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South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
KOR

0
  
1

Competitors
  
35 in 7 sports


NOC
  
Korean Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.sports.or.kr (Korean) (English)

Medals Ranked 29th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 1 2

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 7 sports.

Contents

Silver

  • Song Soon-chun — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
  • Bronze

  • Kim Chang-Hui — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight
  • Group round

  • China 83-76 Korea
  • Bulgaria 89-58 Korea
  • Uruguay 83-60 Korea
  • Group 2 (9-15)

  • Canada 74-63 Korea
  • Japan 83-67 Korea
  • Classification 13-15

    Thailand's loss gave the nation 15th place.

  • Korea 61-47 Thailand
  • Singapore, BYE
  • Classification 13/14

  • Singapore 92-79 Korea
  • Korea's final ranking was 14th.

    Squad

    An Yeong-Sik, An Byeong-Seok, Jo Byeong-Hyeon, Choi Tae-Gon, Kim Chun-Bae, Kim Hyeong-Il, Kim Yeong-Gi, Kim Yeong-Su, Go Se-Tae, Baek Jeong-Nam

    Shooting

    Two shooters represented South Korea in 1956.

    Men

    Weightlifting

    Men

    Wrestling

    Men's Freestyle

    References

    South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia