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 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 | |
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).
Asian Games
Source:[1]
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by sport
| Sport | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 83 |
| Athletics | 5 | 34 | 36 | 58 | 128 |
| Badminton | 3 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 66 |
| Baseball | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Basketball | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| Board games | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Bodybuilding | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Bowling | 1 | 33 | 22 | 23 | 78 |
| Boxing | 1 | 59 | 25 | 30 | 114 |
| Canoeing | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 33 |
| Cue sports | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Cycling | 3 | 39 | 33 | 43 | 115 |
| Dancesport | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Diving | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 |
| Dragon boat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| Fencing | 2 | 46 | 42 | 34 | 122 |
| Football | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| Golf | 1 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 35 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 20 | 19 | 36 | 75 |
| Handball | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Hockey | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| Judo | 2 | 41 | 31 | 44 | 116 |
| Ju-jitsu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Karate | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| Roller sports | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Rowing | 3 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 36 |
| Rugby union | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sailing | 2 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 46 |
| Sepaktakraw | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Shooting | 2 | 63 | 90 | 90 | 243 |
| Soft tennis | 1 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 50 |
| Squash | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Swimming | 3 | 21 | 16 | 60 | 97 |
| Synchronized swimming | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 84 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 70 |
| Tennis | 2 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 51 |
| Triathlon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 3 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 29 |
| Water polo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 86 |
| Wrestling | 3 | 52 | 28 | 52 | 132 |
| Wushu | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| Total | 3 | 699 | 608 | 763 | 2070 |
Medals by individual
| Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Asian Winter Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by sport
| Sport | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 35 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Cross-country skiing | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Curling | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Figure skating | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ice hockey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Freestyle skiing | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Short-track speed skating | 1 | 34 | 35 | 27 | 96 |
| Ski jumping | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Ski orienteering | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Snowboarding | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Speed skating | 2 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 67 |
| Total | 4 | 74 | 83 | 92 | 249 |
East Asian Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Asian Beach Games
Medals by Games
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Asian Youth Games
Medals by Games
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Asian Para Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Archery410822
Athletics7101330
Badminton98926
Blind Football0011
Boccia48618
Cycling Road18111241
Goalball0112
Judo105823
Lawn Bowls148426
Para Dance Sport5016
Para Football 7-a-side0011
Para Shooting16101945
Para Tenpin Bowling2814749
Powerlifting2259
Rowing2114
Swimming14221955
Table Tennis16301965
Wheelchair Basketball1023
Wheelchair Fencing031619
Wheelchair Rugby0101
Wheelchair Tennis24410
Total152148156456
Medals per year
YearGoldSilverBronzeTotal
2018544446144
2014716177209
2010274333103
Total152148156456
Asian Youth Para Games
Medals by Games
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also
References
External links
- sports123.com[dead link]
- (in Korean) Asian Winter Games at KOC website