| South Korea at the 2019 Military World Games | |
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| IOC code | KOR |
| in Wuhan, China 18 October 2019 – 27 October 2019 | |
| Medals Ranked 16th |
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South Korea competed at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China from 18 to 27 October 2019. According to the official results athletes representing South Korea won three gold medals, 10 silver medals and 11 bronze medals; instead the medal count appears to be 21 rather than 24 (see below). The country finished in 16th place in the medal table.
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  |  |  | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fencing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Modern pentathlon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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