South Korea at the Olympics

The first Korean athletes to win medals did so at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, when Sohn Kee-chung and Nam Sung-yong won gold and bronze respectively in the men's marathon. However, as Korea was under Japanese rule at that time, and, since both athletes were members of the Japanese team, the IOC credits both medals to Japan.

South Korea won its first medals as an independent nation at its first appearance in 1948, and won its first gold medal in 1976. South Korean athletes have won a total of 267 medals at the Summer Games, with the most gold medals won in archery, and 70 medals at the Winter Games, a majority in short track speed skating. The nation has won more medals in this winter sport than any other nation since it was introduced to the Olympic program in 1992.

The National Olympic Committee for Korea is the Korean Olympic Committee, and was founded in 1946 and recognized in 1947.

During the 1998-2007 Sunshine Policy era, South Korea and North Korea symbolically marched as one team at the opening ceremonies of the 2000, 2004 and 2006 Olympics, but competed separately.

The Republic of Korea has hosted the Games on two occasions:

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

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1948 London 50 0 0 2 2 32 1952 Helsinki 19 0 0 2 2 37 1956 Melbourne 35 0 1 1 2 29 1960 Rome 36 0 0 0 0 – 1964 Tokyo 154 0 2 1 3 27 1968 Mexico City 54 0 1 1 2 36 1972 Munich 42 0 1 0 1 33 1976 Montreal 50 1 1 4 6 19 1980 Moscow did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 175 6 6 7 19 10 1988 Seoul 401 12 10 11 33 4 1992 Barcelona 226 12 5 12 29 7 1996 Atlanta 300 7 15 5 27 10 2000 Sydney 281 8 10 10 28 12 2004 Athens 264 9 12 9 30 9 2008 Beijing 267 13 11 8 32 7 2012 London 248 13 9 8 30 5 2016 Rio de Janeiro 204 9 3 9 21 8 2020 Tokyo future event 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles Total 90 87 90 267 15

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1948 St. Moritz 3 0 0 0 0 – 1952 Oslo did not participate 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Squaw Valley 7 0 0 0 0 – 1964 Innsbruck 7 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Grenoble 8 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Sapporo 5 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Innsbruck 3 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Lake Placid 10 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Sarajevo 15 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Calgary 28 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 23 2 1 1 4 10 1994 Lillehammer 24 4 1 1 6 6 1998 Nagano 38 3 1 2 6 9 2002 Salt Lake City 48 2 2 0 4 14 2006 Turin 41 6 3 2 11 7 2010 Vancouver 46 6 6 2 14 5 2014 Sochi 71 3 3 2 8 13 2018 Pyeongchang 122 5 8 4 17 7 2022 Beijing Future event 2026 Milan–Cortina Future event Total 31 25 14 70 15

Medals by summer sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Archery 23 9 7 39 Taekwondo 12 2 5 19 Judo 11 16 16 43 Wrestling 11 11 14 36 Shooting 7 8 1 16 Badminton 6 7 6 19 Fencing 4 2 5 11 Boxing 3 7 10 20 Weightlifting 3 6 6 15 Table tennis 3 3 12 18 Handball 2 4 1 7 Gymnastics 1 4 4 9 Swimming 1 3 0 4 Athletics 1 1 0 2 Baseball 1 0 1 2 Golf 1 0 0 1 Field hockey 0 3 0 3 Basketball 0 1 0 1 Football 0 0 1 1 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Totals (20 sports) 90 87 90 267

Medals by winter sport   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Short track speed skating 24 13 11 48 Speed skating 5 8 3 16 Figure skating 1 1 0 2 Skeleton 1 0 0 1 Bobsleigh 0 1 0 1 Curling 0 1 0 1 Snowboarding 0 1 0 1 Totals (7 sports) 31 25 14 70

On November 2, 2018, officials from both North and South Korea announced that their countries would participate at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan, as a unified Korean team.[3][4]

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• "South Korea". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

• South Korea at the Paralympics
• List of flag bearers for South Korea at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for South Korea
• South Korea at the Asian Games