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
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!
- KIM Woojin – Republic of Korea (Gold)
- ELLISON Brady – United States (Silver)
- LEE Wooseok – Republic of Korea (Bronze)
- UNRUH Florian – Germany (4th)
Women’s Individual
- LIM Sihyeon – Republic of Korea (Gold)
- NAM Suhyeon – Republic of Korea (Silver)
- BARBELIN Lisa – France (Bronze)
- JEON Honyoung – Republic of Korea
Team Events
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
- Republic of Korea (Gold)
KIM Je Deok
KIM Woojin
LEE Wooseok
- France (Silver)
ADDIS Baptiste
CHIRAULT Thomas
VALLADONT Jean-Charles
- Turkey (Bronze)
GAZOZ Mete
TUMER Berkim
YILDIRMIS Abdoullah
- People’s Republic of China (4th)
KAO Wenchao
LI Zhongyuan
WANG Yan
Women’s Team
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!
- Republic of Korea
JEON Hunyoung
LIM Sihyeon
NAM Suhyeon
- People’s Republic of China
AN Qixuan
LI Jiaman
YANG Xiaolei
- Mexico (Bronze)
RUIZ Angelica
VALENCIA Alejandra
VAZQuez Ana
- Netherlands (4th)
ROEFFEN Quinty
SCHLOESSER Gaby
Van der WINKEL Laura
Mixed Team
- Korea (Gold)
LIM Sihyeon – F
KIM Woojin – M
- Germany (Silver)
KROPPEN Michelle – F
UNRUH Florian – M
- United States (Bronze)
KAUFHOLD Casey – F
ELLISON Brady – M
- United States (Bronze)
KAUFHOLD Casey – F
ELLISON Brady – M