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

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 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).

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

Medals by Games [edit] 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 Future event 2034 Riyadh Future event Total 3 787 722 916 2425

Medals by sport [edit] 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

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

Medals by Games [edit] 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 [edit] 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

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

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

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

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

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• (in Korean) Asian Winter Games at KOC website