North Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

North Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PRK
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	16 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Im Yong-myong & Mun Song-hui
Medals Ranked 68th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. North Korea's eleventh Summer Olympics appearance marked the official return of the nation to the sporting event after withdrawing from the games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong	Table tennis	Mixed doubles	30 July
Silver	Kim Mi-rae Jo Jin-mi	Diving	Women's synchronized 10 m platform	31 July
Bronze	Pang Chol-mi	Boxing	Women's 54 kg	4 August
Bronze	Kim Mi-rae	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	6 August
Bronze	Ri Se-ung	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman –60 kg	6 August
Bronze	Choe Hyo-gyong	Wrestling	Women's freestyle –53 kg	8 August

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Diving	0	1	1	2
Table tennis	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Total	0	2	4	6

Medals by day

Medals by day
Day	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	30 July	0	1	0	1
2	31 July	0	1	0	1
3	4 August	0	0	1	1
4	6 August	0	0	2	2
5	8 August	0	0	1	1
	Total	0	2	4	6

Medals by gender

Medals by gender
Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Female	0	1	3	4
Male	0	0	1	1
Mixed/Open	0	1	0	1
Total	0	2	4	6

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Kim Mi-rae	Diving	0	1	1	2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Boxing	0	2	2
Diving	1	2	3
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	0	1	1
Table tennis	1	2	3
Wrestling	1	4	5
Total	4	12	16

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korean track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024 by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Han Il-ryong	Men's marathon	2:11:21	29

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Pang Chol-mi (women's bantamweight) and Won Ung-yong (women's lightweight) qualified themself for Paris in their respective division by advancing to the semifinal round at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pang Chol-mi	Women's 54 kg	—	Uktamova (UZB) W 5–0	Bertal (MAR) W 4–0	Chang (CHN) L 2–3	Did not advance
Won Un-gyong	Women's 60 kg	—	Heijnen (NED) L 1–4	Did not advance

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korean divers secured one quota place for Paris 2024 by being the top individuals of the men's and women's platform at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Im Yong-myong	Men's 10 m platform	347.10	22	Did not advance
Kim Mi-rae	Women's 10 m platform	287.70	10	322.40	4	372.10
Kim Mi-rae Jo Jin-mi	Women's 10 m synchronized platform	—				315.90

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

North Korea entered one gymnast to compete at the games. An Chang-ok secured a quota place by becoming one of the highest eligible gymnasts in the women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
An Chang-ok	All-around	14.183 Q	13.433	DNS	11.666	DNF		Did not advance
	Women's vault	14.183	—			14.183	6 Q	14.216	—			14.216	4

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korea qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Mun Song-hui (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mun Song-hui	Women's −70 kg	Matniyazova (UZB) L 00–10	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korea qualified a mixed doubles team and one women's singles for the Games, by winning the semifinal match, at the 2024 ITTF World Mixed Doubles Olympic Qualification at Havirov, Czech Republic; and through the re-allocations of the East Asian Qualification Tournament.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pyon Song-gyong	Women's singles	Bye	Bye	Doo (HKG) W 4–1	Mittelham (GER) W 4–3	Díaz (PUR) W 4–3	Hayata (JPN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong	Mixed doubles	—				Harimoto / Hayata (JPN) W 4–1	Karlsson / Källberg (SWE) W 4–1	Wong / Doo (HKG) W 4–3	Wang / Sun (CHN) L 2–4

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

North Korea qualified five wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Four of them qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; meanwhile the other wrestler qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Son-hyang	Women's −50 kg	Did not participate
Choe Hyo-gyong	Women's −53 kg	Yépez (ECU) L 4–7	Did not advance		Ana (ROU) W 11–0	Wendle (GER) W 10–0
Mun Hyon-gyong	Women's −62 kg	Did not participate
Pak Sol-gum	Women's −68 kg	Rîngaci (MDA) W 10–6	Dahiya (IND) W 10–8	Elor (USA) L 0–10	—	Çavuşoğlu (TUR) L 2–4	5

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ri Se-ung	Men's −60 kg	Ciobanu (MDA) W 10–3	Bakhromov (UZB) W 9–0	Cao (CHN) L 3–3	—	Rodríguez (VEN) W 8–0