South Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 42 competitors (32 men and 10 women), took part in 24 events in 8 sports.

Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, South Korea entered three women. Their highest placing competitor was Kim Ho-gu, at 7th place in the women's competition.

Women's Individual Competition:
 * Kim Ho-gu - 2369 points (7th place)
 * Ju Chun-sam - 2349 points (12th place)
 * Kim Hyang-min - 2275 points (20th place)

Athletics
Men's High Jump
 * Park Sang-soo
 * Qualification Round &mdash; 2.00m (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
 * Lee Chung-ping, Soo Wen-ho, Chen Chin-lung, and Chen Ming-chih
 * Heat &mdash; 41.78s (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put
 * Paik Ok-ja
 * Qualification Round &mdash; 15.78m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw
 * Paik Ok-ja
 * Qualification Round &mdash; DNS (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Men's Light Middleweight (–71 kg)
 * Jae Keun-lim
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2
 * Third Round &mdash; Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), TKO-2

Shooting
Five male shooters represented South Korea in 1972.
 * Open

Swimming
Men's 400 m freestyle:
 * Cho Oh-ryun - Heat: 4:21.78 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m freestyle
 * Cho Oh-ryun - Heat: 17:29.23 (did not advance)

Volleyball
Men's: 7th place
 * Roster: Choi Jong-ok, Chung Dong-kee, Jin Jun-tak, Kang Man-soo, Kim Chung-han, Kim Kun-bong, Kim Kyui-hwan, Lee Chun-pio, Lee In, Lee Sun-koo, Lee Yong-kwan, and Park Kee-won
 * Preliminary round: 2-3
 * Semi–Final: Lost to Romania (0-3)
 * Final: Defeated Brazil (3-0)

Women's: 4th place
 * Roster: Jo Hea-jung, Kim Eun-hui, Kim Young-ja, Lee In-sook, Lee Jung-ja, Lee Kyung-ai, Lee Kyung-sook, Lee Soon-bok, Yoon Young-nae, Yu Jung-hye, and Yu Kyung-hwa
 * Preliminary round: 2-1
 * Semi–Final: Lost to Japan (0-3)
 * Final: Lost to D.P.R. Korea (0-3)

Weightlifting
Lightweight:
 * Won Shin-hee - 427.5 kg (7th place)