North Korea at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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North Korea at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codePRK
NOCOlympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Moscow
Competitors47 in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (
overview)

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Medalists

Silver

  • Se-Hong Jang
    — Wrestling, men's freestyle light flyweight
  • Ho-Pyong Li
    — Wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight
  • Bong-Chol Ho — Weightlifting, men's flyweight

Bronze

Archery

1980 was the second time that North Korea competed in archery in the Olympics. Two women and one man competed.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Marathon: Chun Son-Koh in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral

Men's Marathon

  • Chun Son-Koh
  • Final — 2:20:08 (→ 27th place)
  • Jong Hyong-Li
  • Final — 2:21:10 (→ 29th place)
  • Chang Sop-Choe
  • Final — 2:22:42 (→ 33rd place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Li Byong-Uk
    Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Henryk Pielesiak (Poland) on points (3-2)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Gilberto Sosa (Mexico) on points (3-2)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated
      Dumitru Şchiopu
      (Romania) on points (4-1)
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Yo Ryon-Sik
    1. First Round — Defeated
      Amala Dass
      (India) on points (5-0)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Ramon Armando Guevara (Venezuela) on points (4-1)
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (2-3)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Gu Yong-ju
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) on points (0-5)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Jong Jo-Ung
    1. First Round — Defeated Rabani Ghulam (Afghanistan) after referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second Round — Lost to Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

  • Ryu Bun-Hwa
    1. First Round — Defeated Bishnu Malakar (Nepal) after referee stopped contest in first round
    2. Second Round — Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) on points (1-4)

Gymnastics

11 athletes have participated.

  • Cho Hun
  • Choe Jong-Sil
  • Choe Myong-Hui
  • Han Gwang-Song
  • Kang Gwang-Song
  • Kim Chun-Son
  • Kim Gwang-Jin
  • Li Su-Gil
  • Lo Ok-Sil
  • Sin-Myong-Ok
  • Song Sun-Bong

Judo

4 male athletes have participated.

  • Kim Byong-Gun
  • Kim Myong-Gyu
  • Ko Hyong
  • Pak Jong-Chol

Shooting

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 48 kg

Men's freestyle 52 kg

Men's freestyle 57 kg

References