South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
South Korea entered six archers to compete at the games. The nation's fielded full squad of men's team recurve by scoring a successful gold-medal victory and obtaining the first of three available spots as the highest-ranked eligible nation at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[1] Meanwhile, the nation's entered one individual female archer's to compete in the individual recurve event by virtue of the result at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[2]
South Korea fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the top three highest-ranked nations, eligible for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
South Korean track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[3]
South Korea entered twelve badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
South Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Im Ae-ji (women's bantamweight) and Oh Yeon-ji (women's lightweight) secured their spots following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.
South Korea entered one breakdancer to compete in the B-Boy dual battles for Paris 2024. Kim Hong-yui (Hong10) outlasted the male breakdancers from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.
South Korea entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.[4]
South Korea divers secured two quota places. The nations secured one quota in the men's individual platform for Paris 2024 by virtue of top twelve individual results at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; secured one quota in the women's individual springboard, by virtue of top twelve individuals, not yet qualified, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar; and secured three quotas from unused quota reallocation.
South Korea entered one rider in the dressage event, through the establishment of the final Olympic ranking, because Palestine was not able to fulfill the MER requirements.
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position
South Korea entered fourteen fencers into the Olympic competition. Ha Tae-gyu and Kim Jae-won secured their quota places in their respective divisiom, after nominated as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for Asia & Oceania zone; and men's sabre team, women's épée team and women's sabre team qualified for the games by becoming one of four highest ranked worldwide team, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.[5]
South Korea entered two male and three female golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the individual competitions, based on their world ranking performance, on the IGF World Rankings.
South Korea entered eight gymnasts into Paris. South Korea's men team earned the right to send an individual gymnast to the Games by finishing as one of the three strongest non-qualified nations at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Lee Jun-ho also officially booked his Olympic ticket at the same championships as one of the highest-ranked eight All-Around gymnasts who did not have a pathway to Paris as part of a qualified team. One more olympic quota was assured for Korea through the FIG World Cup Series 2024.[6] Meanwhile, five other female gymnasts qualified for the games after advancing to the final round of team all-around, and obtained one of nine available team spot's for nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
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South Korea women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2023 Asian Qualification Tournament in Hiroshima, Japan.[7]
A 22-player squad was announced on 14 May 2024.[8] It was reduced to 17 players on 2 July 2024.[9]
Head coach: Henrik Signell
South Korea has qualified eleven judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Asia.
South Korean modern pentathletes confirmed four quota places for Paris 2024. Jun Woong-tae and Kim Sun-woo secured her spots in the men's and women's event by winning the gold and silver medal in their respective class and obtained one of five available spots at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China;[10] meanwhile, Seong Seung-min and Seo Chang-wan, qualified for the games, respectively through the 2024 UIPM World Championships in Zhengzhou, China, and final Olympics ranking.
A South Korean sailor secured a quota place in the following events, through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France.
South Korean shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[11]
South Korea qualified three sport climbers for Paris 2024. Shin Eun-cheol, Lee Do-hyun, and Seo Chae-hyun, all qualified directly for games, through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier series ranking.
South Korean swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[12]
South Korea entered a full squad of male and female table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan.[13] The nations also entered mixed doubles pair through the allocations of world ranking.
South Korea qualified four athletes to compete at the games. Park Tae-joon, Seo Geon-woo and Lee Da-bin qualified for their games, in their own respective division, after nominated one of five highest ranked eligible athletes through the WT final rankings. Later on, Kim Yu-jin joining the nations squad, following the triumph of her victory in the semifinal rounds in her class, at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[14]
South Korea entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament.
South Korea entered five weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Bak Joo-hyo (men's 73 kg), Yu Dong-ju (men's 89 kg), Jang Yeon-hak (men's 102 kg), Kim Su-hyeon (women's 81 kg) and Park Hye-jeong (women's +81 kg), secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
South Korea qualified two wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Kim Seung-jun and Lee Seung-chan qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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