South Korea at the Asian Games | |
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IOC code | KOR |
NOC | Korean Olympic Committee |
Website | https://www.sports.or.kr/eng/index.do |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
Republic of Korea has competed at every celebration of the Asian Games except the 1951 Asian Games, including hosting the Summer Games in 1986, 2002, and 2014 and the Winter Games in 1999.
South Korean athletes have won a total of 2235 medals at the Asian Games and have won a total of 249 medals at the Asian Winter Games, with short-track speed skating and speed skating as the main medal-producing sports. However, South Korea never finished at the top of the medal table of an Asian Game (the closest was in 1986 edition).
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Medals by Games
| Medals by sport
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Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Park Tae-hwan | Swimming | 2006–2014 | M | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
Suh Jung-kyun | Equestrian | 1986–2006 | M | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Yang Chung-hoon | Archery | 1986–1990 | M | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Nam Hyun-hee | Fencing | 2002–2014 | F | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Park Byung-taek | Shooting | 1990–2010 | M | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
Lee Eun-chul | Shooting | 1986–1998 | M | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
Kim Jin-ho | Archery | 1978–1986 | F | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
You Young-dong | Soft tennis | 1994–2006 | M | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Hwang Sun-ok | Bowling | 2006–2002 | F | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Cho Ho-sung | Cycling | 1994–2010 | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Choi Jun-sang | Equestrian | 2002–2010 | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Jang Sun-jae | Cycling | 2006–2010 | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Medals by Games
| Medals by sport
|
Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1993 Shanghai | 3 | 23 | 28 | 40 | 91 |
1997 Busan | 3 | 45 | 38 | 51 | 134 |
2001 Osaka | 3 | 34 | 46 | 32 | 112 |
2005 Macau | 3 | 32 | 48 | 65 | 145 |
2009 Hong Kong [8] | 3 | 39 | 45 | 59 | 143 |
2013 Tianjin | 3 | 36 | 51 | 74 | 161 |
Total | 3 | 209 | 256 | 321 | 786 |
Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Asian Indoor Games | |||||
2005 Bangkok [9] | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
2007 Macau | 4 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 37 |
2009 Hanoi | 6 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 46 |
Asian Martial Arts Games | |||||
2009 Bangkok [10] | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | |||||
2013 Incheon [11] | 2 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 70 |
2017 Ashgabat | 7 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 41 |
Total | 5 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 235 |
Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2008 Bali [12] | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
2010 Muscat | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
2012 Haiyang | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
2014 Phuket | 4 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 37 |
2016 Danang | 23 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
2020 Sanya | Future event | ||||
Total | 5 | 22 | 35 | 45 | 102 |
Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2009 Singapore [13] | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 54 |
2013 Nanjing [14] | 2 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 52 |
2017 Hambantota | Cancelled | ||||
2021 Shantou | Future event | ||||
Total | 2 | 45 | 30 | 31 | 106 |
Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2010 Guangzhou | 3 | 27 | 43 | 33 | 103 |
2014 Incheon | 2 | 72 | 62 | 77 | 211 |
2018 Jakarta | 2 | 53 | 45 | 46 | 144 |
2022 Hangzhou | 4 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 103 |
Total | 2 | 182 | 183 | 197 | 562 |
Medals per sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery 4 10 8 22
Athletics 7 10 13 30
Badminton 9 8 9 26
Blind Football 0 0 1 1
Boccia 4 8 6 18
Cycling Road 18 11 12 41
Goalball 0 1 1 2
Judo 10 5 8 23
Lawn Bowls 14 8 4 26
Para Dance Sport 5 0 1 6
Para Football 7-a-side 0 0 1 1
Para Shooting 16 10 19 45
Para Tenpin Bowling 28 14 7 49
Powerlifting 2 2 5 9
Rowing 2 1 1 4
Swimming 14 22 19 55
Table Tennis 16 30 19 65
Wheelchair Basketball 1 0 2 3
Wheelchair Fencing 0 3 16 19
Wheelchair Rugby 0 1 0 1
Wheelchair Tennis 2 4 4 10
Total 152 148 156 456
Medals per year
Year Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 54 44 46 144
2014 71 61 77 209
2010 27 43 33 103
Total 152 148 156 456
Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2009 Tokyo | 7 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
2013 Kuala Lumpur | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
2017 Dubai | 8 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
Total | 38 | 25 | 23 | 86 |
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