South Korea at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

South Korea at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeKOR
NPCKorea Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.koreanpc.kr (in Korean)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors82 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Lee Ha-gel
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
7
Silver
11
Bronze
17
Total
35
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Part of the South Korean Paralympic team, taken after returning from Brazil.

South Korea competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Disability classifications

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Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1][2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Jeong Ho-won Boccia Mixed individual BC3
 Gold Choi Gwang-geun Judo Men's 100 kg
 Gold Jo Gi-seong Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S4
 Gold Jo Gi-seong Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S4
 Gold Jo Gi-seong Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S4
 Gold Lee In-kook Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S14
 Gold Choi Ilsang
Kim Jung-gil
Kim Young Gun
Table tennis Men's teams - Class 4-5
 Silver Koo Dong-sub
Kim Ok-guem
Archery Team compound W1
 Silver Jeon Min-Jae Athletics Women's 200m T36
 Silver Choi Ye-jin
Jeong Ho-won
Kim Han-soo
Boccia Mixed pairs BC3
 Silver Lee Do-yeon Cycling Women's road race H1-4
 Silver Lee Jung-min Judo Men's 81 kg
 Silver Lee Ju-hee Shooting Men's 10m air pistol SH1
 Silver Kim Geun-soo Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2
 Silver Woo Geun Lim Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB5
 Silver Joo Young-dae Table tennis Men's individual - Class 1
 Silver Cha Soo Yong
Joo Young Dae
Kim Kyung Mook
Table tennis Men's team - Class 1-2
 Silver Seo Su-yeon Table tennis Women's individual - Class 1-2
 Bronze Kim Mi-soon Archery Women's individual compound open
 Bronze Lee Ouk Soo
Kim Mi-soon
Archery Team compound open
 Bronze Kim Gyu Dae Athletics Men's 800m T54
 Bronze Kim Gyu Dae Athletics Men's marathon T54
 Bronze Yoo Won Jeong Boccia Mixed individual BC1
 Bronze Seo Ha-na Judo Women's 57 kg
 Bronze Jin Song-lee Judo Women's 63 kg
 Bronze Kim Su-wan Shooting Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1
 Bronze Lee Yun-ri Shooting Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1
 Bronze Lee Ju-hee Shooting Mixed 25m pistol SH1
 Bronze Lee Jang-ho Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1
 Bronze Kim Geun-soo Shooting Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2
 Bronze Nam Ki-won Table tennis Men's individual - Class 1
 Bronze Jung Young-A Table tennis Women's individual - Class 5
 Bronze Kim Seong-ok Table tennis Women's individual - Class 7
 Bronze Women's team Table tennis Women's team - Class 1-3
 Bronze Women's team Table tennis Women's team - Class 4-5

Archery

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South Korea qualified seven archers for the Rio Games following their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. This included two spots in the compound open, 1 for a man and 1 for a woman, four spots in the recurve open with 3 for men and 1 for a woman, and 1 spot for a woman in the W1 event.[4]

Athletics

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Boccia

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South Korea qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Hong Kong hosted 2015 BISFed Asia and Oceania Boccia Team and Pairs Championships in the BC3 Pair event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist Thailand and bronze medalists Singapore. The pair team included Jeong Ho-won, Kim Han-soo, and Kim Jun-yup, and they were ranked second in the world at the time. They entered qualification as the number one seed in Asia in their event.[5][6]

Cycling

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With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, South Korea qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[7][8]

Judo

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Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Songlee Jin Women's 63 kg  Pernheim (SWE)

Powerlifting

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Rowing

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Shooting

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The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. South Korea earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R1 – 10m Air Rifle standing men SH1 event as a result of Seungchul Lee winning a silver medal. Teammate Jinho Park set an Asian record in the R1 – 10m Air Rifle standing men SH1 qualifying round. South Korea qualified another shooter in the R7 – 50m rifle 3 positions Men SH1 event after Jinho Park won a bronze medal in this event. South Korea earned a spot in the P1 – 10m Air Pistol Men SH1 event after Heejung Lee won gold in the event. Jinho Park qualified South Korea for the R3 – 10Mm Air Rifle Prone Mix SH1 event.[9][10][11]

Swimming

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The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Giseong Jo earned South Korea a spot after winning gold in the Men's 200m Freestyle S4.[12][13]

Table tennis

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Wheelchair tennis

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South Korea qualified two competitors in the men's single event, Im Ho-won and Ha-Gel Lee.The slots came about via a Bipartite Commission Invitation place. South Korea qualified one player in the women's singles event, Ju-Youn Park.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Boccia Qualification System" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 BISFed Asia and Oceania Boccia Team and Pairs Championships" (PDF). BisFed. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  7. ^ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Shooters from 28 countries claim 63 spots at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Shooting Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Swimming QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Daily Medallists". International Paralympic Committee. July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  14. ^ "ITF announces singles entries for Rio 2016 Paralympics". ITF Tennis. June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.