South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 in 4 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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South Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.
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Field hockey[edit]
Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Women's tournament[edit]
South Korea women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by receiving a berth and earning the gold medal from the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon.[1]
- Women's team event – 1 team of 16 players
Modern Pentathlon[edit]
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics
South Korean pentathletes qualified for the games"
- Women's Individual: 1 quota place (Sunwoo Kim)
Shooting[edit]
Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics
South Korean shooters have achieved the following quotas based on their performance at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships.[2]
- Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions – 1 quota place (Han Jin-seop)
- Men's 50 m rifle prone – 1 quota place (Kim Hak-man)
- Men's 10 m air rifle – 1 quota place (Kim Sang-do)
- Men's 10 m pistol – 1 quota places (Lee Dae-Myung)
- Men's 50 m pistol – 2 quota places (Jin Jong-oh, Park Dae-hun)
- Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol – 2 quota places (Kim Jun-hong, Song Jong-ho)
- Women's 25 m pistol – 1 quota place (Kim Jang-mi)
- Women's 10 m air pistol – 2 quota places (Jung Jee-hae, Kwak Jung-hye)
- Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions – 1 quota place (Yoo Seo-young)
Swimming[edit]
Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics
South Korean swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[3][4]
- Olympic Qualifying Time
- Women's 50 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Hanbyeol Park)
- Women's 200 m butterfly – 1 quota place (Park Jin-young)
- Women's 200 m breaststroke – 2 quota places (Jiwon Yang, Jung Seul-ki)
References[edit]
- ^ "South Korean women regain hockey crown from China". Gulf News. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
