South Korea competed at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
The 2024 Paralympic Games, Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), commonly known as the Games of the XVII Paralympiad, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international Multi-sport event, multi-sport paraspo ...
in
Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
South Korea entered five athletes into the games by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in
Plzeň
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,
Czech Republic and 2023 Asian Championships in
Bangkok, Thailand.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Athletics
South Korean track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the
2023 World Championships,
2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
;Track events
Badminton
South Korea has qualified six para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.
;Men
;Women
Boccia
South Korea confirmed two quotas (one in men and one in women), by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC3 pairs event, at the 2023 Asian/Oceanian Championships in
Hong Kong; the nations also secured one teams quota in mixed BC1/BC2 teams through the final world ranking.
Goalball
;Summary
Women's tournament
The South Korean women's goalball team entered the Paralympic games after being the runner-up at
2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships in
Matosinhos
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,
Portugal.
;Team roster
;Group stage
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;Quarter-finals
;Seventh place match
Paracanoeing
South Korea earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in
Szeged, Hungary.
Rowing
Kazakhstan qualified one boats in women's single sculls classes, by virtue of the highest ranked eligible boats, at the 2024 Asia/Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in
Chungju
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The city is famous for the annual martial arts festival held in October. Also of note, former UN Secretary-G ...
.
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
Shooting
South Korea entered twelve para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup,
2022 World Championships,
2023 World Championships and
2022 Asian Para Games
)
, Host city = Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
, Nations participating =
, Athletes participating = 4,000 (Expected)
, Events = 616 in 22 sports (in 24 disciplines)
, Opening ceremony = 22 October 2023
, Closing cere ...
, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Swimming
South Korea entered six swimmers (five men and one woman), by virtue of the results at the
2023 World Para Swimming Championships
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after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines; and through the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Table tennis
South Korea entered fifteen table tennis players to compete for Paris 2024. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, at the
2022 Asian Para Games
)
, Host city = Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
, Nations participating =
, Athletes participating = 4,000 (Expected)
, Events = 616 in 22 sports (in 24 disciplines)
, Opening ceremony = 22 October 2023
, Closing cere ...
in
Hangzhou;
meanwhile, the other eleven athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final ranking.
;Men
;Women
Taekwondo
South Korea entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition.
Joo Jeong-hun qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in men's 80 kg class; meanwhile Lee Dong-ho qualified for Paris 2024, after winning the gold medal results in under 63 class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in
Tai'an, China.
Wheelchair tennis
See also
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South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
*
South Korea at the Paralympics
References
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Predicted and scheduled events
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