South Korea competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag. 281 competitors, 175 men and 106 women, took part in 144 events in 26 sports.
The Korean women swept the medals in the individual event and took the gold medal in the team event. The men added another gold medal with their victory in the team round, despite none of the individual archers advancing past the quarterfinal.
Women's team competition:
Yun, Kim, and Kim — final, gold medal (4-0)Men's team competition:
Kim, Oh, and Jang — final, gold medal (4-0)Men's 800 m
Kim Soon-hyungRound 1 — 01:48.49 (did not advance)Men's 400 m hurdles
Lee Du-yeonRound 1 — 52.61 (did not advance)Men's javelin throw
Song Dong-hyunQualifying — 70.48 (did not advance)Men's long jump
Sung Hee-junQualifying — NM (did not advance)Men's high jump
Lee Jin-taekQualifying — 2.20 (did not advance)Men's 20 km Walk
Shin Il-yongFinal — 1:26:22 (30th place)Men's marathon
Lee Bong-juFinal — 2:17:57 (24th place)Chung Nam-kyunFinal — 2:22:23 (45th place)Baek Seung-doFinal — 2:28:25 (65th place)Women's Shot Put
Lee Myung-sunQualifying — 17.44 (did not advance)Women's Javelin Throw
Lee Young-sunQualifying — 49.84 (did not advance)Women's 20 km Walk
Kim Mi-jungFinal — 1:36:09 (25th place)Women's Marathon
Oh Mi-jaFinal — 2:38:42 (34th place)Men's Singles
Shon Seung-moRound of 64: Lost to Kenneth Jonassen of DenmarkHwang Sun-hoRound of 64: ByeRound of 32: Defeated Bertrand Gallet of FranceRound of 16: Lost to Marlev Mario Mainaky of IndonesiaMen's Doubles
Ha Tae-kwon, Kim Dong-moonRound of 32: ByeRound of 16: Defeated Cheah Soon Kit, Kim Hock Yap of MalaysiaQuarterfinal: Defeated Ricky Ahmad Subagja, Rexy Ronald Mainaky of IndonesiaSemifinal: Lost to Candra Wijaya, Tony Gunawan of IndonesiaBronze medal match: Defeated Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah of Malaysia — Bronze MedalLee Dong-soo, Yoo Yong-sungRound of 32: ByeRound of 16: Defeated Peter Knowles, Julian Robertson of Great BritainQuarterfinal: Defeated Jens Eriksen, Jesper Larsen of DenmarkSemifinal: Defeated Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah of MalaysiaGold medal match: Lost to Tony Gunawan, Candra Wijaya of Indonesia — Silver medalWomen's Singles
Kim Ji-hyunRound of 64: ByeRound of 32: Defeated Milaine Cloutier of CanadaRound of 16: Defeated Nicole Grether of GermanyQuarterfinal: Lost to Dai Yun of ChinaLee Kyung-wonRound of 64: ByeRound of 32: Defeated Elena Nozdran of UkraineRound of 16: Lost to Chia-Chi Huang of Chinese TaipeiWomen's Doubles
Yim Kyung-jin, Lee Hyo-jungRound of 32: Defeated Hui-Min Tsai, Li-Chin Chen of Chinese TaipeiRound of 16: Lost to Gu Jun, Ge Fei of ChinaRa Kyung-min, Chung Jae-heeRound of 32: ByeRound of 16: Defeated Sarah Hardaker, Joanne Davies of Great BritainQuarterfinal: Defeated Rikke Olsen, Helene Kirkegaard of DenmarkSemifinal: Lost to Huang Nanyan, Yang Wei of ChinaBronze medal match: Lost to Qin Yiyuan, Gao Ling of ChinaMixed Doubles
Ha Tae-kwon, Chung Jae-heeRound of 32: Defeated Vladislav Druzchenko, Viktoriya Yevtushenko of UkraineRound of 16: Lost to Tri Kusharyanto, Minarti Timur of IndonesiaLee Dong-soo, Lee Hyo-jungRound of 32: Lost to Jon Holst-Christensen, Ann Jorgensen of DenmarkKim Dong-moon, Ra Kyung-minRound of 32: ByeRound of 16: Defeated Khunakom Sudhisodhi, Saralee Toongthongkam of ThailandQuarterfinal: Lost to Zhang Jun, Gao Ling of ChinaThe Korean baseball team, which had finished last four years earlier, improved their result drastically in their second Olympic baseball appearance. They lost their games against perennial powers Cuba (which was the Cubans' 21st straight Olympic win) and the United States as well as Australia, but defeated defending silver medallist Japan as well as the other three teams in the competition. Their third-place finish in the preliminary round pitted them against the Americans in the semifinal, which Korea lost 3-2. In the bronze medal match, the Koreans again defeated the Japanese to take home the medal.
Preliminary Round RobinDefeated Italy 10 — 2Lost to Australia 3 — 5Lost to Cuba 5 — 6Lost to United States 0 — 4Defeated Netherlands 2 — 0Defeated Japan 7 — 6Defeated South Africa 13 — 3SemifinalsLost to United States 2 — 3Bronze Medal MatchDefeated Japan 3 — 1 → Bronze MedalTeam RosterPark Seok-jinSong Jin-wooSon Min-hanPark Jin-manPark Jong-hoPark Kyung-oanLim Chang-yongLim Sun-dongPark Jae-hongLee Byung-kyuLee Seung-hoLee Seung-yuopKim Soo-kyungKim Tae-gyunKoo Dae-sungKim Dong-jooKim Han-sooKim Ki-taeJang Sung-hoJin Pil-jungJung Soo-keunChong Tae-hyonChung Min-taeHong Sung-heonPreliminary RoundLost to United States (75-89)Defeated New Zealand (101-62)Lost to Poland (62-77)Defeated Russia (75-73)Defeated Cuba (69-56)QuarterfinalsDefeated France (68-59)Semi-finalsLost to United States (65-78)Bronze Medal MatchLost to Brazil (73-84) — 4th placeTeam RosterJeon Ju-wonJeong Eun-soonJang Sun-hyoungJung Sun-minKang Ji-sookKim Ji-yoonLee Eon-juLee Jong-aeLee Mi-sunPark Jung-eunWang Su-jinYang Jung-okMen's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Kim Ki-sukRound 1 — Defeated Soubam Suresh Singh of IndiaRound 2 — Defeated La Paene Masara of IndonesiaQuarterfinal — Lost to Brahim Asloum of France (did not advance)Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Kim Tai-kyuRound 1 — Lost to Manuel Mantilla Rodriguez of Cuba (did not advance)Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Cho Suk-hwanRound 1 — Lost to Alisher Rahimov of Uzbekistan (did not advance)Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Park Heung-minRound 1 — ByeRound 2 — Lost to Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco (did not advance)Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Hwang Sung-bumRound 1 — Defeated Mariusz Cendrowski of PolandRound 2 — Lost to Aleksandr Leonov of Russia (did not advance)Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Bae Jin-sukRound 1 — Lost to Bulent Ulusoy of Turkey (did not advance)Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Song In-joonRound 1 — ByeRound 2 — Lost to Hekal Mohamed Abdelmawgod of Egypt (did not advance)Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Im Jung-binRound 1 — Defeated Ramadan Yasser Abdelghafar of EgyptRound 2 — Lost to Akin Kakauridze of Turkey (did not advance)Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Choi Ki-sooRound 1 — Lost to Gurcharan Singh of India (did not advance)Men's Kayak Singles 500m
Nam Sung-hoQualifying Heat — 01:45.163 (did not advance)Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Kang Dong-wooFinal — Lapped (38th place)Men's Point Race
Cho Ho-sungPoints — 15Laps Down — 1 (4th place)Men's Keirin
Eum In-youngFirst Round — Heat — 2; Place — 3Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 4 (did not advance)Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented South Korea in 2000.
Men's foilKim Yeong-hoMen's épéeLee Sang-giLee Sang-yeopYang Noe-seongMen's team épéeLee Sang-gi, Lee Sang-yeop, Yang Noe-seongMen's sabreLee Seung-wonWomen's foilSeo Mi-jungWomen's épéeGo Jeong-jeonPreliminary Round (Group B)South Korea — Spain 0-3South Korea — Morocco 1-0South Korea — Chile 1-0 → did not advanceTeam Roster(1.) Choi Hyun(2.) Park Ji-sung(3.) Park Jae-hong(4.) Park Jin-seop(5.) Sim Jae-won(6.) Kim Do-kyun(7.) Choi Chul-woo(8.) Ko Jong-soo(9.) Kim Do-hoon(10.) Lee Chun-soo(11.) Lee Dong-gook(12.) Lee Young-pyo(13.) Park Dong-hyuk(14.) Kang Chul(15.) Cho Se-kwon(16.) Kim Sang-sik(17.) Choi Tae-uk(18.) Kim Yong-dae(19.) Song Chong-gug(20.) Kim Gil-sik(21.) Park Kang-jo(22.) Lee Woon-jaePreliminary Round (Group B)South Korea — Spain 1 — 1South Korea — Argentina 2 — 2South Korea — India 2 — 0South Korea — Poland 3 — 2South Korea — Australia 1 — 2SemifinalsSouth Korea — Pakistan 1 — 0FinalSouth Korea — Netherlands 3 — 3 (the Netherlands wins after penalty strokes, 4-5) → Silver MedalTeam RosterKim Yoon (gk)Ji Seong-hwan (gk)Seo Jong-hoKim Chel-hwanKim Yong-baeHan Hyung-baeKim Kyung-seokKim Jung-chulSong Seung-taeKang Keon-wookHwang Jong-hyunLim Jung-wooJeon Jong-haJeon Hong-kwonYeo Woon-konLim Jong-chunHead Coach: Kim Sang-ryulPreliminary Round (Group C)Lost to Argentina (2 — 3)Drew with Spain (0 — 0)Drew with Great Britain (2 — 2)Drew with Australia (2 — 2)Classification Matches7th/10th place: Lost to Germany (2 — 3)9th/10th place: Lost to South Africa (0 — 3)Team Roster(01.) Park Yong-sook (gk)(06.) Lee Sun-hwa(07.) Kim Eun-jin(08.) Kim Mi-hyun(09.) Shin Mi-kyung(10.) Bang Jin-hyuk(11.) Kim Seong-eun(12.) Kim Soo-jung(13.) Oh Seung-shin(14.) Kim Myung-ok(15.) Lee Eun-young(16.) Jung Hang-joo (gk)(17.) Park Eun-kyung(18.) Cho Bo-ra(19.) Yoo Hee-joo(27.) Oh Ko-woonKorea competed in three Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics.
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Kim Dae-young and Jung Sung-ahnRace 1 — 16Race 2 — 16Race 3 — 13Race 4 — 10Race 5 — 16Race 6 — 17Race 7 — 13Race 8 — (30) DNFRace 9 — (20)Race 10 — 12Race 11 — 12Final — 125 (15th place)Women's Mistral
Ju Soo-ahnRace 1 — 12Race 2 — 11Race 3 — 6Race 4 — 16Race 5 — (18)Race 6 — 14Race 7 — 16Race 8 — 14Race 9 — 7Race 10 — (19)Race 11 — 14Final — 110 (13th place)Open Laser
Kim Ho-konRace 1 — 23Race 2 — 15Race 3 — 26Race 4 — 28Race 5 — (34)Race 6 — (37)Race 7 — 28Race 8 — 20Race 9 — 15Race 10 — 7Race 11 — 19Final — 181 (26th place)Men's 50m Freestyle
Kim Min-sukPreliminary Heat — 22.82 (did not advance)Men's 100m Freestyle
Kim Min-sukPreliminary Heat — 50.49 (did not advance)Men's 200m Freestyle
Woo ChulPreliminary Heat — 1:53.02 (did not advance)Men's 400m Freestyle
Woo ChulPreliminary Heat — 03:58.31 (did not advance)Men's 1500m Freestyle
Cho Sung-moPreliminary Heat — 15:50.45 (did not advance)Men's 200m Butterfly
Han Kyu-chulPreliminary Heat — 01:59.85 (did not advance)Men's 100m Breaststroke
Joe Kyong-fanPreliminary Heat — 01:04.71 (did not advance)Men's 200m Breaststroke
Joe Kyong-fanPreliminary Heat — 02:19.16 (did not advance)Men's 100m Backstroke
Sung MinPreliminary Heat — 57.15 (did not advance)Men's 200m Backstroke
Lee Jong-minPreliminary Heat — 02:07.14 (did not advance)Men's 200m Individual Medley
Han Kyu-chulPreliminary Heat — 02:06.42 (did not advance)Men's 400m Individual Medley
Kim Bang-hyunPreliminary Heat — 04:28.56 (did not advance)Women's 50m Freestyle
Chang Hee-jinPreliminary Heat — 26.88 (did not advance)Women's 100m Freestyle
Chang Hee-jinPreliminary Heat — 58.77 (did not advance)Women's 200m Freestyle
Roh Joo-heePreliminary Heat — 02:07.21 (did not advance)Women's 400m Freestyle
Roh Joo-heePreliminary Heat — 04:25.66 (did not advance)Women's 100m Butterfly
Lee Bo-eunPreliminary Heat — 01:02.22 (did not advance)Women's 100m Breaststroke
Byun Hye-youngPreliminary Heat — 01:11.64 (did not advance)Women's 200m Breaststroke
Ku Hyo-jinPreliminary Heat — 02:28.21Semi-final — 02:28.50 (did not advance)Women's 100m Backstroke
Shim Min-jiPreliminary Heat — 01:03.20 (did not advance)Women's 200m Backstroke
Choi Soo-minPreliminary Heat — 02:26.42 (did not advance)Women's 200m Individual Medley
Nam Yoo-sunPreliminary Heat — 02:22.53 (did not advance)Women's 400m Individual Medley
Lee Ji-hyunPreliminary Heat — 04:58.94 (did not advance)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley
Chang Hee-jin, Ku Hyo-jin, Lee Bo-eun, Shim Min-jiPreliminary Heat — 04:16.93 (did not advance)Duet
Jang Yoon-kyeong and Yoo Na-miTechnical Routine — 32.2Free Routine — 59.626Final — 91.826 (→ 11th place)Men's Singles Competition
Lee Hyung-taikFirst round — Lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 7-6, 6-7, 5-7Preliminary Round (Group B)Lost to Italy (0-3)Lost to Argentina (1-3)Lost to Russia (2-3)Defeated United States (3-2)Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3) → did not advance, ninth place overallTeam RosterBang Ji-subBang Sin-bongChang Byung-chulChoi Tae-woongKim Se-jinLee Byung-yongLee HoLee Kyung-sooPark Hee-sangShin Jin-sikShin Sun-hoWho In-jungPreliminary Round (Group B)Defeated Italy (3-2)Defeated Germany (3-0)Lost to Cuba (0-3)Defeated Peru (3-1)Lost to Russia (0-3)QuarterfinalsLost to United States (2-3)Classification Matches5th/8th place: Lost to PR China (1-3)7th/8th place: Lost to Croatia (3-1) → 8th placeTeam RosterChang So-yunChoi Kwang-heeChung Sun-hyeEoh Yeon-soonKang Hye-miKim Guy-hyunKoo Ki-lanKu Min-jungLee Meong-heeLee Yun-huiPark Mee-kyungPark Soo-jeongHead Coach: Kim Cheol-yong
