| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | South Korean | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1967 Pyeongchang, Gangwon, South Korea[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Kim Bong-yu (Korean: 김봉유; Hanja: 金奉猷; born 16 June 1967) is a South Korean middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2] He holds the South Korean national record for the indoor 1500 metres with his best of 3:47.95 minutes. He was the bronze medalist at the 1993 East Asian Games behind teammate Kim Soon-hyung and China's Lin Jun.[3]
He was the 1990 Asian Games gold medallist in the 800 m and a silver medalist in the 1500 m.[4][5][6] At the 1991 Asian Athletics Championships he was the 1500 m silver medallist behind Mohamed Suleiman.[7]
- ^ "90 스포츠 <2> 金奉猷(김봉유) 北京(북경)「金(김)」…무사안일 육상聯(연)에 경종". The Dong-a Ilbo. 3 December 1990.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kim Bong-yu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ East Asian Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ 11th Asian Games Gold Medal Tally. Beijing Review (15–21 October 1990), p. 8. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "육상 金奉猷(김봉유) 800m 金골인". The Dong-a Ilbo. 4 October 1990.
- ^ "金奉猷 1,500m 銀그쳐". The Dong-a Ilbo. 23 October 1991.
- ^ "金奉猷 1,500m 銀그쳐". The Dong-a Ilbo. 23 October 1991.