South Korea at the Asian Games

South Korea at the
Asian Games
South Korea at the; Asian Games
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	https://www.sports.or.kr/eng/index.do
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 745 Silver 663 Bronze 827 Total 2,235
Summer appearances
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;
Winter appearances
	1986; 1990; 1996; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2017;

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.

Asian Games[]

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games[]

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1954 Manila	3	8	6	5	19
1958 Tokyo	3	8	7	12	27
1962 Jakarta	5	4	9	10	23
1966 Bangkok	2	12	18	21	51
1970 Bangkok	2	18	13	23	54
1974 Tehran	4	16	26	15	57
1978 Bangkok	3	18	20	31	69
1982 New Delhi	3	28	28	37	93
1986 Seoul	2	93	55	76	224
1990 Beijing	2	54	54	73	181
1994 Hiroshima	3	63	56	64	183
1998 Bangkok	2	65	46	53	164
2002 Busan	2	96	80	84	260
2006 Doha	2	58	52	83	193
2010 Guangzhou	2	76	65	91	232
2014 Incheon	2	79	70	79	228
2018 Jakarta / Palembang	3	49	58	70	177
2022 Hangzhou	Future event
2026 Nagoya	Future event
2030 Doha	Future event
2034 Riyadh	Future event
Total	3	745	663	827	2235

Medals by sport[]

Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	1	42	25	16	83
Athletics	5	34	36	57	127
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
	5	1	0	1	2
Karate	19	0	0	9	9
Modern pentathlon	1	8	8	7	23
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	697	606	761	2064

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
	Archery	1986–1990	M	6	1	0	7
Nam Hyun-hee	Fencing	2002–2014	F	6	0	1	7
	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
	Soft tennis	1994–2006	M	5	3	2	10
	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 Games[]

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1986 Sapporo^[1]	3	1	5	12	18
1990 Sapporo^[2]	3	6	7	8	21
1996 Harbin^[3]	4	8	10	8	26
1999 Gangwon^[4]	2	11	10	14	35
2003 Aomori^[5]	2	10	8	10	28
2007 Changchun^[6]	3	9	13	11	33
2011 Astana / Almaty	3	13	12	13	38
2017 Sapporo / Obihiro	2	16	18	16	50
Total	4	74	83	92	249

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^[7]	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^[8]	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^[9]	3	10	6	3	19
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon^[10]	2	22	26	22	70
2017 Ashgabat	7	15	11	15	41
Total		78	78	79	235

Asian Beach Games[]

Medals by Games[]

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2008 Bali^[11]	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^[12]	2	20	17	17	54
2013 Nanjing^[13]	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
Total	2	152	150	157	459

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

References[]

^ Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1986
^ Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990
^ Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996
^ Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999
^ Overall Medal Standings - Aomori 2003
^ Overall Medal Standings - Changchun 2007
^ Overall Medal Standings - Hong Kong 2009 Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2005
^ Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2009
^ Overall Medal Standings - Incheon 2013 Archived 2013-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ Overall Medal Standings - Bali 2008
^ Overall Medal Standings - Singapore 2009 Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ Overall Medal Standings - Nanjing 2013 Archived 2013-09-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

sports123.com
(in Korean) Asian Winter Games at KOC website

[1] Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1986

[2] Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990

[3] Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996

[4] Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999

[5] Overall Medal Standings - Aomori 2003

[6] Overall Medal Standings - Changchun 2007

[7] Overall Medal Standings - Hong Kong 2009 Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2005

[9] Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2009

[10] Overall Medal Standings - Incheon 2013 Archived 2013-09-11 at the Wayback Machine

[11] Overall Medal Standings - Bali 2008

[12] Overall Medal Standings - Singapore 2009 Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

[13] Overall Medal Standings - Nanjing 2013 Archived 2013-09-12 at the Wayback Machine

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Contents

Asian Games[]

Medals by Games[]

Medals by sport[]

Medals by individual[]

Asian Winter Games[]

Medals by Games[]

Medals by sport[]

East Asian Games[]

Medals by Games[]

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games[]

Medals by Games[]

Asian Beach Games[]

Medals by Games[]

Asian Youth Games[]

Medals by Games[]

Asian Para Games[]

Medals by Games[]

Asian Youth Para Games[]

Medals by Games[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]