South Korea at the Asian Games

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
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitehttps://www.sports.or.kr/eng/index.do
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
787
Silver
722
Bronze
916
Total
2,425
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

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

Medals by individual

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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

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East Asian Games

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Medals by Games

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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

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Medals by Games

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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

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Medals by Games

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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

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Medals by Games

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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

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Medals by Games

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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

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Medals by Games

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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

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References

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