# North Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. North Korea's eleventh Summer Olympics appearance marked the official return of the nation to the sporting event after withdrawing from the games in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong | Table tennis | Mixed doubles | 30 July |
| Silver | Kim Mi-rae Jo Jin-mi | Diving | Women's synchronized 10 m platform | 31 July |
| Bronze | Pang Chol-mi | Boxing | Women's 54 kg | 4 August |
| Bronze | Kim Mi-rae | Diving | Women's 10 m platform | 6 August |
| Bronze | Ri Se-ung | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman –60 kg | 6 August |
| Bronze | Choe Hyo-gyong | Wrestling | Women's freestyle –53 kg | 8 August |

### Medals by sport

Medals by sport :
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |

### Medals by day

Medals by day :
| Day | Date | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | 30 July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 31 July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 August | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 8 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Total | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |

### Medals by gender

Medals by gender :
| Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Female | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Male | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mixed/Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Multiple medalists :
| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| Kim Mi-rae | Diving | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Diving | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Total | 4 | 12 | 16 |

## Athletics

North Korean track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024 by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Han Il-ryong | Men's marathon | 2:11:21 | 29 |

## Boxing

North Korea entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Pang Chol-mi (women's bantamweight) and Won Ung-yong (women's lightweight) qualified themself for Paris in their respective division by advancing to the semifinal round at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
| 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 |
| Pang Chol-mi | Women's 54 kg | — | Uktamova (UZB) W 5–0 | Bertal (MAR) W 4–0 | Chang (CHN) L 2–3 | Did not advance | |
| Won Un-gyong | Women's 60 kg | — | Heijnen (NED) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving

North Korean divers secured one quota place for Paris 2024 by being the top individuals of the men's and women's platform at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Im Yong-myong | Men's 10 m platform | 347.10 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kim Mi-rae | Women's 10 m platform | 287.70 | 10 | 322.40 | 4 | 372.10 | |
| Kim Mi-rae Jo Jin-mi | Women's 10 m synchronized platform | — | — | — | — | 315.90 | |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

North Korea entered one gymnast to compete at the games. An Chang-ok secured a quota place by becoming one of the highest eligible gymnasts in the women's vault, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| An Chang-ok | All-around | 14.183 Q | 13.433 | DNS | 11.666 | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| An Chang-ok | Women's vault | 14.183 | — | — | — | 14.183 | 6 Q | 14.216 | — | — | — | 14.216 | 4 |

## Judo

North Korea qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Mun Song-hui (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mun Song-hui | Women's −70 kg | Matniyazova (UZB) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

North Korea qualified a mixed doubles team and one women's singles for the Games, by winning the semifinal match, at the 2024 ITTF World Mixed Doubles Olympic Qualification at Havířov, Czech Republic; and through the re-allocations of the East Asian Qualification Tournament.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pyon Song-gyong | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Doo (HKG) W 4–1 | Mittelham (GER) W 4–3 | Díaz (PUR) W 4–3 | Hayata (JPN) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong | Mixed doubles | — | — | — | — | Harimoto / Hayata (JPN) W 4–1 | Karlsson / Källberg (SWE) W 4–1 | Wong / Doo (HKG) W 4–3 | Wang / Sun (CHN) L 2–4 | |

## Wrestling

North Korea qualified five wrestlers into the Olympic competition. Four of them qualified for the games following the triumph of winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; meanwhile the other wrestler qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kim Son-hyang | Women's −50 kg | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Choe Hyo-gyong | Women's −53 kg | Yépez (ECU) L 4–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Ana (ROU) W 11–0 | Wendle (GER) W 10–0 | |
| Mun Hyon-gyong | Women's −62 kg | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Pak Sol-gum | Women's −68 kg | Rîngaci (MDA) W 10–6 | Dahiya (IND) W 10–8 | Elor (USA) L 0–10 | — | Çavuşoğlu (TUR) L 2–4 | 5 |

### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ri Se-ung | Men's −60 kg | Ciobanu (MDA) W 10–3 | Bakhromov (UZB) W 9–0 | Cao (CHN) L 3–3 | — | Rodríguez (VEN) W 8–0 | |