranking round with a total of 669 points, ten points behind leader Juan René Serrano. This gave him the tenth seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced

Jiang Lin Jiang Lin (; born 23 October 1981 in Qingdao, Shandong) is a male archery, archer from the People's Republic of China. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Jiang finished his ranking round with a total of 632 points ...

in the first round, beating the Chinese 112–108. In the second round Lee was too strong for Yusuf Ergin (117-109), breaking the Olympic Record. However, in the third round Lee and Cheng Chu-sian both came to 105 points and in the extra round Lee scored 18 points, while Cheng scored 19 points and eliminated Lee. Together with Im Dong-hyun and

, he also took part in the team event. With his 669 score from the ranking round combined with the 670 of Im and the 676 of Park the Koreans were in first position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter-finals. With 224-222 they were too strong for the Polish team and in the semi-final they beat home nation

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221–218. In the final Italy came close, but South Korea took the title with 227–225.

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2008 Summer Olympics

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