South Korea at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) selected a team of 245 athletes, 133 men and 112 women, to compete in 24 sports; it was the nation's smallest team sent to the Olympics since 1992. South Korea athletes did not qualify in basketball, canoeing, equestrian, and tennis. There was only a single competitor in rhythmic gymnastics, and in triathlon. The South Korean team featured nine defending champions from Beijing, including freestyle swimmer Park Tae-hwan, the men's archery team (led by Im Dong-hyun), pistol shooter Jin Jong-oh, weightlifters Jang Mi-ran and Sa Jae-hyouk, and taekwondo jins Hwang Kyung-seon and Cha Dong-min. Among these champions, Jin Jong-oh only managed to defend his Olympic title for the second consecutive time. Handball player Yoon Kyung-shin, who competed at his fifth Olympics since 1992 (except the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where his team did not qualify), was the oldest athlete of the team, at age 39, and later became South Korea's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Platform diver Kim Su-ji, on the other hand, was the youngest of the team, at age 14. Other notable South Korean athletes featured judoka and top medal contenders Wang Ki-chun and Kim Jae-bum, foil fencer and Olympic silver medalist Nam Hyun-hee, and butterfly swimmer and Youth Olympic gold medalist Chang Gyu-cheol. The following table lists the number of South Korean competitors who participated in each Olympic sport. Note that swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and water polo are technically considered as one sport, aquatics. However, due to their significant practical differences, they are listed separately by tradition. ==Archery==

South Korea has qualified three archers for the men's individual event, three archers for the women's individual event, a team for the men's team event and a team for the women's team event ;Men ;Women ==Athletics==

South Korean athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): in men's marathon ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ==Badminton==

South Korea has so far qualified in the following events. ;Men ==Cycling==

Road Track ;Sprint ;Team sprint ;Pursuit ;Keirin ;Omnium ==Diving==

South Korea has qualified 14 fencers. ;Men ;Women ==Field hockey==

The South Korean women's hockey team have qualified a team of 16 players for the games by virtue of being runner-up at the 2010 Asian Games hockey tournament. Men's tournament ;Roster South Korea is in Pool B of the men's tournament. ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;7th/8th place game Women's tournament ;Roster South Korea is in Pool A of the women's competition. ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;7th/8th place ==Football==

Men's tournament South Korea qualified a team of 18 players for the men's tournament. The squad won the bronze medal and the team were granted exemption to two years of mandatory military service but still required to do four weeks of basic training. ;Roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;Quarter-final ;Semi-final ;Bronze medal game ;Final rank: ;Controversy Park Jong-Woo was not present at the medal ceremony after the gold medal match between Mexico and Brazil and did not receive the bronze medal with the rest of his team due to his political position on the Liancourt Rocks, which are disputed both by South Korea and Japan by having a claim on the islands, after FIFA was notified about Park holding a sign of South Korea having claim on Dokdo, the Korean name for the islets. On 11 February 2013, Park attended an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing at Lausanne, Switzerland. After the Disciplinary Commission reviewed Park's action at the Olympics, the IOC decided to award the player the bronze medal he had been barred from collecting for several months. == Gymnastics ==

Artistic ;Men ;Team captures South Korea's first ever gold medal in artistic gymnastics. ;Individual finals ;Women Rhythmic ==Handball==

South Korea has qualified for the men's and women's event by winning the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament Men's tournament ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- Women's tournament ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarter-final ;Semi-final ;Bronze medal match ==Judo==

;Men ;Women ==Modern pentathlon==

Based on their results at the 2011 Asian/Oceania Championships three South Korean pentathletes have qualified for London; Hwang Woo-Jin and Jung Jin-Hwa have earned places in the men's event; Yang Soo-jin has earned places in the women's event. ==Rowing==

South Korea has qualified the following boats. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage ==Sailing==

South Korea has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events ;Men M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; ==Shooting==

South Korea has ensured berths in the following events of shooting: defends his Olympic title in pistol shooting. ;Men ;Women ==Swimming==

Korean swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): has won two silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ;Men ;Women ==Synchronized swimming==

and Park Hyun-Sun in women's duet South Korea has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming. ==Table tennis ==

South Korea has qualified three men and three women. ;Men ;Women ==Taekwondo ==

South Korea has ensured berths in the following events of taekwondo by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament: ==Triathlon==

South Korea has qualified the following athletes. ==Volleyball==