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South Korea first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, although South Korean athletes had appeared before as part of Japan. The nation has also appeared at almost every edition of the Winter Olympic Games since St. Moritz 1948, only missing out on Oslo 1952.

South Korea has won over 350 medals at the Olympic Games, of which most in Short Track, Judo, Archery, and Wrestling. The nation has won 79 medals at the Winter Olympic Games, of which the big majority in short track and speed skating.

The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee was created recognized in 1947.

Medal Table[]

Medals by Summer Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
London 1948 50 0 0 0 2 32
Helsinki 1952 19 0 0 2 2 37
Melbourne 1956 35 0 1 1 2 29
Rome 1960 36 0 0 0 0
Tokyo 1964 154 0 2 1 3 27
Mexico City 1968 54 0 1 1 2 36
Munich 1972 42 0 1 0 1 33
Montreal 1976 50 1 1 4 6 19
Moscow 1980 Did not participate
Los Angeles 1984 175 6 6 7 19 10
Seoul 1988 401 12 10 11 33 4
Barcelona 1992 226 12 5 12 29 7
Atlanta 1996 300 7 15 5 27 10
Sydney 2000 281 8 10 10 28 12
Athens 2004 264 9 12 9 30 9
Beijing 2008 267 13 11 8 32 7
London 2012 248 13 9 8 30 5
Rio de Janeiro 2016 204 9 3 9 21 8
Tokyo 2020 237 6 4 10 20 16
Total 96 91 100 287

Medals by Winter Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
St. Moritz 1948 3 0 0 0 0
Oslo 1952 Did not participate
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 4 0 0 0 0
Squaw Valley 1960 7 0 0 0 0
Innsbruck 1964 7 0 0 0 0
Grenoble 1968 8 0 0 0 0
Sapporo 1972 5 0 0 0 0
Innsbruck 1976 3 0 0 0 0
Lake Placid 1980 10 0 0 0 0
Sarajevo 1984 15 0 0 0 0
Calgary 1988 28 0 0 0 0
Albertville 1992 23 2 1 1 4 10
Lillehammer 1994 24 4 1 1 6 6
Nagano 1998 38 3 1 2 6 9
Salt Lake City 2002 48 2 2 0 4 14
Turin 2006 41 6 3 2 12 7
Vancouver 2010 46 6 6 2 14 5
Sochi 2014 71 3 3 2 8 13
Pyeongchang 2018 122 5 8 4 17 7
Beijing 2022 65 2 5 2 9 14
Total 33 30 19 79

Medals by Sport[]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery 27 9 7 43
Short Track 26 16 11 53
Taekwondo 12 3 7 22
Judo 11 17 18 46
Wrestling 11 11 14 36
Shooting 7 9 1 17
Badminton 6 7 7 20
Speed Skating 5 10 5 20
Fencing 5 3 8 16
Boxing 3 7 10 20
Weightlifting 3 6 6 15
Table Tennis 3 3 12 18
Gymnastics 2 4 5 11
Handball 2 4 1 7
Swimming 1 3 0 4
Athletics 1 1 0 2
Figure Skating 1 1 0 2
Baseball 1 0 1 2
Golf 1 0 0 1
Skeleton 1 0 0 1
Hockey 0 3 0 3
Basketball 0 1 0 1
Bobsleigh 0 1 0 1
Curling 0 1 0 1
Snowboarding 0 1 0 1
Football 0 0 1 1
Modern Pentathlon 0 0 1 1
Volleyball 0 0 1 1
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