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North Korea, which returned to the Olympics after eight years, won a total of six medals and finished in a tie for 68th place. This is the lowest ranking among the Olympics in which North Korea has participated.

North Korea ends the Games with 2 silver and 4 bronze medals, failing to win a gold medal for the first time in 20 years since the 2004 Olympics. ″North Korea may have difficulty winning a medal at future Olympics.″

North Korea regrettably returned after finishing in 68th place out of 206 countries.

◆North Korea, 0 gold medals for the first time in 20 years… Lowest ranking among the Olympics in which it has participated

North Korea won a total of six medals during these Games: ▲ one silver and one bronze in diving, ▲ two bronzes in wrestling, ▲ one bronze in boxing, and ▲ one silver in table tennis. It is the

first time in 20 years since the 2004 Athens Olympics that North Korea has failed to win a gold medal at the Olympics.

In particular, it recorded its lowest ranking (68th) since the 1972 Munich Olympics. It is the first time in 24 years since the 2000 Sydney Olympics (60th) that North Korea has ranked in the top 60.

The highest ranking it achieved was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, when it won four gold medals and finished in 16th place.
North Korea sent a total of 16 athletes (4 men and 12 women) to these Olympics in seven events: wrestling, diving, table tennis, boxing, gymnastics, track and field, and judo. ◆North Korea wins 6 medals at this competition… no gold medals North Korea’s first medal at this Olympics came from table tennis. The North Korean pair of Ri Jong-sik and Kim Kum-yong lost 2-4 (6-11 11-7 8-11 5-11 11-7 8-11) to the Chinese pair of Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha (ranked 1st) in the table tennis mixed doubles final at the competition held on the 30th of last month, taking home the silver medal. It was the first time in 8 years since Kim Song-i won a bronze medal in the women’s singles at the 2016 Rio Games that North Korea’s table tennis team won a medal at the Olympics. Just one day after their first medal, they won their second medal in diving. North Korea’s Kim Mi-rae (23) and Jo Jin-mi earned a combined score of 315.90 points in their first five runs in the women’s synchronized 10m platform diving at the competition held on the 31st of last month, taking second place. In particular, this was the first time North Korea had ever won a medal in a diving event at the Olympics. Kim Mi-rae also won a bronze medal in the women′s 10m platform diving final on the 6th with a total score of 372.10 points from the first to fifth trials. On the 2nd, another athlete made it to the podium in women′s boxing. Bang Cheol-mi (30) lost to Chang Yuan (China) by a score of 2-3 (29-28 28-29 28-29 27-30- 29-28) in the semifinals of the women′s 54kg boxing competition on the 4th, taking home the bronze medal. Bang Cheol-mi became the first North Korean athlete to win a medal in this sport since it was first introduced to the Olympics at the 2012 London Games. In wrestling, North Korean men and women each achieved the feat of winning bronze medals. On the 7th, Ri Se-ung (26) won a bronze medal in the men′s Greco-Roman 60 kg class at the competition, and on the 9th, Choi Hyo-kyung (24) won a bronze medal in the women′s freestyle 53 kg class at the competition. Through this competition, North Korea returned to the Olympic stage for the first time in eight years since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. It did not compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 due to COVID-19. ◆″North Korea may have difficulty winning medals at the Olympics in the future... Sports are evolving, but North Korea is focusing only on classic sports″ Meanwhile, there are also predictions that it may become even more difficult for North Korea to win Olympic medals in the future. The argument is that the sports accepted for the Olympics are gradually evolving, and this could work to the disadvantage of North Korea, which has been sending athletes to classic sports. On the 10th, the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported this in an article titled ′Olympic Dark Horse: How North Korean Athletes Throw Punches That Punch Ahead of Their Weight′. Specifically, the SCMP reported that “as the game evolves over the years, North Korea risks being stuck in the past,” because “they focus on areas where they think they can win.” It continued, “These are classic sports that have been around for a long time, such as weightlifting, boxing, taekwondo, judo, wrestling, table tennis, and gymnastics.” It added, “However, the Olympics are gradually introducing new sports that North Korea cannot compete in, such as surfing, break dancing, and e-sports.” The SCMP pointed out that these new sports require a lot of money and professional training, which is bound to be disadvantageous for North Korea, which does not have the financial resources.


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