South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics South Korea
games=2008 Summer
competitors=267
sports=25
flagbearer=Jang Sung-Ho (opening)
Jang Mi-Ran (closing)
gold=13
silver=10
bronze=8
rank=7

South Korea competed (as "Korea") at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of 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. [ [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90779/90867/6457767.html "South Korea preview: South Korea eyes on top 10 finish"] , "The People's Daily Online", July 24, 2008]

North and South Korea had initially intended to send a joint delegation to the Games, [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/nov/02/northkorea "North and South Korea to join forces in fight for Olympic gold"] , "The Guardian", November 2, 2005] [ [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/25/1077676839267.html?from=storyrhs "'One' Korea for Olympics"] , "The Age", February 26, 2004] but were unable to agree on the details of its implementation. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/04/04/1608640.htm "No progress on joint Korean Olympic team: officials"] , ABC News, April 4, 2006] [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=2682592 "Sides still at odds over joint '08 Olympics team"] , Associated Press, December 1, 2006] (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 seventh in the end, putting it above Japan, Italy and France with 13 gold medals, the highest number of gold medals earned in its Olympic history.

Medalists

Athletics

Track and road events

Women

Semifinals
* Aug 22 bb|KOR 6 – 2 bb|JPN

Gold medal match
* Aug 23 bb|KOR 3 – 2 bb|CUB

Basketball

Women's competition

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.

The men's team finished third at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.

;Preliminary round (Group A)
* Aug 9 bkw|KOR 68 – 62 bkw|BRA
* Aug 11 bkw|KOR 72 – 77 bkw|RUS
* Aug 13 bkw|KOR 62 – 90 bkw|AUS
* Aug 15 bkw|KOR 53 – 63 bkw|BLR
* Aug 17 bkw|KOR 72 – 68 bkw|LAT

Cycling

Road

Men

Equestrian

Field Hockey

Men's competition

;Preliminary round - Pool A
* August 11 fh|KOR 1 – 3 fh|NZL
* August 13 fh|KOR 5 – 2 fh|CHN
* August 15 fh|KOR 3 – 3 fh|GER
* August 17 fh|KOR 3 – 1 fh|BEL
* August 19 fh|KOR 1 – 2 fh|ESP

footballbox
date = 2008-08-07
time = 19:45
team1 = fb-rt|KOR
score = 1 – 1
report = [http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/matches/round=250016/match=300051806/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fb|CMR
goals1 = Park Chu-Young goal|68
goals2 = Mandjeck goal|81
stadium = Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
attendance = 21,943
referee = Jair Maruffo (USA) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-10
time = 19:45
team1 = fb-rt|ITA
score = 3 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/matches/round=250016/match=300051804/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fb|KOR
goals1 = Rossi goal|15
Rocchi goal|32
Montolivo goal|90
goals2 =
stadium = Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
attendance = 29,455
referee = Thomas Einwaller (Austria) ----footballbox
date = 2008-08-13
time = 17:00
team1 = fb-rt|KOR
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/matches/round=250016/match=300051803/report.html (Report)]
team2 = fb|HON
goals1 = Kim Dong-Jin goal|23
goals2 =
stadium = Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
attendance =
referee = Michael Hester (New Zealand)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

;Qualification

Women

;Qualification

;Medal round - Quarterfinals
* August 20 hb|KOR 24 – 29 hb|ESP

;Classification 5-8 places
* August 22 hb|KOR 26 – 29 hb|POL
* August 24 hb|KOR 26 – 37 hb|DEN

Women's competiton

;Preliminary round - Group B
* August 9 hbw|KOR 29 – 29 hbw|RUS
* August 11 hbw|KOR 30 – 20 hbw|GER
* August 13 hbw|KOR 31 – 23 hbw|SWE
* August 15 hbw|KOR 32 – 33 hbw|BRA
* August 17 hbw|KOR 33 – 22 hbw|HUN

Modern pentathlon

Men

Women

Women

Table Tennis

All six singles players will also participate in the team events.

Men

;;Bronze Medal Final
August 18

August 14

;;Bronze Play-off Round 2
August 16

Women

Women

;Greco-Roman

References