Ham Bong-sil

Ham Bong-sil

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  North Korea
Asian Championships
	2002 Colombo	5000 m
	2002 Colombo	10,000 m
	2005 Incheon	10,000 m

Ham Bong-sil
Chosŏn'gŭl	함봉실
Revised Romanization	Ham Bongsil
McCune–Reischauer	Ham Pongsil

In this Korean name, the family name is Ham.

Ham Pong-sil (born 24 July 1974) is a North Korean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.

She is a three-time Pyongyang Marathon winner (2002, 2003, 2005).^[1]

After the Paris World Championships in 2003, she was appointed to a post in charge of track and field coaching in North Korea. She trained O Song Mi, among others.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  North Korea
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	8th	Marathon	2:27:07
2001	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	2nd	Marathon	2:29:44
	Universiade	Beijing, China	1st	Half marathon	1:15:24
2002	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	1st	Marathon	2:26:23
	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	1st	5000 m	15:42.88
			1st	10,000 m	34:44.92
	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	1st	Marathon	2:33:35
2003	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	1st	Marathon	2:27:48
	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	Marathon	2:25:31 = PB
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	—	Marathon	DNF
2005	Pyongyang Marathon	Pyongyang, North Korea	1st	Marathon	2:31:46
	Asian Championships	Incheon, South Korea	3rd	10,000 m	34:35.30

Personal bests

• 5000 metres - 15:37.5 min (2002) - national record.^[3]
• 10,000 metres - 34:35.30 min (2005)
• Half marathon - 1:12:47 hrs (2003)
• Marathon - 2:25:31 hrs (2003) - national record.

References

1. Marathoninfo - List of Pyongyang Marathon winners
2. "The One-time Athlete". Uriminzokkiri. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
3. North Korean athletics records Archived December 25, 2002, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Ham Pong-sil at World Athletics
• Ham Pong-sil at Olympedia