North Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

North Korea at the
2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code| PRK
NOC| Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors| 16 in 7 sports
Flag bearer | Im Yong-myong & Mun Song-hui
Medals
Ranked 68th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1972
* 1976
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* 2024

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. North Korea's eleventh Summer Olympics appearance marked the official return of the nation to the sporting event after withdrawing from the games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Silver | Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong | Table tennis | Mixed doubles | 30 July
Silver | Kim Mi-rae
Jo Jin-mi | Diving | Women's synchronized 10 m platform | 31 July
Bronze | Pang Chol-mi | Boxing | Women's 54 kg | 4 August
Bronze | Kim Mi-rae | Diving | Women's 10 m platform | 6 August
Bronze | Ri Se-ung | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman –60 kg | 6 August
Bronze | Choe Hyo-gyong | Wrestling | Women's freestyle –53 kg | 8 August

### Medals by sport

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Medals by sport

Sport  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total
Diving | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
Table tennis | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Boxing | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Wrestling | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2
Total  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 6

### Medals by day

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Medals by day

Day  | Date  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total
1  | 30 July  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
2  | 31 July  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
3  | 4 August  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
4  | 6 August  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2
5  | 8 August  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
| Total  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 6

### Medals by gender

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Medals by gender

Gender  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total
Female | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4
Male | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Mixed/Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Total  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 6
Multiple medalists

Name | Sport |  |  |  | Total
Kim Mi-rae | Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2

## Competitors

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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

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 | 2:11:21  | 29

## Boxing

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Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Pang Chol-mi (women's bantamweight) and Won Ung-yong (women's lightweight) qualified themself for Paris in their respective division by advancing to the semifinal 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  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Pang Chol-mi | Women's 54 kg | —  |  Uktamova (UZB)
W 5–0  |  Bertal (MAR)
W 4–0  |  Chang (CHN)
L 2–3  | Did not advance  |
Won Un-gyong | Women's 60 kg | —  |  Heijnen (NED)
L 1–4  | Did not advance

## Diving

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Main articles: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korean divers secured one quota place for Paris 2024 by being the top individuals of the men's and women's 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 | 347.10  | 22  | Did not advance
Kim Mi-rae | Women's 10 m platform | 287.70  | 10  | 322.40  | 4  | 372.10  |
Kim Mi-rae
Jo Jin-mi | Women's 10 m synchronized platform | —  | 315.90  |

## Gymnastics

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Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

### Artistic

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North Korea entered one gymnast to compete at the games. An Chang-ok secured a quota place by becoming one of the highest eligible gymnasts in the 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 | 14.183 Q | 13.433  | DNS | 11.666  | DNF | Did not advance
Women's vault | 14.183  | —  | 14.183  | 6 Q | 14.216  | —  | 14.216  | 4

## Judo

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Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Mun Song-hui | Women's −70 kg |  Matniyazova (UZB)
L 00–10  | Did not advance

## Table tennis

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Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Pyon Song-gyong | Women's singles | Bye  | Bye  |  Doo (HKG)
W 4–1  |  Mittelham (GER)
W 4–3  |  Díaz (PUR)
W 4–3  |  Hayata (JPN)
L 3–4  | Did not advance
Ri Jong-sik
Kim Kum-yong | Mixed doubles | —  |  Harimoto /
Hayata (JPN)
W 4–1  |  Karlsson /
Källberg (SWE)
W 4–1  |  Wong /
Doo (HKG)
W 4–3  |  Wang /
Sun (CHN)
L 2–4  |

## Wrestling

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Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Kim Son-hyang | Women's −50 kg | Did not participate
Choe Hyo-gyong | Women's −53 kg |  Yépez (ECU)
L 4–7  | Did not advance  |  Ana (ROU)
W 11–0  |  Wendle (GER)
W 10–0  |
Mun Hyon-gyong | Women's −62 kg | Did not participate
Pak Sol-gum | Women's −68 kg |  Rîngaci (MDA)
W 10–6  |  Dahiya (IND)
W 10–8  |  Elor (USA)
L 0–10  | —  |  Çavuşoğlu (TUR)
L 2–4  | 5

Greco-Roman
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Repechage  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Ri Se-ung | Men's −60 kg |  Ciobanu (MDA)
W 10–3  |  Bakhromov (UZB)
W 9–0  |  Cao (CHN)
L 3–3  | —  |  Rodríguez (VEN)
W 8–0  |

## References

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1. ^ "Road to Paris 2024: Men's marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
2. ^ "Road to Paris 2024: Women's marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
3. ^ "Final eight Paris 2024 Olympic quota places at Asia Qualifying Tournament have now been won". World Boxing. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

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