South Korea at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

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)

Medalists
Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldJoo Young-daeTable tennisMen's individual – Class 130 August
 GoldJeong Ho-won
Kim Han-soo
Choi Ye-jin		BocciaMixed pairs BC34 September
 SilverSeo Su-yeonTable tennisWomen's individual class 1–228 August
 SilverKim Hyeon-ukTable tennisMen's individual – Class 130 August
 SilverKim Young-gunTable tennisMen's individual – Class 430 August
 SilverPark Jin-hoShootingMixed R3 10 metre air rifle prone SH11 September
 SilverKim Jung-gil
Kim Young-gun		Table tennisMen's team class 4–51 September
 SilverYoon Ji-yu
Lee Mi-gyu		Table tennisWomen's team class 1–32 September
 SilverCha Soo-yong
Park Jin-cheol		Table tennisMen's team class 1–23 September
 SilverLee Sam-seopBadmintonMen's singles WH14 September
 SilverKim Jung-junBadmintonMen's singles WH25 September
 SilverKim Jung-jun
Lee Dong-seop		BadmintonMen's doubles WH1–WH25 September
 BronzeLee Mi-gyuTable tennisWomen's individual class 328 August
 BronzeYoon Ji-yuTable tennisWomen's individual class 328 August
 BronzePark Jin-cheolTable tennisMen's individual class 228 August
 BronzeCha Soo-yongTable tennisMen's individual class 228 August
 BronzeNam Ki-wonTable tennisMen's individual class 228 August
 BronzeJung Young-aTable tennisWomen's individual class 528 August
 BronzeLee Jung-minJudoMen's 81 kg28 August
 BronzeChoi Gwang-geunJudoMen's +100 kg29 August
 BronzePark Jin-hoShootingMen's R1 10 metre air rifle standing SH130 August
 BronzeShim Young-jipShootingMen's R7 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH13 September
 BronzeJoo Jeong-hunTaekwondoMen's 75 kg3 September
 BronzeLee Dong-seopBadmintonMen's singles WH14 September

Competitors

Source:[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery246
Athletics112
Badminton527
Boccia527
Cycling123
Judo202
Powerlifting235
Rowing011
Shooting8412
Swimming415
Table Tennis11819
Taekwondo101
Wheelchair Basketball12012
Wheelchair Tennis404
Total582886

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Badminton
Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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)		 N/A 1 Q Bye  Lee S-s (KOR)
L (21–19, 7–21, 20–22)		  Murayama (JPN)
W (22–20, 17–21, 21–14)
Lee Sam-seop  Murayama (JPN)
L (21–15, 13–21, 17–21)		  Mi (GER)
W (21–18, 21–13)		 N/A 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)
Kim Jung-jun Singles WH2  Kim K-h (KOR)
W (21–19, 21–15)		  Manzoney (AUS)
W (21–8, 21–9)		 N/A 1 Q Bye  Chan (HKG)
W (15–21, 21–15, 21–15)		  Kajiwara (JPN)
L (18–21, 19–21)
Kim Kyung-hoon  Kim J-j (KOR)
L (19–21, 15–21)		  Manzoney (AUS)
W (21–8, 21–5)		 N/A 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 N/A 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)		 N/A 1 Q N/A  Homhual /
Junthong (THA)
W (21–18, 21–13)		  Mai /
Qu (CHN)
L (10–21, 14–21)
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 N/A Did not advance

Boccia
Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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
Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
-
-
-
-
-

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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
Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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
Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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 N/A  Izquierdo (CUB)
W 3-2		  Nam (KOR)
W 3-0		  Kim H-u (KOR)
W 3-1
Kim Hyeon-uk  Keller (SUI)
W 3-0		  Izquierdo (CUB)
W 3-0		 1 Q N/A  Falco (ITA)
W 3-0		  Matthews (GBR)
W 3-0		  Joo (KOR)
L 1-3
Nam Ki-won  Lavrov (RPC)
W 3-0		  Matthews (GBR)
L 1-3		 2 Q N/A  Major (HUN)
W 3-0		  Joo (KOR)
L 0-3		 Did not advance
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
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
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
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 N/A  Van Acker (BEL)
L 1-3		 Did not advance
Park Jin-cheol
Cha Soo-yong		 Team C1-2 N/A  Spain (ESP)
W 2-0		  Poland (POL)
W 2-1		  France (FRA)
L 0-2
Joo Young-dae
Nam Ki-won		 Team C3 N/A  Thailand (THA)
L 0-2		 Did not advance
Kim Young-gun
Kim Jung-gil		 Team C4-5 N/A Bye  Poland (POL)
W 2-1		  France (FRA)
W 2-0		  China (CHN)
L 0-2
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 N/A  Prvulovic (SRB)
W 3-0		  Oliveira (BRA)
W 3-1		  Liu (CHN)
L 1-3
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
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
Jung Young-a Individual C5  Pan (CHN)
W 3-2		  Leonelli (CHI)
W 3-0		 1 Q N/A  Sringam (THA)
W 3-1		  Zhang (CHN)
L 0-3		 Did not advance
Lee Kun-woo Individual C6  Alieva (RPC)
L 1-3		  Aldayyeni (IRQ)
W 3-1		 2 Q N/A  Chebanika (RPC)
L 2-3		 Did not advance
Moon Sung-keum  Chebanika (RPC)
L 1-3		  Grebe (GER)
L 0-3		 3 N/A Did not advance
Kim Seong-ok Individual C7  Wang (CHN)
L 0-3		  dos Santos (BRA)
W 3-0		 2 Q N/A  van Zon (NED)
L 1-3		 Did not advance
Yoon Ji-yu
Lee Mi-gyu		 Team C1-3 N/A  Brazil (BRA)
W 2-1		  Croatia (CRO)
W 2-0		  China (CHN)
L 0-2
Kim Seong-ok
Lee Kun-woo		 Team C6-8 N/A  France (FRA)
L 0-2		 Did not advance


Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Wheelchair basketball
Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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.

Wheelchair tennis
Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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 N/A
Kim Myung-je

See also

References
  1. "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
  2. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/all-sports/npc-entries-republic-of-korea.htm
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.
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