- North Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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North Korea at the Olympic Games
Flag of North Korea – Flag bearersIOC code PRK NOC Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Competitors 36 (13 men, 23 women) in 9 sports Flag bearer Kim Song-Ho (NOC official) Medals
Rank: 57Gold
0Silver
4Bronze
1Total
5Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 Winter Games 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Both North Korea and South Korea marched together in the Parade of Nations at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies under the Korean Unification Flag, a white flag showing the united Korean peninsula in blue. They had two flagbearers carrying the flag together at each occasion, one representing the North and the other representing the South. The female athletes and staff wore red blazers, while their male counterparts wore blue. Although they marched together, the teams competed separately and had separate medal tallies.
Contents
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Silver
Kim Song Guk Boxing Men's Featherweight Silver
Kye Sun Hui Judo Women's 57 kg Silver
Kim Hyang Mi Table Tennis Women's Singles Silver
Ri Song-Hui Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Bronze
Kim Jong Su Shooting Men's 50 metre Pistol Results by event
Athletics
All four members of the North Korea athletics team were marathoners, with the top performance coming from Jong Yong-Ok, who finished 21st.
- Jong Myong-Chol
- 2:19:47 (35th overall)
- Ham Bong-Sil
- Did not finish
Ham pulled out just before the halfway point of the race, when she was in 35th place.
- Jo Bun-Hui
- 2:55:54 (56th overall)
- Jong Yong-Ok
- 2:37:52 (21st overall)
Boxing
Kim Song-Guk was a surprise finalist in the Featherweight class, beating the European bronze medalist in the second round and the All-Africa Games silver medalist in the quarters before edging World runner-up and European champion Vitali Tajbert in the semifinals. In the final, Tichtchenko pulled out into an early lead over Kim and never looked back, easily taking victory and leaving Kim to the silver medal.
- Kim Song-Guk
- Round of 32: Bye
- Round of 16: Defeated Konstantine Kupatadze of Georgia (25 - 14)
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Muideen Ganiyu of Nigeria (32 - 11)
- Semifinal: Defeated Vitali Tajbert of Germany (29 - 24)
- Final: Lost to Alexei Tichtchenko of Russia (17 - 39)
Diving
All four North Korean divers competed in the 10 metre event, with the two men qualifying for the semifinals, while the two women were eliminated in the preliminaries. Both men scored had top-12 scores in the semifinal, but because qualification for the final was based on the total score from the first two rounds, their lower preliminary scores prevented them from qualifying.
- Choe Hyong-Gil
- Preliminary: 419.58 points (16th overall, Qualified)
- Semifinal: 180.78 points (Total: 600.36 points) (15th overall, did not advance)
- Pak Yong-Ryong
- Preliminary: 414.33 points (17th overall, Qualified)
- Semifinal: 181.68 points (Total: 596.01 points) (17th overall, did not advance)
- Jon Hyon-Ju
- Preliminary: 272.01 points (22nd overall, did not advance)
- Kim Kyong-Ju
- Preliminary: 263.52 points (25th overall, did not advance)
Gymnastics
Artistic
The eight-athlete team entered by North Korea in Gymnastics was its largest in any single sport, thanks to the women's team qualifying for the Games. Neither male athlete managed to make a final, but two women did make three finals between them, with Kang Yun-Mi finishing 5th in the vault and Pyon Kwang-Sun making the all-around and uneven bars finals. In the uneven bars final, Pyon had the best finish for the team, ending in 4th place, just four-hundredths of a point from a medal. The team finished last overall in qualification, primarily due to poor showings on the beam and the floor, where they were last by more than a full point.
- Kim Hyon-Il
- Qualification: 18.649 points (97th overall, did not advance)
- Pommel Horse: 9.112 points (56th overall, did not advance)
- Parallel Bars: 9.537 points (37th overall, did not advance)
- Qualification: 18.649 points (97th overall, did not advance)
- Ri Jong-Song
- Qualification: 18.837 points (96th overall, did not advance)
- Floor Exercise: 9.675 points (14th overall, did not advance)
- Vault: 9.174 points (18th overall, did not advance)
- Qualification: 18.837 points (96th overall, did not advance)
- Han Jong-Ok
- Qualification: 17.537 points (91st overall, did not advance)
- Uneven Bars: 9.537 points (17th overall, did not advance)
- Beam: 8.000 points (78th overall, did not advance)
- Qualification: 17.537 points (91st overall, did not advance)
- Hong Su-Jong
- Qualification: 34.962 points (50th overall, did not advance)
- Floor Exercise: 8.475 points (72nd overall, did not advance)
- Uneven Bars: 9.200 points (49th overall, did not advance)
- Beam: 8.212 points (73rd overall, did not advance)
- Vault: 9.075 points (one vault only)
- Qualification: 34.962 points (50th overall, did not advance)
- Kang Yun-Mi
- Qualification: 18.487.512 points (87th overall, did not advance)
- Floor Exercise: 8.850 points (58th overall, did not advance)
- Vault: 9.574 points (2nd overall, Qualified)
- Qualification: 18.487.512 points (87th overall, did not advance)
- Kim Un-Jong
- Qualification: 36.062 points (36th overall, did not advance)
- Floor Exercise: 9.050 points (48th overall, did not advance)
- Uneven Bars: 9.475 points (25th overall, did not advance)
- Beam: 8.412 points (70th overall, did not advance)
- Vault: 9.125 points (one vault only)
- Qualification: 36.062 points (36th overall, did not advance)
- Pyon Kwang-Sun
- Qualification: 36.512 points (23rd overall, Qualified)
- Floor Exercise: 8.650 points (65th overall, did not advance)
- Uneven Bars: 9.600 points (10th overall, Qualified)
- Beam: 9.062 points (32nd overall, did not advance)
- Vault: 9.200 points (one vault only)
- Final: 35.862 points (Floor Exercise: 8.900 points, Uneven Bars: 9.587 points, Beam: 8.850 points, Vault: 8.525 points) (17th overall)
- Qualification: 36.512 points (23rd overall, Qualified)
- Ri Hae-Yon
- Qualification: 34.911 points (52nd overall, did not advance)
- Floor Exercise: 8.687 points (60th overall, did not advance)
- Uneven Bars: 8.862 points (64th overall, did not advance)
- Beam: 8.600 points (62nd overall, did not advance)
- Vault: 8.762 points (one vault only)
- Qualification: 34.911 points (52nd overall, did not advance)
- Han Jong-Ok, Hong Su-Jong, Kang Yun-Mi, Kim Un-Jong, Pyon Kwang-Sun and Ri Hae-Yon
- Qualification: 144.372 points (12th overall, did not advance)
The team score was calculated from the scores listed under the individual qualification, with the top four on each apparatus being counted.
- Pyon Kwang-Sun
- Final: 9.600 points (4th overall)
- Kang Yun-Mi
- Final: 9.381 points (Vault 1: 9.462 points, Vault 2: 9.300 points)(5th overall)
Judo
The North Korean judo team put up a 10-9 record in Athens, with four of the wins coming from two-time World Champion Kye Sun-Hui. Kye, who had won a gold medal in Atlanta and a bronze in Sydney, made her way to the final in Athens, where she lost a tight match to a German opponent. Although she failed to win gold, she did manage to complete her Olympic medal collection.
Men's 60 kg (Extra-Lightweight):
- Pak Nam-Chol
- Round of 32: Bye
- Round of 16: Lost to Anis Lounifi of Tunisia (Harai-goshi; ippon - 1:28)
Women's 48 kg (Extra-Lightweight):
- Ri Kyong-Ok
- Round of 32: Lost to Nese Sensoy of Turkey (Harai-makikomi; waza-ari)
Women's 52 kg (Half-Lightweight):
- Ri Sang-Sim
- Round of 32: Lost to Yuki Yokosawa of Japan (Tate-shiho-gatame; ippon - 2:25) (advanced to first repechage round)
- Repechage Round 1: Defeated Hortense Diedhiou of Senegal (Sumi-otoshi; yuko)
- Repechage Round 2: Lost to Georgina Singleton of Great Britain (Uchi-mata-makikomi; koku)
- Kye Sun-Hui
- Round of 32: Defeated Marcon Bezzina of Malta (Ippon-seoi-nage; ippon - 0:44)
- Round of 16: Defeated Natalia Yukhareva of Russia (penalty points; 2 shidos)
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Sophie Cox of Great Britain (Sumi-otoshi; ippon - 4:27)
- Semifinal: Defeated Yurisleidy Lupetey of Cuba (Osoto-gaeshi; ippon - 2:19)
- Final: Lost to Yvonne Bönisch of Germany (Uchi-mata; yuko) (Silver Medal)
Women's 63 kg (Half-Middleweight):
- Hong Ok-Song
- Round of 32: Defeated Ylenia Sacpin of Italy (Kouchi-gari; koku - 1:36, Golden Score)
- Round of 16: Defeated Henriette Moller of South Africa (Ippon-seoi-nage; ippon - 1:22)
- Quarterfinal: Lost to Claudia Heill of Austria (penalty points; 3 shidos) (advanced to second repechage round)
- Repechage Round 2: Defeated Ronda Rousey of the United States (Sumi-otoshi; yuko)
- Repechage Round 3: Lost to Driulys González of Cuba (Kesa-gatame; ippon - 0:58)
- Kim Ryon-Mi
- Round of 32: Bye
- Round of 16: Defeated Antonia Moreira of Angola (Harai-makikomi; ippon - 1:08)
- Quarterfinal: Lost to Catherine Marie Joelle Arlove of Australia (Sumi-gaeshi; ippon - 2:11) (advanced to second repechage round)
- Repechage Round 2: Defeated Andrea Pazoutova of the Czech Republic (Ouchi-gari; waza-ari)
- Repechage Round 3: Lost to Catherine Jacques of Belgium (Tani-otoshi; waza-ari)
Shooting
North Korean shooters made three finals, and managed to come up with a medal. Kim Jong-Su and Kim Hyon-Ung both made the 10 metre air pistol final, but neither shot strongly enough to challenge for a medal. Kim Jong-Su also made the 50 metre pistol final, but here shot well enough to earn a bronze medal. Ri Hyon-Ok came very close to the women's skeet final, just missing out in a shoot-off.
- Kim Hyon-Ung
- Qualification: 553 points (T-18th overall, did not advance)
- Kim Jong-Su
- Qualification: 564 points (T-3rd overall, Qualified)
- Final: 93.7 points (Total: 657.7 points) (Bronze Medal)
Men's 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol:
- Kim Hyon-Ung
- Qualification: 572 points (16th overall, did not advance)
- Kim Hyon-Ung
- Qualification: 583 points (T-4th overall, Qualified)
- Final: 99.0 points (Total: 682.0 points) (6th overall)
- Kim Jong-Su
- Qualification: 582 points (T-6th overall, Qualified)
- Final: 99.2 points (Total: 681.2 points) (8th overall)
- Ri Hyon-Ok
- Qualification: 68 points (Shoot-off: 1, 2)(7th overall, did not advance)
Table Tennis
The North Korean tennis team went 8-5, with its biggest success coming not from one of the two seeds, but from world #40 Kim Hyang-Mi, who beat three seeded players on her way to the final. This included upsetting the 3rd seed Niu Jianfeng in the 4th round and stirring comeback from down three-sets-to-one against a Singaporean opponent in the semifinal, before falling to the #1 seed in the final.
- O Il
- Round 1: Defeated Jose Luyindula of Democratic Republic of Congo (11 - 8, 11 - 8, 11 - 4, 11 - 7)
- Round 2: Lost to Leung Chu Yan of Hong Kong (3 - 11, 9 - 11, 13 - 11, 4 - 11, 8 - 11)
- (15) Kim Hyon-Hui
- Kim Hyang-Mi
- Round 1: Bye
- Round 2: Bye
- Round 3: Defeated (12) Mihaela Steff of Romania (7 - 11, 11 - 8, 11 - 7, 11 - 7, 6 - 11, 11 - 9)
- Round 4: Defeated (3) Niu Jianfeng of China (11 - 8, 11 - 9, 11 - 9, 11 - 4)
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Zhang Xueling of Singapore (11 - 7, 11 - 4, 9 - 11, 11 - 8, 8 - 11, 12 - 10)
- Semifinal: Defeated (6) Li Jia Wei of Singapore (8 - 11, 11 - 6, 0 - 11, 8 - 11, 11 - 8, 11 - 6, 11 - 9)
- Final: Lost to (1) Zhang Yining of China ( 11 - 8, 11 - 7, 11 - 2, 11 - 2)
- Kim Yun-Mi
- (8) Kim Hyon-Hui and Kim Hyang-Mi
- Round 1: Bye
- Round 2: Bye
- Round 3: Bye
- Round 4: Defeated Chunli Li and Karen Li of New Zealand (11 - 8, 11 - 13, 11 - 6, 11 - 13, 11 - 5, 11 - 4)
- Quarterfinal: Lost to (3) Lee Eun Sil and Seok Eun Mi of South Korea (10 - 12, 11 - 4, 9 - 11, 8 - 11, 11 - 9, 7 - 11)
Weightlifting
North Korean weightlifters came home with a silver medal, after Ri Song-Hui, who was tied for second entering the Clean & Jerk, made a successful lift at 130.0 kg to pull away into a lone silver medal position.
- Im Yong-Su
- Did not finish (Snatch: 140.0 kg, Clean & Jerk: DNF)
Im missed three attempts at a Clean & Jerk of 170.0 kg, which would have given him a bronze medal.
- Choe Un-Sim
- 177.5 kg (Snatch: 82.5 kg, Clean & Jerk: 95.0 kg, 8th overall)
- Pak Hyon-Suk
- 217.5 kg (Snatch: 95.0 kg, Clean & Jerk: 122.5 kg, 6th overall)
- Ri Song-Hui
- 232.5 kg (Snatch: 102.5 kg, Clean & Jerk: 130.0 kg) (Silver Medal)
Wrestling
Freestyle
North Korea's only wrestler in Athens won one match on the mat and one by injury default, but was unable to advance, as he lost to a Greek wrestler in his first match.
- O Song-Nam
- Pool 7
- Lost to Amiran Karntanov of Greece (3 - 4)
- Defeated Martin Berberyan of Armenia (5 - 2; 6:15)
- Defeated Harun Dogan of Turkey (injury default)
- 2nd in pool, did not advance (8 TP, 8 CP, 8th overall)
- Pool 7
Officials
- President: Mun Jae-Dok
- Secretary General: Jo Sang-Nam
References
- Wallechinsky, David; Jamie Loucky (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics : 2008 Edition. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1845133306.
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