At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which ended on the 8th, Kim Yeon-kyung of women's volleyball took first place as the player who performed the most impressive performance among the Korean national team.
According to a poll on the 'Tokyo Olympics seen by Koreans' published by Gallup Korea, Kim Yeon-kyung was selected as the athlete with the most impressive performance from 63% of the total respondents, and took first place in this category.
After Kim Yeon-kyung, Ansan, who won the first three gold medals in archery history, took second place with 35%, and Kim Je-deok, who won two archery titles, was third with 13%.
This ranking was based on the results of a telephone survey of 1,02 adults nationwide from the 10th to the 12th, and allowed up to two free responses.
Sanghyuk Woo, 4th in the athletics high jump, ranked 4th in this survey with 11%, and Seonwoo Hwang, 5th in the men's 100m freestyle swimming, ranked 5th with 7%.
At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Park In-bee (29%), Park Sang-young (24%), and Kim Yeon-kyung (18%) were in order.
When asked about the sport they saw interestingly, volleyball took the overwhelming first place at 68%, followed by archery at 44%, fencing at 9%, and baseball at 8%.
Regarding the performance of Korea, which ranked 16th in the medal ranking with 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 10 bronze medals, 31% of the respondents answered that the results were below expectations, and again, 31% evaluated that the results were as expected.
25% of the respondents answered that they exceeded their expectations.
At the 2012 London Olympics (Gold 13th and 5th place), 87% exceeded expectations and 1% were below expectations. Below 17%.
When asked whether they enjoyed life during the Olympics, 53% of respondents answered that 'life was more enjoyable because of the Olympics' and 37% answered 'not so'.
In London in 2012, 84% said it was fun and 15% said it was not, and in Rio 2016, 55% said it was fun and 36% said it was not.
This survey was conducted with a telephone surveyor interview randomly selected from the mobile phone RDD sample frame (including 15% home phone RDD). points (95% confidence level).
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