Korea Archery Dominates 2024 Olympics

korea wins all 5 archery 2024 olympics

Once again, Korea shows dominance in the sport of archery at the 2024 Paris Olympics winning gold in all 5 events. The Korean team has walked away with an unprecedented sweep in all 5 categories at the Olympic Games. That’s right, that’s 5 gold medals in 5 categories at the 2024 games.

An especially astonishing standout performance was put on by men’s team captain Kim Woojin, who took home 3 gold medals from the 3 events he competed in (Men’s individial, men’s team, and mixed team). Equally Lim Sihyeon also came through with a stellar performance, winning the women’s gold individual, joining the women’s team to win gold, and teamed up with Kim Woojin to win the mixed team competition. This landed Lim Sihyeon 3 gold medals in the 2024 games!

Individual Events

USA’s Ellison takes silver and Korea’s Kim and Lee take gold and bronze in men’s individual at Paris 2024 Olympics

Men’s Individual

In the Men’s individual category, USA’s Bradley Ellison and Korea’s Kim Woojin Were tied at the end of the 5th set, leading to a 6th set shoot off. The shoot off remained tied throughout with both men scoring 10s on each shot. However, Kim Woojin edged out USA’s Brady Ellison 6 – 5 after winning the 6th set of the gold medal final. Kim received the nod for placing his arrow 3mm (-5mm) closer to the center mark. match and the This resulted in a tight gold medal victory for Kim and resulted in the Silver for Brady. To add to the team’s rule, Korea’s Wooseok Lee beat Germany’s Florian Unruh in all 6 – 0 sets of the bronze medal match, winning in dominant fashion.

Kim Woojin then went on to join the men’s team and mixed team, personally winning 3 golds at the Paris games!

  1. KIM Woojin – Republic of Korea (Gold)
  2. ELLISON Brady – United States (Silver)
  3. LEE Wooseok – Republic of Korea (Bronze)
  4. UNRUH Florian – Germany (4th)
Kim wins gold medal final by a few millimeters to take gold over Brady Ellison in men’s final.
Korean Women Lim Sihyeon and Nam Suhyeon Celebrate taking gold and silver in Paris 2024 Olympics

Women’s Individual

  1. LIM Sihyeon – Republic of Korea (Gold)
  2. NAM Suhyeon – Republic of Korea (Silver)
  3. BARBELIN Lisa – France (Bronze)
  4. JEON Honyoung – Republic of Korea

Team Events

Korean Men’s team celebrates Olympic gold victory, Paris 2024

The Korea’s men’s team decisively defeated France in a 5 – 1 set victory. Turkey notably defeated China in the bronze medal match, which landed them their first bronze medal in archery.

Men’s Team

  1. Republic of Korea (Gold)
    KIM Je Deok
    KIM Woojin
    LEE Wooseok
  1. France (Silver)
    ADDIS Baptiste
    CHIRAULT Thomas
    VALLADONT Jean-Charles
  1. Turkey (Bronze)
    GAZOZ Mete
    TUMER Berkim
    YILDIRMIS Abdoullah
  1. People’s Republic of China (4th)
    KAO Wenchao
    LI Zhongyuan
    WANG Yan

Women’s Team

Women’s Korean archery team (from left) Jeon Hun-young, Lim Si-hyeon and Nam Su-hyeon celebrates their gold win at the 2024 Paris Olympic games.

The Korean women’s team won their gold medal match, closely defeating China. After leading in early sets, China closed the gap by the 5th. This brought the match to a 6th set shoot off. The rookie team continues Korea’s olympic streak. Korea’s women’s team has been on a roll since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where the team event was introduced, winning gold in all 10 Olympic games since the inception of the event!

  1. Republic of Korea
    JEON Hunyoung
    LIM Sihyeon
    NAM Suhyeon
  1. People’s Republic of China
    AN Qixuan
    LI Jiaman
    YANG Xiaolei
  1. Mexico (Bronze)
    RUIZ Angelica
    VALENCIA Alejandra
    VAZQuez Ana
  1. Netherlands (4th)
    ROEFFEN Quinty
    SCHLOESSER Gaby
    Van der WINKEL Laura

Mixed Team

  1. Korea (Gold)
    LIM Sihyeon – F
    KIM Woojin – M
  1. Germany (Silver)
    KROPPEN Michelle – F
    UNRUH Florian – M
  1. United States (Bronze)
    KAUFHOLD Casey – F
    ELLISON Brady – M
  1. United States (Bronze)
    KAUFHOLD Casey – F
    ELLISON Brady – M
Kim Woojin and watches Lim Sihyeon aim as they capture gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic’s mixed team event Aug 2, 2024

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