| Noc: | PRK |
| Nocname: | Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Sports: | 7 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Im Yong-myong & Mun Song-hui |
| Rank: | 68 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Appearances: | auto |
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.
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | 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 |
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. North Korean track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024 by receiving the direct universality spots in the following event:[1] [2]
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Pang Chol-mi | Women's 54 kg | W 5–0 | W 4–0 | L 2–3 | Did not advance | |||
| Won Un-gyong | Women's 60 kg | L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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 | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Im Yong-myong | Men's 10 m platform | 347.10 | 22 | 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 | |||||
See main article: article, Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
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.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | An Chang-ok | All-around | 14.183 Q | 13.433 | 11.666 | colspan=7 | |||||||
| Women's vault | 14.183 | 14.183 | 6 Q | 14.216 | 14.216 | 4 | |||||||
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.
See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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 Havirov, 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 / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Pyon Song-gyong | Women's singles | W 4–1 | W 4–3 | W 4–3 | L 3–4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ri Jong-sik Kim Kum-yong | Mixed doubles | W 4–1 | W 4–1 | W 4–3 | L 2–4 | ||||||
See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Kim Son-hyang | Women's −50 kg | Did not participate | ||||||
| Choe Hyo-gyong | Women's −53 kg | L 4–7 | Did not advance | |||||
| Mun Hyon-gyong | Women's −62 kg | Did not participate | ||||||
| Pak Sol-gum | Women's −68 kg | W 10–6 | W 10–8 | L 0–10 | L 2–4 | 5 | ||