North Korea competed as the ''Democratic People's Republic of Korea'' at the

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. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Unification Flag of Korea.

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North Korea sent only one woman to the

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competition in Sydney. She was undefeated until her semifinal match with an archer from South Korea. She also lost her bronze medal match, again to a South Korean archer.

Athletics

Men's marathon * Kim Jung-Won *# Final – 2:18:04 (29th place) * Kim Jong-Chol *# Final – 2:18:04 (30th place) * Kil Jae-Son *# Final – 2:25:13 (59th place) Women's Marathon * Ham Bong-Sil *# Final – 2:27:07 (8th place) *

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*# Final – 2:31:40 (20th place) * Kim Chang-Ok *# Final – 2:35:32 (28th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Un Chol Kim – Bronze Medal **Round 1 – Defeated Sebusiso Keketsi of Lesotho **Round 2 – Defeated Pál Lakatos of Hungary **Quarterfinal – Defeated Ivanas Stapovičius of Lithuania **Semifinal – Lost to

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of Spain

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard * Yong – Ryong Pak *# Preliminary – 271.47 (47th place, did not advance) Men's 10 Metre Platform * Hyong – Gil Choe *# Preliminary – 448.41 *# Semi-final – 185.52 – 633.93 *# Final – 377.46 – 562.98 (12th place) Men's 10 Metre Platform * Yong – Ryong Pak *# Preliminary – 400.29 *# Semi-final – 181.74 – 582.03 (16th place, did not advance) Women's 3 Metre Springboard * Ok Rim Ri *# Preliminary – 238.77 (26th place, did not advance) Women's 3 Metre Springboard * Song Hui Choe *# Preliminary – 222.84 (33rd place, did not advance) Women's 10 Metre Platform * Ok Rim Ri *# Preliminary – 262.20 (22nd place, did not advance) Women's 10 Metre Platform * Myong Hwa Choe *# Preliminary – 308.73 *# Semi-final – 183.84 – 492.57 *# Final – 269.22 – 453.06 (10th place)

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Duet * Son Yong Choe, Yong Hui Jo :* Technical Routine – 29.867 Did not compete in free routine

Medalists

Results by event

Archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

Athletics

Boxing

Diving

Synchronized swimming Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ...

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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