Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics

South Korea competed as Korea at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It was the seventh Olympiad in which South Korea competed apart from North Korea, and the thirteenth time that South Korea was present. South Korea competed under the IOC country code KOR.

Medals

Gold

• Yun Mi Jin – archery, women's individual
• Kim Chung-tae, Oh Kyo-Moon, and Jang Yong-ho – archery, men's team
• Yun Mi Jin, Kim Nam-Soon, and Kim Soo-Nyung – archery, women's team

Silver

• Kim Nam-Soon – archery, women's individual

Bronze

• Kim Soo-Nyung – archery, women's individual
• Korea – baseball, men's competition

Results by event

Archery

The Korean women swept the medals in the individual event and took the gold medal in the team event. The men added another gold medal with their victory in the team round, despite none of the individual archers advancing past the quarterfinal.

Women's individual:

• Yun Mi Jin – final, gold medal (6–0)
• Kim Nam-Soon – final, silver medal (5–1)
• Kim Soo-Nyung – bronze medal match, bronze medal (5–1)

Men's individual:

• Kim Chung-tae – quarterfinal, 5th place (3–1)
• Oh Kyo-moon – quarterfinal, 6th place (3–1)
• Jang Yong-ho – round of 16, 11th place (2–1)

Women's team:

• Yun, Kim, and Kim – final, gold medal (4–0)

Men's team:

• Kim, Oh, and Jang – final, gold medal (4–0)

Baseball

The Korean baseball team, which had finished last four years earlier, improved their result drastically in their second Olympic baseball appearance. They lost their games against perennial powers Cuba (which was the Cubans' 21st straight Olympic win) and the United States as well as Australia, but defeated defending silver medallist Japan as well as the other three teams in the competition. Their third-place finish in the preliminary round pitted them against the Americans in the semifinal, which Korea lost 3–2. In the bronze medal match, the Koreans again defeated the Japanese to take home the medal.

Men's:

• Korea – bronze medal (5–4)