South Korea competed (as Korea) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games.

North and South Korea had initially intended to send a joint delegation to the Games, but were unable to agree on the details of its implementation. (See North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics.)

The South Korean contingent aimed for ten gold medals and to be ranked in the top ten in the games. However, they exceeded expectations and the nation was ranked 7th in gold medals, and 8th in total medals. The 13 gold medals won was the highest number of gold medals earned in its Olympic history.

Medalists

Archery

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Korea's won the championship in both the men's and women's events. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.

Men

Women

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Badminton

Men

Women

Mixed

Baseball

Korea placed second in the Final Qualifying Tournament, earning the South Korea national baseball team a qualification spot in baseball. 2008 will be Korea's third appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament; the team took the bronze medal in 2000 and placed eighth in 1996. On Korea's third appearance, they won the gold.

Group Stage

• August 13  South Korea 8 – 7  United States
• August 14  South Korea 0 – 0  China (Postponed due to rain)
• August 15  South Korea 1 – 0  Canada
• August 16  South Korea 5 – 3  Japan
• August 17  South Korea 1 – 0  China
• August 18  South Korea 9 – 8  Chinese Taipei
• August 19  South Korea 7 – 4  Cuba
• August 20  South Korea 10 – 0  Netherlands

Semifinals

• August 22  South Korea 6 – 2  Japan

Gold medal match

• August 23  South Korea 3 – 2  Cuba

Basketball

Women's tournament

Korea's women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2007. It will be the women's team's sixth Olympic appearance.

Roster

The following is the South Korea roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Group play

Quarterfinals

Boxing

Korea qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Lee, Baik, and Kim each earned their spots at the first Asian qualifying tournament. Han and Cho joined them as Olympic qualifiers at the second qualifying tournament.

Canoeing

Sprint

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify directly to final; q = Qualify to semi-final

Cycling

Road

Track

Omnium

Diving

Men

Equestrian

Dressage

Fencing

Men

Women

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the South Korean roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Head Coach: Cho Myung-jun

Reserve:

12. Lee Jae-won
14. Hyun Hye-sung

Group play

Classification match for 5th/6th place

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the South Korean roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Head Coach: Han Jin-soo

Reserve:

2. Lim Seon-mee
16. Lee Soo-jin (GK)

Group play

Classification match for 9th/10th place

Football (soccer)

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the South Korea squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Park Sung-hwa

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Team

* Kim Soo-Myun withdrew from the individual all-around due to injury in the team event, and was replaced by Yang Tae-Young.

Individual finals

Women

Rhythmic

South Korea qualified one woman in rhythmic gymnastics.

Handball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the South Korea roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Kim Tae-hoon

Group play

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal

7th–8th place

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the South Korea roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Lim Young-chul

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Final rank

 Bronze

Judo

Men

Women

Modern pentathlon

* Did not finish

Rowing

Men

Women

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

South Korea had qualified places in both singles and team events.

Men's singles

Women's singles

Team

Taekwondo

Tennis

Weightlifting

Men

Women

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Women's freestyle

References

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