South Korea at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

South Korea at the
1972 Summer Paralympics
South Korea at the; 1972 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	KOR
NPC	Korean Paralympic Committee
Website	www.kosad.or.kr (in Korean)
in Heidelberg
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

South Korea competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, West Germany.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Cho Keum-Im	Archery	Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
Gold	Song Sin-Nam	Table tennis	Men's Singles 1B
Gold	Choi Tae-Am	Table tennis	Men's Singles 2
Gold	South Korea	Table tennis	Men's Teams 3
Silver	Heo Yong Cho Keum-Im Lee Hae-Sik	Archery	Mixed St. Nicholas round team paraplegic
Silver	Kim Keun-Soo Cho Keum-Im	Dartchery	Mixed pairs open
Bronze	Kim Keun-Soo	Archery	Men's short western round open

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Kim Keun-Soo	Men's short western round open	741
Kim Yoon-Bae	Men's short western round open	734	T4
Lee Hae-Sik	Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic	680	9
Heo Yong	Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic	676	13
Cho Keum-Im	Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic	680
Heo Yong Cho Keum-Im Lee Hae-Sik	Mixed St. Nicholas round team paraplegic	2036

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Park Yeon-Kyu	Men's 100 m wheelchair 4	34.1	41	DNQ	41
Song Sin-Nam	Men's 60 m wheelchair 1B	40.7	24	DNQ	24
	Men's Discus throw 1B	n/a		9.60	8
	Men's Shot put 1B	n/a		4.01	6

Athlete	Event	Rank
Kim Keun-Soo Cho Keum-Im	Mixed pairs open

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Song Sin-Nam	Men's Singles 1B	Pimmelar (NED) W 2–0	S. Bradshaw (GBR) W 2–0	Daniel Jeannin (FRA) W 2–0
Choi Tae-Am	Men's Singles 2	Manfred Emmel (FRG) W 2–0	Giuseppe Trieste (ITA) W 2–0	Lesli Lam (HKG) W 2–0
Choi Keum-Im	Women's Singles 4	I. Schmidt (NED) L 0–2