South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's sixteenth appearance at the Olympics, having missed the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States boycott. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1992. A total of 248 athletes, 135 men and 113 women, competed in 22 sports.

South Korea left London with a total of 30 medals (13 gold, 9 silver, and 8 bronze), finishing fifth in the medal standings and tying its record for the most gold medals won at an Olympics with the total it set at Beijing.^[1] Six of these medals were awarded to the team in fencing, five in shooting, four in archery, and three in judo. South Korean athletes dominated in archery, where they won gold medals in all but one sporting events and broke two world records. Despite the absence of baseball and softball at the Olympics, South Korea's proved successful in team sports at London, as the men's football team won the bronze medal following a match against neighbouring Japan. For the first time in its history, South Korea won Olympic medals in team fencing.

Among the nation's medalists were pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh, and taekwondo jin Hwang Kyung-seon, who both successfully defended their Olympic titles from Beijing. Three South Korean athletes won Olympic gold medals for the first time in history: gymnast Yang Hak-seon in the men's vault exercises, archer Oh Jin-hyek in the men's individual event, and sabre fencer Kim Ji-yeon in the women's individual event. Park Tae-hwan, who won two silver medals in London, emerged as the most successful South Korean swimmer in history, with a total of four Olympic medals.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
	Nam Hyun-hee Jung Gil-ok Jeon Hee-sook Oh Ha-na
	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Shooting	3	2	0	5
Archery	3	0	1	4
Fencing	2	1	3	6
Judo	2	0	1	3
Taekwondo	1	1	0	2
Gymnastics	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	0	1
Swimming	0	2	0	2
Weightlifting	0	1	2	3
Boxing	0	1	0	1
Table tennis	0	1	0	1
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Football	0	0	1	1
Total	13	9	9	31

Delegation

The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) selected a team of 245 athletes, 133 men and 112 women, to compete in 24 sports; it was the nation's smallest team sent to the Olympics since 1992. South Korea did not qualify athletes in basketball, canoeing, equestrian, and tennis.^[2] There was only a single competitor in rhythmic gymnastics, and in triathlon.

The South Korean team featured nine defending champions from Beijing, including freestyle swimmer Park Tae-hwan, the men's archery team (led by Im Dong-hyun), pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh, weightlifters Jang Mi-ran and Sa Jae-hyouk, and taekwondo jins Hwang Kyung-seon and Cha Dong-min. Among these champions, Jin Jong-oh only managed to defend his Olympic title for the second consecutive time. Handball player Yoon Kyung-shin, who competed at his fifth Olympics since 1992 (except the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where his team did not qualify), was the oldest athlete of the team, at age 39, and later became South Korea's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[2] Platform diver Kim Su-ji, on the other hand, was the youngest of the team, at age 14.

Other notable South Korean athletes featured judoka and top medal contenders Wang Ki-chun and Kim Jae-bum, foil fencer and Olympic silver medalist Nam Hyun-hee, and butterfly swimmer and Youth Olympic gold medalist Chang Gyu-cheol.

The following table lists the number of South Korean competitors who participated in each Olympic sport. Note that swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and water polo are technically considered as one sport, aquatics. However, due to their significant practical differences, they are listed separately by tradition.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	11	6	17
Badminton	6	6	12
Boxing	2	0	2
Cycling	6	4	10
Diving	1	1	2
Fencing	7	10	17
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	5	2	7
Handball	14	14	28
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	2	1	3
Rowing	1	3	4
Sailing	4	0	4
Shooting	7	6	13
Swimming	6	9	15
Synchronized swimming	–	2	2
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Triathlon	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	12	12
Weightlifting	6	4	10
Wrestling	7	2	9
Total	135	113	248

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, three archers for the women's individual event, a team for the men's team event and a team for the women's team event

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Im Dong-hyun	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	699 WR	1	(64) W 6–0	(33) W 6–4	(16) L 1–7	Did not advance
Kim Bub-min	698	2	(63) W 6–4	(31) W 6–2	(47) W 7–1	(7) L 5–6	Did not advance
Oh Jin-hyek	690	3	(62) W 7–3	(30) W 6–4	(14) W 6–0	(43) W 7–1	(7) W 6–5	(5) W 7–1
Im Dong-hyun Kim Bub-min Oh Jin-hyek	Team	2087 WR	1		(9) W 227–220	(4) L 219–224	(7) W 224–219

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choi Hyun-joo	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	651	21	(44) W 6–5	(53) W 6–5	(37) L 5–6	Did not advance
Ki Bo-bae	671	1	(64) W 6–0	(33) W 6–2	(16) W 6–0	(9) W 6–4	(4) W 6–2	(11) W 6–5
Lee Sung-jin	671	2	(63) W 6–0	(34) W 6–2	(18) W 6–0	(10) L 2–6	Did not advance
Choi Hyun-joo Ki Bo-bae Lee Sung-jin	Team	1993	1		(8) W 206–195	(5) W 221–206	(7) W 210–209

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korean athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Jang Sin-kweon	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:28:20	73
Jeong Jin-hyeok	2:38:45	82
Lee Doo-hang	2:17:19	32
Byun Young-jun	align=left rowspan=3	20 km walk	1:23:26	31
Kim Hyun-sub	1:21:36	17
Park Chil-sung
Kim Dong-young	align=left rowspan=3	50 km walk	3:57:33	38
Park Chil-sung	3:45:55 NR	13
Yim Jung-hyun	3:56:34	34

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kim Deok-hyeon	Triple jump	16.22	22	Did not advance
Kim Yoo-suk	Pole vault		—	Did not advance
Jung Sang-jin	Javelin throw	76.39	31	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jung Hye-lim	100 m hurdles	13.48	7	Did not advance
Chung Yun-hee	align=left rowspan=3	Marathon	2:31:58	41
Kim Sung-eun	2:46:38	96
Lim Kyung-hee	2:39:03	76
Jeon Yong-eun	20 km walk

Field events

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lee Hyun-il	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W (21–12, 21–7)	1 Q	W (21–17, 21–13)	W (21–15, 21–16)	L (12–21, 10–21)	L (12–21, 21–15, 15–21)	4
Son Wan-ho	W (21–15, 21–19)	W (21–14, 21–10)		1 Q	L (9–21, 16–21)	Did not advance
Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	W (21–14, 21–19)	W (21–16, 21–15)	W (21–16, 21–11)	1 Q		W (21–12, 21–16)	L (21–17, 18–21 20–22)	W (23–21, 21–10)
Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	W (17–21, 21–7, 21–13)	L (15–21, 14–21)	L (22–24, 12–21)	3		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bae Youn-joo	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W (16–21, 21–15, 21–12)	W (21–11, 21–15)		1 Q	L (21–15, 14–21, 14–21)	Did not advance
Sung Ji-hyun	W (21–8, 21–5)	L (18–21, 21–23)		2	Did not advance
Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	W (21–7, 21–19)	W (21–8, 21–7)	W (18–21, 21–14, 21–12)	1 Q		Disqualified – match fixing
Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	W (21–5, 21–11)	W (23–21, 21–18)	W (21–14, 21–11)	1 Q		Disqualified – match fixing

Mixed

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has so far qualified in the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shin Jong-hun	Light flyweight		L 14–15	Did not advance
Han Soon-chul	Lightweight	W 11–6	W 13+–13	W 16–13	W 18–13	L 9–19

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Park Sung-baek	Men's road race	Did not finish
Na Ah-reum	Women's road race	3:35:56	13

Track

Sprint

Team sprint

Pursuit

Keirin

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Cho Ho-sung	Men's omnium	13.614	12	20	10	9	4:32.382	13	8	1:04.150	8	60	11
Lee Min-hye	Women's omnium	14.793	14	3	14	11	3:46.871	15	9	36.547	11	74	15

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

South Korea has qualified 14 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jung Jin-sun	align=left rowspan=2	Individual épée		W 15–11	W 15–8	W 15–11	L 13–15	W 12–11
Park Kyoung-doo		L 9–15	Did not advance
Choi Byung-chul	Individual foil		W 15–13	W 15–13	W 15–13	L 12–15	W 15–14
Gu Bon-gil	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		W 15–12	L 14–15	Did not advance
Kim Jung-hwan		L 14–15	Did not advance
Won Woo-young		W 15–6	L 11–15	Did not advance
Gu Bon-gil Kim Jung-hwan Won Woo-young Oh Eun-seok	Team sabre	W 45–38	W 45–37	W 45–26

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choi In-jeong	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 15–12	L 11–12	Did not advance
Jung Hyo-jung		L 12–15	Did not advance
Shin A-lam		W 15–12	W 14–9	W 15–14	L 5–6	L 11–15	4
Choi In-jeong Jung Hyo-jung Shin A-lam Choi Eun-sook	Team épée	W 45–38	W 45–36	L 25–39
Jeon Hee-sook	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil		L 13–15	Did not advance
Jung Gil-ok		W 15–14	L 13–15	Did not advance
Nam Hyun-hee		W 15–9	W 8–7	W 15–6	L 10–11	L 12–13	4
Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok Nam Hyun-hee Oh Ha-na	Team foil	W 45–31	L 32–44	W 45–32
Kim Ji-yeon	align=left rowspan=2	Individual sabre		W 15–3	W 15–7	W 15–12	W 15–13	W 15–9
Lee Ra-jin		L 9–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The South Korean women's hockey team have qualified a team of 16 players for the games by virtue of being runner-up at the 2010 Asian Games hockey tournament.^[4]

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

South Korea is in Pool B of the men's tournament.

Group play----------------

7th/8th place game

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

South Korea is in Pool A of the women's competition.

Group play----------------

7th/8th place

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

South Korea qualified a team of 18 players for the men's tournament. The squad won the bronze medal and the team were granted exemption to two years of mandatory military service but still required to do four weeks of basic training.^{[5] [6]}

Roster

Group play--------

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal game

Final rank:

ControversyPark Jong-Woo was not present at the medal ceremony after the gold medal match between Mexico and Brazil and did not receive the bronze medal with the rest of his team due to his political position on the Liancourt Rocks, which are disputed both by South Korea and Japan by having a claim on the islands, after FIFA was notified about Park holding a sign of South Korea having claim on Dokdo, the Korean name for the islets.^[7] On 11 February 2013, Park attended an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing at Lausanne, Switzerland. After the Disciplinary Commission reviewed Park's action at the Olympics, the IOC decided to award the player the bronze medal he had been barred from collecting for several months.

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Kim Hee-hoon	align=left rowspan=6	Team	12.933	12.100	14.166		13.700	align=center colspan=8 rowspan=6	Did not advance
Kim Ji-hoon	12.900	13.100	15.500 Q	colspan=2
Kim Seung-il		12.133	12.666	14.533	14.033	13.233	colspan=2
Kim Soo-myun	14.766	13.433	13.833	15.666	14.700	13.933	86.331	23 Q
Yang Hak-seon	14.066		13.933	16.233 Q	11.966	11.233	colspan=2
Total	41.765	38.666	41.932	47.865	42.433	42.666	265.327	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Kim Ji-hoon	Horizontal bar	15.133	15.133	8
Kim Soo-myun	All-around	12.266	13.700	14.200	16.000	14.641	14.966	85.773	20
Yang Hak-seon	Vault	16.533	16.533

Women

Rhythmic

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has qualified for the men's and women's event by winning the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Group play----------------

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal match

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Choi Gwang-hyeon	−60 kg		W 0001–0000	W 0010–0000	L 0001–0001	Did not advance	L 0001–0011	Did not advance	7
Cho Jun-ho	−66 kg		W 0011–0002	W 0011–0001	L 0001–0001	Did not advance	W 0021–0002	W 0000–0001
Wang Ki-chun	−73 kg	W 0001–0000	W 1001–0000	W 0010–0001	W 0000–0000	L 0002–0011		L 0001–0101	5
Kim Jae-bum	−81 kg		W 0010–0001	W 0010–0002	W 0100–0003	W 0100–0001		W 0020–0001
Song Dae-nam	−90 kg		W 1001–0000	W 0011–0000	W 0111–0101	W 0112–0012		W 0101–0001
Hwang Hee-tae	−100 kg		W 0021–0002	W 1001–0000	W 0021–0002	L 0001–0010		L 0000–0100	5
Kim Sung-min	+100 kg		W 0100–0000	W 0020–0001	W 0011–0002	L 0003–0100		L 0000–0100	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chung Jung-yeon	−48 kg		L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Kim Kyung-ok	−52 kg		W 1012–0001	L 0001–0001	Did not advance	L 0002–0021	Did not advance	7
Kim Jan-di	−57 kg	W 0001–0001	L 0002–1011	Did not advance
Joung Da-woon	−63 kg		W 1000–0000	W 0020–0002	L 0002–0011		L 0000–0000	5
Hwang Ye-sul	−70 kg	W 0102–0001	W 0011–0002	W 1000–0001	L 0000–0001		L 0011–0011	5
Jeong Gyeong-mi	−78 kg	L 0002–0010	Did not advance
Kim Na-young	+78 kg		L 0012–0012+	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Based on their results at the 2011 Asian/Oceania Championships three South Korean pentathletes have qualified for London; Hwang Woo-Jin and Jung Jin-Hwa have earned places in the men's event; Yang Soo-jin has earned places in the women's event.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Hwang Woo-jin	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	14–21	=29	736	2:01.14	5	1348	364	34	736	12:08.88	35	2088	4908	34
Jung Jin-hwa	16–19	=20	784	2:00.25	4	1360	40	9	1160	10:57.07	19	2372	5676	11
Yang Soo-jin	Women's	14–21	=28	736	2:17.93	15	1148	80	21	1120	12:40.71	24	1960	4964	24

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has qualified the following boats.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Ye-ji	Single sculls	8:04.68	6 R	7:50.64	1 QF	8:00.26	4 SC/D	7:59.78	4 FD	8:32.57	19
Kim Myeong-sin KIm Sol-ji	Lightweight double sculls	7:31.98	4 R	7:27.95	4 FC	7:44.03	14

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Lee Tae-hoon	RS:X	8	6	21	17	25	9	21	13	31	19	EL	139	15
Ha Jee-min	Laser	8	9	15	14	36	50 DNF	50 DSQ	28	12	17	EL	188	24
Cho Sung-min Park Gun-woo	470	23	14	15	24	20	25	20	8	24	21	EL	169	22

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has ensured berths in the following events of shooting:^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Cho Yong-seong	Skeet	109	35	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Choi Young-rae	10 m air pistol	569	35	Did not advance
50 m pistol	569	1 Q	661.5
align=left rowspan=3	Han Jin-seop	10 m air rifle	590	32	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	595	5 Q	698.2	6
50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Jin Jong-oh	10 m air pistol	588	1 Q	688.2
50 m pistol	562	5 Q	662.0
Kim Dae-yoong	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	10	Did not advance
Kim Hak-man	50 m rifle prone	594	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Jong-hyun	10 m air rifle	593	17	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1171	5 Q	1272.5

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
align=left rowspan=2	Jeong Mi-ra	10 m air rifle	387	51	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	581	17	Did not advance
Kang Gee-eun	Trap	62	19	Did not advance
Kim Byung-hee	10 m air pistol	381	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Jang-mi	10 m air pistol	382	13	Did not advance
25 m pistol	591	1 Q	792.4
Kim Kyeong-ae	25 m pistol	582	11	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Na Yoon-kyung	10 m air rifle	394	21	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	583	10	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Korean swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chang Gyu-cheol	100 m butterfly	52.69	25	Did not advance
Choi Kyu-woong	200 m breaststroke	2:13.57	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Jung Won-yong	200 m individual medley	2:03.33	32	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:23.12	28	Did not advance
Park Hyung-joo	200 m backstroke	2:01.50	31	Did not advance
Park Seon-kwan	100 m backstroke	55.51	36	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Park Tae-hwan	200 m freestyle	1:46.79	5 Q	1:46.02	3 Q	1:44.93
400 m freestyle	3:46.68	4 Q	3:42.06
1500 m freestyle	14:56.89	6 Q	14:50.61	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Back Su-yeon	200 m breaststroke	2:25.76	=7 Q	2:24.67	9	Did not advance
Baek Il-joo	200 m freestyle	2:04.32	33	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Choi Hye-ra	200 m butterfly	2:08.45	10 Q	2.08.32	14	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:14.91	23	Did not advance
Ham Chan-mi	200 m backstroke	2:15.30	31	Did not advance
Han Na-kyeong	800 m freestyle	8:57.26	32	Did not advance
Jeong Da-rae	200 m breaststroke	2:26.83	14 Q	2:28.74	16	Did not advance
Kim Ga-eul	400 m freestyle	4:43.46	34	Did not advance
Kim Hye-jin	100 m breaststroke	1:09.79	33	Did not advance
Kim Seo-yeong	400 m individual medley	4:43.99	17	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has qualified three men and three women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joo Se-hyuk	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	L (2–4)	Did not advance
Oh Sang-eun	W (4–0)	L (1–4)	Did not advance
Joo Se-hyuk Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min	Team	W (3–1)	W (3–2)	W (3–0)	L (0–3)

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Kyung-ah	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W (4–1)	W (4–1)	L (2–4)	Did not advance
Park Mi-young	W (4–1)	L (1–4)	Did not advance
Dang Ye-seo Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young	Team	W (3–0)	W (3–0)	L (0–3)	L (0–3)	4

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has ensured berths in the following events of taekwondo by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament:^{[11] [12] [13]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Dae-hoon	Men's −58 kg	W 8–7	W 11–10	W 7–6	L 8–17
Cha Dong-min	Men's +80 kg	W 9–4	L 1–4	Did not advance
Hwang Kyung-seon	Women's −67 kg	W 4–1	W 8–4	W 7–0	W 12–5
Lee In-jong	Women's +67 kg	W 13–9	L 4–7	Did not advance	W 8–1	L 6–7	Did not advance	5

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has qualified the following athletes.

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

South Korea has qualified a women's team for the indoor tournament.

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal match

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has qualified 6 men and 4 women.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ji Hun-min	−62 kg	130	7	162		162
Won Jeong-sik	−69 kg	144	9	178	6	322	7
Sa Jae-hyouk	−77 kg	158	3	—	—	158
Kim Min-jae	−94 kg	185	1	210	8	395
Kim Hwa-seung	−105 kg	178		—	—	—
Jeon Sang-guen	+105 kg	190	10	246	2	436

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yang Eun-hye	−58 kg	87	17	113	14	200	14
Mun Yu-ra	−69 kg	102		—	—	—
Lim Ji-hye	−75 kg	97	9	126	10	223	10
Jang Mi-ran	+75 kg	125	5	164	4	289

* Sa Jae-Hyouk was forced to retire from the competition after he dislocated his elbow during his second snatch attempt.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. South Korea has so far qualified the following quota places.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Jin-cheol	−55 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance					11
Lee Seung-chul	−60 kg		L 0–3	Did not advance					18

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Choi Gyu-jin	−55 kg		W 3–0	W 3–1	L 1–3	L 0–3	5
Jung Ji-hyun	−60 kg		W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance				8
Kim Hyeon-woo	−66 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–1	W 3–0
Kim Jin-hyeok	−74 kg	L 0–3	Did not advance						19
Lee Se-yeol	−84 kg	L 0–3	Did not advance						18

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Hyung-joo	−48 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance					13
Um Ji-eun	−55 kg	L 0–5	Did not advance						14

Notes and References

1. News: South Korea exceeds gold medal target with room to spare in London. Yonhap News Agency. 13 August 2012. 6 September 2012.
2. News: South Korea to send smallest Olympic team since 1984. The Times of India. 11 July 2012. 6 September 2012.
3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
4. Web site: The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games – Hockey Results . 25 November 2010 . Asian Games . 27 May 2011 . 24 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524102440/http://www.gz2010.cn/info/ENG_ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_HO%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.html . dead .
5. News: Footballer to Be Spared Military Service Despite IOC Probe. 2 October 2012. Chosun Ilbo. 14 August 2012.
6. News: Medal instead of military service. 25 February 2013. The Hankyoreh. 11 August 2012.
7. Web site: 2012 London Olympics – South Korean Park Jong-woo not awarded men's soccer bronze – ESPN. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120813235405/http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/soccer/story/_/id/8258956/2012-london-olympics-south-korean-park-jong-woo-not-awarded-men-soccer-bronze. 2012-08-13.
8. Web site: 12 Athletes Qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games. Union International de Pentathlon Moderne. 23 May 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110824070525/http://pentathlon.org/component/k2/item/870-12-athletes-qualify-for-the-2012-olympic-games. 24 August 2011.
9. Web site: Quota places by nation and name. . 2 June 2011 . . 5 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140405211236/http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx . dead .
10. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 8 June 2011.
11. Web site: Competition Results (Day 1 of World Qualification Tournament on June 30 in Baku, Azerbaijan) . 3 July 2011 . World Taekwondo Federation.
12. Web site: Competition Results (Day 2 of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 1, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan) . 3 July 2011 . World Taekwondo Federation.
13. Web site: Competition Results (Day 4 & final of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 3, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaij . 4 July 2011 . World Taekwondo Federation.