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 787 Silver 722 Bronze 916 Total 2,425
Summer appearances
1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Winter appearances
1986 1990 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2017 2025 2029

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 2,235 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 Games (the closest was in 1986 edition).

Asian Games

Source:^[1]

*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	71	178
2022 Hangzhou	3	42	59	89	190
2026 Nagoya	Future event
2030 Doha
2034 Riyadh
Total	3	787	722	916	2425

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
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
Go	2	3	0	1	4
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 Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1986 Sapporo^[2]	3	1	5	12	18
1990 Sapporo^[3]	3	6	7	8	21
1996 Harbin^[4]	4	8	10	8	26
1999 Gangwon^[5]	2	11	10	14	35
2003 Aomori^[6]	2	10	8	10	28
2007 Changchun^[7]	3	9	13	11	33
2011 Astana / Almaty	3	13	12	13	38
2017 Sapporo / Obihiro	2	16	18	16	50
2025 Harbin	2	16	15	14	45
2029 Trojena	Future event
Total	3	90	98	106	294

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
2026 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

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

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
2021 Manama	4	14	11	22	47
2025 Dubai	8	17	14	14	45
Total	6	69	50	59	178

References

"Team Republic of Korea - Profile | The 19th Asian Games". Archived from the original on 2023-09-20. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
"Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1986". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
"Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
"Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
"Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
"Overall Medal Standings - Aomori 2003". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
"Overall Medal Standings - Changchun 2007". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
Overall Medal Standings - Hong Kong 2009 Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
"Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
"Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 2009". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
Overall Medal Standings - Incheon 2013 Archived 2013-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
"Overall Medal Standings - Bali 2008". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
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 Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
(in Korean) Asian Winter Games at KOC website

South Korea at the Asian Games

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

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