South Korea at the Olympics

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South Korea at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
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A South Korean volunteer at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad.

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

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

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Medal tables [edit]

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games [edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1948 London 0 0 2 2 32
1952 Helsinki 0 0 2 2 37
1956 Melbourne 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
2012 London 13 8 7 28 5
Total 81 82 80 243 16

Medals by Winter Games [edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 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 [edit]

     Leading in that sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery 19 9 6 34
Judo 11 14 15 40
Wrestling 11 11 13 35
Taekwondo 10 2 2 14
Badminton 6 7 5 18
Shooting 6 7 1 14
Boxing 3 7 10 20
Weightlifting 3 4 4 11
Table tennis 3 3 12 18
Fencing 3 2 4 9
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
Field hockey 0 3 0 3
Basketball 0 1 0 1
Football 0 0 1 1
Volleyball 0 0 1 1
Total 81 82 80 243

Medals by winter sport [edit]

     Leading in that sport

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

Most successful Olympians [edit]

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 [edit]

Summer Olympics [edit]

Nation 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12
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 [edit]

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 [edit]

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 [edit]

  1. ^ "Im Dong Hyun posts first world record of London 2012 Olympics". Olympics Metal Tally. UK. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012. 
  2. ^ "Im Dong Hyun posts first world record of London 2012 Olympics". Olympics Metal Tally. UK. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012. 

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