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.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Oh Seung-lip Judo Men's 80 kg
Archery
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: Kim Ho-gu – 2369 points (7th place) Ju Chun-sam – 2349 points (12th place) Kim Hyang-min – 2275 points (20th place)
Athletics
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 Paik Ok-ja Qualification Round – 15.78m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw Paik Ok-ja Qualification Round – DNS (→ did not advance)
Boxing
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
Shooting
Five male shooters represented South Korea in 1972. Open AthleteEventFinalPointsRankChoi Chung-seok50 m rifle prone58960Park Do-geunSkeet18244 Kim Nam-guTrap17741 Kim Tae-seok18132 Park Seong-taeSkeet16856
Swimming
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
Men's: 7th place Roster: Choi Jong-ok, Chung Dong-kee, Jin Jun-tak, Kang Man-soo, Kim Chung-han, Kim Kun-bong, Kim Kyui-hwan, Lee Chun-pio, Lee In, Lee Sun-koo, Lee Yong-kwan, and Park Kee-won Preliminary round: 2–3 Semi–Final: Lost to Romania (0–3) Final: Defeated Brazil (3–0)
Women's: 4th place Roster: Jo Hea-jung, Kim Eun-hui, Kim Young-ja, Lee In-sook, Lee Jung-ja, Lee Kyung-ai, Lee Kyung-sook, Lee Soon-bok, Yoon Young-nae, Yu Jung-hye, and Yu Kyung-hwa Preliminary round: 2–1 Semi–Final: Lost to Japan (0–3) Final: Lost to D.P.R. Korea (0–3)
Weightlifting
Lightweight: Won Shin-hee – 427.5 kg (7th place)
Wrestling
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