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South Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
KOR

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4

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NOC
  
Korean Olympic Committee

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

Medals Ranked 19th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 4 6

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Contents

Gold

  • Yang Jung-mo — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

    • He won the first gold medal for South Korea.

    Silver

  • Chang Eun-kyung — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63kg)

    • Bronze

  • Park Young-chul — Judo, Men's Middleweight (80kg)
  • Cho Jea-ki — Judo, Men's Open Class
  • Jeon Hae-sup — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
  • Baik Myung-sun, Byon Kyung-ja, Chang Hee-sook, Jo Hea-jung, Lee Soon-ok, Lee Soon-bok, Ma Kum-ja, Park Mi-kum, Yu Jung-hye, Yu Kyung-hwa, Jung Soon-ok, and Yoon Young-nae — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (–48kg)

  • Park Chan-hee
    1. First Round — Defeated Abderahim Najim (MAR), DSQ-3
    2. Second Round — Defeated Alican Az (TUR), 5:0
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), 2:3

    • Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Poland (2-3)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (3-1)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3) → Sixth place
  • Team Roster
  • Kim Kun-bong (김건봉, GoldStar)
  • Jo Jae-hak (조재학, GoldStar)
  • Lee Yong-kwan (이용관, Korea Integrated Chemical)
  • Park Kee-won (박기원, Korea Integrated Chemical)
  • Chong Moon-kyong (정문경, GoldStar)
  • Lee Sun-koo (이선구, Korea Electric Power)
  • Lee Choun-pyo (이춘표, Korea Integrated Chemical)
  • Lee In (이인, Korea Electric Power)
  • Kim Chung-han (김충한, GoldStar)
  • Lee Jong-won (이종원, Kyonggi University)
  • Kang Man-soo (강만수, Hanyang University)
  • Lim Ho-dam (임호담, Myongji University)
  • Head Coach: Lee Kyo-so (이규소, Korea Volleyball Association)

    • Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
  • Defeated East Germany (3-2)
  • Defeated Cuba (3-2)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated Hungary (3-1) → Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Lee Soon-bok
  • Yu Jung-hye
  • Byon Kyung-ja
  • Lee Soon-ok
  • Baik Myung-sun
  • Chang Hee-sook
  • Ma Kum-ja
  • Yoon Young-nae
  • Yu Kyung-hwa
  • Park Mi-kum
  • Jo Hea-jung
  • Jung Soon-ok
  • Head Coach: Kim Han-soo

    • References

    South Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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