Olympic medalists of the modern Summer Olympic Games 1896-2016


North Korea



Summary statistics
Total medals for North Korea: 65
No. of medalists: 56
No. of sports: 8
Total GOLD medals: 16
Total SILVER medals: 15
Total BRONZE medals: 34
 Gold  16 / 65 
 24,6%
 Silver  15 / 65 
 23,1%
 Bronze  34 / 65 
 52,3%

Count of medals by sport
 Sport  Medals count Share (%)
 1)  Weightlifting  17 
 26,15% 
 2)  Volleyball  11 
 16,92% 
 3)  Wrestling  10 
 15,38% 
 4)  Boxing  8 
 12,31% 
 5)  Judo  8 
 12,31% 
 6)  Table Tennis  5 
 7,69% 
 7)  Shooting  3 
 4,62% 
 8)  Gymnastics  3 
 4,62% 

GOLD MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Weightlifting  5 
 31,25% 
 2)  Gymnastics  3 
 18,75% 
 3)  Wrestling  3 
 18,75% 
 4)  Judo  2 
 12,50% 
 5)  Boxing  2 
 12,50% 
 6)  Shooting  1 
 6,25% 
SILVER MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Weightlifting  7 
 46,67% 
 2)  Boxing  3 
 20,00% 
 3)  Wrestling  2 
 13,33% 
 4)  Judo  2 
 13,33% 
 5)  Table Tennis  1 
 6,67% 
BRONZE MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Volleyball  11 
 32,35% 
 2)  Wrestling  5 
 14,71% 
 3)  Weightlifting  5 
 14,71% 
 4)  Judo  4 
 11,76% 
 5)  Table Tennis  4 
 11,76% 
 6)  Boxing  3 
 8,82% 
 7)  Shooting  2 
 5,88% 


Medalists ordered by medals count
ยป show all medalists from North Korea (individual records)

 namecountrymedals countsport
1KYE Sun HuiNorth Korea3Judo
2YUN-CHOL OmNorth Korea2Weightlifting
3LI Byong UkNorth Korea2Boxing
4LI Bun HuiNorth Korea2Table Tennis
5JONG-SIM RimNorth Korea2Weightlifting
6RI Song HuiNorth Korea2Weightlifting
7KIM Myong NamNorth Korea2Weightlifting
8KIM IlNorth Korea2Wrestling
9LI Hak-SonNorth Korea1Wrestling
10KIM Song GukNorth Korea1Boxing
11PAK Hyon SukNorth Korea1Weightlifting
12CHONG Ok JinNorth Korea1Volleyball
13SONG-GUK KimNorth Korea1Shooting
14RI Chun OkNorth Korea1Volleyball
15LI Ho PyongNorth Korea1Wrestling
16KIM Yong SikNorth Korea1Wrestling
17KIM Jong SuNorth Korea1Shooting
18KUM-AE AnNorth Korea1Judo
19HWANG Hye SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
20SONG-I KimNorth Korea1Table Tennis
21RYOM Chun JaNorth Korea1Volleyball
22CHOI Chol SuNorth Korea1Boxing
23KIM Hyang MiNorth Korea1Table Tennis
24KANG Ok SunNorth Korea1Volleyball
25HYO-SIM ChoeNorth Korea1Weightlifting
26KIM Gwong HyongNorth Korea1Wrestling
27LI Gwang SikNorth Korea1Boxing
28JON Chol HoNorth Korea1Weightlifting
29HONG Un JongNorth Korea1Gymnastics
30UN-GUK KimNorth Korea1Weightlifting
31KIM Jung BokNorth Korea1Volleyball
32KUK-HYANG KimNorth Korea1Weightlifting
33PAE Gil-SuNorth Korea1Gymnastics
34RI Yong SamNorth Korea1Wrestling
35AN Kum AeNorth Korea1Judo
36KIM U GilNorth Korea1Boxing
37CHUN-HWA RyangNorth Korea1Weightlifting
38KIM Myong SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
39GU Young JoNorth Korea1Boxing
40KIM Un CholNorth Korea1Boxing
41WON Ok ImNorth Korea1Judo
42KIM Yong IkNorth Korea1Judo
43KIM Su DaeNorth Korea1Volleyball
44HAN Gyong SiNorth Korea1Weightlifting
45YU Sun BokNorth Korea1Table Tennis
46PAK Chol MinNorth Korea1Judo
47LI Ho-JunNorth Korea1Shooting
48KYONG-IL YangNorth Korea1Wrestling
49KIM Un JaNorth Korea1Volleyball
50HO Bong CholNorth Korea1Weightlifting
51KANG Yong GyunNorth Korea1Wrestling
52O Jong AeNorth Korea1Weightlifting
53CHANG Ok RimNorth Korea1Volleyball
54SE-GWANG RiNorth Korea1Gymnastics
55PAEK Myong SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
56JANG Se HongNorth Korea1Wrestling


Multiple medalists
 1)   KYE Sun Hui  3 
 
 2)   LI Byong Uk  2 
 
 3)   LI Bun Hui  2 
 
 4)   KIM Myong Nam  2 
 
 5)   KIM Il  2 
 
 6)   RI Song Hui  2 
 
 7)   YUN-CHOL Om  2 
 
 8)   JONG-SIM Rim  2 
 


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