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Archery
Since shooting their first arrow at the 1984 Games, the Korean women have dominated archery and their 20-year winning streak is unmatched by any other sport at the Olympics.
South Korea's women archers are arguably the greatest of the Olympic Games' sporting dynasties after winning an 11th straight title in Athens.
Since shooting their first arrow at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, the Korean women have completely dominated archery and their 20-year winning streak is unmatched by any other sport at the Olympics.
At the elegant home of the first modern Games, the Panathinaiko Stadium, the Koreans ruthlessly disposed of their opponents. On many occasions they would have outscored the men -- both sexes shoot at the same sized target from 70 metres.
The Koreans single-mindedly went about making sure their unblemished record remained intact in Athens.
Days went by without a smile and even after winning the individual title Park Sung-hyun showed little emotion. She simply embraced her team mate Lee Sung-jin.
So it was with relief as much as joy when Park, Lee and Yun Mi-jin exchanged high-fives, hugged, fell to their knees in a bow and wept after winning the teams competition.
Korea has no Olympic peer in archery. Since first competing at the Games in 1984, they have now won 14 golds.
Korean men won their third team gold, but the one black spot on the country's imperious record remained -- they have still to win the men's individual contest.
The trio of record-breaking men blew out before the semi-finals, paving the way for a surprise individual gold for Italy's Marco Galiazzo who beat Japan's Hiroshi Yamamoto in the final.
