South Korea at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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South Korea at the Olympic Games

Flag of South Korea
IOC code  KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 29		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
1		 Total
2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Song Sun-Chun — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Kim Chang-Hi — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Lee Chang-Hoon — 2:28:45 (→ 4th place)
  • Choi Chunk-Sik — 2:36:53 (→ 12th place)
  • Wha Dong-Lim — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Kim Ho-Soon — 5:34:37 (→ 37th place)
  • Im Jang-Jo — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] References



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