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)  Wrestling  3 
 18,75% 
 3)  Gymnastics  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)  Judo  2 
 13,33% 
 4)  Wrestling  2 
 13,33% 
 5)  Table Tennis  1 
 6,67% 
BRONZE MEDALS
 Sport  Count Share (%)
 1)  Volleyball  11 
 32,35% 
 2)  Weightlifting  5 
 14,71% 
 3)  Wrestling  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
6KIM Myong NamNorth Korea2Weightlifting
7RI Song HuiNorth Korea2Weightlifting
8KIM IlNorth Korea2Wrestling
9KANG Ok SunNorth Korea1Volleyball
10HYO-SIM ChoeNorth Korea1Weightlifting
11KIM Gwong HyongNorth Korea1Wrestling
12LI Gwang SikNorth Korea1Boxing
13KIM Hyang MiNorth Korea1Table Tennis
14UN-GUK KimNorth Korea1Weightlifting
15KIM Jung BokNorth Korea1Volleyball
16KUK-HYANG KimNorth Korea1Weightlifting
17PAE Gil-SuNorth Korea1Gymnastics
18JON Chol HoNorth Korea1Weightlifting
19HONG Un JongNorth Korea1Gymnastics
20KIM U GilNorth Korea1Boxing
21CHUN-HWA RyangNorth Korea1Weightlifting
22KIM Myong SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
23GU Young JoNorth Korea1Boxing
24RI Yong SamNorth Korea1Wrestling
25AN Kum AeNorth Korea1Judo
26KIM Yong IkNorth Korea1Judo
27KIM Su DaeNorth Korea1Volleyball
28HAN Gyong SiNorth Korea1Weightlifting
29YU Sun BokNorth Korea1Table Tennis
30KIM Un CholNorth Korea1Boxing
31WON Ok ImNorth Korea1Judo
32PAK Chol MinNorth Korea1Judo
33LI Ho-JunNorth Korea1Shooting
34KYONG-IL YangNorth Korea1Wrestling
35KIM Un JaNorth Korea1Volleyball
36HO Bong CholNorth Korea1Weightlifting
37O Jong AeNorth Korea1Weightlifting
38CHANG Ok RimNorth Korea1Volleyball
39SE-GWANG RiNorth Korea1Gymnastics
40PAEK Myong SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
41JANG Se HongNorth Korea1Wrestling
42KANG Yong GyunNorth Korea1Wrestling
43PAK Hyon SukNorth Korea1Weightlifting
44CHONG Ok JinNorth Korea1Volleyball
45SONG-GUK KimNorth Korea1Shooting
46RI Chun OkNorth Korea1Volleyball
47LI Ho PyongNorth Korea1Wrestling
48LI Hak-SonNorth Korea1Wrestling
49KIM Song GukNorth Korea1Boxing
50KUM-AE AnNorth Korea1Judo
51HWANG Hye SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
52SONG-I KimNorth Korea1Table Tennis
53RYOM Chun JaNorth Korea1Volleyball
54CHOI Chol SuNorth Korea1Boxing
55KIM Yong SikNorth Korea1Wrestling
56KIM Jong SuNorth Korea1Shooting


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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