# South Korea at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

South Korea competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Joo Young-dae | Table tennis | Men's individual – Class 1 | 30 August |
| Gold | Jeong Ho-won Kim Han-soo Choi Ye-jin | Boccia | Mixed pairs BC3 | 4 September |
| Silver | Seo Su-yeon | Table tennis | Women's individual class 1–2 | 28 August |
| Silver | Kim Hyeon-uk | Table tennis | Men's individual – Class 1 | 30 August |
| Silver | Kim Young-gun | Table tennis | Men's individual – Class 4 | 30 August |
| Silver | Park Jin-ho | Shooting | Mixed R3 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 | 1 September |
| Silver | Kim Jung-gil Kim Young-gun | Table tennis | Men's team class 4–5 | 1 September |
| Silver | Yoon Ji-yu Lee Mi-gyu | Table tennis | Women's team class 1–3 | 2 September |
| Silver | Cha Soo-yong Park Jin-cheol | Table tennis | Men's team class 1–2 | 3 September |
| Silver | Lee Sam-seop | Badminton | Men's singles WH1 | 4 September |
| Silver | Kim Jung-jun | Badminton | Men's singles WH2 | 5 September |
| Silver | Kim Jung-jun Lee Dong-seop | Badminton | Men's doubles WH1–WH2 | 5 September |
| Bronze | Lee Mi-gyu | Table tennis | Women's individual class 3 | 28 August |
| Bronze | Yoon Ji-yu | Table tennis | Women's individual class 3 | 28 August |
| Bronze | Park Jin-cheol | Table tennis | Men's individual class 2 | 28 August |
| Bronze | Cha Soo-yong | Table tennis | Men's individual class 2 | 28 August |
| Bronze | Nam Ki-won | Table tennis | Men's individual class 2 | 28 August |
| Bronze | Jung Young-a | Table tennis | Women's individual class 5 | 28 August |
| Bronze | Lee Jung-min | Judo | Men's 81 kg | 28 August |
| Bronze | Choi Gwang-geun | Judo | Men's +100 kg | 29 August |
| Bronze | Park Jin-ho | Shooting | Men's R1 10 metre air rifle standing SH1 | 30 August |
| Bronze | Shim Young-jip | Shooting | Men's R7 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1 | 3 September |
| Bronze | Joo Jeong-hun | Taekwondo | Men's 75 kg | 3 September |
| Bronze | Lee Dong-seop | Badminton | Men's singles WH1 | 4 September |

## Competitors

Source:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Badminton | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Boccia | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Cycling | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Powerlifting | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Swimming | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Table Tennis | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wheelchair Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Wheelchair Tennis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 58 | 28 | 86 |

## Archery

South Korea has qualified three archers in Women's Individual W1, Women's Individual Recurve, and Mixed Team Recurve.

## Athletics

Yoo Byung-hoon qualified in Men's 400m, 800m T53 events, while Jeon Min-jae qualified in Women's 200m T36.

## Badminton

South Korea has qualified a total of nine para badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the Para Badminton World Rankings.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Lee Dong-seop | Singles WH1 | Homhual (THA) W (23–21, 21–16) | Wandschneider (GER) W (17–21, 21–19, 21–17) | — | 1 Q | Bye | Lee S-s (KOR) L (21–19, 7–21, 20–22) | Murayama (JPN) W (22–20, 17–21, 21–14) | |
| Lee Sam-seop | Singles WH1 | Murayama (JPN) L (21–15, 13–21, 17–21) | Mi (GER) W (21–18, 21–13) | — | 2 Q | Homhual (THA) W (21–14, 21–16) | Lee D-s (KOR) W (19–21, 21–7, 22–20) | Qu (CHN) L (6–21, 6$^r$–11) | |
| Kim Jung-jun | Singles WH2 | Kim K-h (KOR) W (21–19, 21–15) | Manzoney (AUS) W (21–8, 21–9) | — | 1 Q | Bye | Chan (HKG) W (15–21, 21–15, 21–15) | Kajiwara (JPN) L (18–21, 19–21) | |
| Kim Kyung-hoon | Singles WH2 | Kim J-j (KOR) L (19–21, 15–21) | Manzoney (AUS) W (21–8, 21–5) | — | 2 Q | Mai (CHN) W (21–13, 21–12) | Kajiwara (JPN) L (14–21, 15–21) | Chan (HKG) L (22–24, 10–21) | 4 |
| Shin Kyung-hwan | Singles SL4 | Setiawan (INA) L (8–21, 9–21) | Dhillon (IND) L (18–21, 21–15, 17–21) | Teamarrom (THA) W (21–17, 21–8) | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lee Dong-seop Kim Jung-jun | Doubles WH1–WH2 | Homhual / Junthong (THA) W (21–19, 21–12) | Toupé / Jakobs (FRA) W (21–11, 21–13) | — | 1 Q | — | Homhual / Junthong (THA) W (21–18, 21–13) | Mai / Qu (CHN) L (10–21, 14–21) | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kang Jung-kum | Singles WH1 | Satomi (JPN) L (12–21, 7–21) | Yin (CHN) L (16–21, 14–21) | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lee Sun-ae | Singles WH2 | Yamazaki (JPN) L (20–22, 16–21) | Seçkin (TUR) L (21–12, 9–21, 16–21) | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kang Jung-kum Lee Sun-ae | Doubles WH1–WH2 | Satomi / Yamazaki (JPN) L (12–21, 5–21) | Pookkham / Wetwithan (THA) L (9–21, 16–21) | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boccia

Six South Korean athletes qualified in Individual BC1, BC2, and BC3 events.

## Cycling

South Korea sent one male & one female cyclist after successfully receiving a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation Asian quota.

## Powerlifting

* Rank

## Rowing

South Korea qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the games by winning the B-final at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and securing the last of the seven available places.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kim Se-jeong | Women's single sculls | 12:19.02 | 3 | 11:04.59 | 3 | 12:18.83 | 7 (FB) |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

## Shooting

Fourteen South Korean shooters have qualified.
* Park Chul (Mixed 25m Pistol SH1)
* Moon Aee-kyung (Mixed 50m Pistol SH1)
* Park Jin-ho & Lee Seung-chul (Men's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1)
* Sim Jae-yong & Lee Jang-ho (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1)
* Lee Ji-seok (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2)
* Ju Sung-chul (Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1)
* Shim Young-jip (Men's 50m Rifle 3 Position)
* Lee Yun-ri & Kang Myung-soon (Women's 50m Rifle Three Position)

## Swimming

Five South Korean swimmers have successfully qualified for the Paralympic slot after passing the MQS.

## Table tennis

South Korea entered sixteen athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Five athletes qualified from the 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and eleven athletes from the World Ranking allocation.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Joo Young-dae | Individual C1 | Falco (ITA) W 3-0 | Eberhardt (ARG) W 3-0 | 1 Q | — | Izquierdo (CUB) W 3-2 | Nam (KOR) W 3-0 | Kim H-u (KOR) W 3-1 | |
| Kim Hyeon-uk | Individual C1 | Keller (SUI) W 3-0 | Izquierdo (CUB) W 3-0 | 1 Q | — | Falco (ITA) W 3-0 | Matthews (GBR) W 3-0 | Joo (KOR) L 1-3 | |
| Nam Ki-won | Individual C1 | Lavrov (RPC) W 3-0 | Matthews (GBR) L 1-3 | 2 Q | — | Major (HUN) W 3-0 | Joo (KOR) L 0-3 | Did not advance | |
| Park Jin-cheol | Individual C2 | Reyes Turcio (MEX) W 3-0 | Perlic (SRB) W 3-0 | 1 Q | Bye | Ludrovský (SVK) W 3-2 | Czuper (POL) L 1-3 | Did not advance | |
| Cha Soo-yong | Individual C2 | Minami (JPN) W 3-2 | Riapoš (SVK) W 3-0 | 1 Q | Bye | Yezyk (UKR) W 3-1 | Lamirault (FRA) L 1-3 | Did not advance | |
| Baek Young-bok | Individual C3 | Schmidberger (GER) L 0-3 | Toporkov (RPC) L 2-3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kim Young-gun | Individual C4 | Mihálik (SVK) W 3-2 | Lopez Sayago (ESP) W 3-1 | 1 Q | Bye | Saleh (EGY) W 3-0 | Turan (TUR) W 3-1 | Ozturk (TUR) L 1-3 | |
| Kim Jung-gil | Individual C4 | Nacházel (CZE) L 1-3 | Zylka (POL) W 3-1 | 2 Q | Trávniček (SVK) L 1-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Park Hong-kyu | Individual C6 | Hamadtou (EGY) W 3-0 | Chen (CHN) W 3-1 | 1 Q | Bye | Karabardak (GBR) L 2-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kim Gi-tae | Individual C11 | Von Einem (AUS) L 0-3 | Asano (JPN) W 3-1 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kim Chang-gi | Individual C11 | Palos (HUN) L 1-3 | Kato (JPN) W 3-1 | 2 Q | — | Van Acker (BEL) L 1-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Park Jin-cheol Cha Soo-yong | Team C1-2 | — | — | — | — | Spain (ESP) W 2-0 | Poland (POL) W 2-1 | France (FRA) L 0-2 | |
| Joo Young-dae Nam Ki-won | Team C3 | — | — | — | — | Thailand (THA) L 0-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kim Young-gun Kim Jung-gil | Team C4-5 | — | — | — | Bye | Poland (POL) W 2-1 | France (FRA) W 2-0 | China (CHN) L 0-2 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Seo Su-yeon | Individual C1-2 | Almyrisl (KSA) W 3-0 | Pushpasheva (RPC) W 3-2 | 1 Q | — | Prvulovic (SRB) W 3-0 | Oliveira (BRA) W 3-1 | Liu (CHN) L 1-3 | |
| Lee Mi-gyu | Individual C3 | Li (CHN) W 3-0 | Patel (IND) W 3-1 | 1 Q | Bye | Brunelli (ITA) W 3-0 | Kánová (SVK) L 1-3 | Did not advance | |
| Yoon Ji-yu | Individual C3 | Amaral Santos (BRA) W 3-0 | Kánová (SVK) W 3-0 | 1 Q | Bye | Mužinić (CRO) W 3-1 | Xue (CHN) L 2-3 | Did not advance | |
| Jung Young-a | Individual C5 | Pan (CHN) W 3-2 | Leonelli (CHI) W 3-0 | 1 Q | — | Sringam (THA) W 3-1 | Zhang (CHN) L 0-3 | Did not advance | |
| Lee Kun-woo | Individual C6 | Alieva (RPC) L 1-3 | Aldayyeni (IRQ) W 3-1 | 2 Q | — | Chebanika (RPC) L 2-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Moon Sung-keum | Individual C6 | Chebanika (RPC) L 1-3 | Grebe (GER) L 0-3 | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kim Seong-ok | Individual C7 | Wang (CHN) L 0-3 | dos Santos (BRA) W 3-0 | 2 Q | — | van Zon (NED) L 1-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yoon Ji-yu Lee Mi-gyu | Team C1-3 | — | — | — | — | Brazil (BRA) W 2-1 | Croatia (CRO) W 2-0 | China (CHN) L 0-2 | |
| Kim Seong-ok Lee Kun-woo | Team C6-8 | — | — | — | — | France (FRA) L 0-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

South Korea qualified one athlete. Joo Jeong-hun qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.
| Athlete | Event | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Joo Jeong-hun | Men's –75 kg | Isaldibirov (RPC) L 31–35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Çelik (TUR) W 40–31 | Abuzarli (AZE) W 46-32 | Isaldibirov (RPC) W 24-14 | |

## Wheelchair basketball

South Korea's men's wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after finishing in top three at the 2019 IWBF Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Pattaya, Thailand.

### Roster

The following is the Republic of Korea roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 375 | 272 | +103 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 312 | 298 | +14 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 353 | 327 | +26 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 307 | 333 | −26 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 305 | 332 | −27 | 6 | 9th/10th place playoff |
| 6 | Colombia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 256 | 346 | −90 | 5 | 11th/12th place playoff |
* 25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 20:30
* Report
| Spain | 65–53 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 15–14, 12–16, 22–13 |||
| Pts: García 18 Rebs: García 13 Asts: García 12 | | Pts: Gim 24 Rebs: Gim 14 Asts: Cho 8 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Matias Quintana
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 17:00
* Report
| South Korea | 70–80 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–17, 15–19, 22–23 |||
| Pts: Cho 26 Rebs: Gim 11 Asts: Cho 8 | | Pts: Gürbulak 25 Rebs: Toprak 8 Asts: Gürbulak 13 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 40 Referees: Tomas Pajer
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 20:30
* Report
| Japan | 59–52 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 17–12, 16–15, 12–16 |||
| Pts: Fujimoto 21 Rebs: Akita 11 Asts: Chokai 10 | | Pts: Cho 21 Rebs: Gim 14 Asts: Cho 6 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Krunoslav Peic
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 20:30
* Report
| South Korea | 66–54 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–17, 18–10, 13–17 |||
| Pts: Lee C. 14 Rebs: Lee Y. 13 Asts: Oh 11 | | Pts: Hernandez 21 Rebs: Sanz 8 Asts: Hernandez 9 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 0 Referees: Hiroki Ono
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 17:00
* Report
| Canada | 74–64 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 15–15, 17–15, 21–17 |||
| Pts: Anderson 29 Rebs: Anderson 9 Asts: Goncin 10 | | Pts: Cho 22 Rebs: Kim S. 9 Asts: Gim 7 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Ben Wood

### 9th–10th classification match

* 2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 12:30
* Report
| South Korea | 54–64 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 14–16, 12–21, 12–17 |||
| Pts: Cho 17 Rebs: Gim 9 Asts: Cho 7 | | Pts: Sayari 26 Rebs: Sayari 11 Asts: Kamali, Tolouei Tamardash 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Ben Wood

## Wheelchair tennis

South Korea qualified four player entries for wheelchair tennis. Two of them qualified through the world rankings, while two others qualified under bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Im Ho-won | Men's singles | | | | | | | |
| Oh Sang-ho | Men's singles | | | | | | | |
| Kim Kyu-seung | Quad singles | — | | | | | |
| Kim Myung-je | Quad singles | | | | | | | |