South Korea at the 1958 Asian Games

South Korea at the
1958 Asian Games
South Korea at the; 1958 Asian Games
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors	119 in 15 sports
Officials	37
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 8 Silver 7 Bronze 12 Total 27
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

South Korea (IOC designation:Korea) participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan from May 24, 1958, to June 1, 1958.

Medal summary[]


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting	2	2	1	5
Athletics	2	1	2	5
Cycling	2	1	1	4
Boxing	2	0	3	5
Table tennis	0	1	2	3
Football	0	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 sports)	8	7	12	27

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold		Athletics	Men's Long jump
Gold	Lee Chang-Hoon	Athletics	Men's Marathon
Gold	Chung Dong-Hoon	Boxing	Men's Lightweight (-60 kg)
Gold	Kim Ki-Soo	Boxing	Men's Welterweight (-67 kg)
Gold		Cycling	Men's Road race
Gold	Team Korea	Cycling	Men's Road race teams
Gold		Weightlifting	Men's -52 kg
Gold		Weightlifting	Men's -60 kg
Silver		Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Silver		Cycling	Men's Road race
Silver	Team Korea	Football	Men's Team competition
Silver	Team Korea	Table Tennis	Women's Team competition
Silver	Team Korea	Volleyball	Men's Team competition
Silver	Hwang Ho-Dong	Weightlifting	Men's -90 kg
Silver		Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Bronze	Sim Sang-Ok	Athletics	Men's 800 m
Bronze	Sim Sang-Ok	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Bronze		Boxing	Men's Flyweight (-51 kg)
Bronze	Song Soon-Chun	Boxing	Men's Featherweight (-57 kg)
Bronze	Kim Deuk-Bong	Boxing	Men's Lightwelterweight (-63.5 kg)
Bronze	Kim Ho-Soon	Cycling	Men's Road race
Bronze	Team Korea		Men's Team competition
Bronze		Table Tennis	Women's Singles
Bronze	Team Korea	Table Tennis	Women's Doubles
Bronze		Weightlifting	Men's -82.5 kg
Bronze	Bong Chang-Won	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle -67 kg
Bronze		Wrestling	Men's Freestyle -87 kg

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