South Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics South Korea
games=2000 Summer
competitors=281 (175 men and 106 women)
sports=26
flagbearer=Jeong Eun-Sun
officials=
gold=8
silver=10
bronze=10
total=28
rank=

South Korea competed as "Korea" at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

*Yun Mi-Jin — Archery, Women's individual competition
*Kim Chung-tae, Oh Kyo-Moon, and Jang Yong-ho — Archery, Men's Team Competition
*Yun Mi-Jin, Kim Nam-Soon, and Kim Soo-Nyung — Archery, Women's Team Competition
*Jung Jae-Eun — Taekwondo, Women's Lightweight
*Lee Sun-Hee — Taekwondo, Women's Middleweight
*Kim Kyong-Hun — Taekwondo, Men's Heavyweight

Silver

*Kim Nam-Soon — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
*Kim Yoon, Ji Seong-Hwan, Seo Jong-Ho, Kim Chel-Hwan, Kim Yong-Bae, Han Hyung-Bae, Kim Kyung-Seok, Kim Jung-Chul, Song Seung-Tae, Kang Keon-Wook, Kong Keon-Wook, Hwang Jong-Hyun, Lim Jung-Woo, Jeon Jong-Ha, Jeon Hong-Kwon, Yeo Woon-Kon, and Lim Jong-Chun — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
*Sin Joon-Sik — Taekwondo, Men's Lightweight

Bronze

*Kim Soo-Nyung — Archery, Women's Individual Competition
*Park Seok-Jin, Song Jin-Woo, Son Min-Han, Park Jin-Man, Park Jong-Ho, Park Kyung-Oan, Lim Chang-Yong, Lim Sun-Dong, Park Jae-Hong, Lee Byung-Kyu, Lee Seung-Ho, Lee Seung-Yuop, Kim Soo-Kyung, Kim Tae-Gyun, Koo Dae-Sung, Kim Dong-Joo, Kim Han-Soo, Kim Ki-Tai, Jang Sung-Ho, Jin Pil-jung, Jung Soo-Keun, Chong Tae-Hyon, Chung Min-Tae, and Hong Sung-Heon — Baseball, Men's Team Competition

Results by event

=Archery=

The Korean women swept the medals in the individual event and took the gold medal in the team event. The men added another gold medal with their victory in the team round, despite none of the individual archers advancing past the quarterfinal.

Women's team competition:
*Yun, Kim, and Kim – final, gold medal (4-0)

Men's team competition:
*Kim, Oh, and Jang – final, gold medal (4-0)

=Athletics=

Men's competition

Men's 800 m
*Kim Soon-Hyung
*# Round 1 – 01:48.49 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m hurdles
*Lee Du-Yeon
*# Round 1 – 52.61 (did not advance)

Men's javelin throw
*Song Dong-Hyun
*# Qualifying – 70.48 (did not advance)

Men's long jump
*Sung Hee-Jun
*# Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's high jump
*Lee Jin-Taek
*# Qualifying – 2.20 (did not advance)

Men's 20km Walk
*Shin Il-Yong
*# Final – 1:26:22 (30th place)

Men's marathon
*Lee Bong-Ju
*# Final – 2:17:57 (24th place)
*Chung Nam-Kyun
*# Final – 2:22:23 (45th place)
*Baek Seung-Do
*# Final – 2:28:25 (65th place)

Women's competition

Women's Shot Put
*Myung-Sun Lee
*# Qualifying – 17.44 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw
*Young-Sun Lee
*# Qualifying – 49.84 (did not advance)

Women's 20km Walk
*Mi-Jung Kim
*# Final – 1:36:09 (25th place)

Women's Marathon
*Mi-Ja Oh
*# Final – 2:38:42 (34th place)

=Badminton=

Men's Singles
*Shon Seung-mo
*# Round of 64: Lost to Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark
*Sun-Ho Hwang
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Defeated Bertrand Gallet of France
*# Round of 16: Lost to Marlev Mario Mainaky of Indonesia

Men's Doubles
*Ha Tae-kwon, Kim Dong-moon
*# Round of 32: Bye
*# Round of 16: Defeated Cheah Soon Kit, Kim Hock Yap of Malaysia
*# Quarterfinal: Defeated Ricky Ahmad Subagja, Rexy Ronald Mainaky of Indonesia
*# Semifinal: Lost to Candra Wijaya, Tony Gunawan of Indonesia
*# Bronze medal match: Defeated Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah of Malaysia – Bronze Medal
*Lee Dong-soo, Yoo Yong-sung
*# Round of 32: Bye
*# Round of 16: Defeated Peter Knowles, Julian Robertson of Great Britain
*# Quarterfinal: Defeated Jens Eriksen, Jesper Larsen of Denmark
*# Semifinal: Defeated Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah of Malaysia
*# Gold medal match: Lost to Tony Gunawan, Candra Wijaya of Indonesia – Silver medal

Women's Singles
*Ji-Hyun Kim
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Defeated Milaine Cloutier of Canada
*# Round of 16: Defeated Nicole Grether of Germany
*# Quarterfinal: Lost to Dai Yun of China
*Lee Kyung-won
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Defeated Elena Nozdran of Ukraine
*# Round of 16: Lost to Chia-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei

Women's Doubles
*Kyung-Jin Yim, Lee Hyo-jung
*# Round of 32: Defeated Hui-Min Tsai, Li-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei
*# Round of 16: Lost to Gu Jun, Ge Fei of China
*Ra Kyung-min, Jae Hee Chung
*# Round of 32: Bye
*# Round of 16: Defeated Sarah Hardaker, Joanne Davies of Great Britain
*# Quarterfinal: Defeated Rikke Olsen, Helene Kirkegaard of Denmark
*# Semifinal: Lost to Huang Nanyan, Yang Wei of China
*# Bronze medal match: Lost to Qin Yiyuan, Gao Ling of China

Mixed Doubles
*Ha Tae-kwon, Jae Hee Chung
*# Round of 32: Defeated Vladislav Druzchenko, Viktoriya Yevtushenko of Ukraine
*# Round of 16: Lost to Tri Kusharyanto, Minarti Timur of Indonesia
*Lee Dong-soo, Lee Hyo-jung
*# Round of 32: Lost to Jon Holst-Christensen, Ann Jorgensen of Denmark
*Kim Dong-moon, Ra Kyung-min
*# Round of 32: Bye
*# Round of 16: Defeated Khunakom Sudhisodhi, Saralee Toongthongkam of Thailand
*# Quarterfinal: Lost to Zhang Jun, Gao Ling of China

=Baseball=

Men's team competition

The Korean baseball team, which had finished last four years earlier, improved their result drastically in their second Olympic baseball appearance. They lost their games against perennial powers Cuba (which was the Cubans' 21st straight Olympic win) and the United States as well as Australia, but defeated defending silver medallist Japan as well as the other three teams in the competition. Their third-place finish in the preliminary round pitted them against the Americans in the semifinal, which Korea lost 3-2. In the bronze medal match, the Koreans again defeated the Japanese to take home the medal.

*Preliminary Round Robin:* Defeated Italy 10 – 2:* Lost to Australia 3 – 5:* Lost to Cuba 5 – 6:* Lost to United States 0 – 4:* Defeated Netherlands 2 – 0:* Defeated Japan 7 – 6:* Defeated South Africa 13 – 3
*Semifinals:* Lost to United States 2 – 3
*Bronze Medal Match:* Defeated Japan 3 – 1 → Bronze Medal
*Team Roster:* Park Seok-Jin :* Song Jin-Woo :* Son Min-Han :* Park Jin-Man :* Park Jong-Ho :* Park Kyung-Oan :* Lim Chang-Yong :* Lim Sun-Dong :* Park Jae-Hong :* Lee Byung-Kyu :* Lee Seung-Ho :* Lee Seung-Yuop :* Kim Soo-Kyung :* Kim Tae-Gyun :* Koo Dae-Sung :* Kim Dong-Joo :* Kim Han-Soo :* Kim Ki-Tai :* Jang Sung-Ho :* Jin Pil-jung :* Jung Soo-Keun :* Chong Tae-Hyon :* Chung Min-Tae:* Hong Sung-Heon

=Basketball=

Women's team competition

*Preliminaries (3-2)
*#Lost to United States (75-89)
*#Defeated New Zealand (101-62)
*#Lost to Poland (62-77)
*#Defeated Russia (75-73)
*#Defeated Cuba (69-56)
*Quarterfinals
*#Defeated France (68-59)
*Semi-finals
*#Lost to United States (65-78)
*Bronze medal match
*#Lost to Brazil (73-84) – 4th place

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
*Kim Ki-Suk
**Round 1 – Defeated Soubam Suresh Singh of India
**Round 2 – Defeated La Paene Masara of Indonesia
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Brahim Asloum of France (did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
*Kim Tai-Kyu
**Round 1 – Lost to Manuel Mantilla Rodriguez of Cuba (did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
*Cho Suk-Hwan
**Round 1 – Lost to Alisher Rahimov of Uzbekistan (did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
*Park Heung-Min
**Round 1 – Bye
**Round 2 – Lost to Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco (did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)
*Hwang Sung-Bum
**Round 1 – Defeated Mariusz Cendrowski of Poland
**Round 2 – Lost to Aleksandr Leonov of Russia (did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
*Bae Jin-Suk
**Round 1 – Lost to Bulent Ulusoy of Turkey (did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
*Song In-Joon
**Round 1 – Bye
**Round 2 – Lost to Hekal Mohamed Abdelmawgod of Egypt (did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
*Im Jung-Bin
**Round 1 – Defeated Ramadan Yasser Abdelghafar of Egypt
**Round 2 – Lost to Akin Kakauridze of Turkey (did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
*Choi Ki-Soo
**Round 1 – Lost to Gurcharan Singh of India (did not advance)

=Canoe / Kayak=

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m
*Nam Sung-Ho
*# Qualifying Heat – 01:45.163 (did not advance)

=Cycling=

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
*Dong-Woo Kang
*# Final – Lapped (38th place)

Track Cycling

Men's Point Race
*Ho-Sung Cho
**Points – 15
**Laps Down – 1 (4th place)

Men's Keirin
*In-Young Eum
**First Round – Heat – 2; Place – 3
**Repechage – Heat – 2; Place – 4 (did not advance)

=Diving=

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
*Kyung-Min Kwon
*# Preliminary – 318.45 (34th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform
*Dae-Don Cho
*# Preliminary – 319.53 (32nd place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform
*Chang-Joon Yoo
*# Preliminary – 331.05 (29th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform
*Hye-Jin Choi
*# Preliminary – 187.17 (39th place, did not advance)

Field Hockey

Men's team competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* South Korea – Spain 1 – 1:* South Korea – Argentina 2 – 2:* South Korea – India 2 – 0:* South Korea – Poland 3 – 2:* South Korea – Australia 1 – 2
*Semifinals:* South Korea – Pakistan 1 – 0
*Final:* South Korea – Netherlands 3 – 3 (Holland wins after penalty strokes, 4-5) → Silver Medal
*Team Roster:* Kim Yoon (gk):* Ji Seong-Hwan (gk):* Seo Jong-Ho:* Kim Chel-Hwan:* Kim Yong-Bae:* Han Hyung-Bae:* Kim Kyung-Seok:* Kim Jung-Chul:* Song Seung-Tae:* Kang Keon-Wook:* Kong Keon-Wook:* Hwang Jong-Hyun:* Lim Jung-Woo:* Jeon Jong-Ha:* Jeon Hong-Kwon:* Yeo Woon-Kon:* Lim Jong-Chun
*Head Coach: Kim Sang-Ryul

Women's team competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Lost to Argentina (2 – 3):* Drew with Spain (0 – 0):* Drew with Great Britain (2 – 2):* Drew with Australia (2 – 2)
*Classfication Matches:* 7th/10th place: Lost to Germany (2 – 3):* 9th/10th place: Lost to South Africa (0 – 3)
*Team Roster:* [01.] Park Yong-Sook (gk):* [06.] Lee Sun-Hwa:* [07.] Kim Eun-Jin:* [08.] Kim Mi-Hyun:* [09.] Shin Mi-Kyung:* [10.] Bang Jin-Hyuk:* [11.] Kim Seong-Eun:* [12.] Kim Soo-Jung:* [13.] Oh Seung-Shin:* [14.] Kim Myung-Ok:* [15.] Lee Eun-Young:* [16.] Jung Hang-Joo (gk):* [17.] Park Eun-Kyung:* [18.] Cho Bo-Ra:* [19.] Yoo Hee-Joo:* [27.] Oh Ko-Woon

=Football (soccer)=

Men's team competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* South Korea – Spain 0-3:* South Korea – Morocco 1-0 :* South Korea – Chile 1-0 → did not advance
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Choi Hyun:* ( 2.) Park Ji-Sung:* ( 3.) Park Jae-Hong:* ( 4.) Park Jin-Seop:* ( 5.) Sim Jae-Won :* ( 6.) Kim Do-Kyun:* ( 7.) Choi Chul-Woo:* ( 8.) Ko Jong-Su:* ( 9.) Kim Do-Hoon:* (10.) Lee Chun-Soo:* (11.) Lee Dong-Gook:* (12.) Lee Young-Pyo:* (13.) Park Dong-Hyuk:* (14.) Kang Chul:* (15.) Cho Se-Kwon:* (16.) Kim Sang-Sik:* (17.) Choi Tae-Uk:* (18.) Kim Yong-Dae:* (19.) Song Chong-Gug:* (20.) Kim Gil-Sik:* (21.) Park Kang-Jo:* (22.) Lee Woon-Jae

=Sailing=

Korea competed in three Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics.

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
*Dae-Young Kim and Sung-Ahn Jung
*# Race 1 – 16
*# Race 2 – 16
*# Race 3 – 13
*# Race 4 – 10
*# Race 5 – 16
*# Race 6 – 17
*# Race 7 – 13
*# Race 8 – (30) DNF
*# Race 9 – (20)
*# Race 10 – 12
*# Race 11 – 12
*# Final – 125 (15th place)

Women's Mistral
*Soon-Ahn Ju
*# Race 1 – 12
*# Race 2 – 11
*# Race 3 – 6
*# Race 4 – 16
*# Race 5 – (18)
*# Race 6 – 14
*# Race 7 – 16
*# Race 8 – 14
*# Race 9 – 7
*# Race 10 – (19)
*# Race 11 – 14
*# Final – 110 (13th place)

Open Laser
*Ho-Kon Kim
*# Race 1 – 23
*# Race 2 – 15
*# Race 3 – 26
*# Race 4 – 28
*# Race 5 – (34)
*# Race 6 – (37)
*# Race 7 – 28
*# Race 8 – 20
*# Race 9 – 15
*# Race 10 – 7
*# Race 11 – 19
*# Final – 181 (26th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 50m Freestyle
*Min-Suk Kim
*# Preliminary Heat – 22.82 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle
*Min-Suk Kim
*# Preliminary Heat – 50.49 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
*Chul Woo
*# Preliminary Heat – 1:53.02 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle
*Chul Woo
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:58.31 (did not advance)

Men's 1500m Freestyle
*Sung-Mo Cho
*# Preliminary Heat – 15:50.45 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly
*Kyu-Chul Han
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:59.85 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke
*Kyong-Fan Joe
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:04.71 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Breaststroke
*Kyong-Fan Joe
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:19.16 (did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke
*Min Sung
*# Preliminary Heat – 57.15 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke
*Jong-Min Lee
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:07.14 (did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley
*Kyu-Chul Han
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:06.42 (did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley
*Bang-Hyun Kim
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:28.56 (did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle
*Hee-Jin Jang
*# Preliminary Heat – 26.88 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle
*Hee-Jin Jang
*# Preliminary Heat – 58.77 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Freestyle
*Joo-Hee Roh
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:07.21 (did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle
*Joo-Hee Roh
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:25.66 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly
*Bo-Eun Lee
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:02.22 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Breaststroke
*Hye-Young Byun
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:11.64 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Breaststroke
*Hyo-Jin Ku
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:28.21
*# Semi-final – 02:28.50 (did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke
*Min-Ji shim
*# Preliminary Heat – 01:03.20 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Backstroke
*Soo-Min Choi
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:26.42 (did not advance)

Women's 200m Individual Medley
*Yoo-Sun Nam
*# Preliminary Heat – 02:22.53 (did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley
*Ji-Hyun Lee
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:58.94 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100m Medley
*Hee-Jin Jang, Hyo-Jin Ku, Bo-Eun Lee, Min-Ji Shim
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:16.93 (did not advance)

=Synchronized swimming=

Duet
*Yoon-Kysong Yang, Na-Mi Yoo
*# Technical Routine – 32.2
*# Free Routine – 59.626
*# Final – 91.826 (11th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
*Lee Hyung-Taik
*# First round — Lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 7-6, 6-7, 5-7

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to Italy (0-3):* Lost to Argentina (1-3):* Lost to Russia (2-3):* Defeated United States (3-2):* Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3) → did not advance, ninth place overall
*Team Roster:*Bang Ji-Sub:*Bang Sin-Bong:*Chang Byung-Chul:*Choi Tae-Woong:*Kim Se-Jin:*Lee Byung-Yong:*Lee Ho:*Lee Kyung-Soo:*Park Hee-Sang:*Shin Jin-Sik:*Shin Sun-Ho:*Who In-Jung

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Defeated Italy (3-2):* Defeated Germany (3-0) :* Lost to Cuba (0-3) :* Defeated Peru (3-1):* Lost to Russia (0-3)
*Quarterfinals:* Lost to United States (2-3)
*Classification Matches:* 5th/8th place: Lost to PR China (1-3):* 7th/8th place: Lost to Croatia (3-1) → 8th place
*Team Roster:*Chang So-Yun:*Choi Kwang-Hee:*Chung Sun-Hye:*Eoh Yeon-Soon :*Kang Hye-Mi:*Kim Guy-Hyun:*Koo Ki-Lan:*Ku Min-Jung:*Lee Meong-Hee:*Lee Yun-Hui:*Park Mee-Kyung:*Park Soo-Jeong
*Head Coach: Kim Cheol-Yong

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