Jump to content

North Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

North Korea at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codePRK
NOCOlympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Sydney
Competitors31 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Pak Jung-Chul
Medals
Ranked 60th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Unification Flag of Korea.[1]

Medalists

[edit]
Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Ri Song-hui Weightlifting Women's 58 kg
 Bronze Kim Un-chol Boxing Men's light flyweight
 Bronze Kye Sun-hui Judo Women's 52 kg
 Bronze Kang Yong-gyun Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

Results by event

[edit]

North Korea sent only one woman to the archery competition in Sydney. She was undefeated until her semifinal match with an archer from South Korea. She also lost her bronze medal match, again to a South Korean archer.

Women's individual
Ok Sil Choe
1/32 eliminations Defeated Katri Suutari
Finland
161-149
1/16 eliminations Defeated Nataliya Burdeyna
Ukraine
162-160
1/8 eliminations Defeated Kateryna Serdyuk
Ukraine
160-153
Quarterfinal Defeated Natalia Valeeva
Italy
107-103
Semifinal Lost to Nam-Soon Kim
Korea
107-114
Final Lost to Soo-Nyung Kim
Korea
107-114
4th place

Men's marathon

Women's Marathon

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Hyong – Gil Choe
    1. Preliminary – 448.41
    2. Semi-final – 185.52 – 633.93
    3. Final – 377.46 – 562.98 (12th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Yong – Ryong Pak
    1. Preliminary – 400.29
    2. Semi-final – 181.74 – 582.03 (16th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Ok Rim Ri
    1. Preliminary – 238.77 (26th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Song Hui Choe
    1. Preliminary – 222.84 (33rd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Ok Rim Ri
    1. Preliminary – 262.20 (22nd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Myong Hwa Choe
    1. Preliminary – 308.73
    2. Semi-final – 183.84 – 492.57
    3. Final – 269.22 – 453.06 (10th place)

Duet

  • Technical Routine – 29.867 Did not compete in free routine

Weightlifting

[edit]

Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Kim Yong-Ok – 63 kg 85.0 90.0 92.5 115.0 120.0 120.0 205.0 5

Wrestling

[edit]

References

[edit]

Works cited

[edit]
  • Yonhap News Agency (2002). North Korea Handbook. Seoul: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.

Further reading

[edit]