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Korea national amateur boxing athletes represents Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 in regional
East Asian Games
The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Games Association and held every four years since 1993 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia , as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National...

, continental
Asian Games
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...

 and world matches and tournaments sanctioned by the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA).

2004 Athens Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

Seven amateur boxers represented Korea in this edition of the Olympiad
Olympiad
An Olympiad is a period of four years, associated with the Olympic Games of Classical Greece. In the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, Olympiads were used as calendar epoch....

 winning two bronze medals from the Featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 and the Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division. This country is ranked 12th in a four-way tie in the boxing medal tally
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...

.

Entry list

  • Hong Moo Won (Light Flyweight
    Light flyweight
    - Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

    )
  • Kim Kim-suk (Flyweight
    Flyweight
    Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...

    )
  • Kim Won Il (Bantamweight
    Bantamweight
    Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...

    )
  • Seok Hwan Jo (Featherweight
    Featherweight
    Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

    ) - Bronze
  • Jong Sub Baik (Lightweight
    Lightweight
    Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

    )
  • Kim Jung Joo (Welterweight
    Welterweight
    Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

    ) - Bronze
  • Song Hak Sung (Light heavyweight
    Light heavyweight
    In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

    )

2006 Doha Asian Games
2006 Asian Games
The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...

Ten amateur boxers represented Korea in this edition of the Asiad, winning three silver medals and one bronze medal. This country is ranked 8th with a total of 4 medals.

Entry list

  • Jong Sub Baik (Lightweight)
  • Deok Jin Cho (Middleweight)
  • Soon Chul Han (Bantamweight) - Silver
  • Moo Won Hong (Light Flyweight) - Bronze
  • Byeong Gook Jeon (Heavyweight)
  • Seok Hwan Jo (Featherweight)
  • Kim Jung Joo (Welterweight)
  • Ok Sung Lee (Flyweight)
  • Myung Hoon Shin (Lightwelterweight) - Silver
  • Hak Sung Song (Light Heavyweight) - Silver
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