South Korea at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

South Korea at the
1980 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeKOR
NPCKorean Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.kosad.or.kr (in Korean)
in Arnhem
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

South Korea competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Kim Yoon-Bae Archery Men's advanced metric round paraplegic
 Gold Choi Dong-Sik Table tennis Men's singles 3
 Silver Choi Tae-Am Table tennis Men's singles 2
 Silver Uh Jong-Hoe
Kim Si-Un		 Table tennis Men's teams 1C
 Bronze Kim So-Boo
Choi Dong-Sik		 Table tennis Men's teams 4

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Kim Yoon-Bae Men's Advanced metric round paraplegic 884 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chang Ki-Ki Men's Double FITA round paraplegic 2164 14

Dartchery

Main article: Dartchery at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
South Korea Men's Pairs open  Great Britain (GBR)
Won 		 Finland (FIN)
Won 		 Norway (NOR)
Lose 		 United States (USA)
Lose 		4

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Kim Si-Un Men's Singles 1C bye  E. Broos (NED)
W 2–0 		 Daniel Jeannin (FRA)
L 0–2
Uh Young-Ho Men's Singles 1C bye  Aldo Licciardi (ITA)
W 2–1 		 G. Bunderud (SWE)
L 0–2
Choi Tae-Am Men's Singles 2 bye  See Yang Choi (HKG)
W 2–1 		 Fritz Altendorfer (AUT)
W 2–0 		 K. Kuijala (FIN)
W 2–0 		 Franz Mandl (AUT)
L 0–2
Nam Kwi-Teak Men's Singles 2  Carlo Jannucci (ITA)
W 2–0 		 G. Nilsson (SWE)
L 0–2
Choi Dong-Sik Men's Singles 3 bye  Andre Hennaert (FRA)
W 2–0 		 H. Gentner (FRG)
W 2–0 		 Michael Cunningham (IRL)
W 2–0 		 Engelbert Rangger (AUT)
W 2–0
Yang Un-Seung Men's Singles 3  B. Edbrom (SWE)
W 2–0 		 Heinz Simon (FRG)
W 2–1 		 Engelbert Rangger (AUT)
Lose
Kim So-Boo Men's Singles 4 bye  P. Glaese (FRG)
W 2–0 		 Michael Dempsey (USA)
L 0–2
Uh Young-Ho
Kim Si-Un 		Men's Teams 1C n/a bye  Aldo Licciardi /
Paolo D'Agostini (ITA)
W 3–1 		 G. Laner /
B. Boerstler (FRG)
L 0–3
Choi Tae-Am
Nam Kwi-Teak 		Men's Teams 2 n/a bye  Manfred Emmel /
R. Loercher (FRG)
L 1–3
Kim So-Boo
Choi Dong-Sik 		Men's Teams 4 n/a bye  Franz Nietlispach /
Wolfgang Henklotz (SUI)
W 3–2 		 Michael Dempsey /
Gary Kerr / T. Kaus (USA)
L 2–3 		 K. Lerner /
Martin Huegenich (FRG)
W 3–0

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