South Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

South Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Montreal
Competitors	38 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Yang Jung-mo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	31 July
Silver	Chang Eun-kyung	Judo	Men's 63 kg	30 July
Bronze	Park Young-chul	Judo	Men's 80 kg	28 July
Bronze	South Korea women's national volleyball team Baik Myung-sun Byon Kyung-ja Chang Hee-sook Jo Hea-jung Lee Soon-ok Lee Soon-bok Ma Kum-ja Park Mi-kum Yu Jung-hye Yu Kyung-hwa Jung Soon-ok Yoon Young-nae	Volleyball	Women's tournament	30 July
Bronze	Cho Jea-ki	Judo	Men's open category	31 July
Bronze	Jeon Hae-sup	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	31 July

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (–48 kg)

• Park Chan-hee
  1. First Round — Defeated Abderahim Najim (MAR), DSQ-3
  2. Second Round — Defeated Alican Az (TUR), 5:0
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), 2:3

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

There were five South Korean shooters who qualified to compete in the following events:

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Choi Chung-seok	50 m rifle prone	583	57
Park Do-geun	Skeet	172	61
Lee Gyun	50 m rifle prone	581	64
Park Jong-Gil	25 m rapid fire pistol	587	15
Lee Seung-Gyun	Skeet	191	22

Volleyball

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Lost to Poland (2-3)
• Defeated Canada (3-0)
• Lost to Cuba (0-3)
• Lost to Czechoslovakia (3-1)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Defeated Brazil (3-2)
• 5th/6th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3) → Sixth place

• Team roster

• Kim Kun-bong (김건봉, GoldStar)
• Jo Jae-hak (조재학, GoldStar)
• Lee Yong-kwan (이용관, Korea Integrated Chemical)
• Park Kee-won (박기원, Korea Integrated Chemical)
• Chong Moon-kyong (정문경, GoldStar)
• Lee Sun-koo (이선구, Korea Electric Power)
• Lee Choun-pyo (이춘표, Korea Integrated Chemical)
• Lee In (이인, Korea Electric Power)
• Kim Chung-han (김충한, GoldStar)
• Lee Jong-won (이종원, Kyonggi University)
• Kang Man-soo (강만수, Hanyang University)
• Lim Ho-dam (임호담, Myongji University)

• Head coach: Lee Kyo-so (이규소, Korea Volleyball Association)

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group B)

• Lost to Soviet Union (1–3)
• Defeated East Germany (3–2)
• Defeated Cuba (3–2)

• Semi Finals

• Lost to Japan (0–3)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Hungary (3–1) → Bronze Medal

• Team roster

• Lee Soon-bok
• Yu Jung-hye
• Byon Kyung-ja
• Lee Soon-ok
• Baik Myung-sun
• Chang Hee-sook
• Ma Kum-ja
• Yoon Young-nae
• Yu Kyung-hwa
• Park Mi-kum
• Jo Hea-jung
• Jung Soon-ok

• Head coach: Kim Han-soo

Wrestling

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database