South Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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South Korea at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Montreal
Competitors38 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Yang Jung-mo Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 31 July
 Silver Chang Eun-kyung Judo Men's 63 kg 30 July
 Bronze Park Young-chul Judo Men's 80 kg 28 July
 Bronze South Korea women's national volleyball team
Volleyball Women's tournament 30 July
 Bronze Cho Jea-ki Judo Men's open category 31 July
 Bronze Jeon Hae-sup Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 31 July

Boxing[edit]

Men's Light Flyweight (–48 kg)

Shooting[edit]

There were five South Korean shooters who qualified to compete in the following events:

Open
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Choi Chung-seok 50 m rifle prone 583 57
Park Do-geun Skeet 172 61
Lee Gyun 50 m rifle prone 581 64
Park Jong-Gil 25 m rapid fire pistol 587 15
Lee Seung-Gyun Skeet 191 22

Volleyball[edit]

Men's team competition[edit]

  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Lost to Poland (2-3)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Lost to Cuba (0-3)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (3-1)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3) → Sixth place
  • Team roster
  • Head coach: Lee Kyo-so (이규소, Korea Volleyball Association)

Women's Team Competition[edit]

  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1–3)
  • Defeated East Germany (3–2)
  • Defeated Cuba (3–2)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to Japan (0–3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated Hungary (3–1) → Bronze Medal
  • Team roster

Wrestling[edit]

References[edit]