South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics

South Korea competed (as Korea) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This is a list of all of the South Korean athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. South Korea sent a delegation of 267 athletes to these games.

North and South Korea had initially intended to send a joint delegation to the Games, but were unable to agree on the details of its implementation. (See North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics.)

The South Korean contingent aimed for ten gold medals and to be ranked in the top ten in the games. However, they exceeded expectations and the nation was ranked 7th in gold medals, and 8th in total medals. The 13 gold medals won was the highest number of gold medals earned in its Olympic history.

Archery
At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Korea's won the championship in both the men's and women's events. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.


 * Men


 * Women

Athletics

 * 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


 * Men
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events

Badminton

 * Men


 * Women
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 * Mixed

Baseball
Korea placed second in the Final Qualifying Tournament, earning the South Korea national baseball team a qualification spot in baseball. 2008 will be Korea's third appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament; the team took the bronze medal in 2000 and placed eighth in 1996. On Korea's third appearance, they won the gold.

Group Stage
 * August 13  8 – 7 
 * August 14  0 – 0  (Postponed due to rain)
 * August 15  1 – 0 
 * August 16  5 – 3 
 * August 17  1 – 0 
 * August 18  9 – 8 
 * August 19  7 – 4 
 * August 20  10 – 0 

Semifinals
 * August 22  6 – 2 

Gold medal match
 * August 23 [[Image:Gold medal icon.svg|Gold]]  3 – 2 

Women's tournament
Korea's women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2007. It will be the women's team's sixth Olympic appearance.


 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinals

Boxing
Korea qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Lee, Baik, and Kim each earned their spots at the first Asian qualifying tournament. Han and Cho joined them as Olympic qualifiers at the second qualifying tournament.

Sprint
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify directly to final; q = Qualify to semi-final

Track

 * Omnium

Diving

 * Men

Fencing

 * Men


 * Women

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Classification match for 5th/6th place

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Classification match for 9th/10th place

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play

Artistic
* Kim Soo-Myun withdrew from the individual all-around due to injury in the team event, and was replaced by Yang Tae-Young.
 * Men
 * Team


 * Individual finals


 * Women

Rhythmic
South Korea qualified one woman in rhythmic gymnastics.

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Classification semifinal


 * 7th–8th place

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game


 * Final rank

Judo

 * Men


 * Women

Modern pentathlon
* Did not finish

Rowing

 * Men

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
 * Men

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women

Swimming

 * Men


 * Women

Table tennis
South Korea had qualified places in both singles and team events.


 * Men's singles


 * Women's singles


 * Team

Weightlifting

 * Men


 * Women

Wrestling
Key:
 * VT - Victory by Fall.
 * PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
 * PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.


 * Men's freestyle


 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle