South Korea at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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South Korea at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC codeKOR
NPC
Websitewww.koreanpc.kr (in Korean)
in Tokyo
Competitors86 in 14 sports
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
10
Bronze
12
Total
24
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Medalists[]

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Joo Young-dae Table tennis Men's individual – Class 1 30 August
 Gold Jeong Ho-won

 Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 4 September
 Silver Seo Su-yeon Table tennis Women's individual class 1–2 28 August
 Silver Kim Hyeon-uk Table tennis Men's individual – Class 1 30 August
 Silver Kim Young-gun Table tennis Men's individual – Class 4 30 August
 Silver Park Jin-ho Shooting 1 September
 Silver Kim Jung-gil
Kim Young-gun		 Table tennis 1 September
 Silver Yoon Ji-yu
Lee Mi-gyu		 Table tennis 2 September
 Silver Cha Soo-yong
Park Jin-cheol		 Table tennis 3 September
 Silver Badminton Men's singles WH1 4 September
 Silver Badminton Men's singles WH2 5 September
 Silver
Badminton Men's doubles WH1–WH2 5 September
 Bronze Lee Mi-gyu Table tennis Women's individual class 3 28 August
 Bronze Yoon Ji-yu Table tennis Women's individual class 3 28 August
 Bronze Park Jin-cheol Table tennis Men's individual class 2 28 August
 Bronze Cha Soo-yong Table tennis Men's individual class 2 28 August
 Bronze Nam Ki-won Table tennis Men's individual class 2 28 August
 Bronze Jung Young-a Table tennis Women's individual class 5 28 August
 Bronze Lee Jung-min Judo Men's 81 kg 28 August
 Bronze Choi Gwang-geun Judo Men's +100 kg 29 August
 Bronze Park Jin-ho Shooting Men's R1 10 metre air rifle standing SH1 30 August
 Bronze Shooting Men's R7 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 3 September
 Bronze Joo Jeong-hun Taekwondo Men's 75 kg 3 September
 Bronze Badminton Men's singles WH1 4 September

Competitors[]

Source:[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 4 6
Athletics 1 1 2
Badminton 5 2 7
Boccia 5 2 7
Cycling 1 2 3
Judo 2 0 2
Powerlifting 2 3 5
Rowing 0 1 1
Shooting 8 4 12
Swimming 4 1 5
Table Tennis 11 8 19
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Wheelchair Basketball 12 0 12
Wheelchair Tennis 4 0 4
Total 58 28 86

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea has qualified three archers in Women's Individual W1, Women's Individual Recurve, and Mixed Team Recurve.[4]

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Yoo Byung-hoon qualified in Men's 400m, 800m T53 events, while Jeon Min-jae qualified in Women's 200m T36.

Badminton[]

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

South Korea has qualified a total of nine para badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the Para Badminton World Rankings.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Singles WH1   (THA)
W (23–21, 21–16) 		 Wandschneider (GER)
W (17–21, 21–19, 21–17) 		N/A 1 Q Bye   (KOR)
L (21–19, 7–21, 20–22) 		  (JPN)
W (22–20, 17–21, 21–14) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  (JPN)
L (21–15, 13–21, 17–21) 		  (GER)
W (21–18, 21–13) 		N/A 2 Q   (THA)
W (21–14, 21–16) 		  (KOR)
W (19–21, 21–7, 22–20) 		 Qu (CHN)
L (6–21, 6r–11) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Singles WH2   (KOR)
W (21–19, 21–15) 		 Manzoney (AUS)
W (21–8, 21–9) 		N/A 1 Q Bye  Chan (HKG)
W (15–21, 21–15, 21–15) 		 Kajiwara (JPN)
L (18–21, 19–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
  (KOR)
L (19–21, 15–21) 		 Manzoney (AUS)
W (21–8, 21–5) 		N/A 2 Q  Mai (CHN)
W (21–13, 21–12) 		 Kajiwara (JPN)
L (14–21, 15–21) 		 Chan (HKG)
L (22–24, 10–21) 		4
Singles SL4  Setiawan (INA)
L (8–21, 9–21) 		 Dhillon (IND)
L (18–21, 21–15, 17–21) 		  (THA)
W (21–17, 21–8) 		3 N/A Did not advance

Doubles WH1–WH2   /
 (THA)
W (21–19, 21–12) 		  /
 (FRA)
W (21–11, 21–13) 		N/A 1 Q N/A   /
 (THA)
W (21–18, 21–13) 		 Mai /
Qu (CHN)
L (10–21, 14–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Singles WH1  Satomi (JPN)
L (12–21, 7–21) 		  (CHN)
L (16–21, 14–21) 		3 Did not advance
Singles WH2  Yamazaki (JPN)
L (20–22, 16–21) 		  (TUR)
L (21–12, 9–21, 16–21) 		3 Did not advance

Doubles WH1–WH2  Satomi /
Yamazaki (JPN)
L (12–21, 5–21) 		 Pookkham /
Wetwithan (THA)
L (9–21, 16–21) 		3 N/A Did not advance

Boccia[]

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Six South Korean athletes qualified in Individual BC1, BC2, and BC3 events.[6]

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea sent one male & one female cyclist after successfully receiving a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation Asian quota.[7][8][9]

Powerlifting[]

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
-
-
-
-
-

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the games by winning the B-final at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and securing the last of the seven available places.[10]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Women's single sculls 12:19.02 3 11:04.59 3 12:18.83 7 (FB)

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Fourteen South Korean shooters have qualified.

  • (Mixed 25m Pistol SH1)
  • (Mixed 50m Pistol SH1)
  • & (Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1)
  • & (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1)
  • (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2)
  • (Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1)
  • (Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position)
  • & (Women's 50m Rifle Three Position)

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Five South Korean swimmers have successfully qualified for the Paralympic slot after passing the MQS.[11][12]

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea entered sixteen athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Five athletes qualified from the 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and eleven athletes from the World Ranking allocation.[13]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Joo Young-dae Individual C1   (ITA)
W 3-0 		  (ARG)
W 3-0 		1 Q N/A   (CUB)
W 3-2 		 Nam (KOR)
W 3-0 		  (KOR)
W 3-1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
  (SUI)
W 3-0 		  (CUB)
W 3-0 		1 Q N/A   (ITA)
W 3-0 		 Matthews (GBR)
W 3-0 		 Joo (KOR)
L 1-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nam Ki-won   (RPC)
W 3-0 		 Matthews (GBR)
L 1-3 		2 Q N/A   (HUN)
W 3-0 		 Joo (KOR)
L 0-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Park Jin-cheol Individual C2   (MEX)
W 3-0 		  (SRB)
W 3-0 		1 Q Bye  Ludrovský (SVK)
W 3-2 		 Czuper (POL)
L 1-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cha Soo-yong   (JPN)
W 3-2 		 Riapoš (SVK)
W 3-0 		1 Q Bye   (UKR)
W 3-1 		 Lamirault (FRA)
L 1-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Individual C3  Schmidberger (GER)
L 0-3 		  (RPC)
L 2-3 		3 Did not advance
Kim Young-gun Individual C4   (SVK)
W 3-2 		  (ESP)
W 3-1 		1 Q Bye   (EGY)
W 3-0 		 Turan (TUR)
W 3-1 		 Ozturk (TUR)
L 1-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Jung-gil   (CZE)
L 1-3 		  (POL)
W 3-1 		2 Q   (SVK)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
 Hamadtou (EGY)
W 3-0 		  (CHN)
W 3-1 		1 Q Bye  Karabardak (GBR)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
 Von Einem (AUS)
L 0-3 		  (JPN)
W 3-1 		3 Did not advance
 Palos (HUN)
L 1-3 		  (JPN)
W 3-1 		2 Q N/A  Van Acker (BEL)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Park Jin-cheol
Cha Soo-yong 		N/A  Spain (ESP)
W 2-0 		 Poland (POL)
W 2-1 		 France (FRA)
L 0-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Joo Young-dae
Nam Ki-won 		N/A  Thailand (THA)
L 0-2 		Did not advance
Kim Young-gun
Kim Jung-gil 		N/A Bye  Poland (POL)
W 2-1 		 France (FRA)
W 2-0 		 China (CHN)
L 0-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Seo Su-yeon Individual C1-2   (KSA)
W 3-0 		 Pushpasheva (RPC)
W 3-2 		1 Q N/A   (SRB)
W 3-0 		 Oliveira (BRA)
W 3-1 		 Liu (CHN)
L 1-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lee Mi-gyu Individual C3  Li (CHN)
W 3-0 		 Patel (IND)
W 3-1 		1 Q Bye  Brunelli (ITA)
W 3-0 		 Kánová (SVK)
L 1-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yoon Ji-yu   (BRA)
W 3-0 		 Kánová (SVK)
W 3-0 		1 Q Bye  Mužinić (CRO)
W 3-1 		 Xue (CHN)
L 2-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jung Young-a Individual C5  Pan (CHN)
W 3-2 		 Leonelli (CHI)
W 3-0 		1 Q N/A   (THA)
W 3-1 		 Zhang (CHN)
L 0-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Individual C6  Alieva (RPC)
L 1-3 		  (IRQ)
W 3-1 		2 Q N/A  Chebanika (RPC)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
 Chebanika (RPC)
L 1-3 		 Grebe (GER)
L 0-3 		3 N/A Did not advance
Kim Seong-ok Individual C7   (CHN)
L 0-3 		  (BRA)
W 3-0 		2 Q N/A  van Zon (NED)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Yoon Ji-yu
Lee Mi-gyu 		N/A  Brazil (BRA)
W 2-1 		 Croatia (CRO)
W 2-0 		 China (CHN)
L 0-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Seong-ok
 N/A  France (FRA)
L 0-2 		Did not advance


Taekwondo[]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea qualified one athlete. Joo Jeong-hun qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Joo Jeong-hun Men's –75 kg   (RPC)
L 31–35 		Did not advance  Çelik (TUR)
W 40–31 		  (AZE)
W 46-32 		  (RPC)
W 24-14 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wheelchair basketball[]

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea's men's wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after finishing in top three at the 2019 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Pattaya, Thailand.

Wheelchair tennis[]

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea qualified four player entries for wheelchair tennis. Two of them qualified through the world rankings, while two others qualified under bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Men's singles
Quad singles N/A

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/npc-entries-republic-of-korea.htm
  4. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Paralympics Badminton Ranking" (PDF). Para Badminton World Federation. 26 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  9. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  10. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  12. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  13. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
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