South Korea

Daehanminguk (Republic of Korea)
National Flag
Location on Map
IOC Code	KOR
Years Hosted Olympics	1988 Summer
Years Attended Olympics	Summer: 1948-76, 1984-2012 Winter: 1948, 1956-2010
Medals 2008 Summer	13 gold, 10 silver, 8 bronze
Medals 2010 Winter	6 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze
Total Olympic Medals
Gold	Silver	Bronze
91	88	81
National Olympic Committee
Korean Olympic Committee

Republic of Korea (South Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 which they boycotted. South Korea has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1948, except for the 1952 Games.

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

1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang

South Korean athletes have won a total of 215 medals at the Summer Games, with the most gold medals won in archery, and 45 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.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Rank
1948 London	0	0	2	2	32
1952 Helsinki	0	0	2	2	37
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	0	1	1	2	29
1960 Rome	0	0	0	0	-
1964 Tokyo	0	2	1	3	27
1968 Mexico City	0	1	1	2	36
1972 Munich	0	1	0	1	33
1976 Montreal	1	1	4	6	19
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	6	6	7	19	10
1988 Seoul (host nation)	12	10	11	33	4
1992 Barcelona	12	5	12	29	7
1996 Atlanta	7	15	5	27	10
2000 Sydney	8	10	10	28	12
2004 Athens	9	12	9	30	9
2008 Beijing	13	10	8	31	7
Total	68	74	73	215	17

Medals by Winter Games

Rank
1948 St. Moritz	0	0	0	0	-
1952 Oslo	did not participate
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	0	0	0	0	-
1960 Squaw Valley	0	0	0	0	-
1964 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	-
1968 Grenoble	0	0	0	0	-
1972 Sapporo	0	0	0	0	-
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	-
1980 Lake Placid	0	0	0	0	-
1984 Sarajevo	0	0	0	0	-
1988 Calgary	0	0	0	0	-
1992 Albertville	2	1	1	4	10
1994 Lillehammer	4	1	1	6	6
1998 Nagano	3	1	2	6	9
2002 Salt Lake City	2	2	0	4	14
2006 Turin	6	3	2	11	7
2010 Vancouver	6	6	2	14	5
Total	23	14	8	45	15

Medals by summer sport

Leading in that sport

Total	68	74	73	215
Archery	16	9	5	30
Wrestling	10	11	13	34
Judo	9	14	14	37
Taekwondo	9	1	2	12
Badminton	6	7	4	17
Boxing	3	6	10	19
Shooting	3	5	1	9
Weightlifting	3	4	4	11
Table tennis	3	2	12	17
Handball	2	4	1	7
Athletics	1	1	0	2
Fencing	1	1	1	3
Swimming	1	1	0	2
Baseball	1	0	1	2
Gymnastics	0	4	4	8
Field hockey	0	3	0	3
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	0	1	1

Medals by winter sport

Leading in that sport

Total	23	14	8	45
Short track	19	11	7	37
Speed skating	3	3	1	7
Figure skating	1	0	0	1

Most successful Olympians

Athlete	Sport	Type	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Kim Soo-Nyung	Archery	Summer	1988, 1992, 2000	4	1	1	6
Chun Lee-Kyung	Short Track Speed Skating	Winter	1992, 1994, 1998	4	0	1	5
Jin Jong-oh	Shooting	Summer	2004, 2008, 2012	3	2	0	5
Park Sung-Hyun	Archery	Summer	2004, 2008	3	1	0	4
Ahn Hyun-Soo	Short Track Speed Skating	Winter	2002, 2006	3	0	1	4
Jin Sun-Yu	Short Track Speed Skating	Winter	2006	3	0	0	3
Yun Mi-Jin	Archery	Summer	2000, 2004	3	0	0	3
Kim Ki-Hoon	Short Track Speed Skating	Winter	1992, 1994	3	0	0	3

Participated event by competition

Summer Olympics

Nation	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	84	88	92	96	00	04	08
Archery									•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Athletics	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Badminton							d			e	•	•	•	•	•
Baseball		d	d		d				d	d		•	•		•
Basketball	•		•		•	•			•	•		•	•	•	•
Bowling										d
Boxing	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Canoeing and kayaking									•	•	•	•	•		•
Cycling	•	•	•	•	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Diving				•	•	•			•	•		•	•		•
Equestrian		•		•	•					•	•			•	•
Fencing					•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Field hockey										•	•	•	•	•	•
Football	•				•					•	•	•	•	•	•
Gymnastics				•	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Handball									•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Judo					•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Modern pentathlon					•				•	•	•	•		•	•
Rowing					•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Sailing									•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Shooting			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Swimming					•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Synchronized Swimming										•			•	•
Table tennis										•	•	•	•	•	•
Taekwondo										d	d		•	•	•
Tennis						d			d	•	•	•	•	•	•
Volleyball					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Water Polo										•
Weightlifting	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Wrestling	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•

d : demonstration sports
e : exhibition sports

Winter Olympics

Event	48	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10
Alpine skiing			•	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•
Biathlon									•	•	•		•	•	•	•
Bobsleigh																•
Cross-country skiing			•	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Figure skating					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•
Freestyle skiing															•	•
Luge													•	•	•	•
Short track speed skating										d	•	•	•	•	•	•
Skeleton														•	•	•
Ski jumping													•	•	•	•
Snowboarding																•
Speed skating	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•

d : Demonstration sports

World records in London Olympics, 2012

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics#World records

Date	Event	Athlete	Ref
27 July 2012	Archery – Men's individual	Im Dong-Hyun	Scored a world record of 699 in the ranking round	^[1]
27 July 2012	Archery – Men's team	Im Dong-Hyun, Kim Bub-Min, Oh Jin-Hyek	Scored a world record of 2087 in the ranking round	^[2]

References

↑ Im Dong Hyun posts first world record of London 2012 Olympics. Olympics Metal Tally (27 July 2012). Retrieved on 27 July 2012.
↑ Im Dong Hyun posts first world record of London 2012 Olympics. Olympics Metal Tally (27 July 2012). Retrieved on 27 July 2012.

Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-10-05.
Korean Olympic Committee. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2011-08-08.

[1] Im Dong Hyun posts first world record of London 2012 Olympics. Olympics Metal Tally (27 July 2012). Retrieved on 27 July 2012.

[2] Im Dong Hyun posts first world record of London 2012 Olympics. Olympics Metal Tally (27 July 2012). Retrieved on 27 July 2012.

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