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)  Wrestling  3 
 18,75% 
 3)  Gymnastics  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)  Judo  2 
 13,33% 
 4)  Wrestling  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
2YUN-CHOL OmNorth Korea2Weightlifting
3LI Byong UkNorth Korea2Boxing
4LI Bun HuiNorth Korea2Table Tennis
5JONG-SIM RimNorth Korea2Weightlifting
6RI Song HuiNorth Korea2Weightlifting
7KIM Myong NamNorth Korea2Weightlifting
8KIM IlNorth Korea2Wrestling
9KIM Yong SikNorth Korea1Wrestling
10KIM Jong SuNorth Korea1Shooting
11KUM-AE AnNorth Korea1Judo
12HWANG Hye SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
13SONG-I KimNorth Korea1Table Tennis
14RYOM Chun JaNorth Korea1Volleyball
15CHOI Chol SuNorth Korea1Boxing
16KIM Hyang MiNorth Korea1Table Tennis
17KANG Ok SunNorth Korea1Volleyball
18HYO-SIM ChoeNorth Korea1Weightlifting
19KIM Gwong HyongNorth Korea1Wrestling
20LI Gwang SikNorth Korea1Boxing
21JON Chol HoNorth Korea1Weightlifting
22HONG Un JongNorth Korea1Gymnastics
23UN-GUK KimNorth Korea1Weightlifting
24KIM Jung BokNorth Korea1Volleyball
25KUK-HYANG KimNorth Korea1Weightlifting
26PAE Gil-SuNorth Korea1Gymnastics
27RI Yong SamNorth Korea1Wrestling
28AN Kum AeNorth Korea1Judo
29KIM U GilNorth Korea1Boxing
30CHUN-HWA RyangNorth Korea1Weightlifting
31KIM Myong SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
32GU Young JoNorth Korea1Boxing
33KIM Un CholNorth Korea1Boxing
34WON Ok ImNorth Korea1Judo
35KIM Yong IkNorth Korea1Judo
36KIM Su DaeNorth Korea1Volleyball
37HAN Gyong SiNorth Korea1Weightlifting
38YU Sun BokNorth Korea1Table Tennis
39PAK Chol MinNorth Korea1Judo
40LI Ho-JunNorth Korea1Shooting
41KYONG-IL YangNorth Korea1Wrestling
42KIM Un JaNorth Korea1Volleyball
43HO Bong CholNorth Korea1Weightlifting
44KANG Yong GyunNorth Korea1Wrestling
45O Jong AeNorth Korea1Weightlifting
46CHANG Ok RimNorth Korea1Volleyball
47SE-GWANG RiNorth Korea1Gymnastics
48PAEK Myong SukNorth Korea1Volleyball
49JANG Se HongNorth Korea1Wrestling
50LI Hak-SonNorth Korea1Wrestling
51KIM Song GukNorth Korea1Boxing
52PAK Hyon SukNorth Korea1Weightlifting
53CHONG Ok JinNorth Korea1Volleyball
54SONG-GUK KimNorth Korea1Shooting
55RI Chun OkNorth Korea1Volleyball
56LI Ho PyongNorth Korea1Wrestling


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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