South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.sports.or.kr (Korean) (English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors 35 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 1 1 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]

Medalists

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Track and road

Event Athletes Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Men's 800 metres Sim Sang-Ok 1:55.5 6 (H4) Did not advance
Men's 1500 metres 4:09.0 13 (H2) Did not advance
Men's marathon Lee Chang-Hoon 2:28:45 4
Choi Chung-Sik 2:36:53 12
Im Hwa-Dong Did not finish -

Field

Event Athletes Qualification Final
Result (m) Rank Result Rank
Men's long jump Seo Yeong-Ju 7.09 18 Did not advance
Men's triple jump Choi Yeong-Gi 14.86 20 Q 14.65 21
Men's hammer throw Song Gyo-Sik 53.74 16 Did not advance

Basketball

Group round

TEAM PTS P W L PF PA
Uruguay 6330238187
Bulgaria 5321242199
Republic of China 4312216249
South Korea 3303194255

Classification 9-15

Group 2 (9-15)

TEAM PTS P W L PF PA
Canada 4220147123
Japan 3211143140
South Korea 0202130157

Classification 13-15

Thailand's loss gave the nation 15th place.

Classification 13/14

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

Boxing

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Pyo Hyeon-Gi Flyweight  Libeer (FRA)
L by points		 Did not advance
Song Sun-Cheon Bantamweight  Adela (PHI)
W by points		  Bath (AUS)
W by points		  Tomaselli (ARG)
W by points		  Barrientos (CHI)
W by points		  Behrendt (EUA)
L by points
Jeong Do-Hun Featherweight  Zachara (TCH)
L by points		 Did not advance
Baek Do-Seon Lightweight  Vairolatto (FRA)
L by retired		 Did not advance
Hwang Eui-Kyung Light-Welterweight  de los Santos (PHI)
W by disqualified		  Dumitrescu (ROU)
L by points		 Did not advance

Cycling

Road competition

Athlete Event Time Rank
Kim Ho-Soon Individual road race 5:34:37
37
Im Sang-Jo Individual road race Did Not Finish
-

Shooting

Two shooters represented South Korea in 1956.

Men

Athlete Event Score Rank
Kim Yun-gi 50 m pistol 463 30th
Chu Hwa-il 300 m rifle three positions 903 19th

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yu In-Ho Bantamweight (-56 kg) 90 5 95 5T 135 1 320 4
Kim Hae-Nam 85 10 95 5T 127.5 4 307.5 5
Lee Kyung-Seop Featherweight (-60 kg) 90 16 95 8 127.5 4T 312.5 8
Kim Chang-Hui Lightweight (-67.5 kg) 107.5 11 112.5 7 150 1T 370 3
Kim Seong-Jip Middleweight (-75 kg) 125 2 110 11 145 6 380 5
Park Dong-Cheol Middle-Heavyweight (-90 kg) 120 12 0 - - - 120 15

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Lee Jeong-Gyu Flyweight (−52 kg)  Abdul (PAK)
W by fall		  Daware (IND)
L 0-3
Lee Sang-Gyun Bantamweight (−57 kg)  Ramel (PHI)
W by fall		  Zahur (PAK)
W 2-1		 Bye  Iizuka (JPN)
L 0-3
Oh Tae-Keun Lightweight (−67 kg)  Ashraf (PAK)
L by fall

References

  1. ↑ "South Korea at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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