South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 300 competitors, 189 men and 111 women, took part in 160 events in 25 sports.

Medalists

Archery

Korea's fifth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals in the women's competitions as well as a silver medal and a bronze medal in the men's competitions. The only individual eliminated before the quarterfinals was Yoon Hye-Young, though she did set an Olympic record in the 36 arrow R32/R16 combined. Men's Individual Competition: Women's Individual Competition: Men's Team Competition: Women's Team Competition:

Athletics

Men's High Jump Men's Long Jump Men's Marathon Women's Javelin Throw Women's Shot Put Women's Marathon

Badminton

Baseball

Korea's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish for the team. The Koreans won only one game in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands. This put them in eighth place and ended their involvement in the competition. Men's Team Competition:

Basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Men's Lightweight Men's Light-Welterweight Men's Welterweight Men's Light-Middleweight Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard Women's 10m Platform

Fencing

Thirteen fencers, nine men and 4 women, represented South Korea in 1996.

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's team competition

Women's Team Competition

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's:

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Fourteen South Korean shooters (six men and eight women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle Men's 400m Freestyle Men's 1500m Freestyle Men's 100m Backstroke Men's 200m Backstroke Men's 100m Breaststroke Men's 200m Butterfly Men's 200m Individual Medley Men's 400m Individual Medley Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 100m Freestyle Women's 200m Freestyle Women's 400m Freestyle Women's 800m Freestyle Women's 100m Backstroke Women's 200m Backstroke Women's 100m Breaststroke Women's 200m Breaststroke Women's 200m Individual Medley Women's 400m Individual Medley Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Table tennis

Tennis

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

Women's Indoor Team Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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