- South Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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rank=South Korea , as "Korea", competed at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich ,West Germany .Medalists
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Oh Seung-Lip — Judo, men's middleweight (80 kg)Results by event
=Archery=In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, South Korea entered three women. Their highest placing competitor was
Kim Ho Gu , at 7th place in the women's competition.Women's Individual Competition:
*Kim Ho-Gu - 2369 points (7th place)
*Ju Chun-Sam - 2349 points (12th place)
*Kim Hyang-Min - 2275 points (20th place)Men's High Jump
*Park Sang-Soo :* Qualification Round — 2.00m (→ did not advance)Men's 4x100m Relay
*Lee Chung-Ping ,Soo Wen-Ho ,Chen Chin-Lung , andChen Ming-Chih :* Heat — 41.78s (→ did not advance)Women's Shot Put
*Paik Ok-Ja :* Qualification Round — 15.78m (→ did not advance)Women's Discus Throw
* Paik Ok-Ja:* Qualification Round — DNS (→ did not advance)
=Boxing=Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Jae Keun-Lim :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — DefeatedNamchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2 :* Third Round — Lost toRolando Garbey (CUB), TKO-2
=Swimming=Men's 400 m freestyle:
*Cho Oh-Ryun - Heat: 4:21.78 (did not advance)Men's 1500 m freestyle
* Cho Oh-Ryun - Heat: 17:29.23 (did not advance)Men's: 7th place
* Roster:Choi Jong-Ok ,Chung Dong-Kee ,Jin Jun-Tak ,Kang Man-Soo ,Kim Chung-Han ,Kim Kun-Bong ,Kim Kyui-Hwan ,Lee Chun-Pio ,Lee In ,Lee Sun-Koo ,Lee Yong-Kwan , andPark Kee-Won
* Preliminary round: 2-3
* Semi–Final: Lost to Romania (0-3)
* Final: Defeated Brazil (3-0)Women's: 4th place
* Roster:Jo Hae-Chung ,Kim Eun-Hie ,Kim Young-Ja ,Lee In-Sook ,Lee Jung-Ja ,Lee Kyung-Ai ,Lee Kyung-Sook ,Lee Soon-Bok ,Yoon Young-Nae ,Yu Jung-Hyae , andYu Kyung-Hwa
* Preliminary round: 2-1
* Semi–Final: Lost to Japan (0-3)
* Final: Lost to D.P.R. Korea (0-3)Lightweight:
*Won Shin-Hee - 427.5 kg (7th place)
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