South Korea at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

South Korea at the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
South Korea at the; 2009 World Championships in Athletics
WA code	KOR
National federation	Korea Association of Athletics Federations
Website	www.kaaf.or.kr
in Berlin
Competitors	18
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Championships in Athletics appearances
	1983; 1987; 1991; 1993; 1995; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019; 2022; 2023; 2025;
	← 2007 2011 →

WA codeKOR

National federationKorea Association of Athletics Federations

Websitewww.kaaf.or.kr

Competitors18

South Korea competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August. A team of 18 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition.

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
110 metres hurdles	Lee Jung-joon Park Tae-Kyong
Marathon	Lee Myong-seung Lee Myong-ki Yook Geuntae Ji Youngjun	Sun Suk Yun Park Ho-sun Lee Sun-Young
20 km walk	Park Chil-Sung Kim Hyun-Sub Byun Youngjun
Pole vault	Kim Yoo Suk	Lim Eun-Ji
Long jump	Kim Deok-Hyeon	Jung Soon-Ok
Triple jump	Kim Deok-Hyeon
Javelin throw	Park Jae-Myong Jung Sang-Jin

Athlete	Event	Heats Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Lee Jung-joon	110 m hurdles	13.83 (SB)	36	Did not advance
Park Tae-kyong	110 m hurdles	13.93	40	Did not advance
Lee Myong-seung	Marathon					2:21:54 (SB)	46
Lee Myong-ki	Marathon					2:35:12	65
Yook Geun-tae	Marathon					2:40:47	69
Ji Young-Jun	Marathon					DNF
Hwang Jun-Hyeon	Marathon					DNS
Park Chil-sung	20 kilometres walk					1:24:01	25
Kim Hyun-sub	20 kilometres walk					1:27:08	34
Byun Young-jun	20 kilometres walk					1:30:35	43
Kim Deok-hyeon	Long jump	7.99	15			Did not advance
Kim Deok-hyeon	Triple jump	16.58	24			Did not advance
Kim Yoo-suk	Pole vault	5.55 (SB)	19			Did not advance
Park Jae-myong	Javelin throw	78.16	18			Did not advance
Jung Sang-jin	Javelin throw	72.80	36			Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heats Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank	Time Width Height	Rank
Yun Sun-suk	Marathon					2:39:56	39
Park Ho-sun	Marathon					2:47:16	53
Lee Sun-young	Marathon					DNF
Jung Soon-ok	Long jump	6.49	14			Did not advance
Lim Eun-ji	Pole vault	4.10	29			Did not advance

v t e Nations at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
Africa	Algeria Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
North America	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States U.S. Virgin Islands
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

South Korea at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

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