South Korea at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

South Korea at the
1972 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| KOR
NPC| Korean Paralympic Committee
Website| www.kosad.or.kr (in Korean)
in Heidelberg
Medals
Ranked 16th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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South Korea competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Cho Keum-Im | Archery | Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
Gold | Song Sin-Nam | Table tennis | Men's Singles 1B
Gold | Choi Tae-Am | Table tennis | Men's Singles 2
Gold | South Korea | Table tennis | Men's Teams 3
Silver | Heo Yong
Cho Keum-Im
Lee Hae-Sik | Archery | Mixed St. Nicholas round team paraplegic
Silver | Kim Keun-Soo
Cho Keum-Im | Dartchery | Mixed pairs open
Bronze | Kim Keun-Soo | Archery | Men's short western round open

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Points  | Rank
Kim Keun-Soo | Men's short western round open  | 741  |
Kim Yoon-Bae | Men's short western round open  | 734  | T4
Lee Hae-Sik | Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic  | 680  | 9
Heo Yong | Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic  | 676  | 13
Cho Keum-Im | Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic  | 680  |
Heo Yong
Cho Keum-Im
Lee Hae-Sik | Mixed St. Nicholas round team paraplegic  | 2036  |

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Park Yeon-Kyu | Men's 100 m wheelchair 4  | 34.1  | 41  | DNQ  | 41
Song Sin-Nam | Men's 60 m wheelchair 1B  | 40.7  | 24  | DNQ  | 24
Men's Discus throw 1B  | n/a  | 9.60  | 8
Men's Shot put 1B  | n/a  | 4.01  | 6

## Dartchery

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Main article: Dartchery at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Rank

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Kim Keun-Soo
Cho Keum-Im | Mixed pairs open  |

## Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

### Individual competition

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Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Song Sin-Nam | Men's Singles 1B  |  Pimmelar (NED)
W 2–0  |  S. Bradshaw (GBR)
W 2–0  |  Daniel Jeannin (FRA)
W 2–0
Choi Tae-Am | Men's Singles 2  |  Manfred Emmel (FRG)
W 2–0  |  Giuseppe Trieste (ITA)
W 2–0  |  Lesli Lam (HKG)
W 2–0
Choi Keum-Im | Women's Singles 4  |  I. Schmidt (NED)
L 0–2  |  |

### Team competition

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Men's Teams 2 — Preliminaries
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South Korea | 1-3  |  Sweden
Team (Group A)  | Pld  | W  | L  | Pts

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Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6:2
Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1:3
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1:3

Men's Teams 3 — Preliminaries
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South Korea | 0-3  |  France
South Korea | 3-0  |  Switzerland
Team (Group B)  | Pld  | W  | L  | Pts

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France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6:0
South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3:3
Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0:6

Men's Teams 4

—  South Korea

## References

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