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South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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South Korea at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors142 in 24 sports
Flag bearer Woo Sang-hyeok & Kim Seo-yeong[1]
Medals
Gold
5
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It is the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

During the Parade of Nations, South Korea was incorrectly introduced as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", North Korea instead of "Republic of Korea" from both French and English announcers by mistake.[2][3]

Medalists

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Further information: 2024 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Artistic swimming 0 2 2
Athletics 3 0 3
Badminton 4 8 12
Boxing 0 2 2
Breaking 1 0 1
Cycling 1 1 2
Diving 4 2 6
Equestrian 1 0 1
Fencing 5 6 11
Golf 2 3 5
Gymnastics 3 5 8
Handball 0 14 14
Judo 5 6 11
Modern pentathlon 2 2 4
Sailing 1 0 1
Shooting 6 11 17
Sport climbing 2 1 3
Swimming 12 3 15
Table tennis 3 3 6
Taekwondo 2 2 4
Tennis 1 0 1
Weightlifting 3 2 5
Wrestling 2 0 2
Total 66 76 142

Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered six archers to compete at the games. The nation fielded a full squad of men's team recurve by scoring a successful gold-medal victory and obtaining the first of three available team spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[4] Meanwhile, the nation qualified one individual female archer to compete in the individual recurve event by virtue of the result at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China[5] before earning a team quota at the 2023 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kim Je-deok Individual 682 2  Roux (RSA)
   – 
Kim Woo-jin 686 1  Madaye (CHA)
W 6-0 		 Lin (TPE)
W 6-0
Lee Woo-seok 681 5  Boukouvalas (AUS)
   – 
Kim Je-deok
Kim Woo-jin
Lee Woo-seok 		Team 2049 1 — Bye  Japan
W 6-0 		 China
W 5-1 		 France
W 5-1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jeon Hun-young Individual 664 13  Healey (GBR)
   – 
Lim Si-hyeon 694 WR 1  Rivera (PUR)
   – 
Nam Su-hyeon 688 2  Ali (EGY)
   – 
Jeon Hun-young
Lim Si-hyeon
Nam Su-hyeon 		Team 2046 OR 1 — Bye  Chinese Taipei
W 6-2 		 Netherlands
W 5-4 		 China
W 5-4 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kim Woo-jin
Lim Si-hyeon 		Team 1380 OR 1  Chinese Taipei
   – 

Artistic swimming

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Main articles: Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the top three highest-ranked nations, eligible for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine
Points Rank Points Routine Rank Total (Technical + Free) Overall Rank
Hur Yoon-seo
Lee Ri-young 		Duet

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korean track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[7]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Choe Byeong-kwang Men's 20 km walk
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Woo Sang-hyeok Men's high jump
Kim Jang-woo Men's triple jump

Badminton

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Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered twelve badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jeon Hyeok-jin Singles  Coelho (BRA)
W (21-12, 21-19) 		 Naraoka (JPN)
  		—
Kang Min-hyuk
Seo Seung-jae 		Doubles  Král /
Mendrek (CZE)
W (21–12, 21–17) 		 C Popov /
T Popov (FRA)
W (21-17, 21-15) 		 Jomkoh /
Kedren (THA)
W (21-16, 21-15) 		—
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kim Ga-eun Singles  Scholtz (RSA)
W (21–12, 21–6) 		 Goh JW (MAS)
  		—
An Se-young Singles  Nalbantova (BUL)
W (21–15, 21–11) 		—
Baek Ha-na
Lee So-hee 		Doubles  Fruergaard /
Thygesen (DEN)
L (18–21, 21–9, 14–21) 		 Lambert /
Tran (FRA)
W (21-13, 21-8) 		 Kititharakul /
Prajongjai (THA)
  		—
Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong 		 Crasto /
Ponnappa (IND)
W (21–18, 21–10) 		 Matsuyama /
Shida (JPN)
W (24-22, 26-24) 		 Mapasa /
Yu (AUS)
W (21-12, 21-17) 		—
Mixed
Athlete Event Group stage Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung 		Doubles  K Mammeri /
T Mammeri (ALG)
W (21–10, 21–7) 		 Tabeling /
Piek (NED)
  		 Puavaranukroh /
Taerattanachai (THA)
W (21-16, 10-21, 21-15)
Kim Won-ho
Jeong Na-eun 		 Zheng SW /
Huang YQ (CHN)
L (13-21, 14-21) 		 Rivaldy /
Mentari (INA)
L (20-22, 21-14, 19-21) 		 Gicquel /
Delrue (FRA)
W (22-20, 21-16)

Boxing

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Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Im Ae-ji (women's bantamweight) and Oh Yeon-ji (women's lightweight) secured their spots following their triumph in the quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Im Ae-ji Women's bantamweight
0
Oh Yeon-ji Women's lightweight  Wu (TPE)
L 0-5 		Did not advance

Breaking

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Main articles: Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered one breakdancer to compete in the B-Boy dual battles for Paris 2024. Kim Hong-yul (Hong10) outlasted the male breakdancers from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.

Athlete Nickname Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Points Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kim Hong-yul Hong10 B-Boys
0

Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

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South Korea entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympics through the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking.[8]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Kim Euro Men's road race
Song Minji Women's road race

Diving

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Main articles: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korean divers secured two quota places. The nations secured one quota in the men's individual platform for Paris 2024 by virtue of top twelve individual results at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; secured one quota in the women's individual springboard, by virtue of top twelve individuals, not yet qualified, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar; and secured three quotas from unused quota reallocation.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Woo Ha-ram Men's 3 m springboard
Yi Jae-gyeong
Kim Yeong-taek Men's 10 m platform
Shin Jung-whi
Kim Su-ji Women's 3 m springboard
Kim Na-hyun Women's 10 m platform

Equestrian

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Main articles: Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered one rider in the dressage event through the establishment of the final Olympic ranking because Palestine was not able to fulfil the MER requirements.

Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Young-Shik Hwang Delmonte Individual

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Fencing

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Main articles: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered fourteen fencers into the Olympic competition. Ha Tae-gyu and Kim Jae-won secured their quota places in their respective divisions after being nominated as one of the two highest-ranked individual fencers, eligible for the Asia & Oceania zone; and men's sabre team, women's épée team and women's sabre team qualified for the games by becoming one of four highest ranked worldwide team, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.[9]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kim Jae-won Épée Bye  Kano (JPN)
L 12-14 		Did not advance
Ha Tae-gyu Foil Bye  Llavador (ESP)
L 13-15 		Did not advance
Gu Bon-gil Sabre Bye  Ferjani (TUN)
L 8–15 		Did not advance
Oh Sang-uk Bye  Girault (NIG)
W 15–8 		 Pakdaman (IRI)
W 15–10 		 Arfa (CAN)
W 15–13 		 Samele (ITA)
W 15–5 		 Ferjani (TUN)
W 15–11 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Park Sang-won Bye  Colin Heathcock (USA)
W 15–10 		 Shen CP (CHN)
L 11–15 		Did not advance
Gu Bon-gil
Oh Sang-uk
Park Sang-won
Do Gyeong-dong* 		Team sabre —
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Song Se-ra Épée Bye  Swatowska-Wenglarczyk (POL)
W 15–11 		 Muhari (HUN)
L 6–15 		Did not advance
Lee Hye-in Bye  Yu SH (CHN)
L 13–15 		Did not advance
Kang Young-mi Bye  Differt (EST)
L 13–14 		Did not advance
Song Se-ra
Lee Hye-in
Kang Young-mi
Choi In-jeong* 		Team Épée —  France
L 31-37 		Classifications Semifinal
 United States
W 45-39 		Classifications Placement 5-6
 Ukraine
W 45-38 		5
Yoon Ji-su Sabre Bye  Dayibekova (UZB)
W 15-11 		 Brunet (FRA)
L 9–15 		Did not advance
Choi Se-bin Bye  Nazlymov (USA)
W 15-14 		 Emura (JPN)
W 15-7 		 Jeon (KOR)
W 15-14 		 Brunet (FRA)
L 12-15 		 Kharlan (UKR)
L 14-15 		4
Jeon Ha-young Bye  Komashchuk (UKR)
W 15-8 		 Hafez (EGY)
W 15-7 		 Choi (KOR)
L 14-15 		Did not advance 5
Yoon Ji-su
Choi Se-bin
Jeon Ha-young
Jeon Eun-hye* 		Team sabre —

Golf

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Main articles: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered two male and three female golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the individual competitions based on their world ranking performance on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Tom Kim Men's
An Byeong-hun
Ko Jin-young Women's
Amy Yang
Kim Hyo-joo

Gymnastics

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Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

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South Korea entered eight gymnasts into Paris. South Korea's men's team earned the right to send an individual gymnast to the Games by finishing as one of the three strongest non-qualified nations at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Lee Jun-ho also officially booked his Olympic ticket at the same championships as one of the highest-ranked eight All-Around gymnasts who did not have a pathway to Paris as part of a qualified team. One more Olympic quota was assured for Korea through the FIG World Cup Series 2024.[10] Meanwhile, five other female gymnasts qualified for the games after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

Men
Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Hur Woong All-around — 14.9 Q —
Lee Jun-ho 13.7 11.2 13.6 14.383 13.6 12.266 78.899 38 Did not advance
Ryu Sung-hyun 14.266 — Did not advance
Women
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Yeo Seo-jeong Team 14.4 Q — 12.7 12.733 — —
Eom Do-hyun — 12.233 12.3 12.366 — Did not advance
Lee Da-yeong 12.866 11.766 — Did not advance
Lee Yun-seo 12.7 12.333 12 10.066 47.099 56 Did not advance
Shin Sol-yi 12.133 12.966 12.366 12.533 49.998 52 Did not advance
Total 39.966 37.532 37.366 37.632 152.496 12 Did not advance

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

  • ET: After extra time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
South Korea women's Women's tournament  Germany
W 23–22 		 Slovenia
L 23-30 		 Norway
L 20-26 		 Sweden
  Denmark

Women's tournament

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Main articles: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

South Korea women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament in Hiroshima, Japan.[11]

Team roster

A 22-player squad was announced on 14 May 2024.[12] It was reduced to 17 players on 2 July 2024.[13]

Head coach: Sweden Henrik Signell[14]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 RW Song Ji-young (1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 29) 1.64 m 29 55 South Korea Seoul City
7 LW Shin Eun-joo (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 30) 1.70 m 56 106 South Korea Incheon City
11 RB Ryu Eun-hee (1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 34) 1.79 m 171 524 Hungary Győri ETO KC
12 GK Jeong Jin-hui (1999-03-24)24 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.80 m 33 0 South Korea Seoul City
16 GK Park Sae-young (1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 29) 1.76 m 67 0 South Korea Wonderful Samcheok
18 LB Han Mi-seul (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 30) 1.78 m 48 79 South Korea Incheon City
19 P Kang Eun-hye (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 28) 1.86 m 65 90 South Korea SK Sugar Gliders
23 LB Woo Bit-na (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 (aged 22) 1.72 m 10 36 South Korea Seoul City
24 CB Kang Kyung-min (1996-11-08)8 November 1996 (aged 27) 1.65 m 19 42 South Korea SK Sugar Gliders
26 RB Kang Eun-seo (1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.69 m 6 1 South Korea Incheon City
27 RW Jeon Ji-yeon (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 21) 1.68 m 5 5 South Korea Wonderful Samcheok
29 LB Kim Da-young (1996-09-16)16 September 1996 (aged 27) 1.70 m 0 0 South Korea Busan
31 P Gim Bo-eun (1997-12-08)8 December 1997 (aged 26) 1.77 m 32 68 South Korea Wonderful Samcheok
33 CB Shin Jin-mi (1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 26) 1.67 m 6 9 South Korea Busan
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 0 1 81 70 +11 4 Quarter-finals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 86 81 +5 4
3  Denmark 3 2 0 1 70 69 +1 4
4  Germany 3 1 0 2 91 76 +15 2
5  South Korea 3 1 0 2 66 78 −12 2
6  Slovenia 3 1 0 2 71 91 −20 2
Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2024. Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
25 July 2024
16:00 		Germany  22–23  South Korea Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris
Attendance: 5,765
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Döll 6 (10–11) Kang K., Ryu 6
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28 July 2024
11:00 		South Korea  23–30  Slovenia Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris
Attendance: 5,819
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Woo 7 (12–14) Mavsar 7
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30 July 2024
11:00 		Norway  26–20  South Korea Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris
Attendance: 5,852
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Skogrand 5 (13–11) Ryu 6
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1 August 2024
11:00 		South Korea  v  Sweden Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris
Report
3 August 2024
21:00 		Denmark  v  South Korea Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris
Report

Judo

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Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea has qualified eleven judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Asia.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kim Won-jin Men's −60 kg —  Zulu (ZAM)
W 10–00 		 Aghayev (AZE)
W 10–00 		 Mkheidze (FRA)
L 00–01 		Did not advance  Sardalashvili (GEO)
L 00-10 		Did not advance
An Ba-ul Men's −66 kg —  Baynamunkh (UAE)
W 10–00 		 Kyrgyzbayev (KAZ)
L 00–01 		Did not advance
Lee Joon-hwan Men's −81 kg Bye  Moutii (MAR)
W 01-00 		 Muki (ISR)
W 10-00 		 Boltaboev (UZB)
W 10–00 		 Grigalashvili (GEO)
L 00-01 		—  Casse (BEL)
W 01–00 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Han Ju-yeop Men's −90 kg —
Kim Min-jong Men's +100 kg — Bye
Lee Hye-kyeong Women's −48 kg —  Babulfath (SWE)
L 00–10 		Did not advance
Jung Ye-rin Women's −52 kg —  Primo (ISR)
L 00–10 		Did not advance
Huh Mi-mi Women's −57 kg — Bye  Nelson Levy (ISR)
W 10-00 		 Lkhagvatogoo (MGL)
W 01-00 		 Silva (BRA)
W 01-00 		—  Deguchi (CAN)
L 00-10 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Ji-su Women's −63 kg —  Timo (POR)
W 10-00 		 van Lieshout (NED)
W 01-00 		 Krišto (CRO)
L 00-10 		Did not advance  Piovesana (AUT)
L 00-10 		Did not advance
Yoon Hyun-ji Women's −78 kg
Kim Ha-yun Women's +78 kg
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Team

Modern pentathlon

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Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korean modern pentathletes confirmed four quota places for Paris 2024. Jun Woong-tae and Kim Sun-woo secured their spots in the men's and women's events by winning the gold and silver medal in their respective classes and obtained one of five available spots at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China;[15] meanwhile, Seong Seung-min and Seo Chang-wan, qualified for the games, respectively through the 2024 UIPM World Championships in Zhengzhou, China, and final Olympics ranking.

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) 		Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP points
Jun Woong-tae Men's
Seo Chang-wan
Kim Sun-woo Women's
Seong Seung-min

Sailing

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Main articles: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A South Korean sailor secured a quota place in the following events through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France.

Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Ha Jee-min Men's ILCA 7 —

Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korean shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[16]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Choe Dae-han 10 m air rifle 630.8 5 Q 145.2 7
Park Ha-jun 629.2 13 Did not advance
Lee Won-ho 10 m air pistol 580 4 Q 197.9 4
Cho Yeong-jae 575 14 Did not advance
Lee Gun-hyeok 25 m rapid fire pistol
Song Jong-ho
Kim Min-su Skeet
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Keum Ji-hyeon 10 m air rifle 630.9 9 Did not advance
Ban Hyo-jin 634.5 1 Q 251.8 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lee Eun-seo 50 m rifle three positions
Kim Je-hee
Kim Ye-ji 10 m air pistol 578 5 Q 241.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Oh Ye-jin 582 2 Q 243.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Jang-mi 25 m pistol
Yang Ji-in
Jang Kook-hee Skeet
Cho Seon-ah Trap
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Keum Ji-hyeon
Park Ha-jun 		10 metre air rifle team 631.4 2 QG  Huang YT /
Sheng LH (CHN)
L 12–16 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ban Hyo-jin
Choe Dae-han 		623.7 22 Did not advance
Oh Ye-jin
Lee Won-ho 		10 metre air pistol team 579 4 QB  Singh /
Bhaker (IND)
L 10–16 		4
Kim Ye-ji
Cho Yeong-jae 		577 7 Did not advance

Sport climbing

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Main articles: Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified three sport climbers for Paris 2024. Shin Eun-cheol, Lee Do-hyun, and Seo Chae-hyun all qualified directly for games through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier series ranking.

Boulder & lead combined
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Boulder Lead Total Rank Boulder Lead Total Rank
Result Place Hold Time Place Result Place Hold Time Place
Lee Do-hyun Men's
Seo Chae-hyun Women's
Speed
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Shin Eun-cheol Men's

Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korean swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[17]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ji Yu-chan 50 m freestyle
Hwang Sun-woo 100 m freestyle 48.41 16 Q WD Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:46.13 4 Q 1:45.92 9 Did not advance
Kim Woo-min 200 m freestyle 1:46.64 12 Q 1:46.58 12 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 3:45.52 7 Q — 3:42.50 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
10km Open Water —
Lee Ju-ho 100 m backstroke 54.65 30 Did not advance
200 m backstroke
Choi Dong-yeol 100 m breaststroke 1:00.17 18 Did not advance
Cho Sung-jae 200 m breaststroke 2:09.45 1 Q
Kim Min-seop 200 m butterfly 1:56.02 15 Q
 
 
 
 
  		4 × 200 m freestyle relay —
 
 
 
 
  		4 × 100 m medley relay
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lee Eun-ji 200 m backstroke
Kim Seo-yeong 200 m individual medley
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
 
 
 
  		4 × 100 m medley relay —

Table tennis

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Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered a full squad of male and female table tennis players into the Games by advancing to the quarter-finals round through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan.[18] The nations also entered mixed doubles pair through the allocations of world ranking.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Cho Dae-seong Singles Bye  Jha (USA)
L 2–4 		Did not advance
Jang Woo-jin Bye  González (PUR)
W 4–1 		 Groth (DEN)
W 4–1 		 Togami (JPN)
Cho Dae-seong
Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon 		Team —  Croatia (CRO)
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jeon Ji-hee Singles Bye  Fu (POR)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Shin Yu-bin Bye  Tapper (AUS)
W 4-0 		 Póta (HUN)
Shin Yu-bin
Jeon Ji-hee
Lee Eun-hye 		Team —  Brazil (BRA)
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Lim Jong-hoon
Shin Yu-bin 		Doubles  Qiu (GER)
 Mittelham (GER)
W 4–0 		 Ionescu (ROU)
 Szőcs (ROU)
W 4-0 		 Wang (CHN)
 Sun (CHN)
L 2-4 		 Doo (HKG)

 Wong (HKG)
W 4-0

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Taekwondo

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Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified four athletes to compete at the games. Park Tae-joon, Seo Geon-woo and Lee Da-bin qualified for their games in their own respective division after being nominated one of the five highest-ranked eligible athletes through the WT final rankings. Later on, Kim Yu-jin joined the nations squad following the triumph of her victory in the semifinal rounds in her class at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[19]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Park Tae-joon Men's −58 kg
Seo Geon-woo Men's −80 kg
Kim Yu-jin Women's –57 kg
Lee Da-bin Women's +67 kg

Weightlifting

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Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Bak Joo-hyo (men's 73 kg), Yu Dong-ju (men's 89 kg), Jang Yeon-hak (men's 102 kg), Kim Su-hyeon (women's 81 kg) and Park Hye-jeong (women's +81 kg), secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Bak Joo-hyo Men's −73 kg
Yu Dong-ju Men's −89 kg
Jang Yeon-hak Men's −102 kg
Kim Su-hyeon Women's −81 kg
Park Hye-jeong Women's +81 kg

Wrestling

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Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified two wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Kim Seung-jun and Lee Seung-chan qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kim Seung-jun Men's −97 kg
Lee Seung-chan Men's −130 kg

References

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