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