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North Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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North Korea at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codePRK
NOCOlympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Im Yong-myong & Mun Song-hui
Medals
Ranked 68th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. North Korea's eleventh Summer Olympics appearance marked the official return of the nation to the sporting event after withdrawing from the games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong
Table tennis Mixed doubles 30 July
 Silver Kim Mi-rae
Jo Jin-mi
Diving Women's synchronized 10 m platform 31 July
 Bronze Pang Chol-mi Boxing Women's 54 kg 4 August
 Bronze Kim Mi-rae Diving Women's 10 m platform 6 August
 Bronze Ri Se-ung Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman –60 kg 6 August
 Bronze Choe Hyo-gyong Wrestling Women's freestyle –53 kg 8 August

Medals by sport

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Medals by sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Diving 0 1 1 2
Table tennis 0 1 0 1
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Wrestling 0 0 2 2
Total 0 2 4 6

Medals by day

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Medals by day
Day Date Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 30 July 0 1 0 1
2 31 July 0 1 0 1
3 4 August 0 0 1 1
4 6 August 0 0 2 2
5 8 August 0 0 1 1
Total 0 2 4 6

Medals by gender

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Medals by gender
Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
Female 0 1 3 4
Male 0 0 1 1
Mixed/Open 0 1 0 1
Total 0 2 4 6
Multiple medalists
Name Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Kim Mi-rae Diving 0 1 1 2

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 0 1
Boxing 0 2 2
Diving 1 2 3
Gymnastics 0 1 1
Judo 0 1 1
Table tennis 1 2 3
Wrestling 1 4 5
Total 4 12 16

Athletics

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North Korean track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024 by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[1][2]

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
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Han Il-ryong Men's marathon 2:11:21 29

Boxing

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North Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Pang Chol-mi (women's bantamweight) and Won Ung-yong (women's lightweight) qualified themself for Paris in their respective division by advancing to the semifinal round at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[3]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pang Chol-mi Women's 54 kg  Uktamova (UZB)
W 5–0
 Bertal (MAR)
W 4–0
 Chang (CHN)
L 2–3
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Won Un-gyong Women's 60 kg  Heijnen (NED)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Diving

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North Korean divers secured one quota place for Paris 2024 by being the top individuals of the men's and women's platform at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Im Yong-myong Men's 10 m platform 347.10 22 Did not advance
Kim Mi-rae Women's 10 m platform 287.70 10 322.40 4 372.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kim Mi-rae
Jo Jin-mi
Women's 10 m synchronized platform 315.90 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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North Korea entered one gymnast to compete at the games. An Chang-ok secured a quota place by becoming one of the highest eligible gymnasts in the women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
An Chang-ok All-around 14.183 Q 13.433 DNS 11.666 DNF Did not advance
Women's vault 14.183 14.183 6 Q 14.216 14.216 4

Judo

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North Korea qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Mun Song-hui (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mun Song-hui Women's −70 kg  Matniyazova (UZB)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Table tennis

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North Korea qualified a mixed doubles team and one women's singles for the Games, by winning the semifinal match, at the 2024 ITTF World Mixed Doubles Olympic Qualification at Havirov, Czech Republic; and through the re-allocations of the East Asian Qualification Tournament.

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pyon Song-gyong Women's singles Bye Bye  Doo (HKG)
W 4–1
 Mittelham (GER)
W 4–3
 Díaz (PUR)
W 4–3
 Hayata (JPN)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong
Mixed doubles  Harimoto /
Hayata (JPN)
W 4–1
 Karlsson /
Källberg (SWE)
W 4–1
 Wong /
Doo (HKG)
W 4–3
 Wang /
Sun (CHN)
L 2–4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wrestling

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North Korea qualified five wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Four of them qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; meanwhile the other wrestler qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kim Son-hyang Women's −50 kg Did not participate
Choe Hyo-gyong Women's −53 kg  Yépez (ECU)
L 4–7
Did not advance  Ana (ROU)
W 11–0
 Wendle (GER)
W 10–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mun Hyon-gyong Women's −62 kg Did not participate
Pak Sol-gum Women's −68 kg  Rîngaci (MDA)
W 10–6
 Dahiya (IND)
W 10–8
 Elor (USA)
L 0–10
 Çavuşoğlu (TUR)
L 2–4
5
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ri Se-ung Men's −60 kg  Ciobanu (MDA)
W 10–3
 Bakhromov (UZB)
W 9–0
 Cao (CHN)
L 3–3
 Rodríguez (VEN)
W 8–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Road to Paris 2024: Men's marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Final eight Paris 2024 Olympic quota places at Asia Qualifying Tournament have now been won". World Boxing. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.