North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

competed as the ''Democratic People's Republic of Korea'' at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...

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, Canada.

Medalists

Gold

Gu Yong-ju Ku Yong-jo (July 17, 1955 – March 2001) was a boxer from North Korea, who won the gold medal in the bantamweight (–54 kg) division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In the final, he defeated American boxer ...

— Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Silver

* Ri Byong-uk — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Results by event

Archery

1976 was the first time that North Korea competed in archery in the Olympics. Two women competed, taking 4th and 10th place to put North Korea at fifth place in the archery national leaderboard. Women's Individual Competition: * Jang Sun-yong – 2405 points (→ 4th place) *

Han Sun-hi Han Sun-hi (born 3 May 1955) is a North Korean Olympic archer. She represented her country in the women's individual competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She came 10th place after both rounds, finishing with 2347 points. She won a bronze me ...

– 2347 points (→ 10th place)

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

Men's Marathon * Choe Chang-sop — 2:16:33 (→ 12th place) * Kim Chang-son — 2:27:38 (→ 44th place) * Goh Chun-son — 2:31:54 (→ 52nd place)

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Ri Byong-uk *# First Round – Defeated Sidney McKnight (CAN), KO-1 *# Second Round – Defeated

Henryk Średnicki Henryk Średnicki (17 January 1955, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland – 10 April 2016, Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland) was a Polish amateur boxer who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. Średnicki was best ...

(POL), 3:2 *# Quarterfinals – Defeated

Armando Guevara Ramón Armando Guevara (born January 16, 1955) is a former boxer from Venezuela, who twice competed at the Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1980. He won the bronze medal at the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships The World Amateur Boxing Cham ...

(VEN), 3:2 *# Semifinals – Defeated Payao Pooltarat (THA), RSC-2 *# Final – Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), 1:4 → Med_2

Silver Medal Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Jong Jo-ung *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Joachim Schür (FRG), RSC-2 *# Third Round — Defeated

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(ESP), 3:2 *# Quarterfinal — Lost to David Torosyan (URS), 0:5

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Men's freestyle 48 kg * Li Yong-namOfficial Report
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Kim Hwa-kyung Kim Hwa-kyung (born 18 July 1949) is a South Korean wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 48 kg at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights en ...

(KOR), 10 - 11 *# Second Round — Defeated Claudio Pollio (ITA), 35 - 7 *# Third Round — Lost to Sobhan Rouhi (IRI), 14 - 13 *# Fourth Round — Bye *# Fifth Round — Lost to Akira Kudo (JPN), 2 - 16 → 6th place Men's freestyle 52 kg * Li Bong-sun *# First Round — Defeated Diego Lo Brutto (FRA), 21 - 16 *# Second Round — Defeated Fritz Niebler (GER), 4:58 (won by fall) *# Third Round — Lost to Eloy Abreu (CUB), 16 - 12 *# Fourth Round — Lost to Aleksandr Ivanov (URS), 22 - 19 → 7th place Men's freestyle 57 kg * Li Ho-pyong *# First Round Lost to

Vladimir Yumin Vladimir Sergeyevich Yumin (russian: Владимир Сергеевич Юмин; 18 December 1951 – 4 March 2016) was a Russian freestyle wrestler. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and world titles in 1974, 1977, 1978 and 1979, placing se ...

(URS), 20 - 5 *# Second Round Bye *# Third Round Defeated Zbigniew Żedzicki (POL), 13 - 10 *# Fourth Round Lost to

Masao Arai is a Japanese former wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime ...

(JPN), 7 - 18

References

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics Korea, North

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

1976 in North Korean sport