Olympic medalists of the modern Summer Olympic Games 1896-2020


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)  Judo  8 
 12,31% 
 5)  Boxing  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)  Boxing  2 
 12,50% 
 5)  Judo  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)  Table Tennis  4 
 11,76% 
 5)  Judo  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
2JONG-SIM RimNorth Korea2Weightlifting
3KIM Myong NamNorth Korea2Weightlifting
4RI Song HuiNorth Korea2Weightlifting
5KIM IlNorth Korea2Wrestling
6YUN-CHOL OmNorth Korea2Weightlifting
7LI Byong UkNorth Korea2Boxing
8LI Bun HuiNorth Korea2Table Tennis
9YU Sun BokNorth Korea1Table Tennis
10KIM Un CholNorth Korea1Boxing
11WON Ok ImNorth Korea1Judo
12KIM Yong IkNorth Korea1Judo
13KIM Su DaeNorth Korea1Volleyball
14HAN Gyong SiNorth Korea1Weightlifting
15PAK Chol MinNorth Korea1Judo
16LI Ho-JunNorth Korea1Shooting
17KYONG-IL YangNorth Korea1Wrestling
18KIM Un JaNorth Korea1Volleyball
19HO Bong CholNorth Korea1Weightlifting
20KANG Yong GyunNorth Korea1Wrestling
21O Jong AeNorth Korea1Weightlifting
22CHANG Ok RimNorth Korea1Volleyball
23SE-GWANG RiNorth Korea1Gymnastics
24PAEK Myong SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
25JANG Se HongNorth Korea1Wrestling
26LI Ho PyongNorth Korea1Wrestling
27LI Hak-SonNorth Korea1Wrestling
28KIM Song GukNorth Korea1Boxing
29PAK Hyon SukNorth Korea1Weightlifting
30CHONG Ok JinNorth Korea1Volleyball
31SONG-GUK KimNorth Korea1Shooting
32RI Chun OkNorth Korea1Volleyball
33CHOI Chol SuNorth Korea1Boxing
34KIM Yong SikNorth Korea1Wrestling
35KIM Jong SuNorth Korea1Shooting
36KUM-AE AnNorth Korea1Judo
37HWANG Hye SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
38SONG-I KimNorth Korea1Table Tennis
39RYOM Chun JaNorth Korea1Volleyball
40LI Gwang SikNorth Korea1Boxing
41KIM Hyang MiNorth Korea1Table Tennis
42KANG Ok SunNorth Korea1Volleyball
43HYO-SIM ChoeNorth Korea1Weightlifting
44KIM Gwong HyongNorth Korea1Wrestling
45PAE Gil-SuNorth Korea1Gymnastics
46JON Chol HoNorth Korea1Weightlifting
47HONG Un JongNorth Korea1Gymnastics
48UN-GUK KimNorth Korea1Weightlifting
49KIM Jung BokNorth Korea1Volleyball
50KUK-HYANG KimNorth Korea1Weightlifting
51RI Yong SamNorth Korea1Wrestling
52AN Kum AeNorth Korea1Judo
53KIM U GilNorth Korea1Boxing
54CHUN-HWA RyangNorth Korea1Weightlifting
55KIM Myong SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
56GU Young JoNorth Korea1Boxing


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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