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


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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