# South Korea at the 1952 Summer Olympics

South Korea, as Korea, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Kim Sung-Jip | Weightlifting | Men's Middleweight | 26 July |
| Bronze | Kang Jun-Ho | Boxing | Men's Bantamweight | 2 August |

## Results and competitors by event
### Athletics
#### Track and road

| Event | Athletes | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Men's 200 metres | Um Pal-Yong | 23.0 | 5 (H13) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Men's marathon | Choi Yun-Chil | | | | | 2:26:36 | 4 |
| Men's marathon | Choi Chung-Sik | | | | | 2:41:23 | 33 |
| Men's marathon | Hong Jong-O | | | | | Did not finish | - |

#### Field

| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Event | Athletes | Result (m) | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Men's triple jump | Choi Yeong-Gi | 14.44 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Women's shot put | Choi Myeong-Suk | 10.76 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Han Soo-Ann | Flyweight | Hofmann (SAA) W TKO (R1) | Mazumdar (IND) W 3-0 | Toweel (RSA) L 0-3 | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Kang Joon-Ho | Bantamweight | | Nikkhah (IRI) W 3-0 | Moore (USA) W 2-1 | McNally (IRL) L 0-3 | | |
| Seo Byeong-Ran | Featherweight | Willommet (SUI) W 3-0 | Zachara (TCH) L 0-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Ju Sang-Jeom | Lightweight | Potesil (POL) L 0-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | |

### Cycling
#### Road Competition

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Kwon Ik-Hyun | Individual road race | Did Not Finish | - |
| Im Sang-Jo | Individual road race | Did Not Finish | - |
| Kim Ho-Soon | Individual road race | Did Not Finish | - |
| Kwon Ik-Hyun Im Sang-Jo Kim Ho-Soon | Team road race | Did Not Finish | - |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Event | Total points lost | Rank |
| Min Byeong-seon | Individual jumping | 59.75 | 44 |

### Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Press | Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Kim Hae-Nam | Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg) | 80 | 8 | 95 | 3 | 120 | 4 | 295 | 4 |
| Nam Su-Il | Men's Featherweight (-60 kg) | 90 | 9 | 90 | 15 | 120 | 12 | 300 | 11 |
| Kim Chang-Hui | Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg) | 100 | 8 | 105 | 6 | 140 | 2 | 345 | 4 |
| Kim Seong-Jip | Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) | 122.5 | 1 | 112.5 | 5 | 147.5 | 5 | 382.5 | 3 |

### Wrestling
#### Men's Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Oh Tae-Keun | Lightweight (−67 kg) | Nettesheim (GER) W fall (16-4) | Gál (HUN) L 0-3 | | | | | |