South Korea at the
1972 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeKOR
NPCKorean Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.kosad.or.kr (in Korean)
in Heidelberg
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
4
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

South Korea competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Cho Keum-Im Archery Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
 Gold Song Sin-Nam Table tennis Men's Singles 1B
 Gold Choi Tae-Am Table tennis Men's Singles 2
 Gold South Korea Table tennis Men's Teams 3
 Silver Heo Yong
Cho Keum-Im
Lee Hae-Sik
Archery Mixed St. Nicholas round team paraplegic
 Silver Kim Keun-Soo
Cho Keum-Im
Dartchery Mixed pairs open
 Bronze Kim Keun-Soo Archery Men's short western round open

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Kim Keun-Soo Men's short western round open 741 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kim Yoon-Bae Men's short western round open 734 T4
Lee Hae-Sik Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic 680 9
Heo Yong Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic 676 13
Cho Keum-Im Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic 680 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Heo Yong
Cho Keum-Im
Lee Hae-Sik
Mixed St. Nicholas round team paraplegic 2036 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Park Yeon-Kyu Men's 100 m wheelchair 4 34.1 41 DNQ 41
Song Sin-Nam Men's 60 m wheelchair 1B 40.7 24 DNQ 24
Men's Discus throw 1B n/a 9.60 8
Men's Shot put 1B n/a 4.01 6

Dartchery

Main article: Dartchery at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athlete Event Rank
Kim Keun-Soo
Cho Keum-Im
Mixed pairs open 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Individual competition

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Song Sin-Nam Men's Singles 1B  Pimmelar (NED)
W 2–0
 S. Bradshaw (GBR)
W 2–0
 Daniel Jeannin (FRA)
W 2–0
Choi Tae-Am Men's Singles 2  Manfred Emmel (FRG)
W 2–0
 Giuseppe Trieste (ITA)
W 2–0
 Lesli Lam (HKG)
W 2–0
Choi Keum-Im Women's Singles 4  I. Schmidt (NED)
L 0–2

Team competition

Men's Teams 2 — Preliminaries
 South Korea 1–3  Sweden
Team (Group A) Pld W L Pts
 Sweden 2 2 0 6:2
 Denmark 1 0 1 1:3
 South Korea 1 0 1 1:3
Men's Teams 3 — Preliminaries
 South Korea 0–3  France
 South Korea 3–0  Switzerland
Team (Group B) Pld W L Pts
 France 2 2 0 6:0
 South Korea 2 1 1 3:3
 Switzerland 2 0 2 0:6
Men's Teams 4

1st place, gold medalist(s) South Korea

References