South Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KOR (COR used at these Games)
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Munich
Competitors	42 (32 men, 10 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Kim Ji-Hak[1]
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 42 competitors (32 men and 10 women), took part in 24 events in 8 sports.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Oh Seung-lip	Judo	Men's 80 kg	2 September

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, South Korea entered three women. Their highest placing competitor was Kim Ho-gu, at 7th place in the women's competition.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Kim Ho-gu – 2369 points (7th place)
• Ju Chun-sam – 2349 points (12th place)
• Kim Hyang-min – 2275 points (20th place)

Men's High Jump

• Park Sang-soo

• Qualification Round – 2.00m (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Lee Chung-ping, Soo Wen-ho, Chen Chin-lung, and Chen Ming-chih

• Heat – 41.78s (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Paik Ok-ja

• Qualification Round – 15.78m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Paik Ok-ja

• Qualification Round – DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (–71 kg)

• Jae Keun-lim

• First Round – Bye
• Second Round – Defeated Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2
• Third Round – Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), TKO-2

Five male shooters represented South Korea in 1972.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Choi Chung-seok	50 m rifle prone	589	60
Park Do-geun	Skeet	182	44
Kim Nam-gu	Trap	177	41
Kim Tae-seok		181	32
Park Seong-tae	Skeet	168	56

Men's 400 m freestyle:

• Cho Oh-ryun – Heat: 4:21.78 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m freestyle

• Cho Oh-ryun – Heat: 17:29.23 (did not advance)

Men's: 7th place

• Roster: Choi Jong-ok, Chung Dong-kee, Jin Jun-tak, Kang Man-soo, Kim Chung-han, Kim Kun-bong, Kim Kyui-hwan, Lee Chun-pio, Lee In, Lee Sun-koo, Lee Yong-kwan, and Park Kee-won
• Preliminary round: 2–3
• Semi–Final: Lost to Romania (0–3)
• Final: Defeated Brazil (3–0)

Women's: 4th place

• Roster: Jo Hea-jung, Kim Eun-hui, Kim Young-ja, Lee In-sook, Lee Jung-ja, Lee Kyung-ai, Lee Kyung-sook, Lee Soon-bok, Yoon Young-nae, Yu Jung-hye, and Yu Kyung-hwa
• Preliminary round: 2–1
• Semi–Final: Lost to Japan (0–3)
• Final: Lost to D.P.R. Korea (0–3)

Lightweight:

• Won Shin-hee – 427.5 kg (7th place)