South Korea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

South Korea competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of 79 competitors and 54 officials.

South Korea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	KOR
NPC	Korean Paralympic Committee
Website	www.kosad.or.kr (in Korean)
in Beijing
Competitors	79 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Park Jong-Chul
Officials	54
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 10 Silver 8 Bronze 13 Total 31
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Among the competitors were world record holders Park Jong-chul in powerlifting, Min Byeong-eon in swimming and Hong Suk-man in athletics. The team's athletics (track and field) director was Yu Hee-sang. Other members of the team included wheelchair racers Hong Duk-ho and Yoo Byung-hoon. The group left for Beijing on September 1, five days before the start of the games.^[1]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Cho Hyun-kwan Kim Hong-kyu Lee Hong-gu	Archery	Men's team recurve
Gold	Lee Hwa-sook	Archery	Women's individual recurve standin
Gold	Hong Suk-man	Athletics	Men's 400m T53
Gold	Park Keon-woo	Boccia	Mixed individual BC3
Gold	Jeong Ho-won Park Keon-woo Shin Bo-Mee	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC3
Gold	Lee Yun-ri	Shooting	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
Gold	Park Sea-kyun	Shooting	Mixed 50m pistol SH1
Gold	Lee Ji-seok	Shooting	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2
Gold	Lee Ji-seok	Shooting	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2
Gold	Jung Eun-chang Kim Byoung-Young	Table tennis	Men's team class 4-5
Silver	Kim Ki-hee Kim Ran-Sook Lee Hwa-Sook	Archery	Women's team recurve
Silver	Yong-Sik Jin	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit CP3
Silver	Moon Aee-kyung	Shooting	Women's 10m air pistol SH1
Silver	Kim Im-yeon	Shooting	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
Silver	Lee Ju-hee	Shooting	Mixed 50m pistol SH1
Silver	Min Byeong-eon	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke S3
Silver	Cho Jae-kwan	Table tennis	Men's singles class 1
Silver	Jung Eun-chang	Table tennis	Men's singles class 4-5
Bronze	Hong Suk-man	Athletics	Men's 200m T53
Bronze	Hong Suk-man	Athletics	Men's 800m T53
Bronze	Hong Suk-man Jung Dong-ho Kim Gyu-dae Yoo Byung-hoon	Athletics	Men's 4x100m relay T53-54
Bronze	Jeong Ho-won	Boccia	Mixed individual BC3
Bronze	Yong-Sik Jin	Cycling	Men's time trial CP3
Bronze	Jung Keum-jong	Powerlifting	Men's 56kg
Bronze	Lee Ju-hee	Shooting	Men's 10m air pistol SH1
Bronze	Sim Jae-yong	Shooting	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1
Bronze	Min Byeong-eon	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle S3
Bronze	Lee Hae-kon	Table tennis	Men's singles class 1
Bronze	Kim Kyung-mook	Table tennis	Men's singles class 2
Bronze	Cho Jae-kwan Kim Kong-yong Kim Kyung-mook Lee Hae-kon	Table tennis	Men's team class 1-2
Bronze	Moon Sung-hye	Table tennis	Women's singles class 4

Sports

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Go Sung Kil	Men's individual compound open	680	4	Bye	Heary (IRL) L 112-113	did not advance
Kweon Hyun Ju		662	17	Bennett (USA) L 106-106*	did not advance
Lee Ouk Soo		686	2	Bye	Simonelli (ITA) L 112-115	did not advance
An Seong Pyo	Men's individual compound W1	619	6	—	Sebek (CZE) W 104-100	Cavanagh (GBR) L 104-106	did not advance
An Tae Sung	Men's individual recurce standing	580	17	Zhu W (CHN) W 96-95	Esposito (ITA) L 98-101	did not advance
Cho Hyun Kwan		625	4	Bye	Meunier (FRA) L 96-101	did not advance
Yoon Young Bae		594	15	Kopiy (UKR) L 91-102	did not advance
Jung Young Joo	Men's individual recurve W1/W2	616	9	Marin (ESP) W 102-88	Sidik (MAS) W 106-94	Ozen (TUR) L 102-103	did not advance
Kim Hong Kyu		632	2	Bye	Sawicki (POL) L 99-104	did not advance
Lee Hong Gu		629	3	Karaphillides (GBR) W 105-80	Browne (GBR) W 108-103	Tseng L H (TPE) L 104-105	did not advance
Cho Hyun Kwan Kim Hong Kyu Lee Hong Gu	Men's team recurve	1886 WR	1	—	Bye	Ukraine (UKR) W 188-187	Japan (JPN) W 201-188	China (CHN) W 209-206

* - Kweon Hyun Ju's round of 32 match against Eric Bennett was decided by additional arrows: Kweon won 9, 8 while Bennett scored 9, 9. Bennett succeeded through to the next round.

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Kim Ki Hee	Women's individual recurve standing	567	5	Bye	Konishi (JPN) W 85-79	Carmichael (USA) L 85-86	did not advance
Kim Ran Sook		564	6	Bye	Olejnik (POL) L 85-98	did not advance
Lee Hwa Sook		614 WR	1	Bye	Yan H (CHN) W 101-97	Salden-Otten (NED) W 107-96	Carmichael (USA) W 101-100	Gao (CHN) W 103-92
Kim Ki Hee Kim Ran Sook Lee Hwa Sook	Women's team recurve	1745	2	—		Great Britain (GBR) W 178-161	Czech Republic (CZE) W 199-184	China (CHN) L 177-205

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hong Duk-Ho	T53	800m	1:41.59	10	did not advance
Hong Suk-Man	T53	200m	27.02	3 Q	—		26.87
		400m	49.13 PR	1 Q	—		47.67 WR
		800m	1:39.52	5 Q	—		1:37.45
Jung Dong-Ho	T53	100m	15.82	9	did not advance
		400m	53.47	9	did not advance
Kim Gyu-Dae	T54	200m	26.12	10	did not advance
Lee Yun-Oh	T54	Marathon	—				1:38:44	31
Yoo Byung-Hoon	T53	400m	52.19	3 Q	—		49.84	4
		800m	1:38.65	3 Q	—		1:37.80	7
		1500m	3:10.24	16 q	DNS		did not advance
Hong Suk-Man Jung Dong-Ho Kim Gyu-Dae Yoo Byung-Hoon	T53-T54	4x100m relay	52.67	4 Q	—		53.52
		4x400m relay	3:18.98	3 Q	—		DSQ

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Park Se Ho	F32	Shot put	6.93	-	5

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeon Min-Jae	T36	100m	—		15.67	6
		200m	—		32.62	4

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Park Jae Suk	Mixed individual BC1	Shelly (IRL)	W 5-3	2 Q	J P Fernandes (POR) L 2-3	did not advance
		Richardson (CAN)	L 0-7
		Ibarbure (ARG)	W 5-2
		Kitani (JPN)	W 8-4
Jeong Ho Won	Mixed individual BC3	Peixoto (POR)	W 6-0	1 Q	Pesquera (ESP) W 8-0	Polychronidis (GRE) L 1-4	Peixoto (POR) W 12-0
		Visaratanunta (THA)	W 5-3
		Slade (NZL)	W 14-0
Park Keon Woo		Shen (CHN)	W 5-2	1 Q	Shin (KOR) W 8-0	Peixoto (POR) W 4-3	Polychronidis (GRE) W 3-2
		Martino (CAN)	W 7-2
		Punsnit (THA)	W 8-2
Shin Bo Mee		J M Rodriguez (ESP)	W 14-0	1 Q	Park K W (KOR) L 0-8	did not advance
		Jackson (NZL)	W 6-2
		Zhu J (CHN)	W 3-2
Jeong Ho Won Park Keon Woo Shin Bo Mee	Mixed pairs BC3	Martin (ESP)  Pesquera (ESP)  J M Rodriguez (ESP)	W 9-3	1 Q	—	Thailand (THA) (Punsnit, Sukkarath, Visaratanunta) W 15-0	Spain (ESP) (Martin, Pesquera, J M Rodriguez) W 8-1
		P Gauthier (CAN)  Kabush (CAN)  Martino (CAN)	W 9-1
		Shen (CHN)  Zhu H (CHN)  Zhu J (CHN)	W 9-2

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cho Hang-duk	Men's road race HC B	1:38:09	13
	Men's road time trial HC B	25:50.09	15
Jin Yong-sik	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:38:13	9
	Men's road time trial CP3	38:45.83

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Jin Yong-sik	Men's individual pursuit CP3	3:58.817	2 Q	—		Kenny (GBR) L OVL

Football 5-a-side

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The men's football team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out 6 teams.

Players

• Hur Suk
• Ji Jun Min
• Jo Woo Hyung
• Kim Jae Sik
• Kim Jung Hoon
• Kim Kyung Ho
• Lee Jin Won
• Oh Yong Kyun
• Park Meong Su
• Yoon Jong Suk

Tournament

7 September 2008

13:30

Brazil	3 - 0	South Korea

Olympic Green Hockey Field

9 September 2008

9:00

South Korea	1 - 2	Great Britain

Olympic Green Hockey Field

11 September 2008

11:00

China	1 - 0	South Korea

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,995

Referee: Ricardo Torino (Argentina)

13 September 2008

13:00

South Korea	0 - 2	Argentina

Olympic Green Hockey Field

15 September 2008

11:00

Spain	2 - 2	South Korea

Olympic Green Hockey Field

5th-6th classification

17 September 2008

9:00

South Korea	1 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Great Britain
Penalties
	1 - 0

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Park Jung Min	Men's +100kg	Moreno (ESP) W 1100-000	Bye	Zakiyev (AZE) L 0001-1000	—		Dewall (USA) L 0110-1001

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Bong Duk-Hwan	75kg	170.0	11
Jung Keum-Jong	56kg	180.0
Park Jong-Chul	90kg	NMR

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Yun Jin-Kyoung	60kg	72.5	7

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Jong Rye	Women's single sculls	6:24.04	9 R	7:15.70	8 FB	7:11.48	3

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Han Tae-ho	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	578	17	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	598	18	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	584	16	did not advance
Jang Sung-won	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	586	10	did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1142	6 Q	98.6	1240.6	6
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	580	27	did not advance
Lee Ji-seok	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	600	1 Q	105.3	705.3
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	600	1 Q	104.3	704.3
Lee Ju-Hee	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	568	4 Q	96.6	664.6
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	571	4 Q	195.4	766.4	4
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	541	3 Q	89.1	630.1
Park Sea-kyun	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	568	3 Q	92.9	660.9	7
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	552	1 Q	92.9	644.9
Sim Jae-yong	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	587	9	did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1146	5 Q	96.1	1242.1	5
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	3 Q	104.8	703.8
You Ho-gyoung	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	600	1 Q	104.1	704.1	4
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	597	6 Q	104.2	701.2	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Bae Young-ee	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	364	7 Q	92.2	456.2	8
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	499	26	did not advance
Kim Im-yeon	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	386	6 Q	100.3	486.3	7
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	571	3 Q	100.0	671.0
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	595	30	did not advance
Lee Yoo-jeong	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	386	9	did not advance
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	570	5 Q	96.1	666.1	5
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	587	6 Q	100.8	687.8	7
Lee Yun-ri	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	378	17	did not advance
	Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	579	1 Q	97.9	676.9
Moon Aee-kyung	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	374	2 Q	89.2	463.2

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lee Kwon Sik	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:52.39	7 Q	2:13.37	8
Lim Woo Guen	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:40.51	5 Q	1:38.98	5
Min Byeong-Eon	S3	50m backstroke	45.85 WR	1 Q	44.80
		50m freestyle	46.71	1 Q	45.75

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Choi Na Mi	SB5	100m breaststroke	2:10.96	12	did not advance
Kim Ji Eun	S7	100m backstroke	1:35.28	8 Q	1:34.31	8
		50m freestyle	37.31	7 Q	DSQ
		100m freestyle	—		1:18.54	5
		400m freestyle	5:54.76	7 Q	5:51.52	7

Table tennis

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Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cho Jae Kwan	Men's singles C1	Vevera (AUT) W 3–2	Y Fernandez (CUB) W 3–2	Kilger (GER) W 3–0	1 Q	—		Ducay (FRA) W 3–1	Vevera (AUT) L 0-3
Choi Kyoung Sik	Men's singles C4-5	Segatto (BRA) W 3-0	Krizanec (CRO) W 3-0	—	1 Q	Durand (FRA) L 1-3	did not advance
Jeyoung Young Ill	Men's singles C3	Merrien (FRA) L 0-3	Lukezic (SLO) W 3-2	—	2	did not advance
Jung Eun Chang	Men's singles C4-5	Tsang (HKG) W 3-0	Caci (ITA) W 3-0	—	1 Q	Paulsen (NOR) W 3-1	Martin (FRA) W 3-2	Saleh (EGY) W 3-1	Durand (FRA) L 2-3
Kim Byoung Young	Men's singles C4-5	Mihalik (SVK) L 2-3	Chang C J (TPE) W 3-0	—	2	did not advance
Kim Jeong Seok	Men's singles C3	Gurtler (GER) L 1-3	Wu C S (TPE) W 3-1	—	2	did not advance
Kim Kong Yong	Men's singles C2	Molliens (FRA) L 1-3	Poddubnyy (RUS) L 2-3	Ahmed (LBA) W 3-0	3	did not advance
Kim Kyung Mook	Men's singles C2	Riapos (SVK) W 3-0	Mennella (FRA) W 3-2	Gao Y (CHN) W 3-0	1 Q	—		Boury (FRA) L 1-3	Hansen (DEN) W 3-1
Kim Young Gun	Men's singles C3	Zhao P (CHN) W 3-2	Lisav (SLO) W 3-2	—	1 Q	—	Feng P (CHN) L 2-3	did not advance
Lee Hae Kon	Men's singles C1	Ducay (FRA) W 3-2	Nikelis (GER) W 3-2	Trujillo (CUB) W 3-0	1 Q	—		Vevera (AUT) L 1-3	Ducay (FRA) W 3-1

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Choi Hyun Ja	Women's singles C3	Li Q (CHN) L 1–3	Y Silva (CUB) W 3–0	Reynolds (IRL) W 3-1	2	did not advance
Jung Ji Nam	Women's singles C4	Weinmann (GER) L 0-3	Sacca (ITA) W 3-1	Arenales (MEX) W 3-1	2	did not advance
Moon Sung Hye	Women's singles C4	Zorzetto (ITA) W 3-0	Obiora (NGR) W 3-0	Robertson (GBR) W 3-0	1 Q	Zhou Y (CHN) L 0-3	Weinmann (GER) W 3-1
Na Yu Rim	Women's singles C6-7	Ovsyannikova (RUS) L 0-3	Safonova (UKR) L 1-3	—	3	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cho Jae Kwan Kim Kong Yong Kim Kyung Mook Lee Hae Kon	Men's team C1-2	—	Bye	Slovakia (SVK) L 2-3	Austria (AUT) W 3-0
Kim Jeong Seok Kim Young Gun	Men's team C3	—	China (CHN) L 1-3	did not advance
Choi Kyoung Sik Jung Eun Chang Kim Byoung Young	Men's team C4-5	—	Sweden (SWE) W 3-2	France (FRA) W 3-2	China (CHN) W 3-1
Choi Hyun Ja Jung Ji Nam Moon Sung Hye	Women's team C4-5	Italy (ITA) L 1-3	did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Gi Hong	Men's épée B	Shenkevych (UKR)	L 1–5	3 Q	Poleshchuk (RUS) W 15–13	Cratere (FRA) L 13-15	did not advance
		Bezyazychny (BLR)	L 3-5
		Mari (ITA)	W 5-2
		Ding (CHN)	W 5-4
		Pluta (POL)	W 5-3
	Men's foil B	Hu D (CHN)	L 1-5	6	did not advance
		Hui (HKG)	L 0-5
		Szekeres (HUN)	L 1-5
		Komar (UKR)	L 4-5
		Moreno (USA)	L 4-5

Wheelchair tennis

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Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lee Ha-gel	Open	Men's singles	Shevchik (RUS) W 6–1, 6–1	Scheffers (NED) L 2-6, 1-6	did not advance
Oh Sang-ho			Kruszelnicki (POL) L 2-6, 4-6	did not advance
Lee Ha-gel Oh Sang-ho		Men's doubles	—	Pellegrina (SUI) /  Schmaeh (SUI) W 6-0, 6-1	Khulongrua (THA) /  Kruamai (THA) W 6-2, 6-3	Houdet (FRA) /  Jeremiasz (FRA) L 0-6, 0-6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hong Young-Suk	Open	Women's singles	Suter-Erath (SUI) W 6–1, 6–1	Homan (NED) L 0-6, 1-6	did not advance
Hwang Myung-Hee			de Maria (ITA) W 6-2, 6-2	Griffioen (NED) L 1-6, 0-6	did not advance
Hong Young-Suk Hwang Myung-Hee		Women's doubles	—	Dong (CHN) /  Hu D (CHN) L 1-6, 3-6	did not advance