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 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

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

See also: Asian Games and All-time Asian Games medal table

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 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

See also: Asian Winter Games and All-time Asian Winter Games medal table

*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 Future event 2029 Trojena Future event 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

See also: 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

See also: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and Asian Indoor 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

See also: 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

See also: 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

See also: Asian Para Games and All-time Asian Para Games medal table

*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

See also: 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
Total		52	36	45	133

See also

• South Korea at the Olympics