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North Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PRK
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Sydney
Competitors	31 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Pak Jung-Chul
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Athletes from North and South Korea marched together in the opening ceremony under the Unification Flag of Korea.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ri Song-hui	Weightlifting	Women's 58 kg
Bronze	Kim Un-chol	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
Bronze	Kye Sun-hui	Judo	Women's 52 kg
Bronze	Kang Yong-gyun	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

Results by event

Archery

North Korea sent only one woman to the archery competition in Sydney. She was undefeated until her semifinal match with an archer from South Korea. She also lost her bronze medal match, again to a South Korean archer.

Athletics

Men's marathon

• Kim Jung-Won
  1. Final – 2:18:04 (29th place)
• Kim Jong-Chol
  1. Final – 2:18:04 (30th place)
• Kil Jae-Son
  1. Final – 2:25:13 (59th place)

Women's Marathon

• Ham Bong-Sil
  1. Final – 2:27:07 (8th place)
• Jong Yong-Ok
  1. Final – 2:31:40 (20th place)
• Kim Chang-Ok
  1. Final – 2:35:32 (28th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Un Chol Kim – Bronze Medal
  • Round 1 – Defeated Sebusiso Keketsi of Lesotho
  • Round 2 – Defeated Pál Lakatos of Hungary
  • Quarterfinal – Defeated Ivanas Stapovičius of Lithuania
  • Semifinal – Lost to Rafael Lozano of Spain

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Yong – Ryong Pak
  1. Preliminary – 271.47 (47th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Hyong – Gil Choe
  1. Preliminary – 448.41
  2. Semi-final – 185.52 – 633.93
  3. Final – 377.46 – 562.98 (12th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Yong – Ryong Pak
  1. Preliminary – 400.29
  2. Semi-final – 181.74 – 582.03 (16th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Ok Rim Ri
  1. Preliminary – 238.77 (26th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Song Hui Choe
  1. Preliminary – 222.84 (33rd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Ok Rim Ri
  1. Preliminary – 262.20 (22nd place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Myong Hwa Choe
  1. Preliminary – 308.73
  2. Semi-final – 183.84 – 492.57
  3. Final – 269.22 – 453.06 (10th place)

Synchronized swimming

Duet

• Son Yong Choe, Yong Hui Jo

• Technical Routine – 29.867 Did not compete in free routine

Weightlifting

Women

Wrestling

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References

1. North Korea Handbook 2002, p. 488.

Works cited

• Yonhap News Agency (2002). North Korea Handbook. Seoul: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 978-0-7656-3523-5.

Further reading

• "DPRK Will Target 2000 Sidney Olympics: Vice Sports Minister". The People's Korea. 24 December 1998. Archived from the original on 5 September 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

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