North Korea at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codePRK
NOCOlympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Barcelona
Competitors64 (36 men, 28 women) in 12 sports
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
4
Silver
0
Bronze
5
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the nation's first appearance in twelve years at the Summer Games due to its boycotting the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 64 competitors, 36 men and 28 women, took part in 53 events in 12 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Pae Gil-su Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 2 August
 Gold Ri Hak-son Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 5 August
 Gold Kim Il Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 6 August
 Gold Choi Chol-su Boxing Flyweight 9 August
 Bronze Kim Myong-nam Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 30 July
 Bronze Ri Pun-hui
Yu Sun-bok
Table tennis Women's doubles 1 August
 Bronze Ri Pun-hui Table tennis Women's singles 4 August
 Bronze Ri Gwang-sik Boxing Bantamweight 6 August
 Bronze Kim Yong-sik Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 3 3
Athletics 1 2 3
Boxing 6 6
Cycling 0 3 3
Diving 0 4 4
Gymnastics 3 8 11
Judo 2 1 3
Shooting 6 3 9
Table tennis 4 4 8
Weightlifting 10 10
Wrestling 4 4
Total 36 28 64

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Competition:

Women's Team Competition:

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Marathon

Women's Marathon

Women's Long Jump

  • Heat — 6.17 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three cyclists, all women, represented North Korea in 1992.

Women's Individual Road Race

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 232.65 points (→ did not advance, 28th place)
  • Preliminary Heat — 206.64 points (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 282.36 points (→ 18th place)
  • Preliminary Round — 282.36 points (→ 23rd place)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "North Korea at the 1992 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ^ Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics