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


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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