South Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.sports.or.kr (in Korean) (in English)
in Munich
Competitors 42 (32 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 42 competitors, 32 men and 10 woman, took part in 24 events in 8 sports.[1]

Medalists

Silver

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, South Korea entered three women. Their highest placing competitor was Kim Ho-gu, at 7th place in the women's competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Kim Ho-gu - 2369 points (7th place)
  • Ju Chun-sam - 2349 points (12th place)
  • Kim Hyang-min - 2275 points (20th place)

Athletics

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification Round — 2.00m (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat — 41.78s (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification Round — 15.78m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification Round — DNS (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (–71 kg)

  • Jae Keun-lim
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2
  • Third Round — Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), TKO-2

Judo

Shooting

Five male shooters represented South Korea in 1972.

Open
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Choi Chung-seok 50 m rifle prone 589 60
Park Do-geun Skeet 182 44
Kim Nam-gu Trap 177 41
Kim Tae-seok 181 32
Park Seong-tae Skeet 168 56

Swimming

Men's 400 m freestyle:

Men's 1500 m freestyle

Volleyball

Men's: 7th place

Women's: 4th place

Weightlifting

Lightweight:

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "South Korea at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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