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