North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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North Korea at the Olympic Games
Flag of North Korea IOC code  PRK NOC Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	63 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Pang Mun-Il
Medals Rank: 33	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 6
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North Korea competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country sent 63 athletes, competing in 11 sports.^[1]

North and South Korea had initially intended to send a joint delegation to the Games,^[2][3] but were unable to agree on the details of its implementation.^[4][5] (see South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics)

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Archery 3 Athletics 4 Boxing 5 Diving 6 Football (soccer) 6.1 Women's Competition 6.1.1 Results 7 Gymnastics 7.1 Artistic 8 Judo 9 Shooting 10 Synchronized Swimming 11 Table Tennis 12 Weightlifting 13 Wrestling 14 External links 15 References

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Pak Hyon Suk	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg
1 Gold	Hong Un Jong	Gymnastics	Women's vault
2 Silver	An Kum-Ae	Judo	Women's 52 kg
3 Bronze	Pak Chol Min	Judo	Men's 66 kg
3 Bronze	O Jong Ae	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
3 Bronze	Won Ok Im	Judo	Women's 63 kg

[edit] Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

North Korea will send archers to the Olympics for the fifth time, after not qualifying any for the 2004 Games. Two North Korean women will be seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Kwon Un Sil and Ri Koch Sun earned the country two places in the women's individual competition by placing 9th and 24th, respectively, at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships.^[6] North Korea has not yet confirmed its selection of Olympic entrants.

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kwon Un Sil	Individual	656	5	Abtin  (IRI) (60) W 106-96	Vardineni  (IND) (37) W 106-99	Román  (MEX) (12) W 105-100	Avitia  (MEX) (20) W 105-99	Sung-Hyun  (KOR) (1) L 106-109	Bronze final  Ok-Hee (KOR) (2) L 106-109	4
Son Hye-Yong	Individual	618	45	Avitia  (MEX) (20) L 106-107	Did not advance

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Kum-Song Ri	Men's Marathon	2:19:08	33
Song-Chol Pak	Men's Marathon	2:21:16	40
Il-Nam Kim	Men's Marathon	2:21:51	42
Kum-Ok Kim	Women's Marathon	2:30:01	12
Yong-Ok Jong	Women's Marathon	2:34:52	36
Bun-Hui Jo	Women's Marathon	2:37:04	48

[edit] Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

North Korea qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Kim Song Guk qualified in the lightweight class at the 2007 World Championships.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Song Guk	Lightweight	Sow (FRA) L 3-13	Did not advance

[edit] Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
	10 m Individual Platform

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
	10 m Individual Platform
	10 m Individual Platform
	10 m Synchronised Platform

[edit] Football (soccer)

Main articles: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Women's Competition

[edit] Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Germany	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Korea DPR	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

2008-08-06 19:45	Korea DPR	1 – 0	Nigeria	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 24,084 Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Kim Kyong-Hwa  27'	Report

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2008-08-09 19:45	Brazil	2 – 1	Korea DPR	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 19,616 Referee: Niu Huijun (China)
	Daniela  14' Marta  23'	Report	Ri Kum-Suk  90'

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2008-08-12 17:00	Korea DPR	0 – 1	Germany	Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 12,387 Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)
		Report	Mittag  86'

[edit] Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

[edit] Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Cha Yong Hwa	All-around
Hong Un Jong	All-around

[edit] Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

North Korea will send six judoka to Beijing^[8], including:

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Kyong-Jin	−60 kg		Norbert (MAD) W 1000/0000 - 1:52	Davtyan (ARM) W 0022/0000	Paischer (AUT) L 0000/0020	Did not advance		Fallon (GBR) L 0001/0100	Did not advance
Pak Chol-Min	−66 kg		Nurmuhammedov (TKM) W 1000/0000 - 0:09	Casale (ITA) W 0010/0001	Dias (POR) W 0002/0000	Darbelet (FRA) L 0001/0210	Did not advance			Bronze Match  Sharipov (UZB)
Kim Chol-Su	−73 kg	Girones (CUB)

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Pak Ok-Song	−48 kg			Hormigo (POR) W 0100/0000	Nurgazina (KAZ) W 0011/0001	Bermoy (CUB) L 0000/1021 - 4:37				Bronze Match  Pareto (ARG) L 0001/0100
An Kum-Ae	−52 kg		Mestre (CUB) W 0201/0000	Velázquez (VEN) W 0010/0001	Kaliyeva (KAZ) W 0200/0000 - 1:35	Nakamura (JPN) W 0001/0000				Xian (CHN) L 0001/0011
Kye Sun-Hui	−57 kg	Filzmoser (AUT)
Won Ok-Im	−63 kg		Krukower (ARG)	Arlove (AUS)

[edit] Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

North Korea will be represented by six shooters, including Kim Jong Su, who won bronze in the men's 50m pistol in Athens.^[9]

Kim Jong Su, who originally won a silver medal in the Men's 50 m pistol and a bronze medal in the Men's 10 m air pistol, tested positive for the banned substance of propranolol, and was stripped of the medals.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Kim Jong-Su	10 m air pistol	584	3 Q	99.0	683.0	DSQ[10]
	50 m pistol	563	2	97.2	660.2	DSQ[10]
Kwon Tong-Hyok	10 m air pistol	575	26	Did not advance		26
Ryu Myong-Yon	50 m pistol

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Jo Yong-Suk	10 m air pistol	382	15	Did not advance		15
	25 m pistol
Pak Jong-Ran	Skeet
Pak Yong-Hui	Trap	56	18	Did not advance		18

[edit] Synchronized Swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Wang Ok Gyong & Kim Yong Mi[11]	Duet

[edit] Table Tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jang Song-Man	Singles
Kim Hyok-Bong	Singles
Ri Chol-Guk	Singles

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kim Jong	Singles
Kim Mi-Yong	Singles

[edit] Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cha Kum-Chol	-56 kg	128	5	155	5	283	5
Ri Kyong-Sok	-56 kg	0	-	0	-	DNF	-
Im Yong-Su	-62 kg	138	3	0	-	DNF	-
Kim Chol-Jin	-69 kg

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
O Jong-Ae	-58 kg	95	6	131	2	226
Pak Hyon-Suk	-63 kg	106.0	2	135	1	241
Ok Hong-Yong	-69 kg

[edit] Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yang Kyong-Il	−55 kg
Yang Chung-Song	−66 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Cha Kwang-Su	−55 kg

[edit] External links

• "North Korea Heads for Best Olympics; Don't Say It in Pyongyang", Bloomberg, August 21, 2008
• "A lonely Olympics experience", The Oregonian, August 19, 2008

[edit] References

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