South Korea At The 2004 Summer Paralympics
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2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...
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. The team included 82 athletes, 72 men and 10 women. Competitors from Korea won 28 medals, including 11 gold, 11 silver and 6 bronze to finish 16th in the
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Medallists


Sports


Archery


Men

, - , align=left, An Tae Sung , align=left rowspan=3, Men's individual standing , 603 , 10 , Bye ,
W 152-143 ,
W 102-76 ,
L 92-104 ,
W 108-99 , , - , align=left, Cho Hyu Kwan , 609 , 5 , Bye ,
L 142-144 , colspan=4, Did not advance , - , align=left, Lee Hak Young , 638 WR , 1 , Bye ,
L 154-155 , colspan=4, Did not advance , - , align=left, Jung Young Joo , align=left rowspan=3, Men's individual W2 , 619 , 5 ,
W 159-137 ,
W 161-149 ,
W 92-87 ,
W 109-95 ,
L 95-108 , , - , align=left,
Lee Hong Gu Lee Hong Gu(Korean language, Korean:이홍구) is a South Korean paralympic Archery, archer. He won the gold medal at the Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's team recurve, Men's team recurve event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics i ...
, 628 , 1 , Bye ,
W 162-152 ,
W 97-92 ,
L 95-109 ,
W 104-96 , , - , align=left, Lee Ouk Soo , 617 , 7 ,
W 157-146 ,
W 146-141 ,
L 91-94 , colspan=3, Did not advance , - , align=left, Jung Young Joo
Lee Hak Young
Lee Hong Gu Lee Hong Gu(Korean language, Korean:이홍구) is a South Korean paralympic Archery, archer. He won the gold medal at the Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's team recurve, Men's team recurve event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics i ...
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W 217-213 ,
W 236-231 ,
W 236-223 ,


Women

, - , align=left, Ko Hee Sook , align=left, Women's individual W1/W2 , 601 , 2 , N/A ,
W 156-99 ,
W 98-92 ,
L 89-91 ,
L 99-90 , 4 , - , align=left, Lee Hwa Sook , align=left rowspan=2, Women's individual standing , 577 , 4 , N/A ,
W 136-127 ,
L 78-88 , colspan=3, Did not advance , - , align=left, Lee Kyong Hee , 552 , 6 , N/A ,
L 126-134 , colspan=4, Did not advance , - , align=left, Ko Hee Sook
Lee Hwa Sook
Lee Kyung Hee , align=left, Women's team open , 1730 , 2 , colspan=2, N/A ,
W 201-198 ,
L 194-205 ,
W 213-201 ,


Athletics


Men's track


Men's field


Boccia


Football 5-a-side

The men's football 5-a-side team didn't win any medals. They were 6th out of 6 teams.


Players

* Bae Gwang Yong * Kim Kyoung Ho * Lee Dae Won * Lee Heung Joo * Lee Jin Won * Lee Ok Hyeong * Oh Young Kyun * Park Meong Su * Yoong Jong Suk * You Myoung Goo


Tournament


Goalball

The men's goalball team didn't win any medals. They were 8th out of 8 teams.


Players

* Hong Jang Hyun * Kim Chul Hwan * Lee Sun Haeng * Lee Yoon Bong * Oh Jeong Hwan * Won Pong Pil


Tournament


Judo


Powerlifting


Men


Women


Shooting


Men


Women


Swimming


Men


Table tennis


Singles


Teams


Wheelchair fencing


Men


Wheelchair tennis


Men


Women


See also

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South Korea at the Paralympics The Republic of Korea (South Korea) first participated at the Paralympic Games in 1968, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Paralympic Games since then. South Korea has also participated in every Winter Paralympic Games since the ...
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South Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics South Korea competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. ...


References

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