South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

was the host nation and competed as ''Korea'' at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

. 401 competitors, 269 men and 132 women, took part in 218 events in 27 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Republic of Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Archery

Korea's third appearance in Olympic archery was even more successful than its previous one. The women's team was flawless, winning all three of the individual medals and the team gold. The men also won the team gold, with

Park Sung-soo Park Sung-soo (born May 19, 1970) is a South Korean archer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest me ...

adding a fourth individual medal to bring the Koreans' total to six. Women's Individual Competition: *

Kim Soo-nyung Kim Soo-nyung (born April 5, 1971 in Chungcheongbuk-do) is a former member of the South Korean Olympic archery team in 1988, 1992, and 2000. She has earned a total of four gold medals at the Olympics, one for the individual ...

— Final (→ Gold Medal) *

Wang Hee-kyung Wang Hee-kyung (born July 16, 1970) is a South Korean archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and lar ...

— Final (→ Silver Medal) *

Yun Young-sook Yun Young-sook (born September 10, 1971) is a South Korean archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropol ...

— Final (→ Bronze Medal) Men's Individual Competition: *

— Final (→ Silver Medal) * Chun In-soo — Final (→ 4th place) * Lee Han-sup — Semifinal (→ 10th place) Women's Team Competition: * Kim, Wang, and Yun — Final → ( Gold Medal) Men's Team Competition: * Park, Chun, and Lee — Final → ( Gold Medal)

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres * Lee Sang-keun :* Heat — 29:37.14 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *

Kim Won-tak Kim Won-Tak (born July 21, 1964) is a South Korean long-distance runner who competed in the late 1980s. Biography He is best known for his role at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, when he shared the lighting of the Oly ...

:* Final — 2:15.44 (→ 18th place) * Yoo Jae-sung :* Final — 2:20.11 (→ 31st place) * Gwon Seong-nak :* Final — DNF Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Sung Nak-kun, Shim Duk-sup, Kim Bock-sup, and Jang Jae-keun :* Heat — 39.61 :* Semi Final — 39.43 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay *

Hwang Hong-chul Hwang Hong-cheol (born 27 February 1966) is a South Korean sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commo ...

, Yoon Nam-han, Ryu Tae-keong, and Cho Jin-saeng :* Heat — 3:14.71 (→ did not advance) Men's 3.000 m Steeplechase * Cha Han-sik :* Heat — 8:59.82 (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump *

Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...

:* Qualification – 7.70m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw * Lee Joo-hyong :* Qualifying Heat — 55.98m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put * Han Min-soo :* Qualifying heat – 15.68m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw * Min Se-hoon :* Qualifying heat – 47.84m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw * Lee Wook-jong :* Qualification — 78.10m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Lee Kwang-ik — 6917 points (→ 33rd place) :# 100 metres — 11.57s :# Long Jump — 7.19m :# Shot Put — 10.27m :# High Jump — 1.91m :# 400 metres — 50.71s :# 110m Hurdles — 16.20s :# Discus Throw — 34.36m :# Pole Vault — 4.10m :# Javelin Throw — 54.94m :# 1.500 metres — 4:29.98s Men's 20 km Walk * Chung Pil-hwa :* Final — 1:32:23 (→ 46th place) * Jung Myong-oh :* Final — 1:40:09 (→ 49th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Relay * Yoon Mi-kyong, Woo Yang-ja, Park Mi-seon, and Lee Young-sook :* Heat — 45.83 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 400 m Relay * Yang Kyoung-hee, Choi Se-beom, Lim Chun-ae, and Kim Soon-ja :* Heat — 3:51.09 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon * Lee Mi-ok :* Final — 2:32.51 (→ 15th place) * Lim Eun-joo :* Final — 2:38.21 (→ 37th place) * Kim Mi-gyeong :* Final — did not start (→ no ranking) Women's Discus Throw * Kim Chun-hee :* Qualification – 45.88m (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw * Yoo Chun-ok :* Qualification – 48.26m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put * Choi Mi-seon :* Qualification — 13.97m (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon * Ji Jeong-mi :* Final Result — 5289 points (→ 24th place)

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Classification round 9–12 ;Classification round 9/10

Women's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Classification 5–8 ;Classification 7/8

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists, eleven men and four women, represented South Korea in 1988. ; Men's road race * Park Hyeon-gon * Lee Jin-ok * Sin Dae-cheol ; Men's team time trial * Jo Deok-haeng * Lee Jin-ok * Park Hyeon-gon * Yu Byeong-heon ; Men's sprint * Eom Yeong-seop ; Men's 1 km time trial * Eom Yeong-seop ; Men's individual pursuit *

Park Min-su Park Min-su (born 12 August 1970) is a South Korean former cyclist. He competed at the 1988, 1992 and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly ...

; Men's team pursuit * An U-hyeok * Jeong Jeom-sik * Kim Yong-gyu *

; Men's points race * Do Eun-cheol ; Women's road race * Kim Gyeong-suk * No Yeom-ju * Hong Yeong-mi ; Women's sprint * Kim Jin-yeong

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented South Korea in 1988. ; Men's foil *

Kim Seung-pyo Kim Seung-pyo (born 1 October 1965) is a South Korean fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics ...

* Go Nak-chun * Kim Yong-guk ; Men's team foil * Hong Yeong-seung,

, Kim Yong-guk, Go Nak-chun, Lee Yeong-rok ; Men's épée * Lee Sang-gi * Yun Nam-jin * Lee Il-hui ; Men's team épée *

Jo Hui-je Cho Hee-jae (born 22 October 1965) is a South Korean fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seou ...

, Lee Il-hui, Lee Sang-gi, Yang Dal-sik, Yun Nam-jin ; Men's sabre * Lee Byeong-nam * Kim Sang-uk * Lee Uk-jae ; Men's team sabre * Kim Sang-uk, Lee Byeong-nam, Lee Hyo-geun, Lee Hyeon-su, Lee Uk-jae ; Women's foil * Tak Jeong-im * Shin Seong-ja * Park Eun-hui ; Women's team foil * Kim Jin-sun, Shin Seong-ja, Tak Jeong-im,

Yun Jeong-suk Yun Jeong-suk (born 11 July 1966) is a South Korean fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known a ...

, Park Eun-hui

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group B) :* South Korea — Great Britain 2–2 :* South Korea — Soviet Union 1–3 :* South Korea — India 1–3 :* South Korea — West Germany 0–1 :* South Korea — Canada 1–1 * Classification Matches :* 9th–12th place: South Korea — Kenya 5–2 :* 9th–10th place: South Korea — Spain 0–2 (→ Tenth place) * Team roster :* (1.)

Song Suk-chan Song Seok-chan (born 18 May 1965) is a South Korean field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly know ...

:* (2.) Kim Yeong-jun :* (3.) Kim Jong-kap :* (4.) Chung Boo-jin :* (5.) Chung Kye-suk :* (6.) Kim Jae-chun :* (7.)

Kwon Soon-pil Kwon Sun-pil (born 7 July 1967) is a South Korean field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known ...

:* (8.) Mo Ji-young :* (9.) Ji Jae-kwan :* (10.) Kim Man-whe :* (11.)

Han Jin-soo Han Jin-su (born 16 December 1965) is a South Korean field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly kno ...

:* (12.) Lee Heung-pyo :* (13.) Hur Sang-young :* (14.) Park Jae-sik :* (15.)

Yoo Seung-jin Yu Seung-jin (born 20 January 1969) is a former South Korean field hockey player and currently a head coach. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.He is the head coach of Monarch Mart Padma Monarch Padma (Bengal ...

:* (16.) Shin Suk-kyun * Head coach: Yoo Seung-in

Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary round (group B) :* South Korea — West Germany 4–1 :* South Korea — Canada 3–1 :* South Korea — Australia 5–5 * Semi Finals :* South Korea — Great Britain 1–0 * Final :* South Korea — Australia 0–2 (→ Silver Medal) * Team roster :* (1.) Kim Mi-sun :* (2.) Han Ok-kyung :* (3.) Chang Eun-jung :* (4.) Han Keum-sil :* (5.) Choi Choon-ok :* (6.) Kim Soon-duk :* (7.)

Chung Sang-hyun Chung Sang-Hyun (born 17 January 1963) is a South Korean former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1963 births Living people South Korean female field hockey players Olympic fie ...

:* (8.) Jin Won-sim :* (9.) Hwang Keum-sook :* (10.) Cho Ki-hyang :* (11.) Seo Kwang-mi :* (12.) Park Soon-ja :* (13.)

Kim Young-sook Kim Young-sook (; born 1947) was the second wife of Kim Jong-il. She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official, and was a switchboard operator in North Hamgyong Province before moving to Pyongyang. Kim Jong-il's father, Kim Il-sun ...

:* (14.) Seo Hyo-sun :* (15.) Lim Kye-sook :* (16.) Chung Eun-kyung *Head coach: Yoo Young-chae

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented South Korea in 1988. Men's Individual Competition: * Kim Myeong-geon — 5099 pts, 12th place *

Gang Gyeong-hyo Gang Gyeong-hyo (born 23 November 1964), also known as Kang Kyung-hyo, is a South Korean modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad ...

— 5074 pts, 13th place * Kim Seong-ho — 3854 pts, 61st place Men's Team Competition: * Kim, Kang, and Kim — 14027 pts, 14th place

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Twenty two South Korean shooters (fourteen men and eight women) qualified to compete in the following events: ;Men ;Women ;Open

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle * Song Kwang-sun *# Heat – 25.40 (→ did not advance, 54th place) Men's 100 m Freestyle * Kwon Sang-won *# Heat – 54.34 (→ did not advance, 55th place) * Song Kwang-sun *# Heat – 54.63 (→ did not advance, 57th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Kwon Sang-won *# Heat – 1:56.88 (→ did not advance, 45th place) * Kwon Soon-kun *# Heat – 1:58.95 (→ did not advance, 54th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Yang Wook *# Heat – 4:05.81 (→ did not advance, 39th place) * Kwon Soon-kun *# Heat – 4:08.02 (→ did not advance, 42nd place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Yang Wook *# Heat – 16:21.10 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke * Park Dong-pil *# Heat – 1:01.25 (→ did not advance, 40th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke * Park Dong-pil *# Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Yoon Joo-il Yun Ju-il (born 26 January 1973) is a South Korean breaststroke Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics, three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1973 births Living ...

*# Heat – 1:04.68 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke *

* 1973 births Living ...

*# Heat – 2:19.94 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100 m Butterfly *

Park Yeong-cheol Park Yeong-cheol (born 16 April 1969) is a South Korean butterfly Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics, three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1969 births Livi ...

*# Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 38th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly *

* 1969 births Livi ...

*# Heat – 2:08.57 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

Lee Jae-soo Lee Jae-su (born 8 March 1968) is a South Korean swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서 ...

*# Heat – 2:11.88 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley *

*# Heat – 4:40.46 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Kwon Sang-won, Yang Wook, Song Kwang-sun, and Kwon Soon-kun *# Heat – 3:38.05 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Kwon Sang-won, Yang Wook, Song Kwang-sun, and Kwon Soon-kun *# Heat – 7:52.93 (→ did not advance, 12th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Park Dong-pil,

Yoon Joo-Il Yun Ju-il (born 26 January 1973) is a South Korean breaststroke Swimming (sport), swimmer. He competed in Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics, three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1973 births Living ...

* 1969 births Livi ...

, and Kwon Sang-won *# Heat – 3:56.94 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Women's 50 m Freestyle * Han Young-hee *# Heat – 28.02 (→ did not advance, 34th place) * Park Joo-li *# Heat – 28.20 (→ did not advance, 36th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle * Kim Eun-jung *# Heat – 1:00.39 (→ did not advance, 43rd place) * Han Young-hee *# Heat – 1:01.72 (→ did not advance, 46th place) Women's 200 m Freestyle * Kim Eun-jung *# Heat – 2:10.85 (→ did not advance, 37th place) * Park Joo-li *# Heat – 2:11.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place) Women's 100 m Backstroke *

Hong Ji-hee Hong Ji-hee (; Born in Seoul July 27, 1988) is a South Korean movie, television and musical actress. Hong made her debut as a musical actress in the 5th season of the open run musical "Finding Kim Jong-wook" in 2011, after graduating from the ...

*# Heat – 1:08.33 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke *

*# Heat – 2:24.58 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Park Sung-won *# Heat – 1:12.32 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke * Park Sung-won *# Heat – 2:39.40 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Women's 100 m Butterfly * Lee Hong-mi *# Heat – 1:04.36 (→ did not advance, 26th place) * Kim Soo-jin *# Heat – 1:06.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly * Kim Soo-jin *# Heat – 2:19.00 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay * Kim Eun-jung, Han Young-hee, Park Joo-li, and Lee Hong-mi *# Heat – 4:03.18 (→ did not advance, 13th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Park Sung-won, Lee Hong-mi, and Han Young-hee *# Heat – 4:28.90 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented South Korea in 1988. ; Women's solo * Ha Su-gyeong * Choi Jeong-yun * Kim Mi-jinsu ; Women's duet * Ha Su-gyeong * Kim Mi-jinsu

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Kim Bong-soo Kim Bong-soo may refer to: * Kim Bong-soo (tennis) * Kim Bong-soo (footballer, born 1970) * Kim Bong-soo (footballer, born 1999) See also * Kim Bum-soo (disambiguation) {{hndis, Kim, Bong-soo ...

*# First round — Defeated George Kalovelonis (Greece) 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–7, 6–3 *# Second round — Defeated

Henri Leconte Henri Leconte (born 4 July 1963) is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte's ...

(France) 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 *# Third round — Lost to

Martín Jaite Martín Jaite (born 9 October 1964) is a former top-10 professional tennis player from Argentina. Jaite's career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking was world no. 10, which he achieved in the summer of 1990, and he won a t ...

(Argentina) 4–6, 1–6, 3–6 *

Yoo Jin-sun Yoo Jin-sun (born July 12, 1962 in Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do) is a former tennis player from South Korea, who represented his native country as a qualifier at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There he was defeated in the first round by the n ...

*# First round — Lost to

Amos Mansdorf Amos Mansdorf ( he, עמוס מנסדורף; born 20 October 1965) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 18 (achieved in November 1987), the highest ever for any male Israeli tennis playe ...

(Israel) 2–6, 4–6, 5–7 * Song Dong-wook *# First round — Lost to

Tim Mayotte Timothy Mayotte (born August 3, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Professional career A tall serve-and-volleyer, Mayotte learned to play the game on the public courts of Forest Park in his hometown of Springfi ...

(USA) 3–6, 3–6, 4–6 Women's Singles Competition *

Lee Jeong-myung Lee Jeong-myung ( ko, 이정명, born September 8, 1967) is a retired female tennis player from South Korea, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul S ...

*# First Round – Bye *# Second Round – Lost to

Catherine Suire Catherine Suire (born 15 September 1959) is a French former tennis player who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She won eight doubles titles in her professional career, and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour T ...

(France) 5–7, 6–4, 5–7 *

Kim Il-soon Kim Il-soon (Hangul:김일순; born January 24, 1969) is a retired female tennis player from South Korea, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil plat ...

*# First Round – Defeated

Etsuko Inoue is a retired tennis player from Japan. Inoue twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1984 (Los Angeles, California) and 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and ...

(Japan) 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 *# Second Round – Defeated

Helena Suková Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...

(Czechoslovakia) 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 *# Third Round – Lost to Larisa Neiland (Soviet Union) 3–6, 6–7

Volleyball

Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group A) :* Lost to Sweden (2–3) :* Defeated Brazil (3–2) :* Lost to Soviet Union (0–3) :* Lost to Bulgaria (0–3) :* Lost to Italy (0–3) * Classification Matches :* 9th/12th place: Lost to Japan (2–3) :* 11th/12th place: Defeated Tunisia (3–0) → 11th place * Team roster :* Choi Chon-sik :* Lee Sang-yul :* Chang Yun-chang :*

Han Jang-sok Han Jang-sok (born 1 July 1962) is a South Korean volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...

:* Lee Seong-hui :* Kim Eun-sok :* Park Sam-yong :* Lee Myung-hak :*

Kim Ho-chul Kim Ho-Chul ( ko, 김호철; born November 13, 1955) is a former volleyball player and head coach from South Korea. Kim was nicknamed magico, for his fantastic playing as a setter when he was a player in Italy. He contributed to South Korea men ...

Lee Chae-on Lee Chae-on (born 28 May 1963) is a South Korean volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...

:* Lee Jong-kyung :* Jung Eu-tak * Head coach: Lee Kyu-so

Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary round (group A) :* Defeated East Germany (3–1) :* Lost to Soviet Union (0–3) :* Lost to Japan (1–3) * Classification Matches :* 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (2–3) :* 7th/8th place: Lost to United States (2–3) → 8th place * Team roster :* Park Mi-hee :* Kim Kyung-hee :* Kim Kui-soon :*

Lim Hye-sook Lim or LIM may refer to: Name * Lim (Korean surname), a common Korean surname * Lim (Chinese surname), Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew and Hainanese spelling of the Chinese family name "Lin" * Liza Lim (born 1966), Australian classical composer Abbrevi ...

:* Yoo Young-mi :* Nam Soon-ok :* Yoon Chung-hye :* Park Bok-rye :* Kim Yoon-hye :* Sun Mi-sook :* Moon Sun-hee :* Ji Kyung-hee * Head coach: Hwang Sung-on

Water polo

Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group A) :* Lost to France (5–16) :* Lost to Italy (1–11) :* Lost to West Germany (2–18) :* Lost to Soviet Union (4–17) :* Lost to Australia (2–13) * Classification Round (Group E) :* Lost to Greece (7–17) :* Lost to China (7–14) → Twelfth place * Team roster :*

Lee Jung-suk Lee Jung-Suk (born July 6, 1982 in South Korea) is a South Korean retired professional basketball player. He spent most of his playing career at the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League and also played for the South Korean nat ...

:* Chang Si-young :* Kim Sung-eun :* Yoo Seung-hoon :* Kim Ki-choon :* Kim Jae-yun :*

Choi Sun-young Choi Seon-yong (born 17 March 1963) is a South Korean water polo player. He competed in the Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics. References

1963 births Living people South Korean male wa ...

:* Kim Kil-hwan :* Kim Jin-tae :*

Song Seung-ho Song Seung-ho (born 24 December 1965) is a South Korean water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly kn ...

:* Hong Soon-bo :* Lee Taek-won :*

Park Sang-won Park Sang-won (born April 5, 1959) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in four of the highest-rating Korean dramas of all time, ''Eyes of Dawn'' (1991), '' Sandglass'' (1995), '' First Love'' (1996), and You and I. Filmogr ...

* Head coach: Kim Jong-ku

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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