North Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

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

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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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]

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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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

## Results by event

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### Archery

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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.

Women's individual

| Ok Sil Choe
1/32 eliminations  | Defeated  | Katri Suutari
Finland  | 161-149
1/16 eliminations  | Defeated  | Nataliya Burdeyna
Ukraine  | 162-160
1/8 eliminations  | Defeated  | Kateryna Serdyuk
Ukraine  | 160-153
Quarterfinal  | Defeated  | Natalia Valeeva
Italy  | 107-103
Semifinal  | Lost to  | Nam-Soon Kim
Korea  | 107-114
Final  | Lost to  | Soo-Nyung Kim
Korea  | 107-114
| 4th place

### Athletics

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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)

### Boxing

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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

### Diving

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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)

### Synchronized swimming

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Duet

* Son Yong Choe, Yong Hui Jo

* Technical Routine – 29.867 Did not compete in free routine

### Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 3
Kim Yong-Ok | - 63 kg | 85.0  | 90.0  | ~~92.5~~ | 115.0  | ~~120.0~~ | ~~120.0~~ | 205.0  | 5

### Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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## References

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1. ^ North Korea Handbook 2002, p. 488.

### Works cited

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

## Further reading

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* "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.

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