South Korea at the 1952 Summer Olympics

South Korea took part in the Summer Olympic Games in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland, with a delegation of 19 athletes (18 men and one woman) in 16 competitions in six sports. There were a total of two medals ( two bronze medals ) are obtained. It was after the Summer Olympics of 1948, the second participation in the Olympic Summer Games for the country.

  • 2.1 boxes
  • 2.2 weightlifting
  • 2.3 Athletics
  • 2.4 Cycling
  • 2.5 riding
  • 2.6 rings

Medalist

Bronze

Participants by sport

Boxing

  • Seo Byeong -ran feather-weight
  • Gear Jun- ho bantamweight
  • Ju Sang- jeom Lightweight
  • Han Su- in flyweight

Weightlifting

  • Kim Chang -hui Lightweight
  • Kim Hae -nam bantamweight
  • Kim Seong- jip middle-weight
  • Su Nam -il feather-weight

Athletics

Women

  • Choi Myeong -suk Shot Put
  • Choi Chung -sik marathon
  • Hong Jong -o marathon
  • Eom par -yong 200 Meter Dash
  • Choi Yun -chil marathon

Cycling

Team

  • Road race ( 190.4 km ) result Finale: not finished the race ( DNF ) team Kim Ho -sun Gwon Ik- hyeon Im Sang -jo

Singles

  • Kim Ho -sun Road race ( 190.4 km )
  • Gwon Ik- hyeon Road race ( 190.4 km )
  • Im Sang -jo Road race ( 190.4 km )

Riding

  • Min Byeong - Seon show jumping

Wrestling

Freestyle

  • O Tae- geun Lightweight
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