South Korea at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
# South Korea at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

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.

## Team selection

| Event | Athletes | 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 | |

## Results

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats Qualification | Heats Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Park Tae-kyong | 110 m hurdles | 13.93 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | DNF |
| Hwang Jun-Hyeon | Marathon | | | | | DNS | 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 | Did not advance |
| Kim Deok-hyeon | Triple jump | 16.58 | 24 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kim Yoo-suk | Pole vault | 5.55 (SB) | 19 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Park Jae-myong | Javelin throw | 78.16 | 18 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jung Sang-jin | Javelin throw | 72.80 | 36 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats Qualification | Heats Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | 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 | DNF |
| Jung Soon-ok | Long jump | 6.49 | 14 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lim Eun-ji | Pole vault | 4.10 | 29 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance |
