South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 401 competitors, 269 men and 132 women, took part in 218 events in 27 sports.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
Korea's third appearance in Olympic archery was even more successful than its previous one. The women's team was flawless, winning all three of the individual medals and the team gold. The men also won the team gold, with Park Sung-soo adding a fourth individual medal to bring the Koreans' total to six.
Women's Individual Competition: Kim Soo-nyung — Final (→ Gold Medal) Wang Hee-kyung — Final (→ Silver Medal) Yun Young-sook — Final (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Individual Competition: Park Sung-soo — Final (→ Silver Medal) Chun In-soo — Final (→ 4th place) Lee Han-sup — Semifinal (→ 10th place)
Women's Team Competition: Kim, Wang, and Yun — Final → ( Gold Medal)
Men's Team Competition: Park, Chun, and Lee — Final → ( Gold Medal)
Athletics
Men's 10,000 metres
Lee Sang-keun
Heat — 29:37.14 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Kim Won-tak
Final — 2:15.44 (→ 18th place)
Yoo Jae-sung
Final — 2:20.11 (→ 31st place)
Gwon Seong-nak
Final — DNF
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Sung Nak-kun, Shim Duk-sup, Kim Bock-sup, and Jang Jae-keun
Heat — 39.61
Semi Final — 39.43 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Hwang Hong-chul, Yoon Nam-han, Ryu Tae-keong, and Cho Jin-saeng
Heat — 3:14.71 (→ did not advance)
Men's 3.000 m Steeplechase
Cha Han-sik
Heat — 8:59.82 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
Kim Jong-il
Qualification – 7.70m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Lee Joo-hyong
Qualifying Heat — 55.98m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
Han Min-soo
Qualifying heat – 15.68m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Min Se-hoon
Qualifying heat – 47.84m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Lee Wook-jong
Qualification — 78.10m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Lee Kwang-ik — 6917 points (→ 33rd place) 100 metres — 11.57s Long Jump — 7.19m Shot Put — 10.27m High Jump — 1.91m 400 metres — 50.71s 110m Hurdles — 16.20s Discus Throw — 34.36m Pole Vault — 4.10m Javelin Throw — 54.94m 1.500 metres — 4:29.98s
Men's 20 km Walk
Chung Pil-hwa
Final — 1:32:23 (→ 46th place)
Jung Myong-oh
Final — 1:40:09 (→ 49th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Yoon Mi-kyong, Woo Yang-ja, Park Mi-seon, and Lee Young-sook
Heat — 45.83 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Yang Kyoung-hee, Choi Se-beom, Lim Chun-ae, and Kim Soon-ja
Heat — 3:51.09 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
Lee Mi-ok
Final — 2:32.51 (→ 15th place)
Lim Eun-joo
Final — 2:38.21 (→ 37th place)
Kim Mi-gyeong
Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's Discus Throw
Kim Chun-hee
Qualification – 45.88m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
Yoo Chun-ok
Qualification – 48.26m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
Choi Mi-seon
Qualification — 13.97m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
Ji Jeong-mi
Final Result — 5289 points (→ 24th place)
Basketball
Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Classification round 9–12
Classification round 9/10
Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Classification 5–8
Classification 7/8
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Fifteen cyclists, eleven men and four women, represented South Korea in 1988.
Men's road race
Park Hyeon-gon
Lee Jin-ok
Sin Dae-cheol
Men's team time trial
Jo Deok-haeng
Lee Jin-ok
Park Hyeon-gon
Yu Byeong-heon
Men's sprint
Eom Yeong-seop
Men's 1 km time trial
Eom Yeong-seop
Men's individual pursuit
Park Min-su
Men's team pursuit
An U-hyeok
Jeong Jeom-sik
Kim Yong-gyu
Park Min-su
Men's points race
Do Eun-cheol
Women's road race
Kim Gyeong-suk
No Yeom-ju
Hong Yeong-mi
Women's sprint
Kim Jin-yeong
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented South Korea in 1988.