South Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

South Korea at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Munich
Competitors42 (32 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Silver

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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:

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's High Jump

  • Park Sang-soo
  • Qualification Round — 2.00m (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Lee Chung-ping, Soo Wen-ho, Chen Chin-lung, and Chen Ming-chih
  • 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
Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 400 m freestyle:

  • Cho Oh-ryun - Heat: 4:21.78 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

  • Cho Oh-ryun - Heat: 17:29.23 (did not advance)

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's: 7th place

Women's: 4th place

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Lightweight:

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "South Korea at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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