History

South Korea made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1948 and has competed ever since with the exception of 1980 where it participated in the United States led boycott. They hosted the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. The nation sends one of the largest delegations to the Olympics with over 200 athletes competing at each Olympics since 1988. South Korea participates in almost all sports held on the Olympic program.

South Korea has won at least one medal in most Summer Olympics it has participated with the exception being in 1960. The nation has won over 250 medals and since 1984 it is typically featured in the top 10 of the medal table. The most successful sports include judo, archery and wrestling. The most successful athletes are sport shooter Jin Jong-oh and archer Kim Soo-Nyung whom both won six medals each. Jin won three gold (2008, 2012 and 2016) and one silver (2004) medals in the men’s 50m pistol and won one gold (2012) and one silver (2008) medals in the men’s 10m air pistol. Kim won one gold (1988), one silver (1992) and one bronze (2000) medals in the women’s individual and three gold (1988, 1992 and 2000) medals in the women’s team. In 2016 South Korea won 21 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Kim Woo-jin
	Lee Seung-yun
	Lee Woo-seok
Women’s Individual	Chang Hye-jin
	Choi Mi-sun
	Kang Chae-young
Men’s Team	Kim Woo-jin Lee Seung-yun Lee Woo-seok
Women’s Team	Chang Hye-jin Choi Mi-sun Kang Chae-young
Mixed Team	Eligible to Compete

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 20km Walk	Choe Byung-kwang
Men’s Marathon	Oh Joo-han
Men’s Pole Vault	Jin Min-sub

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Marathon	Ahn Seul-ki
	Choi Kyung-sun

Baseball/Softball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Baseball	Cha Woo-chan Cho Sang-woo Choi Jeong Go Woo-suk Ha Jae-hoon Ham Deok-ju Hur Kyoung-min Hwang Jae-gyun Kang Baek-ho Kim Kwang-hyun Kim Jae-hwan Kim Ha-seong Kim Sang-su Kim Hyun-soo Lee Young-ha Lee Jung-hoo Lee Seung-ho Lee Yong-chan Min Byung-hun Moon Kyeong-chan Park Jong-hun Park Sei-hyok Park Kun-woo Park Byung-ho Park Min-woo Won Jong-hyan Yang Hyeon-jong Yang Eui-ji

Basketball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Tournament	Go Ah-ra Kang Lee-seul Park Hye-jin Kang A-jeong Kim Min-jeong Sim Sung-young Kim Dan-bi Bae Hye-yoon Kim Jung-eun Park Ji-su Ku Se-ul Kim Han-byul

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Featherweight	Im Ae-ji
Women’s Lightweight	Oh Yeon-ji

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Road Race	Na Ah-reum
Women’s Individual Sprint	Eligible to Compete
Women’s Keirin	Qualified Via Rankings

Diving

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 3m Springboard	Woo Ha-ram
Men’s 10m Platform	Woo Ha-ram

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage	Hwang Young-shik Horse: Despino

Fencing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual Epee	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Men’s Team Epee	Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Individual Epee	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Team Epee	Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Individual Foil	Lee Kwang-hyun
Women’s Individual Foil	Jeon Hee Sook
Men’s Individual Sabre	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Men’s Team Sabre	Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Individual Sabre	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Team Sabre	Qualified Via Rankings

Football

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament	Song Bum-keun Lee You-hyeon Kang Yun-seong Lee Sang-min Jeong Tae-wook Kim Dong-hyun Jeong Woo-yeong Kim Jin-kyu Cho Kyu-seong Lee Dong-gyeong Lee Dong-jun Kim Jae-woo Kim Jin-ya Kim Dae-won Kim Tae-hyeon Jung Seung-won Um Won-sang Oh Se-hun Maeng Seong-ung Won Du-jae An Chan-gi Yoon Jong-gyu Ahn Joon-soo

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Artistic Individual Events (1) (2)	Lee Yun-seo
	Yeo Seo-jeong
Men’s Artistic Team All-Around	Kim Han-sol Lee Jun-ho Lee Jung-hyo Park Min-soo Yang Hak-seon

Handball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Tournament	Gwon Han-na Jo Ha-rang Jo Su-yeon Ju Hui Jung Ji-in Kang Eun-hye Kim On-a Kim Seon-hwa Lee Mi-gyeong Park Sae-young Ryu Eun-hee Shin Eun-joo Sim Hae-in Song Jie-un Won Seon-pil Yu So-jeong

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual (1) (2)	Jun Woong-tae
	Lee Ji-hun
Women’s Individual	Kim Se-hee

Rugby Sevens

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament	Jeong Yeon-sik Kim Hyun-soo Park Wan-yong Lee Seong-bae Chang Yong-heung Jang Jeong-min Andre Coquillard Jang Seong-min Han Kun-kyu Kim Won-yong Kim Nam-uk Yoo Hee-bum

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X	Cho Won-woo
Men’s Laser	Ha Jee-min
Men’s 470	Park Gun-woo Cho Sung-min

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Kim Jong-hyun
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (1) (2)	Bae Sang-hee
	Kim Je-hee
Men’s 10m Air Rifle	Nae Tae-yun
Women’s 10m Air Rifle	Im Ha-na
	Jung Eun-hea
Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	Eligible to compete
Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (1) (2)	Kim Jun-hong
	Song Jong-ho
Women’s 25m Pistol	Kim Jang-mi
Men’s 10m Air Pistol	Jin Jong-oh
	Lee Dae-myung
Women’s 10m Air Pistol (1) (2)	Kim Bo-mi
	Kim Min-jung
Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol (1) (2)	Eligible to compete
	Eligible to compete
Men’s Skeet	Kang Hyun-suk
Women’s Skeet	Kim Min-ji

Sport Climbing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Combined	Chon Jong-won
Women’s Combined	Seo Chae-hyun

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m Freestyle	Park Seon-kwan
	Hwang Sun-woo
Men’s 200m Freestyle	Hwang Sunwoo
Men’s 200m Backstroke	Lee Ju-ho
Men’s 200m Breaststroke	Cho Sung-jae

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Im Da-sol
Women’s 200m Backstroke	Im Da-sol
Women’s 200m Individual Medley	Kim Seo-yeong
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Choi Jung-min Jung Hyun-young Park Na-ri Jo Hyun-ju

Table Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Singles	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Men’s Team	Jang Woo-jin Lee Sang-su Jeoung Young-sik Lim Jong-hoon An Jae-hyun
Women’s Team	Suh Hyo-won Lee Zion Choi Hyo-joo Lee Eun-hye Shin Yu-bin

Taekwondo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -58kg	Jang Jun
Men’s -68kg	Lee Dae-hoon
Men’s +80kg	In Kyo-don
Women’s -49kg	Sim Jae-young
Women’s -57kg	Lee Ah-reum
Women’s +67kg	Lee Da-bin

Volleyball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Indoor Volleyball	Lee Ju-ah Yeum Hye-seon Kim Hee-jin Kim Hae-ran Oh Ji-young Kim Yeon-koung Kim Su-ji Park Jeong-ah Han Song-yi Yang Hyo-jin Kang Soh-wi Lee Jae-yeoung Pyo Seung-ju Lee Da-yeong

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Greco-Roman -67kg	Ryu Han-su
Men’s Greco-Roman -130kg	Kim Min-seok