North Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "North Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

North Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PRK
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Sydney
Competitors	31 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Pak Jung-Chul
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1972 1976 1980 1984–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Unification Flag of Korea.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ri Song-hui	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
Bronze	Kim Un-chol	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
Bronze	Kye Sun-hui	Judo	Women's 52 kg
Bronze	Kang Yong-gyun	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

North Korea sent only one woman to the archery competition in Sydney. She was undefeated until her semifinal match with an archer from South Korea. She also lost her bronze medal match, again to a South Korean archer.

Men's marathon

• Kim Jung-Won
  1. Final – 2:18:04 (29th place)
• Kim Jong-Chol
  1. Final – 2:18:04 (30th place)
• Kil Jae-Son
  1. Final – 2:25:13 (59th place)

Women's Marathon

• Ham Bong-Sil
  1. Final – 2:27:07 (8th place)
• Jong Yong-Ok
  1. Final – 2:31:40 (20th place)
• Kim Chang-Ok
  1. Final – 2:35:32 (28th place)

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Un Chol Kim – Bronze Medal
  • Round 1 – Defeated Sebusiso Keketsi of Lesotho
  • Round 2 – Defeated Pál Lakatos of Hungary
  • Quarterfinal – Defeated Ivanas Stapovičius of Lithuania
  • Semifinal – Lost to Rafael Lozano of Spain

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Yong – Ryong Pak
  1. Preliminary – 271.47 (47th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Hyong – Gil Choe
  1. Preliminary – 448.41
  2. Semi-final – 185.52 – 633.93
  3. Final – 377.46 – 562.98 (12th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Yong – Ryong Pak
  1. Preliminary – 400.29
  2. Semi-final – 181.74 – 582.03 (16th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Ok Rim Ri
  1. Preliminary – 238.77 (26th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Song Hui Choe
  1. Preliminary – 222.84 (33rd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Ok Rim Ri
  1. Preliminary – 262.20 (22nd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Myong Hwa Choe
  1. Preliminary – 308.73
  2. Semi-final – 183.84 – 492.57
  3. Final – 269.22 – 453.06 (10th place)

Duet

• Son Yong Choe, Yong Hui Jo

• Technical Routine – 29.867 Did not compete in free routine

Women

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2016)

• Yonhap News Agency (2002). North Korea Handbook. Seoul: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.

• "DPRK Will Target 2000 Sidney Olympics: Vice Sports Minister". The People's Korea. 24 December 1998. Archived from the original on 5 September 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2020.