South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 7 sports.

Group round

 * China 83-76 Korea
 * Bulgaria 89-58 Korea
 * Uruguay 83-60 Korea

Group 2 (9-15)

 * Canada 74-63 Korea
 * Japan 83-67 Korea

Classification 13-15
Thailand's loss gave the nation 15th place.


 * Korea 61-47 Thailand
 * Singapore, BYE

Classification 13/14

 * Singapore 92-79 Korea

Korea's final ranking was 14th.

Squad
An Yeong-sik, An Byeong-seok, Jo Byeong-hyeon, Choi Tae-gon, Kim Chun-bae, Kim Hyeong-il, Kim Yeong-gi, Kim Yeong-su, Go Se-tae, Baek Jeong-nam

Shooting
Two shooters represented South Korea in 1956.
 * Men

Weightlifting
Men

Wrestling

 * Men's Freestyle