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


Multiple medalists
 1)   KYE Sun Hui  3 
 
 2)   YUN-CHOL Om  2 
 
 3)   JONG-SIM Rim  2 
 
 4)   LI Byong Uk  2 
 
 5)   LI Bun Hui  2 
 
 6)   KIM Myong Nam  2 
 
 7)   KIM Il  2 
 
 8)   RI Song Hui  2 
 


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