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Largest city: Seoul
Official languages: Korean
National languages: Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
Total area: 38,023 miles² (98,480 km²)
2008 Estimated population: 49,232,844 people

South Korea Medal Count

Gold 13
Silver 10
Bronze 8
Total 31

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Medal	Sport	Event	Athlete
Bronze	Boxing	Welterweight (64-69 kg)	Jungjoo Kim
Gold	Taekwondo	Men's Heavyweight (Over 80 kg)	Dongmin Cha
Gold	Baseball	Men
Bronze	Handball	Women
Gold	Taekwondo	Women's Welterweight (57-67 kg)	Kyungseon Hwang
Gold	Taekwondo	Men's Featherweight (58-68 kg)	Taejin Son
Gold	Taekwondo	Women's Featherweight (49-57 kg)	Sujeong Lim
Silver	Gymnastics	Men's Parallel Bars	Wonchul Yoo
Bronze	Table Tennis	Men's Team	Seung Min Ryu, Sang Eun Oh, Jung Woo Lee, Jae Young Yoon
Gold	Badminton	Mixed Doubles	Yongdae Lee, Hyojung Lee
Bronze	Table Tennis	Women's Team	Hyun Jung Moon, Kyung Ah Kim, Ye Seo Dang, Mi Young Park
Bronze	Badminton	Men's Doubles	Jiman Hwang, Jaejin Lee
Gold	Weightlifting	Women's Over 75 kg	Miran Jang
Silver	Badminton	Women's Doubles	Hyojung Lee, Kyungwon Lee
Silver	Archery	Men's Individual (70 Meter)	Kyung-Mo Park
Bronze	Judo	Women's Half Heavyweight (70-78 kg)	Gyeongmi Jeong
Silver	Archery	Women's Individual (70 Meter)	Sung-Hyun Park
Bronze	Archery	Women's Individual (70 Meter)	Ok-Hee Yun
Gold	Weightlifting	Men's 69-77 kg	Jaehyouk Sa
Silver	Judo	Men's Half Middleweight (73-81 kg)	Jaebum Kim
Bronze	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Under 55 kg	Eunchol Park
Gold	Shooting	Men's 50-Meter Free Pistol (60 Shots)	Jong Oh Jin
Silver	Fencing	Women's Individual Foil	Hyunhee Nam
Silver	Judo	Men's Lightweight (66-73 kg)	Kichun Wang
Gold	Archery	Men's Team	Dong-Hyun Im, Chang-Hwan Lee, Kyung-Mo Park
Gold	Archery	Women's Team	Sung-Hyun Park, Ok-Hee Yun, Hyun-Jung Joo
Silver	Weightlifting	Women's 48-53 kg	Jinhee Yoon
Gold	Judo	Men's Extra Lightweight (Under 60 kg)	Minho Choi
Silver	Shooting	Men's 10-Meter Air Pistol (60 Shots)	Jong Oh Jin

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Overall Medal Count
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Flag of United States	36	38	36	110
2	Flag of China	51	21	28	100
3	Flag of Russia	23	21	28	72
4	Flag of Britain	19	13	15	47
5	Flag of Australia	14	15	17	46
6	Flag of Germany	16	10	15	41
7	Flag of France	7	16	17	40
8	Flag of South Korea	13	10	8	31

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