South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors, 269 men and 132 women, took part in 218 events in 27 sports.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Kim Young-nam Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Kim Jae-yup Judo Men's 60 kg Lee Kyung-keun Judo Men's 65 kg HandballWomen's tournament Kim Soo-nyung Archery Women's individual Hyun Jung-hwaYang Young-ja Table tennis Women's doubles Chun In-sooLee Han-supPark Sung-soo Archery Men's team Kim Soo-nyungWang Hee-kyungYun Young-sook Archery Women's team Yoo Nam-kyu Table tennis Men's singles Han Myung-woo Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg Kim Kwang-sun Boxing Flyweight Park Si-hun Boxing Light middleweight Chun Byung-kwan Weightlifting Men's 52 kg Cha Young-chul Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone Kim Sung-moon Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg Park Sung-soo Archery Men's individual Wang Hee-kyung Archery Women's individual Field hockeyWomen's tournament Baik Hyun-man Boxing Heavyweight HandballMen's tournament Kim Ki-taik Table tennis Men's singles Park Jang-soon Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg An Dae-hyun Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg Lee Jae-suk Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg Kim Sang-kyu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg Park Jong-hoon Gymnastics Men's vault Lee Hyeong-geun Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg Lee Jae-hyuk Boxing Featherweight Yun Young-sook Archery Women's individual Ahn Jae-hyungYoo Nam-kyu Table tennis Men's doubles Kim Tae-woo Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg Cho Yong-chul Judo Men's +95 kg Noh Kyung-sun Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Republic of Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 27 20 47Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 12 – 12Canoeing 11 4 15Cycling 11 4 15Diving 1 1 2Equestrian 9 1 10Fencing 15 5 20Field hockey 16 16 32Football 16 – 16Gymnastics 3 8 11Handball 13 12 25Judo 7 – 7Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 19 9 28Sailing 8 2 10Shooting 14 8 22Swimming 8 7 15Synchronized swimming – 3 3Table tennis 4 3 7Tennis 3 2 5Volleyball 12 12 24Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 19 – 19 Total 269 132 401
Archery
Korea's third appearance in Olympic archery was even more successful than its previous one. The women's team was flawless, winning all three of the individual medals and the team gold. The men also won the team gold, with Park Sung-soo adding a fourth individual medal to bring the Koreans' total to six.
Women's Individual Competition: Kim Soo-nyung — Final (→ Gold Medal) Wang Hee-kyung — Final (→ Silver Medal) Yun Young-sook — Final (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Individual Competition: Park Sung-soo — Final (→ Silver Medal) Chun In-soo — Final (→ 4th place) Lee Han-sup — Semifinal (→ 10th place)
Women's Team Competition: Kim, Wang, and Yun — Final → ( Gold Medal)
Men's Team Competition: Park, Chun, and Lee — Final → ( Gold Medal)
Athletics
Men's 10,000 metres Lee Sang-keun Heat — 29:37.14 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon Kim Won-tak Final — 2:15.44 (→ 18th place)
Yoo Jae-sung Final — 2:20.11 (→ 31st place)
Gwon Seong-nak Final — DNF
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Sung Nak-kun, Shim Duk-sup, Kim Bock-sup, and Jang Jae-keun Heat — 39.61 Semi Final — 39.43 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Hwang Hong-chul, Yoon Nam-han, Ryu Tae-keong, and Cho Jin-saeng Heat — 3:14.71 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3.000 m Steeplechase Cha Han-sik Heat — 8:59.82 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump Kim Jong-il Qualification – 7.70m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw Lee Joo-hyong Qualifying Heat — 55.98m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put Han Min-soo Qualifying heat – 15.68m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw Min Se-hoon Qualifying heat – 47.84m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Lee Wook-jong Qualification — 78.10m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon Lee Kwang-ik — 6917 points (→ 33rd place) 100 metres — 11.57s Long Jump — 7.19m Shot Put — 10.27m High Jump — 1.91m 400 metres — 50.71s 110m Hurdles — 16.20s Discus Throw — 34.36m Pole Vault — 4.10m Javelin Throw — 54.94m 1.500 metres — 4:29.98s
Men's 20 km Walk Chung Pil-hwa Final — 1:32:23 (→ 46th place)
Jung Myong-oh Final — 1:40:09 (→ 49th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Relay Yoon Mi-kyong, Woo Yang-ja, Park Mi-seon, and Lee Young-sook Heat — 45.83 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay Yang Kyoung-hee, Choi Se-beom, Lim Chun-ae, and Kim Soon-ja Heat — 3:51.09 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon Lee Mi-ok Final — 2:32.51 (→ 15th place)
Lim Eun-joo Final — 2:38.21 (→ 37th place)
Kim Mi-gyeong Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's Discus Throw Kim Chun-hee Qualification – 45.88m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw Yoo Chun-ok Qualification – 48.26m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put Choi Mi-seon Qualification — 13.97m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon Ji Jeong-mi Final Result — 5289 points (→ 24th place)
Basketball
Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Classification round 9–12
Classification round 9/10
Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Classification 5–8
Classification 7/8
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Fifteen cyclists, eleven men and four women, represented South Korea in 1988.
Men's road race Park Hyeon-gon Lee Jin-ok Sin Dae-cheol
Men's team time trial Jo Deok-haeng Lee Jin-ok Park Hyeon-gon Yu Byeong-heon
Men's sprint Eom Yeong-seop
Men's 1 km time trial Eom Yeong-seop
Men's individual pursuit Park Min-su
Men's team pursuit An U-hyeok Jeong Jeom-sik Kim Yong-gyu Park Min-su
Men's points race Do Eun-cheol
Women's road race Kim Gyeong-suk No Yeom-ju Hong Yeong-mi
Women's sprint Kim Jin-yeong
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankLee Seon-gi3 m springboard362.5832Did not advance10 m platform420.4526Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankKim Eun-hui3 m springboard357.9624Did not advance10 m platform284.2520Did not advance
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented South Korea in 1988.
Men's foil Kim Seung-pyo Go Nak-chun Kim Yong-guk
Men's team foil Hong Yeong-seung, Kim Seung-pyo, Kim Yong-guk, Go Nak-chun, Lee Yeong-rok
Men's épée Lee Sang-gi Yun Nam-jin Lee Il-hui
Men's team épée Jo Hui-je, Lee Il-hui, Lee Sang-gi, Yang Dal-sik, Yun Nam-jin
Men's sabre Lee Byeong-nam Kim Sang-uk Lee Uk-jae
Men's team sabre Kim Sang-uk, Lee Byeong-nam, Lee Hyo-geun, Lee Hyeon-su, Lee Uk-jae
Women's foil Tak Jeong-im Shin Seong-ja Park Eun-hui
Women's team foil Kim Jin-sun, Shin Seong-ja, Tak Jeong-im, Yun Jeong-suk, Park Eun-hui
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) South Korea — Great Britain 2–2 South Korea — Soviet Union 1–3 South Korea — India 1–3 South Korea — West Germany 0–1 South Korea — Canada 1–1
Classification Matches 9th–12th place: South Korea — Kenya 5–2 9th–10th place: South Korea — Spain 0–2 (→ Tenth place)
Team roster (1.) Song Suk-chan (2.) Kim Yeong-jun (3.) Kim Jong-kap (4.) Chung Boo-jin (5.) Chung Kye-suk (6.) Kim Jae-chun (7.) Kwon Soon-pil (8.) Mo Ji-young (9.) Ji Jae-kwan (10.) Kim Man-whe (11.) Han Jin-soo (12.) Lee Heung-pyo (13.) Hur Sang-young (14.) Park Jae-sik (15.) Yoo Seung-jin (16.) Shin Suk-kyun Head coach: Yoo Seung-in
Women's team competition Preliminary round (group B) South Korea — West Germany 4–1 South Korea — Canada 3–1 South Korea — Australia 5–5
Semi Finals South Korea — Great Britain 1–0
Final South Korea — Australia 0–2 (→ Silver Medal)
Team roster (1.) Kim Mi-sun (2.) Han Ok-kyung (3.) Chang Eun-jung (4.) Han Keum-sil (5.) Choi Choon-ok (6.) Kim Soon-duk (7.) Chung Sang-hyun (8.) Jin Won-sim (9.) Hwang Keum-sook (10.) Cho Ki-hyang (11.) Seo Kwang-mi (12.) Park Soon-ja (13.) Kim Young-sook (14.) Seo Hyo-sun (15.) Lim Kye-sook (16.) Chung Eun-kyung Head coach: Yoo Young-chae
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathlete represented South Korea in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition: Kim Myeong-geon — 5099 pts, 12th place Gang Gyeong-hyo — 5074 pts, 13th place Kim Seong-ho — 3854 pts, 61st place
Men's Team Competition: Kim, Kang, and Kim — 14027 pts, 14th place
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Twenty two South Korean shooters (fourteen men and eight women) qualified to compete in the following events: Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAn Byung-kyun10 m air rifle5908 Q 690.77Yang Chung-yul25 m rapid fire pistol5919 Did not advanceLee Eun-chul50 m rifle 3 positions116128Did not advance10 m air rifle58912Did not advanceLim Jang-soo25 m rapid fire pistol57532 Did not advancePark Jong-shin10 m air pistol57718Did not advanceKwak Jung-hoon50 m rifle prone59424 Did not advanceHong Seung-pyo50 m running target57719 Did not advanceKwon Taek-yul50 m rifle 3 positions116521 Did not advance Cha Young-chul50 m rifle prone5982 Q 702.8Min Young-sam50 m pistol55229 Did not advance10 m air pistol57523 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankKang Hye-ja10 m air rifle391 12 Did not advanceLee Hye-kyung50 m rifle three positions57523 Did not advanceBang Hyun-joo10 m air pistol37619Did not advancePark Jung-hee37812Did not advanceLee Mi-kyung10 m air rifle38530Did not advanceBoo Sun-hee25 m pistol57627 Did not advanceKim Young-mi50 m rifle three positions56830 Did not advanceHong Young-ok25 m pistol57528 Did not advance
Open AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPark Chul-sungTrap14419 Q19116Did not advanceKim Ha-yeonSkeet14140 Did not advanceKim Kon-ilTrap14225 Did not advanceByun Kyung-soo14130 Did not advance
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle Song Kwang-sun Heat – 25.40 (→ did not advance, 54th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle Kwon Sang-won Heat – 54.34 (→ did not advance, 55th place) Song Kwang-sun Heat – 54.63 (→ did not advance, 57th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Kwon Sang-won Heat – 1:56.88 (→ did not advance, 45th place) Kwon Soon-kun Heat – 1:58.95 (→ did not advance, 54th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Yang Wook Heat – 4:05.81 (→ did not advance, 39th place) Kwon Soon-kun Heat – 4:08.02 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Yang Wook Heat – 16:21.10 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Park Dong-pil Heat – 1:01.25 (→ did not advance, 40th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Park Dong-pil Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Yoon Joo-il Heat – 1:04.68 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Yoon Joo-il Heat – 2:19.94 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Park Yeong-cheol Heat – 57.74 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Park Yeong-cheol Heat – 2:08.57 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Lee Jae-soo Heat – 2:11.88 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley Lee Jae-soo Heat – 4:40.46 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Kwon Sang-won, Yang Wook, Song Kwang-sun, and Kwon Soon-kun Heat – 3:38.05 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Kwon Sang-won, Yang Wook, Song Kwang-sun, and Kwon Soon-kun Heat – 7:52.93 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Park Dong-pil, Yoon Joo-Il, Park Yeong-cheol, and Kwon Sang-won Heat – 3:56.94 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle Han Young-hee Heat – 28.02 (→ did not advance, 34th place) Park Joo-li Heat – 28.20 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Kim Eun-jung Heat – 1:00.39 (→ did not advance, 43rd place) Han Young-hee Heat – 1:01.72 (→ did not advance, 46th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle Kim Eun-jung Heat – 2:10.85 (→ did not advance, 37th place) Park Joo-li Heat – 2:11.53 (→ did not advance, 39th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Hong Ji-hee