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-hyung
Round 1 — 01:48.49 (did not advance)
Men's 400 m hurdles
Lee Du-yeon
Round 1 — 52.61 (did not advance)
Men's javelin throw
Song Dong-hyun
Qualifying — 70.48 (did not advance)
Men's long jump
Sung Hee-jun
Qualifying — NM (did not advance)
Men's high jump
Lee Jin-taek
Qualifying — 2.20 (did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
Shin Il-yong
Final — 1:26:22 (30th place)
Men's marathon
Lee Bong-ju
Final — 2:17:57 (24th place)
Chung Nam-kyun
Final — 2:22:23 (45th place)
Baek Seung-do
Final — 2:28:25 (65th place)
Women's Shot Put
Lee Myung-sun
Qualifying — 17.44 (did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
Lee Young-sun
Qualifying — 49.84 (did not advance)
Women's 20 km Walk
Kim Mi-jung
Final — 1:36:09 (25th place)
Women's Marathon
Oh Mi-ja
Final — 2:38:42 (34th place)
Men's Singles
Shon Seung-mo
Round of 64: Lost to Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark
Hwang Sun-ho
Round of 64: Bye
Round of 32: Defeated Bertrand Gallet of France
Round of 16: Lost to Marlev Mario Mainaky of Indonesia
Men's Doubles
Ha Tae-kwon, Kim Dong-moon
Round of 32: Bye
Round of 16: Defeated Cheah Soon Kit, Kim Hock Yap of Malaysia
Quarterfinal: Defeated Ricky Ahmad Subagja, Rexy Ronald Mainaky of Indonesia
Semifinal: Lost to Candra Wijaya, Tony Gunawan of Indonesia
Bronze medal match: Defeated Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah of Malaysia — Bronze Medal
Lee Dong-soo, Yoo Yong-sung
Round of 32: Bye
Round of 16: Defeated Peter Knowles, Julian Robertson of Great Britain
Quarterfinal: Defeated Jens Eriksen, Jesper Larsen of Denmark
Semifinal: Defeated Choong Tan Fook, Lee Wan Wah of Malaysia
Gold medal match: Lost to Tony Gunawan, Candra Wijaya of Indonesia — Silver medal
Women's Singles
Kim Ji-hyun
Round of 64: Bye
Round of 32: Defeated Milaine Cloutier of Canada
Round of 16: Defeated Nicole Grether of Germany
Quarterfinal: Lost to Dai Yun of China
Lee Kyung-won
Round of 64: Bye
Round of 32: Defeated Elena Nozdran of Ukraine
Round of 16: Lost to Chia-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei
Women's Doubles
Yim Kyung-jin, Lee Hyo-jung
Round of 32: Defeated Hui-Min Tsai, Li-Chin Chen of Chinese Taipei
Round of 16: Lost to Gu Jun, Ge Fei of China
Ra Kyung-min, Chung Jae-hee
Round of 32: Bye
Round of 16: Defeated Sarah Hardaker, Joanne Davies of Great Britain
Quarterfinal: Defeated Rikke Olsen, Helene Kirkegaard of Denmark
Semifinal: Lost to Huang Nanyan, Yang Wei of China
Bronze medal match: Lost to Qin Yiyuan, Gao Ling of China
Mixed Doubles
Ha Tae-kwon, Chung Jae-hee
Round of 32: Defeated Vladislav Druzchenko, Viktoriya Yevtushenko of Ukraine
Round of 16: Lost to Tri Kusharyanto, Minarti Timur of Indonesia
Lee Dong-soo, Lee Hyo-jung
Round of 32: Lost to Jon Holst-Christensen, Ann Jorgensen of Denmark
Kim Dong-moon, Ra Kyung-min
Round of 32: Bye
Round of 16: Defeated Khunakom Sudhisodhi, Saralee Toongthongkam of Thailand
Quarterfinal: Lost to Zhang Jun, Gao Ling of China
The 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 Robin
Defeated Italy 10 — 2
Lost to Australia 3 — 5
Lost to Cuba 5 — 6
Lost to United States 0 — 4
Defeated Netherlands 2 — 0
Defeated Japan 7 — 6
Defeated South Africa 13 — 3
Semifinals
Lost to United States 2 — 3
Bronze Medal Match
Defeated Japan 3 — 1 → Bronze Medal
Team Roster
Park Seok-jin
Song Jin-woo
Son Min-han
Park Jin-man
Park Jong-ho
Park Kyung-oan
Lim Chang-yong
Lim Sun-dong
Park Jae-hong
Lee Byung-kyu
Lee Seung-ho
Lee Seung-yuop
Kim Soo-kyung
Kim Tae-gyun
Koo Dae-sung
Kim Dong-joo
Kim Han-soo
Kim Ki-tae
Jang Sung-ho
Jin Pil-jung
Jung Soo-keun
Chong Tae-hyon
Chung Min-tae
Hong Sung-heon
Preliminary Round
Lost to United States (75-89)
Defeated New Zealand (101-62)
Lost to Poland (62-77)
Defeated Russia (75-73)
Defeated Cuba (69-56)
Quarterfinals
Defeated France (68-59)
Semi-finals
Lost to United States (65-78)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to Brazil (73-84) — 4th place
Team Roster
Jeon Ju-won
Jeong Eun-soon
Jang Sun-hyoung
Jung Sun-min
Kang Ji-sook
Kim Ji-yoon
Lee Eon-ju
Lee Jong-ae
Lee Mi-sun
Park Jung-eun
Wang Su-jin
Yang Jung-ok
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Kim Ki-suk
Round 1 — Defeated Soubam Suresh Singh of India
Round 2 — Defeated La Paene Masara of Indonesia
Quarterfinal — Lost to Brahim Asloum of France (did not advance)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Kim Tai-kyu
Round 1 — Lost to Manuel Mantilla Rodriguez of Cuba (did not advance)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Cho Suk-hwan
Round 1 — Lost to Alisher Rahimov of Uzbekistan (did not advance)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Park Heung-min
Round 1 — Bye
Round 2 — Lost to Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco (did not advance)
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Hwang Sung-bum
Round 1 — Defeated Mariusz Cendrowski of Poland
Round 2 — Lost to Aleksandr Leonov of Russia (did not advance)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Bae Jin-suk
Round 1 — Lost to Bulent Ulusoy of Turkey (did not advance)
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Song In-joon
Round 1 — Bye
Round 2 — Lost to Hekal Mohamed Abdelmawgod of Egypt (did not advance)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Im Jung-bin
Round 1 — Defeated Ramadan Yasser Abdelghafar of Egypt
Round 2 — Lost to Akin Kakauridze of Turkey (did not advance)
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Choi Ki-soo
Round 1 — Lost to Gurcharan Singh of India (did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 500m
Nam Sung-ho
Qualifying Heat — 01:45.163 (did not advance)
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
Kang Dong-woo
Final — Lapped (38th place)
Men's Point Race
Cho Ho-sung
Points — 15
Laps Down — 1 (4th place)
Men's Keirin
Eum In-young
First Round — Heat — 2; Place — 3
Repechage — Heat — 2; Place — 4 (did not advance)
Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented South Korea in 2000.
Men's foil
Kim Yeong-ho
Men's épée
Lee Sang-gi
Lee Sang-yeop
Yang Noe-seong
Men's team épée
Lee Sang-gi, Lee Sang-yeop, Yang Noe-seong
Men's sabre
Lee Seung-won
Women's foil
Seo Mi-jung
Women's épée
Go Jeong-jeon
Preliminary Round (Group B)
South Korea — Spain 0-3
South Korea — Morocco 1-0
South Korea — Chile 1-0 → did not advance
Team 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-jae
Preliminary Round (Group B)
South Korea — Spain 1 — 1
South Korea — Argentina 2 — 2
South Korea — India 2 — 0
South Korea — Poland 3 — 2
South Korea — Australia 1 — 2
Semifinals
South Korea — Pakistan 1 — 0
Final
South Korea — Netherlands 3 — 3 (the Netherlands wins after penalty strokes, 4-5) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
Kim Yoon (gk)
Ji Seong-hwan (gk)
Seo Jong-ho
Kim Chel-hwan
Kim Yong-bae
Han Hyung-bae
Kim Kyung-seok
Kim Jung-chul
Song Seung-tae
Kang Keon-wook
Hwang Jong-hyun
Lim Jung-woo
Jeon Jong-ha
Jeon Hong-kwon
Yeo Woon-kon
Lim Jong-chun
Head Coach: Kim Sang-ryul
Preliminary 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 Matches
7th/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-woon
Korea competed in three Sailing events at the 2000 Olympics.
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Kim Dae-young and Jung Sung-ahn
Race 1 — 16
Race 2 — 16
Race 3 — 13
Race 4 — 10
Race 5 — 16
Race 6 — 17
Race 7 — 13
Race 8 — (30) DNF
Race 9 — (20)
Race 10 — 12
Race 11 — 12
Final — 125 (15th place)
Women's Mistral
Ju Soo-ahn
Race 1 — 12
Race 2 — 11
Race 3 — 6
Race 4 — 16
Race 5 — (18)
Race 6 — 14
Race 7 — 16
Race 8 — 14
Race 9 — 7
Race 10 — (19)
Race 11 — 14
Final — 110 (13th place)
Open Laser
Kim Ho-kon
Race 1 — 23
Race 2 — 15
Race 3 — 26
Race 4 — 28
Race 5 — (34)
Race 6 — (37)
Race 7 — 28
Race 8 — 20
Race 9 — 15
Race 10 — 7
Race 11 — 19
Final — 181 (26th place)
Men's 50m Freestyle
Kim Min-suk
Preliminary Heat — 22.82 (did not advance)
Men's 100m Freestyle
Kim Min-suk
Preliminary Heat — 50.49 (did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Woo Chul
Preliminary Heat — 1:53.02 (did not advance)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Woo Chul
Preliminary Heat — 03:58.31 (did not advance)
Men's 1500m Freestyle
Cho Sung-mo
Preliminary Heat — 15:50.45 (did not advance)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Han Kyu-chul
Preliminary Heat — 01:59.85 (did not advance)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Joe Kyong-fan
Preliminary Heat — 01:04.71 (did not advance)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Joe Kyong-fan
Preliminary Heat — 02:19.16 (did not advance)
Men's 100m Backstroke
Sung Min
Preliminary Heat — 57.15 (did not advance)
Men's 200m Backstroke
Lee Jong-min
Preliminary Heat — 02:07.14 (did not advance)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Han Kyu-chul
Preliminary Heat — 02:06.42 (did not advance)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Kim Bang-hyun
Preliminary Heat — 04:28.56 (did not advance)
Women's 50m Freestyle
Chang Hee-jin
Preliminary Heat — 26.88 (did not advance)
Women's 100m Freestyle
Chang Hee-jin
Preliminary Heat — 58.77 (did not advance)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Roh Joo-hee
Preliminary Heat — 02:07.21 (did not advance)
Women's 400m Freestyle
Roh Joo-hee
Preliminary Heat — 04:25.66 (did not advance)
Women's 100m Butterfly
Lee Bo-eun
Preliminary Heat — 01:02.22 (did not advance)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Byun Hye-young
Preliminary Heat — 01:11.64 (did not advance)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Ku Hyo-jin
Preliminary Heat — 02:28.21
Semi-final — 02:28.50 (did not advance)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Shim Min-ji
Preliminary Heat — 01:03.20 (did not advance)
Women's 200m Backstroke
Choi Soo-min
Preliminary Heat — 02:26.42 (did not advance)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
Nam Yoo-sun
Preliminary Heat — 02:22.53 (did not advance)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
Lee Ji-hyun
Preliminary Heat — 04:58.94 (did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley
Chang Hee-jin, Ku Hyo-jin, Lee Bo-eun, Shim Min-ji
Preliminary Heat — 04:16.93 (did not advance)
Duet
Jang Yoon-kyeong and Yoo Na-mi
Technical Routine — 32.2
Free Routine — 59.626
Final — 91.826 (→ 11th place)
Men's Singles Competition
Lee Hyung-taik
First round — Lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 7-6, 6-7, 5-7
Preliminary 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 overall
Team Roster
Bang Ji-sub
Bang Sin-bong
Chang Byung-chul
Choi Tae-woong
Kim Se-jin
Lee Byung-yong
Lee Ho
Lee Kyung-soo
Park Hee-sang
Shin Jin-sik
Shin Sun-ho
Who In-jung
Preliminary 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)
Quarterfinals
Lost to United States (2-3)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to PR China (1-3)
7th/8th place: Lost to Croatia (3-1) → 8th place
Team Roster
Chang So-yun
Choi Kwang-hee
Chung Sun-hye
Eoh Yeon-soon
Kang Hye-mi
Kim Guy-hyun
Koo Ki-lan
Ku Min-jung
Lee Meong-hee
Lee Yun-hui
Park Mee-kyung
Park Soo-jeong
Head Coach: Kim Cheol-yong
