South Korea at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Yoo Ok-ryul won South Korea their first medal at the World Championships in artistic gymnastics in 1991.[1][2] In 2023 Yeo Seo-jeong became the first South Korean woman to win a World Championship medal, winning bronze on vault.[3]

South Korea at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
IOC codeKOR
Medals
Gold
6
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
12

Medalists

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Medal Name Year Event
  Gold Yoo Ok-ryul   1991 Indianapolis Men's vault
  Gold Yoo Ok-ryul   1992 Paris Men's vault
  Bronze Yoo Ok-ryul   1993 Birmingham Men's vault
  Bronze Yeo Hong-chul   1994 Brisbane Men's vault
  Silver Yeo Hong-chul   1996 San Juan Men's vault
  Gold Lee Joo-hyung   1999 Tianjin Men's parallel bars
  Silver Yoo Won-chul   2006 Aarhus Men's parallel bars
  Gold Kim Dae-eun   2007 Stuttgart Men's parallel bars
  Gold Yang Hak-seon   2011 Tokyo Men's vault
  Gold Yang Hak-seon   2013 Antwerp Men's vault
  Bronze Kim Han-sol   2017 Montreal Men's vault
  Bronze Yeo Seo-jeong   2023 Antwerp Women's vault

Junior World medalists

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Medal Name Year Event
  Gold Ryu Sung-hyun   2019 Győr Boys' floor exercise

References

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  1. ^ "Men's and Women's World Championships Results & Medalists". USA Gymnastics.
  2. ^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 79.
  3. ^ "'도마공주'여서정 또 해냈다!女체조 세계선수권 첫銅 쾌거!" ["Princess of the vault" Yeo Seo-jeong has done it again! Her first feat at the Women's Gymnastics World Championships!]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). October 8, 2023.