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