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competed at the

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. The country's delegation consisted of 79 competitors and 54 officials. Among the competitors were world record holders Park Jong-chul in powerlifting, Min Byeong-eon in swimming and

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in athletics. The team's athletics (track and field) director was Yu Hee-sang. Other members of the team included wheelchair racers Hong Duk-ho and

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. The group left for Beijing on September 1, five days before the start of the games.

Medallists

Sports

Archery

Men

, - , align=left, Go Sung Kil , rowspan=3 align=left, Men's individual compound open , 680 , 4 , Bye ,
L 112-113 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Kweon Hyun Ju , 662 , 17 ,
L 106-106* , colspan=5, did not advance , - , align=left, Lee Ouk Soo , 686 , 2 , Bye ,
L 112-115 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, An Seong Pyo , align=left, Men's individual compound W1 , 619 , 6 , ,
W 104-100 ,
L 104-106 , colspan=3, did not advance , - , align=left, An Tae Sung , rowspan=3 align=left, Men's individual recurce standing , 580 , 17 ,
W 96-95 ,
L 98-101 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Cho Hyun Kwan , 625 , 4 , Bye ,
L 96-101 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left,

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, 594 , 15 ,
L 91-102 , colspan=5, did not advance , - , align=left, Jung Young Joo , rowspan=3 align=left, Men's individual recurve W1/W2 , 616 , 9 ,
W 102-88 ,
W 106-94 ,
L 102-103 , colspan=3, did not advance , - , align=left, Kim Hong Kyu , 632 , 2 , Bye ,
L 99-104 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Lee Hong Gu , 629 , 3 ,
W 105-80 ,
W 108-103 ,
L 104-105 , colspan=3, did not advance , - , align=left, Cho Hyun Kwan
Kim Hong Kyu
Lee Hong Gu , align=left, Men's team recurve , 1886 WR , 1 , , Bye ,
W 188-187 ,
W 201-188 ,
W 209-206 , * - Kweon Hyun Ju's round of 32 match against Eric Bennett was decided by additional arrows: Kweon won 9, 8 while Bennett scored 9, 9. Bennett succeeded through to the next round.

Women

, - , align=left, Kim Ki Hee , rowspan=3 align=left, Women's individual recurve standing , 567 , 5 , Bye ,
W 85-79 ,
L 85-86 , colspan=3, did not advance , - , align=left, Kim Ran Sook , 564 , 6 , Bye ,
L 85-98 , colspan=4, did not advance , - , align=left, Lee Hwa Sook , 614 WR , 1 , Bye ,
W 101-97 ,
W 107-96 ,
W 101-100 ,
W 103-92 , , - , align=left, Kim Ki Hee
Kim Ran Sook
Lee Hwa Sook , align=left, Women's team recurve , 1745 , 2 , colspan=2 ,
W 178-161 ,
W 199-184 ,
L 177-205 ,

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Boccia

Cycling

Men's road

Men's track

Football 5-a-side

The men's football team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out 6 teams.

Players

* Hur Suk * Ji Jun Min * Jo Woo Hyung * Kim Jae Sik * Kim Jung Hoon *

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* Lee Jin Won * Oh Yong Kyun *

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* Yoon Jong Suk

Tournament

;5th-6th classification

Judo

Men

Powerlifting

Men

Women

Rowing

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Men

Women

Teams

Wheelchair fencing

Men

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Women

References

{{NPCin2008SummerParalympics Nations at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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