South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except Moscow 1980, as part of US-led boycott.

South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	144 in 23 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Woo Sang-hyeok & Kim Seo-yeong[1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Park Tae-joon & Im Ae-ji
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 13 Silver 9 Bronze 10 Total 32
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Silver medalist pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji went viral alongside Yusuf Dikeç for possessing "main character energy" and Terminator-style outfit on social media.^[2]

Medalists

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Oh Sang-uk Fencing Men's individual sabre 27 July  Gold Oh Ye-jin Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol 28 July  Gold Jeon Hun-young Lim Si-hyeon Nam Su-hyeon Archery Women's team 28 July  Gold Ban Hyo-jin Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle 29 July  Gold Kim Je-deok Kim Woo-jin Lee Woo-seok Archery Men's team 29 July  Gold Oh Sang-uk Gu Bon-gil Park Sang-won Do Gyeong-dong Fencing Men's team sabre 31 July  Gold Kim Woo-jin Lim Si-hyeon Archery Mixed team 2 August  Gold Yang Ji-in Shooting Women's 25 m pistol 3 August  Gold Lim Si-hyeon Archery Women's individual 3 August  Gold Kim Woo-jin Archery Men's individual 4 August  Gold An Se-young Badminton Women's singles 5 August  Gold Park Tae-joon Taekwondo Men's 58 kg 7 August  Gold Kim Yu-jin Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 8 August  Silver Keum Ji-hyeon Park Ha-jun Shooting Mixed 10 m air rifle team 27 July  Silver Kim Ye-ji Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol 28 July  Silver Huh Mi-mi Judo Women's −57 kg 29 July  Silver Kim Won-ho Jeong Na-eun Badminton Mixed doubles 2 August  Silver Kim Min-jong Judo Men's +100 kg 2 August  Silver Nam Su-hyeon Archery Women's individual 3 August  Silver Yoon Ji-su Jeon Eun-hye Jeon Ha-young Choi Se-bin Fencing Women's team sabre 3 August  Silver Cho Yeong-jae Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 5 August  Silver Park Hye-jeong Weightlifting Women's +81 kg 11 August  Bronze Kim Woo-min Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle 27 July  Bronze Lim Jong-hoon Shin Yu-bin Table tennis Mixed doubles 30 July  Bronze Lee Joon-hwan Judo Men's 81 kg 30 July  Bronze Kim Ha-yun Judo Women's +78 kg 2 August  Bronze Huh Mi-mi Jung Ye-rin Lee Hye-kyeong Kim Ji-su Kim Ha-yun Yoon Hyun-ji An Ba-ul Kim Won-jin Han Ju-yeop Lee Joon-hwan Kim Min-jong Judo Mixed team 3 August  Bronze Lee Woo-seok Archery Men's individual 4 August  Bronze Im Ae-ji Boxing Women's 54 kg 4 August  Bronze Shin Yu-bin Jeon Ji-hee Lee Eun-hye Table tennis Women's team 10 August  Bronze Lee Da-bin Taekwondo Women's +67 kg 10 August  Bronze Seong Seung-min Modern pentathlon Women's 11 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Archery 5 1 1 7 Shooting 3 3 0 6 Fencing 2 1 0 3 Taekwondo 2 0 1 3 Badminton 1 1 0 2 Judo 0 2 3 5 Weightlifting 0 1 0 1 Table tennis 0 0 2 2 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Modern pentathlon 0 0 1 1 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Total 13 9 10 32 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Female 7 5 5 17 53.1% Male 5 2 3 10 31.3% Mixed 1 2 2 5 15.6% Total 13 9 10 32 100% Medals by date Date Total 27 July 1 1 1 3 28 July 2 1 0 3 29 July 2 1 0 3 30 July 0 0 2 2 31 July 1 0 0 1 02 August 1 2 1 4 03 August 2 2 1 5 04 August 1 0 2 3 05 August 1 1 0 2 07 August 1 0 0 1 08 August 1 0 0 1 10 August 0 0 2 2 11 August 0 1 1 2 Total 13 9 10 32 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Lim Si-hyeon Archery 3 0 0 3 Kim Woo-jin Archery 3 0 0 3 Oh Sang-uk Fencing 2 0 0 2 Nam Su-hyeon Archery 1 1 0 2 Lee Woo-Seok Archery 1 0 1 2 Huh Mi-mi Judo 0 1 1 2 Kim Min-jong Judo 0 1 1 2 Lee Joon-hwan Judo 0 0 2 2 Kim Ha-yun Judo 0 0 2 2 Shin Yu-bin Table tennis 0 0 2 2

Competitors

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
Weightlifting	3	2	5
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	65	76	141

Archery

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.^[3] 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^[4] before earning a team quota at the 2023 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[5]

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) W 6–0	Musolesi (ITA) W 6–4	Arcila (COL) W 6–4	Ellison (USA) L 0–6	Did not advance
Kim Woo-jin		686	1	Madaye (CHA) W 6–0	Lin (TPE) W 6–0	D'Almeida (BRA) W 7–1	Gazoz (TUR) W 6–4	Lee (KOR) W 6–5	Ellison (USA) W 6–5
Lee Woo-seok		681	5	Boukouvalas (AUS) W 6–0	Paoli (ITA) W 6–0	Yan (CHN) W 6–2	Nespoli (ITA) W 6–4	Kim W-j (KOR) L 5–6	Unruh (GER) W 6–0
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

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) W 6–2	Schwarz (GER) W 7–1	Lei (TPE) W 6–4	Gökkır (TUR) W 6–2	Lim (KOR) L 4–6	Barbelin (FRA) L 4–6	4
Lim Si-hyeon		694 WR	1	Rivera (PUR) W 6–0	Octavia (INA) W 6–0	Havers (GBR) W 7–1	Valencia (MEX) W 6–4	Jeon (KOR) W 6–4	Nam (KOR) W 7–3
Nam Su-hyeon		688	2	Ali (EGY) W 7–1	Horáčková (CZE) W 7–3	Amăistroaie (ROU) W 6–2	Kumari (IND) W 6–4	Barbelin (FRA) W 6–0	Lim (KOR) L 3–7
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

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 Q	Chinese Taipei W 5–4	Italy W 6–2	India W 6–2	Germany W 6–0

Artistic swimming

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		Overall
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Hur Yoon-seo Lee Ri-young	Duet	227.5667	13	227.7500	13	455.3167	13

Athletics

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):^[6]

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	1:26:15	42

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Woo Sang-hyeok	Men's high jump	2.27	=3 q	2.27	7
Kim Jang-woo	Men's triple jump	16.31	26	Did not advance

Badminton

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) L (10–21, 16–21)	—	2	Did not advance
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)	1 Q	—	Astrup / Anders (DEN) L (19–21, 20–22)	Did not advance

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) W (21–17, 20–22, 23–21)	—	1 Q	Tunjung (INA) L (4–21, 21–8, 21–23)	Did not advance
An Se-young		Nalbantova (BUL) W (21–15, 21–11)	Qi (FRA) W (21–5, 21–7)	—	1 Q	Bye	Yamaguchi (JPN) W (15–21, 21–17, 21–8)	Tunjung (INA) W (11–21, 21–13, 21–16)	He (CHN) W (21–13, 21–16)
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) W (21–9, 21–12)	2 Q	—	Liu / Tan (CHN) L (9–21, 13–21)	Did not advance
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)	1 Q	—	Tan / Thinaah (MAS) L (12–21, 13–21)	Did not advance

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) W (21–16, 21–12)	Puavaranukroh / Taerattanachai (THA) W (21–16, 10–21, 21–15)	1 Q	Tang / Tse (HKG) W (21–15, 21–10)	Kim / Jeong (KOR) L (16–21, 22–20, 21–23	Watanabe / Higashino (JPN) L (13–21, 20–22)	4
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)	2 Q	Chen / Toh (MAS) W (21–19, 21–14)	Seo / Chae (KOR) W (21–16, 20–22, 23–21)	Zheng / Huang (CHN) L (8–21, 11–21)

Boxing

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	Bye	de Jesus Chagas (BRA) W 4–1	Arias (COL) W 3–2	Akbaş (TUR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Oh Yeon-ji	Women's lightweight	Wu (TPE) L 0–5	Did not advance

Breaking

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		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
			Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Hong-yul	Hong10	B-Boys	27	3	Did not advance			11

Cycling

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

Road

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.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kim Eu-ro	Men's road race	6:39:27	65
Song Min-ji	Women's road race	DNF

Diving

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	389.10	12 Q	432.00	9 Q	374.15	11
Yi Jae-gyeong		381.40	16 Q	366.50	17	Did not advance
Kim Yeong-taek	Men's 10 m platform	320.40	24	Did not advance
Shin Jung-whi		369.20	17 Q	290.60	18	Did not advance
Kim Su-ji	Women's 3 m springboard	285.50	11 Q	272.75	13	Did not advance
Kim Na-hyun	Women's 10 m platform	250.00	26	Did not advance

Equestrian

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
Hwang Young-shik	Delmonte	Individual	70.000	5	Did not advance

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

Fencing

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.^[8]

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
Park Sang-won		Bye	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	—			Canada W 45–33	France W 45–39	Hungary W 45–41

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	—			United States W 45–35	France W 45–36	Ukraine L 42–45

Golf

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	66	68	69	68	271	−13	8
An Byeong-hun		72	68	70	70	278	−6	T24
Amy Yang	Women's	72	71	70	69	282	−6	T4
Kim Hyo-joo		76	70	73	69	288	E	T25
Ko Jin-young		73	73	73	69	288	E	T25

Gymnastics

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

Artistic

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.^[9] 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 finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Lee Jun-ho	All-around	13.700	11.200	13.600	14.383	13.600	12.266	78.899	38	Did not advance
Hur Woong	Pommel horse	—	14.900	—				14.900	7 Q	—	14.300	—				14.300	7
Ryu Sung-hyun	Floor	14.266	—					14.266	10	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	14.400 Q	—	12.700	12.733	—		Did not advance				—
Eom Do-hyun		—	12.233	12.300	12.366	—
Lee Da-yeong		12.866	11.766	—
Lee Yun-seo		12.700	12.333	12.000	10.066	47.099	56
Shin Sol-yi		12.133	12.966	12.366	12.533	49.998	52
Total		39.966	37.532	37.366	37.632	152.496	12	Did not advance

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Yeo Seo-jeong	Vault	14.183	—			14.183	5 Q	13.416	—			13.416	7

Handball

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 L 21–27	Denmark L 20–28	5	Did not advance			10

Women's tournament

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.^[10]

Team roster

A 22-player squad was announced on 14 May 2024.^[11] It was reduced to 17 players on 2 July 2024.^[12]

Head coach: Henrik Signell^[13]

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 Seoul City 7 LW Shin Eun-joo (1993-09-09)9 September 1993 (aged 30) 1.70 m 56 106 Incheon City 11 RB Ryu Eun-hee (1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 34) 1.79 m 171 524 Győri ETO KC 12 GK Jeong Jin-hui (1999-03-24)24 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.80 m 33 0 Seoul City 16 GK Park Sae-young (1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 29) 1.76 m 67 0 Wonderful Samcheok 18 LB Han Mi-seul (1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 30) 1.78 m 48 79 Incheon City 19 P Kang Eun-hye (1996-04-17)17 April 1996 (aged 28) 1.86 m 65 90 SK Sugar Gliders 23 LB Woo Bit-na (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 (aged 22) 1.72 m 10 36 Seoul City 24 CB Kang Kyung-min (1996-11-08)8 November 1996 (aged 27) 1.65 m 19 42 SK Sugar Gliders 26 RB Kang Eun-seo (1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.69 m 6 1 Incheon City 27 RW Jeon Ji-yeon (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (aged 21) 1.68 m 5 5 Wonderful Samcheok 29 LB Kim Da-young (1996-09-16)16 September 1996 (aged 27) 1.70 m 0 0 Busan 31 P Gim Bo-eun (1997-12-08)8 December 1997 (aged 26) 1.77 m 32 68 Wonderful Samcheok 33 CB Shin Jin-mi (1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 26) 1.67 m 6 9 Busan

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	0	1	140	110	+30	8[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	140	125	+15	8[a]
3	Denmark	5	4	0	1	126	116	+10	8[a]
4	Germany	5	1	0	4	136	134	+2	2[b]
5	South Korea	5	1	0	4	107	133	−26	2[b]
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	4	116	147	−31	2[b]

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings^[14]
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.
Notes:

1. Norway 2 Pts, +5 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, +2 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, −7 GD.
2. Germany 2 Pts, +18 GD; South Korea 2 Pts, −6 GD; Slovenia 2 Pts, −12 GD.

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
	2×	Report	2× 1×

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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
	1× 2×	Report	1×

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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
	1× 2×	Report	1×

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1 August 2024 11:00	South Korea	21–27	Sweden	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,653 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Kang K. 5	(11–16)	Lindqvist 5
	2×	Report

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3 August 2024 21:00	Denmark	28–20	South Korea	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,714 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Hansen, Jørgensen 6	(12–8)	Woo 5
	1× 4×	Report

Judo

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
Han Ju-yeop	Men's −90 kg	—	Kone (BUR) W 10–00	Jayne (USA) W 01–00	Bekauri (GEO) L 00–10	Did not advance	Macedo (BRA) L 00–11	Did not advance
Kim Min-jong	Men's +100 kg	—	Bye	Tataroglu (TUR) W 11–00	Kokauri (AZE) W 01–00	Saito (JPN) W 10–00	—	Riner (FRA) L 00–10
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
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	—	Reid (GBR) W 10–00	Ma (CHN) L 01–10	Did not advance
Kim Ha-yun	Women's +78 kg	—	Bye	Morillo (DOM) W 10–00	Souza (BRA) L 00–01	Did not advance	Cerić (BIH) W 01–00	Özdemir (TUR) W 10–00

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Huh Mi-mi Jung Ye-rin Lee Hye-kyeong Kim Ji-su Kim Ha-yun Yoon Hyun-ji An Ba-ul Kim Won-jin Han Ju-yeop Lee Joon-hwan Kim Min-jong	Team	Bye	Turkey W 4–1	France L 1–4	Did not advance	Uzbekistan W 4–2	Germany W 4–3

Modern pentathlon

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.

Semi-finals

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 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	235	2	2	237	1:59.90	4	311	14	11	286	10:19.14	8	681	1515	2 Q
Seo Chang-wan		225	0	7	225	2:00.79	5	309	0	5	300	10:31.53	12	669	1503	5 Q
Kim Sun-woo	Women's	220	0	6	220	2:14.44	4	282	0	2	300	11:46.64	9	594	1396	5 Q
Seong Seung-min		225	0	4	225	2:12.44	4	286	7	8	293	11:44.13	8	596	1400	4 Q

Finals

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 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	235	6	2	241	1:59.41	7	312	13	11	287	10:14.33	13	686	1526	6
Seo Chang-wan		225	4	6	229	2:01.53	8	307	14	12	286	10:02.33	10	698	1520	7
Kim Sun-woo	Women's	220	2	8	222	2:17.67	11	275	14	16	286	11:13.92	9	627	1410	8
Seong Seung-min		225	0	7	225	2:11.47	2	288	0	2	300	11:12.87	8	628	1441

Sailing

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	30	32	40	9	24	22	1	22	Can		—					Did not advance	140	26

Shooting

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 [kr]	10 m air rifle	630.8	5 Q	145.2	7
Park Ha-jun		629.2	13	Did not advance
Park Ha-jun	50 m rifle three positions	572	44	Did not advance
Lee Won-ho	10 m air pistol	580	4 Q	197.9	4
Cho Yeong-jae		575	14	Did not advance
Cho Yeong-jae	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	4 Q	25
Song Jong-ho		580	17	Did not advance
Kim Min-su	Skeet	118	16	Did not advance

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
Lee Eun-seo	50 m rifle three positions	583	19	Did not advance
Im Ha-na		577	30	Did not advance
Kim Ye-ji	10 m air pistol	578	5 Q	241.3
Oh Ye-jin		582	2 Q	243.2
Kim Ye-ji	25 m pistol	575	27	Did not advance
Yang Ji-in		586	6 Q	37
Jang Kook-hee	Skeet	115	21	Did not advance
Kang Gee-eun	Trap	114	20	Did not advance
Lee Bo-na		113	24	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Keum Ji-hyeon Park Ha-jun	10 m air rifle team	631.4	2 QG	Huang YT / Sheng LH (CHN) L 12–16
Ban Hyo-jin Choe Dae-han		623.7	22	Did not advance
Oh Ye-jin Lee Won-ho	10 m air pistol team	579	4 QB	Singh / Bhaker (IND) L 10–16	4
Kim Ye-ji Cho Yeong-jae		577	7	Did not advance
Jang Kook-hee Kim Min-su	Skeet team	144	7	Did not advance

Sport climbing

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	Result	Place			Result	Place	Result	Place
Lee Do-hyun	Men's	34.0	10	12.0	17	46.0	15	Did not advance
Seo Chae-hyun	Women's	44.2	13	72.1	=4	116.3	8 Q	28.9	8	76.1	4	105.0	6

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	5.25	10	Wu (CHN) L 7.24–5.00	Did not advance			12

Swimming

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	22.16	28	Did not advance
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
Lee Ju-ho	100 m backstroke	54.65	30	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.39	10 Q	1:56.76	11	Did not advance
Choi Dong-yeol	100 m breaststroke	1:00.17	18	Did not advance
Cho Sung-jae	200 m breaststroke	2:09.45	1 Q	2:10.03	12	Did not advance
Kim Min-seop	200 m butterfly	1:56.02	15 Q	1:55.22	13	Did not advance
Lee Ho-joon Lee Yoo-yeon Kim Yeong-hyeon Kim Woo-min Hwang Sun-woo Yang Jae-hoon	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:07.96	7 Q	—		7:07.26	6
Lee Ju-ho Choi Dong-yeol Kim Ji-hun Hwang Sun-woo	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.68	13			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Eun-ji	200 m backstroke	2:09.88	10 Q	2:11.86	15	Did not advance
Kim Seo-yeong	200 m individual medley	2:12.42	17	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Eun-ji Choi Dong-yeol Kim Ji-hun Hur Yeon-kyung	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:48.78	15	—		Did not advance

Table tennis

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 of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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) W 4–0	Calderano (BRA) L 0–4	Did not advance
Cho Dae-seong Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon	Team	—			Croatia (CRO) W 3–0	China (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal match
		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) W 4–1	Zhang (USA) W 4–0	Hirano (JPN) W 4–3	Meng (CHN) L 0–4	Hayata (JPN) L 2–4	4
Shin Yu-bin Jeon Ji-hee Lee Eun-hye	Team	—			Brazil (BRA) W 3–1	Sweden (SWE) W 3–0	China (CHN) L 0–3	Germany (GER) W 3–0

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Bronze medal match
		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

Taekwondo

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	Bye	Granado (VEN) W 2–0	Ravet (FRA) W 2–1	Jendoubi (TUN) W 2–0	—	Magomedo (AZE) W 1–0 WWD
Seo Geon-woo	Men's −80 kg	Bye	Churchill (CHI) W 2–1	Rodrigues (BRA) W 2–0	Barkhordari (IRI) L 1–2	—	Hrnic (DEN) L 0–2	5
Kim Yu-jin	Women's −57 kg	—	İlgün (TUR) W 2–0	Park (CAN) W 2–0	Luo (CHN) W 2–1	—	Kiani (IRN) W 2–0
Lee Da-bin	Women's +67 kg	—	Štolbová (CZE) W 2–0	Zhou (CHN) W 2–1	Osipova (UZB) L 0–2	—	Brandl (GER) W 2–1

Weightlifting

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	147	10	187	5	334	7
Yu Dong-ju	Men's −89 kg	168	7	203	6	371	6
Jang Yeon-hak	Men's −102 kg	173	8	200	9	373	9
Kim Su-hyeon	Women's −81 kg	110	6	140	6	250	6
Park Hye-jeong	Women's +81 kg	131	2	168	2	299

Wrestling

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	Aleksanyan (ARM) L 0–9ST	Did not advance		Assakalov (UZB) L 2–8PP	Did not advance
Lee Seung-chan	Men's −130 kg	López (CUB) L 0–7PO	Did not advance		Mirzazadeh (IRI) L 0–9ST	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Han-bit	Women's −62 kg	Niemesch (GER) L 0–3PO	Did not advance

Incident

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.^[20][21]