South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics


South Korea competed as Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 300 competitors, 189 men and 111 women, took part in 160 events in 25 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Korea's fifth appearance in Olympic archery earned them another pair of gold medals in the women's competitions as well as a silver medal and a bronze medal in the men's competitions. The only individual eliminated before the quarterfinals was Yoon Hye-Young, though she did set an Olympic record in the 36 arrow R32/R16 combined.
Men's Individual Competition:
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Women's Team Competition:
Men's Long Jump
Men's Marathon
Women's Javelin Throw
Women's Shot Put
Women's Marathon

Baseball

Korea's first appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament resulted in a last-place finish for the team. The Koreans won only one game in the preliminary round, defeating the Netherlands. This put them in eighth place and ended their involvement in the competition.
Men's Team Competition:

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight
Men's Featherweight
Men's Lightweight
Men's Light-Welterweight
Men's Welterweight
Men's Light-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight

Cycling

Road Competition

Women's Individual Road Race
Men's Points Race
Men's 3m Springboard
Women's 10m Platform
Thirteen fencers, nine men and 4 women, represented South Korea in 1996.
;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
;Men's sabre
;Men's team sabre
;Women's foil
;Women's épée
;Women's team épée

Gymnastics

Handball

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Modern pentathlon

Men's:

Sailing

Shooting

Fourteen South Korean shooters qualified to compete in the following events:
;Men
;Women

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle
Men's 400m Freestyle
Men's 1500m Freestyle
Men's 100m Backstroke
Men's 200m Backstroke
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Men's 200m Butterfly
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 100m Freestyle
Women's 200m Freestyle
Women's 400m Freestyle
Women's 800m Freestyle
Women's 100m Backstroke
Women's 200m Backstroke
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Women's 200m Individual Medley
Women's 400m Individual Medley
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Tennis

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

Wrestling