North Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics

North Korea at the
2016 Summer Olympics

IOC code

PRK

NOC

Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

in Rio de Janeiro

Competitors

31 in 9 sports

Flag bearer

Choe Jon-wi^[1] (opening)
Yun Won-chol (closing)

Medals
Ranked 34th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	3	2	7

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

North Korean representatives at the Rio 2016 Olympic Village

North Korea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea sent the nation's smallest ever delegation to the Games since 2000. A total of 31 athletes, 11 men and 20 women, were selected to the North Korean team across nine different sports, marking the fourth straight Games to feature more female athletes than male.^[2]^[3] North Korea did not register any of its boxers for the first time at the Games since 1972, but capped an eight-year Olympic comeback to artistic gymnastics, after missing out of London 2012 under a two-year suspension for age falsification.

Notable athletes on the North Korean roster featured weightlifting champions Om Yun-chol (men's 56 kg) and Rim Jong-sim (women's 75 kg), twins Kim Hye-gyong and Kim Hye-song in the women's marathon, pistol shooter and three-time Olympian Kim Jong-su, and former gymnastics champion Hong Un-jong in the women's vault. Meanwhile, weightlifting rookie Choe Jon-wi was selected by the committee to lead the North Korean delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]^[2]

North Korea left Rio de Janeiro with a total of seven medals (2 golds, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), signifying its second most successful Olympic outcome based on the overall medal count after nine in Barcelona 1992, but falling short of the 12-medal target set by its sports commission.^[4] Half of North Korea's medal haul was distributed to the weightlifters, while the rest to the competitors in artistic gymnastics, shooting, and table tennis. Among the medalists were Rim Jong-sim, who repeated her golden feat from London four years earlier in a heavier category, and double world champion Ri Se-gwang, who obtained the nation's first ever gymnastics title by a male after 24 years.^[5]^[6]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
01 ! Gold	Rim Jong-sim	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg	000000002016-08-12-000012 August
01 ! Gold	Ri Se-gwang	Gymnastics	Men's vault	000000002016-08-15-000015 August
02 ! Silver	Om Yun-chol	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	000000002016-08-07-00007 August
02 ! Silver	Choe Hyo-sim	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg	000000002016-08-09-00009 August
02 ! Silver	Kim Kuk-hyang	Weightlifting	Women's +75 kg	000000002016-08-14-000014 August
03 ! Bronze	Kim Song-guk	Shooting	Men's 50 m pistol	000000002016-08-10-000010 August
03 ! Bronze	Kim Song-i	Table tennis	Women's singles	000000002016-08-10-000010 August

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

One North Korean archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2015 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kang Un-ju	Women's individual	643	15	Nikitin (BRA) W 6–0	Bjerendal (SWE) W 6–2	Chang H-j (KOR) L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics (track and field)

Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korean athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[8]^[9]

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 & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Pak Chol	Men's marathon	2:15:27	27
Kim Hye-gyong	Women's marathon	2:28:36	11
Kim Hye-song		2:28:36	10
Kim Kum-ok		2:38:24	49

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korean divers qualified for the following individual spots and synchronized teams at the 2016 Olympic Games by having achieved a top three finish from the 2015 World Championships.^[10]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Kuk-hyang	10 m platform	263.20	25	Did not advance
Kim Un-hyang	10 m platform	289.45	18 Q	343.70	5 Q	357.90	7
Kim Kuk-hyang Kim Mi-rae	10 m synchronized platform	N/A				322.44	4

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Koreans observed women's artistic gymnastics training in Rio.

Artistic

North Korea has qualified one male and one female artistic gymnast each for of the following apparatus and all-around events through the 2015 World Championships.^[11]^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Ri Se-gwang	Vault	N/A			15.433	N/A		15.433	1 Q	N/A			15.691	N/A		15.691	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Hong Un-jong	Vault	15.683	N/A			15.683	2 Q	14.900	N/A			14.900	6
Hong Un-jong	Floor	N/A			12.533	12.533	71	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korea has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Hong Kuk-hyon and Kyong Sol were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Kim Sol-mi at women's extra-lightweight (48 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region as the highest-ranked North Korean judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hong Kuk-hyon	Men's −73 kg	Duprat (FRA) L 000–100	Did not advance
Kim Sol-mi	Women's −48 kg	N/A	Dolgova (RUS) L 000–001	Did not advance
Sol Kyong	Women's −78 kg	N/A	Bye	Tcheuméo (FRA) L 000–100	Did not advance

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korean shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Jong-su	Men's 10 m air pistol	575	27	N/A		Did not advance
Kim Jong-su	Men's 50 m pistol	548	24	N/A		Did not advance
Kim Song-guk	Men's 10 m air pistol	577	17	N/A		Did not advance
Kim Song-guk	Men's 50 m pistol	557	5 Q	N/A		172.8	03 !
Jo Yong-suk	Women's 10 m air pistol	381	12	N/A		Did not advance
Jo Yong-suk	Women's 25 m pistol	582	6 Q	12	7	Did not advance
Pak Yong-hui	Women's trap	65	12	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korea has fielded a team of three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Kim Song I and 2012 Olympian Ri Myong-sun scored a second-stage draw victory each to book two of six remaining Olympic spots in the women's singles at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.^[15]

Ri Mi-gyong was awarded the third spot to build the women's team for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Song-i	Women's singles	Bye		Grzybowska (POL) W 4–0	Ishikawa (JPN) W 4–3	Chen S-y (TPE) W 4–2	Yu My (SIN) W 4–2	Ding N (CHN) L 1–4	Fukuhara (JPN) W 4–1	03 !
Ri Myong-sun	Women's singles	Bye		Lovas (HUN) W 4–1	Solja (GER) W 4–0	Fukuhara (JPN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Kim Song-i Ri Mi-gyong Ri Myong-sun	Women's team	N/A				Australia (AUS) W 3–0	China (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korean weightlifters have qualified a maximum of six men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

On June 22, 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation decided to strip of one Olympic men's and women's entry place each from North Korea because of "multiple positive cases" of doping throughout the qualifying period.^[17]^[18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Om Yun-chol	−56 kg	134	2	169	2	303	02 !
Kim Myong-hyok	−69 kg	157	3	~~196~~	DNF	157	DNF
Kwon Yong-gwang	−69 kg	137	16	176	11	313	14
Choe Jon-wi	−77 kg	153	8	190	8	343	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Choe Hyo-sim	−63 kg	105	3	143	2	248	02 !
Rim Jong-sim	−75 kg	121	1	153	1	274	01 !
Kim Kuk-hyang	+75 kg	131	1	175	2	306	02 !

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korea has qualified a total of four wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them finished among the top six to book an Olympic spot each in the men's freestyle 57 kg, men's Greco-Roman 59 kg, and women's freestyle 53 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while the other had claimed the remaining Olympic slot to round out the North Korean roster at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar.^[19]

Key:

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yang Kyong-il	−57 kg	Higuchi (JPN) L 1–4 ^SP	Did not advance			Lachinau (BLR) W 3–1 ^PP	Bonne (CUB) L 1–4 ^SP	Did not advance	8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yun Won-chol	−59 kg	Bye	Mahmoud (EGY) W 3–1 ^PP	Tasmuradov (UZB) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance				10

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Hyon-gyong	−48 kg	Dadasheva (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						13
Jong Myong-suk	−53 kg	Gallays (CAN) W 4–0 ^ST	Gün (TUR) W 4–0 ^ST	Maroulis (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Zhong Xc (CHN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	7

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