South Korea at the 1952 Summer Olympics

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

South Korea at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors	19 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Kim Sung-Jip	Weightlifting	Men's Middleweight	26 July
Bronze	Kang Jun-Ho	Boxing	Men's Bantamweight	2 August

Results and competitors by event

Athletics

Track and road

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's 200 metres	Um Pal-Yong	23.0	5 (H13)	did not advance
Men's marathon	Choi Yun-Chil					2:26:36	4
	Choi Chung-Sik					2:41:23	33
	Hong Jong-O					Did not finish	-

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result (m)	Rank	Result	Rank
Men's triple jump	Choi Yeong-Gi	14.44	18	did not advance
Women's shot put	Choi Myeong-Suk	10.76	20	did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Han Soo-Ann	Flyweight	Hofmann (SAA) W TKO (R1)	Mazumdar (IND) W 3-0	Toweel (RSA) L 0-3	did not advance
Kang Joon-Ho	Bantamweight		Nikkhah (IRI) W 3-0	Moore (USA) W 2-1	McNally (IRL) L 0-3
Seo Byeong-Ran	Featherweight	Willommet (SUI) W 3-0	Zachara (TCH) L 0-3	did not advance
Ju Sang-Jeom	Lightweight	Potesil (POL) L 0-3	Did not advance

Cycling

Road Competition

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kwon Ik-Hyun	Individual road race	Did Not Finish	-
Im Sang-Jo	Individual road race	Did Not Finish	-
Kim Ho-Soon	Individual road race	Did Not Finish	-
Kwon Ik-Hyun Im Sang-Jo Kim Ho-Soon	Team road race	Did Not Finish	-

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Total points lost	Rank
Min Byeong-seon	Individual jumping	59.75	44

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kim Hae-Nam	Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg)	80	8	95	3	120	4	295	4
Nam Su-Il	Men's Featherweight (-60 kg)	90	9	90	15	120	12	300	11
Kim Chang-Hui	Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg)	100	8	105	6	140	2	345	4
Kim Seong-Jip	Men's Middleweight (-75 kg)	122.5	1	112.5	5	147.5	5	382.5	3

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 3	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Oh Tae-Keun	Lightweight (−67 kg)	Nettesheim (GER) W fall (16-4)	Gál (HUN) L 0-3

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database