South Korea at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

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Medals
Ranked 23rd

Gold: 0
Silver: 0
Bronze: 1
Total: 1

South Korea at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	KOR
National federation	Korea Swimming Federation
Website	swimming.sports.or.kr (in Korean)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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South Korea competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.The country participated in all six disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Kim Su-ji	Diving	Women's 1 m springboard	13 July

Artistic swimming

South Korea entered 11 artistic swimmers.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lee Ri-young	Solo technical routine	77.4921	15	Did not advance
Lee Ri-young	Solo free routine	78.8000	16	Did not advance
Baek Seo-yeon Lee Ri-young	Duet technical routine	74.8296	31	Did not advance
Baek Seo-yeon Koo Ye-mo	Duet free routine	75.0333	33	Did not advance
Baek Seo-yeon Kim Ji-hye Kim Jun-hee Koo Ye-mo Lee Gabin Lee Jae-hyun Lee Ri-young Lee You-jin Kim So-jin (R) Song Min-ju (R)	Team technical routine	76.4096	17	Did not advance
Baek Seo-yeon Kim Ji-hye Kim Jun-hee Koo Ye-mo Lee Gabin Lee Jae-hyun Lee Ri-young Lee You-jin Kim So-jin (R) Shin Jeong-yun (R)	Team free routine	77.1667	18	Did not advance
Baek Seo-yeon Kim Ji-hye Kim Jun-hee Kim So-jin Koo Ye-mo Lee Gabin Lee Jae-hyun Lee You-jin Shin Jeong-yun Song Min-ju Lee Ri-young (R)	Free routine combination	77.7000	11 Q	78.8000	11

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

South Korea entered 8 divers.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Yeong-nam	1 m springboard	349.10	13	—		Did not advance
Woo Ha-ram	1 m springboard	396.10	3 Q	—		406.15	4
	3 m springboard	457.70	3 Q	430.65	11 Q	478.80	4
	10 m platform	485.15	4 Q	493.90	4 Q	477.25	6
Kim Yeong-taek	3 m springboard	356.65	33	Did not advance
Kim Yeong-taek	10 m platform	298.40	38	Did not advance
Kim Yeong-nam Woo Ha-ram	3 m synchronized springboard	376.47	5 Q	—		372.33	10
Kim Yeong-nam Woo Ha-ram	10 m synchronized platform	377.91	7 Q	—		401.67	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kwon Ha-lim	1 m springboard	217.80	17	—		Did not advance
Kim Su-ji	1 m springboard	238.95	8 Q	—		257.20
Kim Su-ji	3 m springboard	256.95	21	Did not advance
Cho Eun-bi	3 m springboard	221.15	40	Did not advance
Cho Eun-bi	10 m platform	263.45	23	Did not advance
Moon Na-yun	10 m platform	268.50	22	Did not advance
Cho Eun-bi Kim Su-ji	3 m synchronized springboard	257.52	11 Q	—		258.75	12
Cho Eun-bi Moon Na-yun	10 m synchronized platform	256.86	12 Q	—		261.12	10

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Kim Ji-wook Kim Su-ji	3 m synchronized springboard	249.90	15
Kim Ji-wook Kwon Ha-lim	10 m synchronized platform	247.20	7

Open water swimming

South Korea qualified four male and four female open water swimmers.^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Baek Seung-ho	5 km	57:05.3	48
Cho Jae-hoo	5 km	59:57.8	52
Jae Park	10 km	1:56:41.4	59
Park Seok-hyun	10 km	1:52:47.6	53

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ban Seon-jae	5 km	1:04:26.9	46
Jung Ha-eun	10 km	2:09:36.8	55
Lee Jeong-min	5 km	1:04:47.0	48
Lim Da-youn	10 km	2:07:50.9	53

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ban Seon-jae Park Seok-hyun Jung Ha-eun Jae Park	Team	58:59.0	18

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat	Semifinal	Final
Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cho Sung-jae	200 m breaststroke	2:13.48	30	Did not advance
Heo Hwan	50 m butterfly	24.63	48	Did not advance
Kim Min-seop	200 m butterfly	2:00.95	32	Did not advance
Kim Min-suk	200 m individual medley	2:02.36	29	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:22.06	21	—	Did not advance
Kim Woo-min	800 m freestyle	8:14.44	31	—	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:26.17	28	—	Did not advance
Lee Ho-joon	200 m freestyle	1:48.89	31	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:51.89	22	—	Did not advance
Lee Ju-ho	50 m backstroke	25.42	22	Did not advance
100 m backstroke	54.56	25	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	1:57.80	12 Q	1:57.68	11	Did not advance
Moon Jae-kwon	50 m breaststroke	27.57	23	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:01.24	31	Did not advance
Yang Jae-hoon	50 m freestyle	22.26	19	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	49.37	29	Did not advance
Yun Seok-hwan	100 m butterfly	53.64	34	Did not advance
Hwang Sun-woo Jang Dong-hyeok Park Seon-kwan Yang Jae-hoon	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:18.09	22	—	Did not advance
Lee Yoo-yeon Jang Dong-hyeok Hwang Sun-woo Lee Ho-joon	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:15.05 NR	18	—	Did not advance
Lee Ju-ho Moon Jae-kwon Yun Seok-hwan Yang Jae-hoon	4×100 m medley relay	3:36.97 NR	17	—	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat	Semifinal	Final
Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Back Su-yeon	50 m breaststroke	32.02	28	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:08.52	21	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:26.56	16 Q	2:26.29	13	Did not advance
Han Da-kyung	800 m freestyle	8:49.90	26	—	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	16:49.13	22	—	Did not advance
Im Da-sol	50 m backstroke	28.50	22	Did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:00.86	18	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:11.33	20	Did not advance
Jeong So-eun	50 m freestyle	25.40	=25	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	55.86	35	Did not advance
Jo Hyun-ju	200 m freestyle	2:03.16	32	Did not advance
Kim Seo-yeong	200 m individual medley	2:11.45	10 Q	2:10.21	7 Q	2:10.12	6
400 m individual medley	4:40.55	10	—	Did not advance
Park Su-jin	200 m butterfly	2:10.73	17	Did not advance
Park Ye-rin	50 m butterfly	26.75	24	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	58.99	21	Did not advance
Ryu Ji-won	400 m freestyle	4:21.70	32	—	Did not advance
Lee Kun-a Jeong So-eun Choi Ji-won Jung You-in	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:42.58	15	—	Did not advance
Choi Jung-min Jung Hyun-young Park Na-ri Jo Hyun-ju	4×200 m freestyle relay	8:08.38	12	—	Did not advance
Im Da-sol Back Su-yeon Park Ye-rin Jeong So-eun	4×100 m medley relay	4:03.38 NR	13	—	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat	Final
Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yang Jae-hoon Lee Kun-a Jeong So-eun Park Seon-kwan	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:31.20	13	Did not advance
Lee Ju-ho Moon Jae-kwon Park Ye-rin Jeong So-eun	4×100 m medley relay	3:50.89	17	Did not advance

Water polo

Men's tournament

Team roster^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	41	15	+26	5	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	1	2	0	44	26	+18	4	Playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	39	22	+17	3	Playoffs
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	0	3	11	72	−61	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

15 July 2019 09:50	Report	South Korea	3–26	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–7, 1–3, 2–9
		Kim Dong-hyeok 2	Goals	three players 4

17 July 2019 20:30	Report	Serbia	22–2	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–0, 4–1, 7–0
		Jakšić 5	Goals	Han H., Lee Seong. 1

19 July 2019 17:50	Report	South Korea	6–24	Montenegro	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 1–8, 3–6
		Han H., Lee Seonu. 2	Goals	Ivović 6

13th–16th place semifinals

21 July 2019 10:30	Report	South Korea	4–17	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 0–7, 1–2
		four players 1	Goals	Aubakirov 4

15th place game

23 July 2019 08:00	Report	South Korea	17–16	New Zealand	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 4–5, 3–2 PSO: 5–4
		Gwon Y-g 3	Goals	Lewis 4

Women's tournament

Team roster^[7]

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	65	23	+42	6	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	1	91	31	+60	4	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	2	46	35	+11	2	Playoffs
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	3	3	116	−113	0