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, as ''Korea'', competed at the

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. 42 competitors (32 men and 10 women), took part in 24 events in 8 sports.

Medalists

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, South Korea entered three women. Their highest placing competitor was Kim Ho-gu, at 7th place in the women's competition. Women's Individual Competition: * Kim Ho-gu - 2369 points (7th place) * Ju Chun-sam - 2349 points (12th place) * Kim Hyang-min - 2275 points (20th place)

Athletics

Men's High Jump * Park Sang-soo :* Qualification Round — 2.00m (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Lee Chung-ping, Soo Wen-ho, Chen Chin-lung, and Chen Ming-chih :* Heat — 41.78s (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put * Paik Ok-ja :* Qualification Round — 15.78m (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw * Paik Ok-ja :* Qualification Round — DNS (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (–71 kg) * Jae Keun-lim :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2 :* Third Round — Lost to

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(CUB), TKO-2

Judo

Shooting

Five male shooters represented South Korea in 1972. ;Open

Swimming

Men's 400 m freestyle: * Cho Oh-ryun - Heat: 4:21.78 (did not advance) Men's 1500 m freestyle * Cho Oh-ryun - Heat: 17:29.23 (did not advance)

Volleyball

Men's: 7th place * Roster: Choi Jong-ok,

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, Kim Kyui-hwan, Lee Chun-pio, Lee In,

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, and Park Kee-won * Preliminary round: 2-3 * Semi–Final: Lost to

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(0-3) * Final: Defeated

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(3-0) Women's: 4th place * Roster:

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, Kim Eun-hui, Kim Young-ja, Lee In-sook,

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, Lee Kyung-ai, Lee Kyung-sook,

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, Yoon Young-nae, Yu Jung-hye, and Yu Kyung-hwa * Preliminary round: 2-1 * Semi–Final: Lost to Japan (0-3) * Final: Lost to D.P.R. Korea (0-3)

Weightlifting

Lightweight: *

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- 427.5 kg (7th place)

Wrestling

References

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