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South Korea at the Olympics

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Template:Infobox Olympics South Korea South Korea (Republic of 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.

South Korean athletes have won a total of 215 medals at the Summer Games, with the most gold medals won in archery, and 31 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

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

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
Total 68 74 73 215

Medals by winter sport

Short track speed skating 18 7 5 30
Speed skating 3 3 1 7
Figure skating 1 0 0 1
Total 22 10 6 38

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

See also

References

  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
  • "Korean Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-05.