South Korea at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
South Korea at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeKOR
NPCKorea Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.koreanpc.kr (in Korean)
in Tokyo
Competitors86 in 14 sports
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
10
Bronze
12
Total
24
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Joo Young-dae Table tennis Men's individual – Class 1 30 August
 Gold Jeong Ho-won
Kim Han-soo
Choi Ye-jin		 Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 4 September
 Silver Seo Su-yeon Table tennis Women's individual class 1–2 28 August
 Silver Kim Hyeon-uk Table tennis Men's individual – Class 1 30 August
 Silver Kim Young-gun Table tennis Men's individual – Class 4 30 August
 Silver Park Jin-ho Shooting Mixed R3 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 1 September
 Silver Kim Jung-gil
Kim Young-gun		 Table tennis Men's team class 4–5 1 September
 Silver Yoon Ji-yu
Lee Mi-gyu		 Table tennis Women's team class 1–3 2 September
 Silver Cha Soo-yong
Park Jin-cheol		 Table tennis Men's team class 1–2 3 September
 Silver Lee Sam-seop Badminton Men's singles WH1 4 September
 Silver Kim Jung-jun Badminton Men's singles WH2 5 September
 Silver Kim Jung-jun
Lee Dong-seop		 Badminton Men's doubles WH1–WH2 5 September
 Bronze Lee Mi-gyu Table tennis Women's individual class 3 28 August
 Bronze Yoon Ji-yu Table tennis Women's individual class 3 28 August
 Bronze Park Jin-cheol Table tennis Men's individual class 2 28 August
 Bronze Cha Soo-yong Table tennis Men's individual class 2 28 August
 Bronze Nam Ki-won Table tennis Men's individual class 2 28 August
 Bronze Jung Young-a Table tennis Women's individual class 5 28 August
 Bronze Lee Jung-min Judo Men's 81 kg 28 August
 Bronze Choi Gwang-geun Judo Men's +100 kg 29 August
 Bronze Park Jin-ho Shooting Men's R1 10 metre air rifle standing SH1 30 August
 Bronze Shim Young-jip Shooting Men's R7 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 3 September
 Bronze Joo Jeong-hun Taekwondo Men's 75 kg 3 September
 Bronze Lee Dong-seop Badminton Men's singles WH1 4 September

Competitors

Source:[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 4 6
Athletics 1 1 2
Badminton 5 2 7
Boccia 5 2 7
Cycling 1 2 3
Judo 2 0 2
Powerlifting 2 3 5
Rowing 0 1 1
Shooting 8 4 12
Swimming 4 1 5
Table Tennis 11 8 19
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Wheelchair Basketball 12 0 12
Wheelchair Tennis 4 0 4
Total 58 28 86

Archery

South Korea has qualified three archers in Women's Individual W1, Women's Individual Recurve, and Mixed Team Recurve.[4]

Athletics

Yoo Byung-hoon qualified in Men's 400m, 800m T53 events, while Jeon Min-jae qualified in Women's 200m T36.

Badminton

South Korea has qualified a total of nine para badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the Para Badminton World Rankings.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Lee Dong-seop Singles WH1  Homhual (THA)
W (23–21, 21–16) 		 Wandschneider (GER)
W (17–21, 21–19, 21–17) 		— 1 Q Bye  Lee S-s (KOR)
L (21–19, 7–21, 20–22) 		 Murayama (JPN)
W (22–20, 17–21, 21–14) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lee Sam-seop  Murayama (JPN)
L (21–15, 13–21, 17–21) 		 Mi (GER)
W (21–18, 21–13) 		— 2 Q  Homhual (THA)
W (21–14, 21–16) 		 Lee D-s (KOR)
W (19–21, 21–7, 22–20) 		 Qu (CHN)
L (6–21, 6r–11) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Jung-jun Singles WH2  Kim K-h (KOR)
W (21–19, 21–15) 		 Manzoney (AUS)
W (21–8, 21–9) 		— 1 Q Bye  Chan (HKG)
W (15–21, 21–15, 21–15) 		 Kajiwara (JPN)
L (18–21, 19–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Kyung-hoon  Kim J-j (KOR)
L (19–21, 15–21) 		 Manzoney (AUS)
W (21–8, 21–5) 		— 2 Q  Mai (CHN)
W (21–13, 21–12) 		 Kajiwara (JPN)
L (14–21, 15–21) 		 Chan (HKG)
L (22–24, 10–21) 		4
Shin Kyung-hwan Singles SL4  Setiawan (INA)
L (8–21, 9–21) 		 Dhillon (IND)
L (18–21, 21–15, 17–21) 		 Teamarrom (THA)
W (21–17, 21–8) 		3 — Did not advance
Lee Dong-seop
Kim Jung-jun 		Doubles WH1–WH2  Homhual /
Junthong (THA)
W (21–19, 21–12) 		 Toupé /
Jakobs (FRA)
W (21–11, 21–13) 		— 1 Q —  Homhual /
Junthong (THA)
W (21–18, 21–13) 		 Mai /
Qu (CHN)
L (10–21, 14–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kang Jung-kum Singles WH1  Satomi (JPN)
L (12–21, 7–21) 		 Yin (CHN)
L (16–21, 14–21) 		3 Did not advance
Lee Sun-ae Singles WH2  Yamazaki (JPN)
L (20–22, 16–21) 		 Seçkin (TUR)
L (21–12, 9–21, 16–21) 		3 Did not advance
Kang Jung-kum
Lee Sun-ae 		Doubles WH1–WH2  Satomi /
Yamazaki (JPN)
L (12–21, 5–21) 		 Pookkham /
Wetwithan (THA)
L (9–21, 16–21) 		3 — Did not advance

Boccia

Six South Korean athletes qualified in Individual BC1, BC2, and BC3 events.[6]

Cycling

South Korea sent one male & one female cyclist after successfully receiving a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation Asian quota.[7][8][9]

Powerlifting

Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
-
-
-
-
-

Rowing

South Korea qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the games by winning the B-final at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and securing the last of the seven available places.[10]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Se-jeong Women's single sculls 12:19.02 3 11:04.59 3 12:18.83 7 (FB)

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Fourteen South Korean shooters have qualified.

  • Park Chul (Mixed 25m Pistol SH1)
  • Moon Aee-kyung (Mixed 50m Pistol SH1)
  • Park Jin-hoo & Lee Seung-chul (Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1)
  • Sim Jae-yong & Lee Jang-ho (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1)
  • Lee Ji-seok (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2)
  • Ju Sung-chul (Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1)
  • Shim Young-jip (Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position)
  • Lee Yun-ri & Kang Myung-soon (Women's 50m Rifle Three Position)

Swimming

Five South Korean swimmers have successfully qualified for the Paralympic slot after passing the MQS.[11][12]

Table tennis

South Korea entered sixteen athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Five athletes qualified from the 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and eleven athletes from the World Ranking allocation.[13]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Joo Young-dae Individual C1  Falco (ITA)
W 3-0 		 Eberhardt (ARG)
W 3-0 		1 Q —  Izquierdo (CUB)
W 3-2 		 Nam (KOR)
W 3-0 		 Kim H-u (KOR)
W 3-1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Hyeon-uk  Keller (SUI)
W 3-0 		 Izquierdo (CUB)
W 3-0 		1 Q —  Falco (ITA)
W 3-0 		 Matthews (GBR)
W 3-0 		 Joo (KOR)
L 1-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nam Ki-won  Lavrov (RPC)
W 3-0 		 Matthews (GBR)
L 1-3 		2 Q —  Major (HUN)
W 3-0 		 Joo (KOR)
L 0-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Park Jin-cheol Individual C2  Reyes Turcio (MEX)
W 3-0 		 Perlic (SRB)
W 3-0 		1 Q Bye  Ludrovský (SVK)
W 3-2 		 Czuper (POL)
L 1-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cha Soo-yong  Minami (JPN)
W 3-2 		 Riapoš (SVK)
W 3-0 		1 Q Bye  Yezyk (UKR)
W 3-1 		 Lamirault (FRA)
L 1-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Baek Young-bok Individual C3  Schmidberger (GER)
L 0-3 		 Toporkov (RPC)
L 2-3 		3 Did not advance
Kim Young-gun Individual C4  Mihálik (SVK)
W 3-2 		 Lopez Sayago (ESP)
W 3-1 		1 Q Bye  Saleh (EGY)
W 3-0 		 Turan (TUR)
W 3-1 		 Ozturk (TUR)
L 1-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Jung-gil  Nacházel (CZE)
L 1-3 		 Zylka (POL)
W 3-1 		2 Q  Trávniček (SVK)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Park Hong-kyu Individual C6  Hamadtou (EGY)
W 3-0 		 Chen (CHN)
W 3-1 		1 Q Bye  Karabardak (GBR)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
Kim Gi-tae Individual C11  Von Einem (AUS)
L 0-3 		 Asano (JPN)
W 3-1 		3 Did not advance
Kim Chang-gi  Palos (HUN)
L 1-3 		 Kato (JPN)
W 3-1 		2 Q —  Van Acker (BEL)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Park Jin-cheol
Cha Soo-yong 		Team C1-2 —  Spain (ESP)
W 2-0 		 Poland (POL)
W 2-1 		 France (FRA)
L 0-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Joo Young-dae
Nam Ki-won 		Team C3 —  Thailand (THA)
L 0-2 		Did not advance
Kim Young-gun
Kim Jung-gil 		Team C4-5 — Bye  Poland (POL)
W 2-1 		 France (FRA)
W 2-0 		 China (CHN)
L 0-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Seo Su-yeon Individual C1-2  Almyrisl (KSA)
W 3-0 		 Pushpasheva (RPC)
W 3-2 		1 Q —  Prvulovic (SRB)
W 3-0 		 Oliveira (BRA)
W 3-1 		 Liu (CHN)
L 1-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lee Mi-gyu Individual C3  Li (CHN)
W 3-0 		 Patel (IND)
W 3-1 		1 Q Bye  Brunelli (ITA)
W 3-0 		 Kánová (SVK)
L 1-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yoon Ji-yu  Amaral Santos (BRA)
W 3-0 		 Kánová (SVK)
W 3-0 		1 Q Bye  Mužinić (CRO)
W 3-1 		 Xue (CHN)
L 2-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jung Young-a Individual C5  Pan (CHN)
W 3-2 		 Leonelli (CHI)
W 3-0 		1 Q —  Sringam (THA)
W 3-1 		 Zhang (CHN)
L 0-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lee Kun-woo Individual C6  Alieva (RPC)
L 1-3 		 Aldayyeni (IRQ)
W 3-1 		2 Q —  Chebanika (RPC)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
Moon Sung-keum  Chebanika (RPC)
L 1-3 		 Grebe (GER)
L 0-3 		3 — Did not advance
Kim Seong-ok Individual C7  Wang (CHN)
L 0-3 		 dos Santos (BRA)
W 3-0 		2 Q —  van Zon (NED)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Yoon Ji-yu
Lee Mi-gyu 		Team C1-3 —  Brazil (BRA)
W 2-1 		 Croatia (CRO)
W 2-0 		 China (CHN)
L 0-2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Seong-ok
Lee Kun-woo 		Team C6-8 —  France (FRA)
L 0-2 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

South Korea qualified one athlete. Joo Jeong-hun qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Joo Jeong-hun Men's –75 kg  Isaldibirov (RPC)
L 31–35 		Did not advance  Çelik (TUR)
W 40–31 		 Abuzarli (AZE)
W 46-32 		 Isaldibirov (RPC)
W 24-14 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wheelchair basketball

South Korea's men's wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after finishing in top three at the 2019 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Pattaya, Thailand.

Roster

The following is the Republic of Korea roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[14][15]

Republic of Korea men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. Club Ctr.
4 Kim Ho-yong 49 – (1972-03-03)3 March 1972 3.0 Jeju South Korea
6 Hwang Woo-sung 38 – (1982-11-22)22 November 1982 2.0 Jeju South Korea
7 Kim Tae-ok 33 – (1987-08-25)25 August 1987 2.5 Seoul South Korea
10 Oh Dong-suk 33 – (1987-11-11)11 November 1987 2.0 Seoul South Korea
11 Kwak Jun-seong 31 – (1989-12-08)8 December 1989 1.0 Seoul South Korea
12 Yang Dong-gil 29 – (1991-09-11)11 September 1991 4.0 Seoul South Korea
16 Lee Youn-joo 36 – (1984-11-29)29 November 1984 3.5 Seoul South Korea
23 Cho Seung-hyun 37 – (1983-12-01)1 December 1983 4.0 Chuncheon South Korea
24 Lee Chi-won 41 – (1980-03-12)12 March 1980 2.5 Chuncheon South Korea
39 Kim Sang-yeol 38 – (1983-04-15)15 April 1983 4.0 Chuncheon South Korea
40 Gim Dong-hyeon 32 – (1988-09-24)24 September 1988 4.0 Jeju South Korea
44 Lee Byoung-jai 40 – (1981-07-13)13 July 1981 1.0 Chuncheon South Korea
Head coach

Ko Kwang-yub

Assistant coach(es)
Kim Young-moo
Legend
  • Age - describes age on 24 August 2021
Group A
Pos Team
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 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 375 272 +103 10 Quarter-finals
2  Japan (H) 5 4 1 312 298 +14 9
3  Turkey 5 3 2 353 327 +26 8
4  Canada 5 2 3 307 333 −26 7
5  South Korea 5 1 4 305 332 −27 6 9th/10th place playoff
6  Colombia 5 0 5 256 346 −90 5 11th/12th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
20:30
Report
Spain  65–53  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 15–14, 12–16, 22–13
Pts: García 18
Rebs: García 13
Asts: García 12		 Pts: Gim 24
Rebs: Gim 14
Asts: Cho 8
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Matias Quintana
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
17:00
Report
South Korea  70–80  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–17, 15–19, 22–23
Pts: Cho 26
Rebs: Gim 11
Asts: Cho 8		 Pts: Gürbulak 25
Rebs: Toprak 8
Asts: Gürbulak 13
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 40
Referees: Tomas Pajer
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
20:30
Report
Japan  59–52  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 17–12, 16–15, 12–16
Pts: Fujimoto 21
Rebs: Akita 11
Asts: Chokai 10		 Pts: Cho 21
Rebs: Gim 14
Asts: Cho 6
Ariake Arena
Referees: Krunoslav Peic
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
20:30
Report
South Korea  66–54  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–17, 18–10, 13–17
Pts: Lee C. 14
Rebs: Lee Y. 13
Asts: Oh 11		 Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Sanz 8
Asts: Hernandez 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 0
Referees: Hiroki Ono
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
17:00
Report
Canada  74–64  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 15–15, 17–15, 21–17
Pts: Anderson 29
Rebs: Anderson 9
Asts: Goncin 10		 Pts: Cho 22
Rebs: Kim S. 9
Asts: Gim 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Ben Wood
9th–10th classification match
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
12:30
Report
South Korea  54–64  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 14–16, 12–21, 12–17
Pts: Cho 17
Rebs: Gim 9
Asts: Cho 7		 Pts: Sayari 26
Rebs: Sayari 11
Asts: Kamali, Tolouei Tamardash 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Ben Wood

Wheelchair tennis

South Korea qualified four player entries for wheelchair tennis. Two of them qualified through the world rankings, while two others qualified under bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Im Ho-won Men's singles
Oh Sang-ho
Kim Kyu-seung Quad singles —
Kim Myung-je

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "NPC Entries - Team Republic of Korea | Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-23.
  4. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Paralympics Badminton Ranking" (PDF). Para Badminton World Federation. 26 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
  9. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  10. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  12. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  13. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Republic of Korea men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  15. ^ "2021년 휠체어농구 남자 국가대표 선수단 공지" (in Korean). Korea Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
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