Sporting event delegation
Korean national team uniforms at the opening ceremony of the games South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul . 401 competitors, 269 men and 132 women, took part in 218 events in 27 sports.[1]
Medalists
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
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 adding a fourth individual medal to bring the Koreans' total to six.
Women's Individual Competition :
Men's Individual Competition :
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
Heat — 29:37.14 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon
Final — 2:15.44 (→ 18th place) Final — 2:20.11 (→ 31st place) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Heat — 39.61 Semi Final — 39.43 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Heat — 3:14.71 (→ did not advance) Men's 3.000 m Steeplechase
Heat — 8:59.82 (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump
Qualification – 7.70m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw
Qualifying Heat — 55.98m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put
Qualifying heat – 15.68m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw
Qualifying heat – 47.84m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw
Qualification — 78.10m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon
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
Final — 1:32:23 (→ 46th place) Final — 1:40:09 (→ 49th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Heat — 45.83 (→ did not advance) Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Heat — 3:51.09 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon
Final — 2:32.51 (→ 15th place) Final — 2:38.21 (→ 37th place) Final — did not start (→ no ranking) Women's Discus Throw
Qualification – 45.88m (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw
Qualification – 48.26m (→ did not advance) Women's Shot Put
Qualification — 13.97m (→ did not advance) Women's Heptathlon
Final Result — 5289 points (→ 24th place)
Basketball
Men's tournament Team roster The following is the South Korea roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]
Group play Source: FIBA archive(H) Hosts
^ a b Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico Classification round 9–12 Classification round 9/10
Women's tournament Team roster The following is the South Korea roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[4]
Group play Source: FIBA(H) Hosts
^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union ^ a b Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea 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 Men's team time trial Men's sprint Men's 1 km time trial Men's individual pursuit Men's team pursuit Men's points race Women's road race Women's sprint
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing 20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented South Korea in 1988.
Men's foil Men's team foil Men's épée Men's team épée Men's sabre Men's team sabre Women's foil Women's team foil
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 9th–12th place : South Korea — Kenya 5–29th–10th place : South Korea — Spain 0–2 (→ Tenth place )
Women's Team Competition Preliminary round (group B) South Korea — West Germany 4–1 South Korea — Canada 3–1 South Korea — Australia 5–5 South Korea — Great Britain 1–0 South Korea — Australia 0–2 (→ Silver Medal ) Head coach : Yoo Young-chae
Judo
Modern pentathlon Three male pentathlete represented South Korea in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition :
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
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Men's 200 m Freestyle
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
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Yoon Joo-il Heat – 1:04.68 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Yoon Joo-il Heat – 2:19.94 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 100 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Lee Jae-soo Heat – 2:11.88 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Lee Jae-soo Heat – 4:40.46 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Women's 100 m Freestyle
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 Heat – 1:08.33 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke
Hong Ji-hee Heat – 2:24.58 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
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
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Synchronized swimming Three synchronized swimmers represented South Korea in 1988.
Women's solo Women's duet
Table tennis
Tennis Men's Singles Competition
Kim Bong-soo First round — Defeated George Kalovelonis (Greece) 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–7, 6–3 Second round — Defeated Henri Leconte (France) 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 Third round — Lost to Martín Jaite (Argentina) 4–6, 1–6, 3–6 Yoo Jin-sun First round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf (Israel) 2–6, 4–6, 5–7 Song Dong-wook First round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (USA) 3–6, 3–6, 4–6 Women's Singles Competition
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) 9th/12th place : Lost to Japan (2–3)11th/12th place : Defeated Tunisia (3–0) → 11th place
Women's Team Competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated East Germany (3–1) Lost to Soviet Union (0–3) Lost to Japan (1–3) 5th/8th place : Lost to Brazil (2–3)7th/8th place : Lost to United States (2–3) → 8th place 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
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References ^ "South Korea at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com . Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-24 . ^ Republic of Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 30 July 2018 . ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 1 August 2018 .
