Republic of Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Athletics

High Jump, Men Park Sang-Su 32 r1/2
Shot Put, Women Baek Ok-Ja 15 r1/2
Discus Throw, Women Baek Ok-Ja DNS

Boxing

Light-Flyweight, Men Lee Seok-Un =9
Flyweight, Men Yu Jong-Man =5
Bantamweight, Men Go Saeng-Geun =9
Lightweight, Men Kim Tae-Ho =5
Light-Welterweight, Men Park Tae-Sik =9
Light-Middleweight, Men Im Jae-Geun =9

Judo

Lightweight, Men Han Seong-Cheol =9
Half-Middleweight, Men Jang In-Gwon =12
Middleweight, Men Oh Seung-Rip 2 Silver
Half-Heavyweight, Men Kim Ui-Tae =13

Shooting

Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Open Choi Chung-Seok 60
Trap, Open Kim Tae-Seok 32
Kim Nam-Gu 41
Skeet, Open Park Do-Geun 44
Park Seong-Tae 56

Swimming

400 metres Freestyle, Men Jo O-Ryeon 35
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men Jo O-Ryeon 30

Volleyball

Volleyball, Men Republic of Korea 7
Choi Jong-OkJeong Dong-GiJin Jun-TakGang Man-SuKim Chung-HanKim Geon-BongKim Gwi-HwanLee Seon-GuLee Yong-GwanPark Gi-WonLee Chun-Pyo (DNS)Lee In (DNS)
Volleyball, Women Republic of Korea 4
Jo Hye-JeongKim Eun-HuiKim Yeong-JaLee In-SukLee Jeong-JaLee Sun-BokYun Yeong-NaeYu Jeong-HyeYu Gyeong-HwaLee Kyung-Ai (DNS)Lee Kyung-Sook (DNS)

Weightlifting

Lightweight, Men Won Sin-Hui 7

Wrestling

Bantamweight, Greco-Roman, Men An Cheon-Yeong AC
Flyweight, Freestyle, Men Kim Yeong-Jun AC
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men An Jae-Won AC
Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle, Men Gwak Gwang-Ung AC