North Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
North Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | PRK |
NOC | Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 16 in 7 sports |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's eleventh appearance and the official return of the nation's into the Summer Olympics edition, after the nation's withdrawal at the 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Boxing | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Diving | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Table tennis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Wrestling | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Total | 4 | 12 | 16 |
Athletics
North Korean track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024, by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[1][2]
- 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
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Han Il-ryong | Men's marathon |
Boxing
North Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Pang Chol-mi (women's bantamweight) and Won Ung-yong (women's lightweight) qualified themself to Paris in their respective division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[3]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Pang Chol-mi | Women's 54 kg | ||||||
Won Un-gyong | Women's 60 kg |
Diving
North Korean divers secured one quota places for Paris 2024 by virtue of the top individuals of the men's and women's individual platform at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Im Yong-myong | Men's 10 m platform | ||||||
Kim Mi-rae | Women's 10 m platform | ||||||
Kim Mi-rae Jin Mi-jo |
Women's 10 m synchronized platform | — |
Gymnastics
Artistic
North Korea entered one gymnast to compete at the games. An Chang-ok secured a quota place by virtue of becoming one of the highest eligible gymnast in women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
An Chang-ok | All-around |
Judo
North Korea qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Mun Song-hui (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Mun Song-hui | Women's –70 kg |
Table tennis
North Korea qualified a mixed doubles team and one women's singles for the Games, by winning the semifinal match, at the 2024 ITTF World Mixed Doubles Olympic Qualification at Havirov, Czech Republic; and through the re-allocations of the East Asian Qualification Tournament.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Pyon Song-gyong | Women's singles | |||||||||
Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong |
Doubles | — |
Wrestling
North Korea qualified five wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Four of them qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; meanwhile the other wrestler qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.
Key:
- VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
- VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
- PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
- ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- Freestyle
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Kim Son-hyang | Women's −50 kg | ||||||
Choe Hyo-gyong | Women's −53 kg | ||||||
Mun Hyon-gyong | Women's −62 kg | ||||||
Pak Sol-gum | Women's −68 kg |
- Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Ri Se-ung | Men's −60 kg |
References
- ^ "Road to Paris 2024: Men's marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Final eight Paris 2024 Olympic quota places at Asia Qualifying Tournament have now been won". World Boxing. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.