North Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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North Korea at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codePRK
NOCOlympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Barcelona
Competitors64 (36 men, 28 women) in 12 sports
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
4
Silver
0
Bronze
5
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the nation's first appearance in twelve years at the Summer Games due to its boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 64 competitors, 36 men and 28 women, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Pae Gil-su Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 2 August
 Gold Ri Hak-son Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 5 August
 Gold Kim Il Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 6 August
 Gold Choi Chol-su Boxing Flyweight 9 August
 Bronze Kim Myong-nam Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 30 July
 Bronze Ri Pun-hui
Yu Sun-bok
Table tennis Women's doubles 1 August
 Bronze Ri Pun-hui Table tennis Women's singles 4 August
 Bronze Ri Gwang-sik Boxing Bantamweight 6 August
 Bronze Kim Yong-sik Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 7 August

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 3 3
Athletics 1 2 3
Boxing 6 6
Cycling 0 3 3
Diving 0 4 4
Gymnastics 3 8 11
Judo 2 1 3
Shooting 6 3 9
Table tennis 4 4 8
Weightlifting 10 10
Wrestling 4 4
Total 36 28 64

Archery[edit]

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Kim Jong-hwa — Round of 32, 19th place (0-1)
  • Li Myong-gum — Round of 32, 29th place (0-1)
  • Sin Song-hui — Ranking round, 52nd place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Kim, Li, and Sin — Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Athletics[edit]

Men's Marathon

Women's Marathon

Women's Long Jump

  • Heat — 6.17 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing[edit]

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Cycling[edit]

Three cyclists, all women, represented North Korea in 1992.

Women's Individual Road Race
  • Pak Chun-wa — 2:38:38 (→ 53rd place)
  • Kim Gyong-hui — 2:39:43 (→ 54th place)
  • Choi In-ae — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving[edit]

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 232.65 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)
  • Preliminary Heat — 206.64 points (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Kim Chun-ok
  • Preliminary Round — 282.36 points (→ 18th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 282.36 points (→ 23rd place)

Gymnastics[edit]

Judo[edit]

Rhythmic gymnastics[edit]

Shooting[edit]

Table tennis[edit]

Weightlifting[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "North Korea at the 1992 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ^ Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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