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)
Competitors59 in 10 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 336
Athletics 101
Cycling 112
Diving 101
Gymnastics 257
Handball 01414
Modern pentathlon 112
Shooting 51015
Swimming 628
Taekwondo 213
Total223759

Archery

South Korea entered six archers to compete at the games. The nation's fielded full squad of men's team recurve by scoring a successful gold-medal victory and obtaining the first of three available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[1] Meanwhile, the nation's entered one individual female archer's to compete in the individual recurve event by virtue of the result at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[2]

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
  Men's individual
 
 
 
 
 		 Men's team —
  Women's individual
 
 
 
 
 		 Women's team —
 
 		 Mixed team —

Athletics

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):[3]

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
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Woo Sang-hyeok Men's high jump

Cycling

Road

South Korea entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.[4]

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's road race
  Women's road race

Diving

South Korea divers secured a quota place in the men's individual platform for Paris 2024 by virtue of top twelve individual results at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kim Yeong-taek Men's 10 m platform

Gymnastics

Artistic

South Korea entered seven gymnasts into Paris. South Korea's men 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.[5] 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
Lee Jun-ho All-around
 
Women
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Yeo Seo-jeong Team —
Eom Do-hyun
Lee Da-yeong
Lee Yun-seo
Shin Sol-yi
Total

Handball

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

Women's tournament

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.[6]

Team roster
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Modern pentathlon

South Korean modern pentathletes confirmed two quota places for Paris 2024. Jun Woong-tae and Kim Sun-woo secured her spots in the men's and women's event by winning the gold and silver medal in their respective class and obtained one of five available spots at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[7]

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
Kim Sun-woo Women's

Shooting

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.[8]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
  Men's 10 m air rifle
Lee Won-ho Men's 10 m air pistol
Lee Gun-hyeok Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
Kim Min-su Men's skeet
Keum Ji-hyeon Women's 10 m air rifle
Lee Eun-seo Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions
 
Kim Bo-mi Women's 10 m air pistol
Oh Ye-jin
Kim Jang-mi Women's 25 m pistol
Yang Ji-in
Jang Kook-hee Women's skeet

Swimming

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)):[9]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ji Yu-chan 50 m freestyle
Hwang Sun-woo 100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
Lee Ho-joon 200 m freestyle
Kim Woo-min 400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle —
Lee Ju-ho 100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
Choi Dong-yeol 100 m breaststroke
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lee Eun-ji 200 m backstroke
Kim Seo-yeong 200 m medley

Taekwondo

South Korea qualified three athlete to compete at the games. Jang Jun, Seo Geon-woo and Lee Da-bin qualified in their respective events by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings.

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jang Jun Men's −58 kg
Seo Geon-woo Men's −80 kg
Lee Da-bin Women's +67 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "First official Paris 2024 Olympic quotas awarded at worlds in Berlin". World Archery Federation. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Five of six Olympic quotas awarded at Asian Games in Hangzhou". World Archery. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Final nine Men's Artistic Gymnastics teams solidify Olympic team qualification in Paris". FIG. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "South Korea seal women's handball spot at Paris 2024 Olympics". Inside The Games. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "19TH ASIAN GAMES: ZHANG (CHN) AND JUN (KOR) CELEBRATE GOLD AND PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION". Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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