South Korea at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

South Korea at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
South Korea at the; 2024 Summer Paralympics
	File:Flag of South Korea.svg
IPC code	KOR
NPC	Korea Paralympic Committee
Website	www.koreanpc.kr (in Korean)
in Paris, France; August 28, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Competitors	83 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Choi Yong-beom
Medals; Ranked 22nd	Gold 6 Silver 10 Bronze 1‌4 Total
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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South Korea competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	3	5
Athletics	1	0	1
Badminton	4	2	6
Boccia	2	2	5
Goalball	0	6	6
Paracanoeing	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	2	3	12
Swimming	5	1	6
Table tennis	9	6	15
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Total	46	37	83

Archery

South Korea entered five athletes into the games by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic and 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Park Hong Jo	Individual W1	613	12	—	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han (CHN) L 140–130	Did not advance			11
Kwak Geonhwi	Individual recurve	647	2	Bye	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Papağan (TUR) W 6–2	File:Flag of Australia.svg Kenton-Smith (AUS) L 4-6	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Ok-geum	Individual W1	623	3	—	Bye	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kingstone (GBR) W 128-122	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen (CHN) L 123-132	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Brandtlová (CZE) L 122-127	4
Choi Nami	Individual compound	661	18	File:Flag of Chile.svg Zúñiga (CHI) L135-139	Did not advance				17
Jeong Jinyoung	Individual compound	659	19	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin (CHN) L134-140	Did not advance				17
Jang Gyeong Suk	Individual recurve	510	20	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Pattawaeo (THA) L 0-6	Did not advance				23

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals/BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Park Hong Jo Kim Ok-geum	Team W1	1236	4	—	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Hekimoğlu / Mısır (TUR) W 134-132	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tianxin / Minyi (CHN) L 139-145	File:Flag of Italy.svg Tonon / Dameno (ITA) L 132-134	4
Jang Gyeong Suk Kwak Geonhwi	Team recurve	—		File:Flag of Iran.svg Rahimi / Arab Ameri (IRI) L 4-5	Did not advance			9

Athletics

South Korean track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Byunghoon Yoo	Men's 400 m T53	51.38	4	Did not advance

Badminton

South Korea has qualified six para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quaterfinals	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choi Jung-man	Singles WH1	File:Flag of Japan.svg Nagashima (JPN) W 2-0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Murayama (JPN) W 2-0	—	1 Q	—	File:Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong (KOR) W 2-0	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zimo (CHN) L 0-2	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jeong Jae-gun	Singles WH1	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qu (CHN) L 0-2	File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Ramli (MAS) W 2-1	—	2 Q	File:Flag of Japan.svg Murayama (JPN) W 2-0	File:Flag of South Korea.svg Choi (KOR) L 0-2
Yu Soo-young	Singles WH2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mai (CHN) W 2-0	File:Flag of Germany.svg Hellmann (GER) W 2-1	—	1 Q	—	File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Chan (HKG)
Kim Jung-jun	Singles WH2	File:Flag of France.svg Jakobs (FRA) W 2-1	File:Flag of Israel.svg Levi (ISR) W 2-0	—	1 Q	—	File:Flag of Japan.svg Kajiwara (JPN)
Shin Kyung-hwan	Singles SL4	File:Flag of India.svg Yathiraj (IND) L 0-2	File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Ramdani (INA) L 1-2	—	3	Did not advance
Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun	Doubles WH1–2	File:Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong / Yu (KOR) L 0-2	File:Flag of Japan.svg Matsumoto / Nagashima (JPN) L0-2	File:Flag of France.svg Jakobs / Toupe (FRA) W2-1	3	Did not advance
Jeong Jae-gun Yu Soo-young	Doubles WH1–2	File:Flag of South Korea.svg Choi / Kim (KOR) W 2-0	File:Flag of France.svg Jakobs / Toupe (FRA) W 2-0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Matsumoto / Nagashima (JPN) W 2-0	1 Q	—	File:Flag of Japan.svg Matsumoto / Nagashima (JPN) W 2-0	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mai/ Qu (CHN)

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quaterfinals	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kwon Hyun-ah	Singles WH1	File:Flag of Austria.svg Koósz (AUT) W 2-0	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg To (BEL) L 0-2	—	2 Q	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg To (BEL) L 0-2	Did not advance
Jung Gye-oul	Singles WH2	File:Flag of Australia.svg Ginns (AUS) WDN	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Weitwithan (THA) L 1-2	—	2	File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Renggli (SUI) L 0-2	Did not advance
Jung Gye-oul Kwon Hyun-ah	Doubles WH1–2	File:Flag of Japan.svg Satomi / Yamazaki (JPN) L 0-2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu / Yin (CHN) L 0-2	—	3	Did not advance

Boccia

South Korea confirmed two quotas (one in men and one in women), by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC3 pairs event, at the 2023 Asian/Oceanian Championships in Hong Kong; the nations also secured one teams quota in mixed BC1/BC2 teams through the final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jung Sung-joon	Men's individual BC1	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Huadpradit (THA) L 3–7
Kim Doh-yun	Men's individual BC1	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Král (SVK) L 2–4	File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Syafa (INA) L 4–7	—	3	Did not advance			11
Seo Min-kyu	Men's individual BC2	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rombouts (BEL) W 5–2
Jeong Ho-won	Men's individual BC3								1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jeong So-yeong	Women's individual BC2
Kang Sun-hee	Women's individual BC3
Jeong Ho-won Kang Sun-hee	Mixed pairs BC3
Jung Sung-joon Seo Min-kyu Jeong So-yeong	Mixed team BC1/BC2

Goalball

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
South Korea women's	Women's tournament	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan L 1–3	File:Flag of France.svg France W 6–1	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada D 0–0	3 Q	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey L 3–6	—	File:Flag of France.svg France W 2–2 (2–1 p)	7

Women's tournament

The South Korean women's goalball team entered the Paralympic games after being the runner-up at 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships in Matosinhos, Portugal.^[2]

Team roster

{{#section:Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters|KOR}}

Group stage

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Quarter-finals

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Seventh place match

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Paracanoeing

South Korea earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's KL3

Rowing

Kazakhstan qualified one boats in women's single sculls classes, by virtue of the highest ranked eligible boats, at the 2024 Asia/Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Sejeong	PR1 women's single sculls	10:45.53	3 R	10:52.23	2 FA
Kang Hyounjoo Bae Jiin Choi Seonwoong Lee Seungho coxswain= Seo Hakyung	PR3 mixed coxed four	7:51.27	5 R	7:30.93	5 FB

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

South Korea entered twelve para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1
	R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
	R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
	R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
	R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	P3 – 25 m pistol SH1
	P4 – 50 m pistol SH1
	R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
	R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
	R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
	R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2

Swimming

South Korea entered six swimmers (five men and one woman), by virtue of the results at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines; and through the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slots.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jo Giseong	50 m freestyle S4
	100 m freestyle S4
	200 m freestyle S4
	50 m backstroke S4
	50 m backstroke S4
	50 m backstroke S4
Cho Wonsang	100 m butterfly S14	59.92	11	Did not advance
Lee Inkook	100 m butterfly S14	59.15	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lim Eun-yeong	100 m butterfly S8

Mixed

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	4 × 100 m freestyle relay S13

Table tennis

South Korea entered fifteen table tennis players to compete for Paris 2024. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou;^[5] meanwhile, the other eleven athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joo Young-dae	Individual C1
Kim Hak-jin	Individual C1
Park Jin-cheol	Individual C2
Cha Soo-yong	Individual C2
Jang Yeong-jin	Individual C3
Baek Young-bok	Individual C3
Kim Young-gun	Individual C4						1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Jung-gil	Individual C4
Kim Gi-tae	Individual C11						1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cha Soo-yong Park Jin-cheol	Doubles MD4	—			File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Mihálik (SVK)/ File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Trávníček (SVK) L 2-3		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jang Yeong-jin Park Sung-joo	Doubles MD4	—		File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Davies (GBR)/ File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthews (GBR) W 3-0		File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Mihálik (SVK)/ File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Trávníček (SVK) L 1-3	2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Seo Su-yeon	Individual C1–2
Yoon Ji-yu	Individual C3								2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lee Mi-gyu	Individual C3
Jung Young-a	Individual C5
Moon Sung-hye	Individual C5
Kim Seong-ok	Individual C7

Taekwondo

South Korea entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Joo Jeong-hun qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in men's 80 kg class; meanwhile Lee Dong-ho qualified for Paris 2024, after winning the gold medal results in under 63 class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lee Dong-ho	Men's –63 kg	File:Flag of Israel.svg Milad (ISR) L 12-27	Did not advance
Joo Jeong-hun	Men's –80 kg	Bye	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Spajić (SRB) W 8-1	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Nájera (MEX) L 8-10	—	File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dombayev (KAZ) W 7-1	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wheelchair tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Han Sung-bong	Men's singles	File:Flag of Austria.svg Langmann (AUT) L 2-6, 6-0, 2-6	Did not advance
Im Ho-won	Men's singles	File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Bin Yusuf (MAS) W 6-2, 6-3	File:Flag of Spain.svg Caverzaschi (ESP) L 6-4, 4-6, 6-7	Did not advance
Han Sung-bong Im Ho-won	Men's doubles	—	Bye	File:Flag of Austria.svg Langmann / Riegler (AUT) W 6-2, 6-0	File:Flag of Japan.svg Miki / Oda (JPN)

References

↑ "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
↑ Figueiredo, Pedro (2022-12-15). "Goalball: Four tickets granted to Paris 2024". IBSA International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
↑ "Quota Allocation after New Delhi" (PDF). Paralympics. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
↑ "World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
↑ "Mixed Fortunes for Asian stars as Paralympic Games Gold Medallists Set Sights on Paris". International Table Tennis Federation. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[1] "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.

[2] Figueiredo, Pedro (2022-12-15). "Goalball: Four tickets granted to Paris 2024". IBSA International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

[3] "Quota Allocation after New Delhi" (PDF). Paralympics. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

[4] "World Para Swimming Rankings Paris 2024 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

[5] "Mixed Fortunes for Asian stars as Paralympic Games Gold Medallists Set Sights on Paris". International Table Tennis Federation. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

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South Korea at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Contents

Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Boccia

Goalball

Women's tournament

Paracanoeing

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Wheelchair tennis

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