North Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics

North Korea at the Olympic Games
Flag of North Korea IOC code  PRK NOC Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	38 in 8 sports
Medals Rank: 21	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 2
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North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Medalists

Gold

• Gu Yong-ju — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Silver

• Ri Byong-uk — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Results by event

Archery

1976 was the first time that North Korea competed in archery in the Olympics. Two women competed, taking 4th and 10th place to put North Korea at fifth place in the archery national leaderboard.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Jang Sun-yong – 2405 points (→ 4th place)
• Han Sun-hi – 2347 points (→ 10th place)

Athletics

Men's Marathon

• Choe Chang-sop — 2:16:33 (→ 12th place)

• Kim Chang-son — 2:27:38 (→ 44th place)

• Goh Chun-son — 2:31:54 (→ 52nd place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Ri Byong-uk
  1. First Round – Defeated Sidney McKnight (CAN), KO-1
  2. Second Round – Defeated Henryk Średnicki (POL), 3:2
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Armando Guevara (VEN), 3:2
  4. Semifinals – Defeated Payao Pooltarat (THA), RSC-2
  5. Final – Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), 1:4 → Silver Medal

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Jong Jo-ung
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Joachim Schür (FRG), RSC-2
  3. Third Round — Defeated Vicente Rodríguez (ESP), 3:2
  4. Quarterfinal — Lost to David Torosyan (URS), 0:5

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database