# South Korea at the 1948 Summer Olympics

South Korea competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. It was the first time Korea competed as an independent country. The Korean Olympic Committee, established in 1946 and recognized in 1947, represented only South Korea although the division of Korea was not fully realized at the time of the 1948 Games.
South Korea won two bronze medals, putting it at the 32nd rank of competing nations.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Kim Sung-Jip | Weightlifting | Men's Middleweight | 10 August |
| Bronze | Han Soo-Ann | Boxing | Men's Flyweight | 12 August |

## Results and competitors by event
### Athletics
#### Men
##### Track & road events

| Athletes | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Lee Yun-Seok | 800 metres | 2:01.4 | 6 (H1) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lee Yun-Seok | 1500 metres | - | 9 (H4) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sim Bok-Seok | 5000 metres | - | 10 (H2) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hong Jong-O | Marathon | | | | | 2:56:52 | 25 |
| Suh Yun-Bok | Marathon | | | | | 2:59:36 | 27 |
| Choi Yun-Chil | Marathon | | | | | DNF | - |

#### Field

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result (m) | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Kim Won-Kwon | Long Jump | 6.710 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kim Won-Kwon | Triple Jump | 14.600 | 7T Q | 14.250 | 12 |
| An Yeong-Han | Discus Throw | No mark | - | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gin Gang-Hwan | Hammer Throw | 49.49 | 7 Q | 43.93 | 13 |

#### Field

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athletes | Event | Result (m) | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Pak Bong-Sik | Discus Throw | 33.80 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Basketball
#### Group stage
##### Group B

| | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Pts |
| South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 258 | 152 | 8 |
| Chile | 5 | 3 | 2 | 269 | 162 | 8 |
| Belgium | 5 | 3 | 2 | 234 | 156 | 8 |
| Philippines | 5 | 3 | 2 | 262 | 200 | 8 |
| Republic of China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 281 | 202 | 8 |
| Iraq | 5 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 545 | 5 |
* Korea 29-27 Belgium
* Philippines 35-33 Korea
* China 49-48 Korea
* Korea 120-20 Iraq
* Korea 28-21 Chile

#### Quarterfinals

* Mexico 43-32 Korea

##### Classification 7/8

* Czechoslovakia 39-38 Korea

#### Squad

An Byeong-Seok, Bang Won-Sun, Chang Ri-Jin, Jo Deuk-Jun, Gang Bong-Hyeon, Kim Jeong-Sin, Lee Jun-Yeong, Lee Sang-Hun, O Su-Cheol

### 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 | Gausterer (AUT) W by points | Cochin (FRA) W by points | Corman (NED) W by KO (R2) | Bandinelli (ITA) L by points | Majdloch (TCH) W by points | |
| Seo Byeong-Ran | Featherweight | Hamouda (EGY) W by points | Birks (AUS) W by KO (R2) | Antkiewicz (POL) L by points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5T |
| Gang In-Seok | Lightweight | | Breiby (NOR) L by points | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9T |

### Cycling

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Gwon Ik-hyeon | Individual road race | Did not finish | - |
| Hwang San-ung | Individual road race | Did not finish | - |

### Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Press | Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Lee Gyu-Hyeok | Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg) | 77.5 | 14 | 92.5 | 2 | 120 | 2 | 290 | 4 |
| Park Dong-Wook otherwise Park Dong-Uk | Men's Bantamweight (-56 kg) | 80 | 7 | 85 | 7 | 107.5 | 12 | 272.5 | 10 |
| Nam Su-Il | Men's Featherweight (-60 kg) | 92.5 | 6 | 92.5 | 8 | 122.5 | 2 | 307.5 | 4 |
| Choi Hang-Gi | Men's Featherweight (-60 kg) | 0 | - | 85 | 17 | - | - | 85 | 23 |
| Kim Chang-Hui | Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg) | 95 | 8 | 100 | 7 | 135 | 5 | 330 | 6 |
| Na Si-Yun | Men's Lightweight (-67.5 kg) | 90 | 14 | 100 | 8 | 140 | 3 | 330 | 7 |
| Kim Seong-Jip | Men's Middleweight (-75 kg) | 122.5 OR | 1 | 112.5 | 4 | 145 | 3 | 380 | 3 |
| Lee Yeong-Hwan | Men's Light-Heavyweight (-82.5 kg) | 100 | 12 | 105 | 14 | 0 | - | 205 | 16 |

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

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Han Sang-Ryong | Bantamweight (−57 kg) | | Persson (SWE) L by points | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | N/A |
| Kim Kuk-Fan | Featherweight (−62 kg) | López (CUB) L by points | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | N/A |
| Kim Seok-Yeong | Lightweight (−67 kg) | Bechara (LIB) W by retired | Ghaffari (IRI) L by fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9T |
| Hwang Byeong-gwan | Welterweight (−73 kg) | Culot (BEL) W by points | Moustafa (EGY) L by points | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | N/A |