14 August 2008 - Facts and Figures: ZHANG (CHN) ends Korean women's individual winning streak

Facts and Figures: ZHANG (CHN) ends Korean women's individual winning streak Beijing – 14 August 2008   ZHANG Juan Juan (CHN) won the Archery Women's Individual event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Thursday and so became the first non-Korean gold medallist in the event since 1984.   Ø      Since 1984, Korea has won 15 out of a possible 21 medals in this event. Ø      Had Korea won, they would have set the longest running NOC winning streak in an individual event. Ø      During the athletics competition at Beijing 2008, USA and Kenya could extend the longest running winning streak to seven in the men's 400m and the men's 3000m steeplechase respectively.   Korea in women's archery individual since 1984 Year Host city Gold Silver Bronze 2008 Beijing (CHN) ZHANG Juan Juan (CHN) PARK Sung-Hyun (KOR) YUN Ok-Hee (KOR) 2004 Athens (GRE) PARK Sung-Hyun (KOR) LEE Sung-Jin (KOR) Alison WILLIAMSON (GBR) 2000 Sydney (AUS) YUN Mi-Jin (KOR) KIM Nam-Soon (KOR) Kim Soo-Nyung (KOR) 1996 Atlanta (USA) KIM Kyung-Wook (KOR) HE Ying (CHN) Olena SADOVNYCHA (UKR) 1992 Barcelona (ESP) CHO Youn-Jeong (KOR) KIM Soo-Nyung (KOR) Natalia VALEEVA (EUN) 1988 Seoul (KOR) KIM Soo-Nyung (KOR) WANG Hee-Kyung (KOR) YUN Young-Sook (KOR) 1984 Los Angeles (USA) SEO Hyang-Soon (KOR) LI Lingjuan (CHN) KIM Jin-Ho (KOR)   Longest NOC winning streaks in individual events # Sport Gender Event NOC Start End 17 Athletics Men Pole Vault United States 1896 1968 12 Diving Men 3m Springboard United States 1920 1972 9 Fencing Men Individual Sabre Hungary 1924 1964 9 Athletics Men 110m Hurdles United States 1932 1972 8 Athletics Men High Jump United States 1896 1928 8 Diving Women 3m Springboard United States 1920 1956 8 Athletics Men Long Jump United States 1924 1960 7 Diving Men 10m Platform United States 1920 1952 7 Diving Women 10m Platform United States 1924 1956               6 Athletics Men 400m United States 1984 2004 6 Athletics Men 3000m Steeplechase Kenya 1984 2004 6 Archery Women Individual Korea 1984 2004   Note: bold denotes winning streaks that could continue   ONS pad/ds/adg

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