South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 7 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Track and road

Field

Basketball

Group round

  • China 83-76 Korea
  • Bulgaria 89-58 Korea
  • Uruguay 83-60 Korea

Classification 9-15

Group 2 (9-15)

  • Canada 74-63 Korea
  • Japan 83-67 Korea

Classification 13-15

Thailand's loss gave the nation 15th place.

  • Korea 61-47 Thailand
  • Singapore, BYE

Classification 13/14

  • Singapore 92-79 Korea

Korea's final ranking was 14th.

Squad

An Yeong-sik, An Byeong-seok, Jo Byeong-hyeon, Choi Tae-gon, Kim Chun-bae, Kim Hyeong-il, Kim Yeong-gi, Kim Yeong-su, Go Se-tae, Baek Jeong-nam

Boxing

Cycling

Road competition

Shooting

Two shooters represented South Korea in 1956.

Men

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

References

External links

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database

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Korea 195657

Korea 195657