North Korea at the 2006 Asian Games

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North Korea participated at the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar from 1 to 15 December 2006. North Korea ranked 16th in the medal table with 6 gold medals.[2]

It marched together with South Korea at the opening ceremony under the Korean Unification Flag, but both countries competed as separate teams at the event.

North Korea is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia[3] and has competed in the Asian Games since the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.[4]

Archery

North Korea sent three athletes to participate in archery, all of which were female.[5] As a team, North Korea finished fourth in recurve.[6] For the individual rankings, North Korea finished 10th and 11th.[7]

Boxing

Four North Korean pugilists went to the Games.[8] Kim Song-guk received the bronze medal in the Feather 57Kg category. Song-guk had a bye during the qualification round. In the preliminary and quarterfinal rounds, he won by RSCOS. In the semifinals, he lost by points.[9]

Athlete Event Qualification Preliminary Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Ref
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ro Sok Light flyweight (48 kg) BYE  Suban Pannon (THA)
L
Did not advance [10]
Kwak Hyok Ju Flyweight (51 kg)  Jitender Kumar (IND)
L
Did not advance [11]
Kim Won Guk Bantamweight (54 kg) BYE  Gu Yu (CHN)
W
 Joan Tipon (PHI)
L
Did not advance [12]
Kim Song-guk Featherweight (57 kg) BYE  Saqid Abdullatef (QAT)
W RSCOS
 Ahmed Ahmed Mayouf (KSA)
W RSCOS
 Sultonov Bahodirjon (UZB)
L PTS
Did not advance [13]

Wushu

Medalists

References

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