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.
Silver medalist pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji went viral alongside Yusuf Dikeç for possessing "main character energy" and Terminator-style outfit on social media.
Medalists
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Oh Sang-uk Fencing Men's individual sabre Oh Ye-jin Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Jeon Hun-youngLim Si-hyeonNam Su-hyeon Archery Women's team Ban Hyo-jin Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Kim Je-deokKim Woo-jinLee Woo-seok Archery Men's team Oh Sang-ukGu Bon-gilPark Sang-wonDo Gyeong-dong Fencing Men's team sabre Kim Woo-jinLim Si-hyeon Archery Mixed team Yang Ji-in Shooting Women's 25 m pistol Lim Si-hyeon Archery Women's individual Kim Woo-jin Archery Men's individual An Se-young Badminton Women's singles Park Tae-joon Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Kim Yu-jin Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Keum Ji-hyeonPark Ha-jun Shooting Mixed 10 m air rifle team Kim Ye-ji Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Huh Mi-mi Judo Women's −57 kg Kim Won-hoJeong Na-eun Badminton Mixed doubles Kim Min-jong Judo Men's +100 kg Nam Su-hyeon Archery Women's individual Yoon Ji-suJeon Eun-hyeJeon Ha-youngChoi Se-bin Fencing Women's team sabre Cho Yeong-jae Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Park Hye-jeong Weightlifting Women's +81 kg Kim Woo-min Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Lim Jong-hoonShin Yu-bin Table tennis Mixed doubles Lee Joon-hwan Judo Men's 81 kg Kim Ha-yun Judo Women's +78 kg Huh Mi-miJung Ye-rinLee Hye-kyeongKim Ji-suKim Ha-yunYoon Hyun-jiAn Ba-ulKim Won-jinHan Ju-yeopLee Joon-hwanKim Min-jong Judo Mixed team Lee Woo-seok Archery Men's individual Im Ae-ji Boxing Women's 54 kg Shin Yu-binJeon Ji-heeLee Eun-hye Table tennis Women's team Lee Da-bin Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Seong Seung-min Modern pentathlon Women's
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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 2 August 1 2 1 4 3 August 2 2 1 5 4 August 1 0 2 3 5 August 1 1 0 2 7 August 1 0 0 1 8 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. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Artistic swimming 0 2 2Athletics 3 0 3Badminton 4 8 12Boxing 0 2 2Breaking 1 0 1Cycling 1 1 2Diving 4 2 6Equestrian 1 0 1Fencing 5 6 11Golf 2 3 5Gymnastics 3 5 8Handball 0 14 14Judo 5 6 11Modern pentathlon 2 2 4Sailing 1 0 1Shooting 6 11 17Sport climbing 2 1 3Swimming 12 3 15Table tennis 3 3 6Taekwondo 2 2 4Weightlifting 3 2 5Wrestling 2 0 2 Total 65 76 141
Archery
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. 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 before earning a team quota at the 2023 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKim Je-deokIndividual6822W 6–0W 6–4W 6–4L 0–6 Did not advanceKim Woo-jin6861W 6–0W 6–0W 7–1W 6–4W 6–5W 6–5Lee Woo-seok6815W 6–0W 6–0W 6–2W 6–4L 5–6W 6–0Kim Je-deokKim Woo-jinLee Woo-seokTeam20491colspan=2 W 6–0W 5–1W 5–1
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJeon Hun-youngIndividual66413W 6–2W 7–1W 6–4W 6–2L 4–6L 4–64Lim Si-hyeon694 1W 6–0W 6–0W 7–1W 6–4W 6–4W 7–3Nam Su-hyeon6882W 7–1W 7–3W 6–2W 6–4W 6–0L 3–7Jeon Hun-youngLim Si-hyeonNam Su-hyeonTeam2046 1colspan=2 W 6–2W 5–4W 5–4
Mixed AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKim Woo-jinLim Si-hyeonTeam1380 1 QW 5–4W 6–2W 6–2W 6–0
Artistic swimming
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.
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routineOverallPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankHur Yoon-seoLee Ri-youngDuet227.566713227.750013455.316713
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):
Track and road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankChoe Byeong-kwangMen's 20 km walk1:26:1542
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankWoo Sang-hyeokMen's high jump2.27=3 q2.277Kim Jang-wooMen's triple jump16.3126 Did not advance
Badminton
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 / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Jeon Hyeok-jin Singles W (21–12, 21–19) L (10–21, 16–21) 2 Did not advance Kang Min-hyukSeo Seung-jae Doubles W (21–12, 21–17) W (21–17, 21–15) W (21–16, 21–15) 1 Q L (19–21, 20–22)Did not advance
Women Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Kim Ga-eun Singles W (21–12, 21–6) W (21–17, 20–22, 23–21) 1 Q L (4–21, 21–8, 21–23) Did not advance An Se-young W (21–15, 21–11) W (21–5, 21–7) 1 Q W (15–21, 21–17, 21–8) W (11–21, 21–13, 21–16) W (21–13, 21–16) Baek Ha-naLee So-hee Doubles L (18–21, 21–9, 14–21) W (21–13, 21–8) W (21–9, 21–12) 2 Q L (9–21, 13–21) Did not advance Kim So-yeongKong Hee-yong W (21–18, 21–10) W (24–22, 26–24) W (21–12, 21–17) 1 Q L (12–21, 13–21) Did not advance
Mixed Athlete Event Group stage Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Seo Seung-jaeChae Yoo-jung Doubles W (21–10, 21–7) W (21–16, 21–12) W (21–16, 10–21, 21–15) 1 Q W (21–15, 21–10) L (16–21, 22–20, 21–23 L (13–21, 20–22) 4 Kim Won-hoJeong Na-eun L (20–22, 21–14, 19–21) W (22–20, 21–16) L (13–21, 14–21) 2 Q W (21–19, 21–14) W (21–16, 20–22, 23–21) L (8–21, 11–21)
Boxing
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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIm Ae-jiWomen's 54 kgW 4–1W 3–2L 2–3Did not advanceOh Yeon-jiWomen's 60 kgL 0–5 Did not advance
Breaking
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.
AthleteNicknameEventQualification QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / PointsRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKim Hong-yul Hong10B-Boys273 Did not advance11
Cycling
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.
AthleteEventTimeRankKim Eu-roMen's road race6:39:2765Song Min-jiWomen's road race
Diving
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.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankWoo Ha-ramMen's 3 m springboard389.1012 Q432.009 Q374.1511Yi Jae-gyeong381.4016 Q366.5017 Did not advanceKim Yeong-taekMen's 10 m platform320.4024 Did not advanceShin Jung-whi369.2017 Q290.6018 Did not advanceKim Su-jiWomen's 3 m springboard285.5011 Q272.7513 Did not advanceKim Na-hyunWomen's 10 m platform250.0026 Did not advance
Equestrian
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 AthleteHorseEventGrand Prix Grand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankHwang Young-shik DelmonteIndividual70.0005 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
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.
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankKim Jae-wonÉpéeL 12–14 Did not advanceHa Tae-gyuFoilL 13–15 Did not advanceGu Bon-gilSabreL 8–15 Did not advanceOh Sang-ukW 15–8W 15–10W 15–13W 15–5W 15–11Park Sang-wonW 15–10L 11–15 Did not advanceGu Bon-gilOh Sang-ukPark Sang-wonTeam sabrecolspan=3 W 45–33W 45–39W 45–41
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankSong Se-raÉpéeW 15–11L 6–15 Did not advanceLee Hye-inL 13–15Did not advanceKang Young-miL 13–14 Did not advanceSong Se-raLee Hye-inChoi In-jeong*Team Épéecolspan=3 L 31–37Classifications SemifinalW 45–39Classifications Placement 5–6W 45–385Yoon Ji-suSabreW 15–11L 9–15 Did not advanceChoi Se-binW 15–14W 15–7W 15–14L 12–15L 14–154Jeon Ha-youngW 15–8W 15–7L 14–15 Did not advance5Yoon Ji-suChoi Se-binJeon Ha-youngJeon Eun-hye*Team sabrecolspan=3 W 45–35W 45–36L 42–45
Golf
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.