South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games

South Korea participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. It was the 18th appearance of the country at the Asian Games, except the first edition in Delhi. As one of the best competitors at the Games, South Korea's best achievement was in the 2002 Busan, with the acquisition of 96 gold, 80 silver and 84 bronze medals. At the latest edition in 2014 Incheon, the country had collected 79 gold, 71 silver, and 84 bronze medals.

South Korea sent 779 athletes across 39 sports to compete in Jakarta and Palembang. Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KOC) is aiming to finish second for the sixth consecutive Asian Games with 65 gold medals, fewer than the Incheon Asian Games four years ago. South Korea marched along with North Korea under the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony, and have together fielded unified Korean teams in women's basketball, rowing and canoeing.

Medalists
The following South Korean competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.


 * Demonstration events

Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing South Korea that participated at the Games:


 * Demonstration events

Archery

 * Recurve
 * Oh Jin-hyek and Kang Chae-young took part in the ranking round.


 * Compound
 * Did not play.


 * Choi Yong-hee and So Chae-won took part in the ranking round.

Artistic swimming
FR: Reserved in free routine; RR: Reserved in technical and free routines; TR: Reserved in technical routine.

Athletics

 * Track
 * Did not play.


 * Road


 * Field


 * Combined

Badminton

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Baseball
The following is the South Korea roster for the men's baseball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 24 players was officially named on 11 June 2018.


 * Manager
 * Sun Dong-yol


 * Round 2 – Group B


 * Super round


 * Final

5x5 basketball
As the defending champion, South Korea men's team drawn in the group A at the competition.

Men's tournament
The following is the South Korea roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster


 * Group A


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal match

3x3 basketball
South Korea also set a men's and women's team that competed in the 3-on-3 basketball. The men's team placed in the pool B, and the women's team in the pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament
Korea Basketball Association (KBA) selected four athletes for the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster
 * An Young-jun
 * Yang Hong-seok
 * Kim Nak-hyeon
 * Park In-tae


 * Pool B


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Final

Women's tournament
The following is the South Korea roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster
 * Choi Gyu-hee
 * Kim Jin-yeong
 * Park Ji-eun
 * Kim Jin-hee


 * Pool D


 * Quarterfinal

Bowling

 * Men


 * Women

Boxing

 * Men


 * Women

Sprint
Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Track

 * Sprint

Riders who participated in the heats only and received medals.
 * Team sprint

Riders who entered the competition but did not participating in any phase of the team event.

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Riders who participated in the heats only and received medals.
 * Pursuit

Riders who entered the competition but did not participating in any phase of the team event.

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
 * Keirin


 * Omnium


 * Madison

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian

 * Dressage


 * Eventing


 * Jumping
 * 1) – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Esports (demonstration)

 * StarCraft II


 * League of Legends

Fencing

 * Individual


 * Team

Men's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Pool A


 * 5th place match

Women's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Pool B


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal match

Football
South Korea men's team were drawn in Group E at the Games, while the women's team in Group A.

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group E


 * Round of 16


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Final

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group A


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal match

Golf

 * Men


 * Women

Handball
South Korea men's team were drawn in group B, while the women's team in group A. The women's team was a champion in the last edition in 2014 Incheon.

Key:
 * ET – After extra time
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament

 * Preliminary round – Group B


 * Main round – Group II


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

 * Group A


 * Semifinal


 * Final

Ju-jitsu
South Korea entered the ju-jitsu competition with 1 men's and 1 women's athletes.

Key:
 * ADV – Won by advantages.
 * RDC – Won by referee decision.
 * SUB – Won by submission.
 * Men


 * Women

Judo
Key:
 * 1st number — Ippon
 * 2nd number — Waza-ari
 * H — Hansuke-make
 * s — Shido
 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Men's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Lee Dong-geon
 * Eom Tae-deok
 * Ok Yong-joo
 * Lee Jang-kun
 * Hong Dong-ju
 * Kim Dong-gyu
 * Park Chan-sik
 * Jo Jae-pil
 * Kim Seong-ryeol
 * Park Hyun-il
 * Kim Gyung-tae
 * Ko Young-chang


 * Group A


 * Semifinal


 * Final

Women's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Kim Ji-young
 * Kim Hee-jeong
 * Lee Hyun-jeong
 * Shin So-min
 * Pak Min-kyung
 * Park Ji-yi
 * Woo Hee-jun
 * Im Jae-won
 * Jo Hyun-a
 * Yoon Yu-ri
 * Hong Hye-min


 * Group B

Kurash

 * Men


 * Women

Modern pentathlon
South Korea entered four pentathletes (2 men's and 2 women's) at the Games.

Paragliding

 * Men


 * Women

Rowing

 * Men


 * Women

Rugby sevens
South Korea rugby sevens men's team entered the group C at the Games, while the women's team placed in group A.

Men's tournament
The following is the South Korea squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Team squad

Head coach: Choi Chang-ryul


 * Chang Yong-heung
 * Han Kun-kyu
 * Hwang In-jo
 * Jang Jeong-min
 * Jang Seong-min
 * Kim Gwong-min
 * Kim Hyun-soo
 * Kim Jeong-min
 * Kim Jin-hyeok
 * Kim Nam-uk
 * Kim Sung-soo
 * Lee Jae-bok


 * Group C


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal match

Women's tournament
The following is the South Korea squad in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Team squad

Head coach: Cho Sung-lyong


 * Baek Jie-un
 * Gwon Seul-gi
 * Heo Kyung-hee
 * Kim Yu-ri
 * Lee Min-hui
 * Lim Jae-won
 * Min Kyung-jin
 * Park Seong-bin
 * Park Su-ji
 * Seo Bo-hee
 * Shin Ye-lim
 * Yang Sol-hee


 * Group A


 * Quarterfinal


 * 5th–8th place semifinal


 * 7th place match

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Sepak takraw

 * Men


 * Women

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed team

Softball

 * Preliminary round

The top four teams will advance to the final round.

Sport climbing

 * Speed


 * Speed relay


 * Combined

Squash

 * Singles


 * Team

Swimming

 * Freestyle


 * Backstroke


 * Breaststroke


 * Butterfly


 * Medley

Table tennis

 * Individual


 * Team

Taekwondo

 * Poomsae


 * Kyorugi

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Triathlon
South Korea entered their triathletes to compete at the Games.


 * Individual


 * Mixed relay

Men's tournament
The following is the South Korean roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster

Head coach: Kim Ho-chul
 * Pool D


 * Playoff


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Final

Women's tournament
The following is the South Korean roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster

Head coach: Cha Hae-won
 * Pool B


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal match

Water polo
Key:
 * FT – After full-time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament
Head coach: Kim Jung-yeoul
 * Roster


 * 1) Lee Seung-hun (GK)
 * 2) Park Jeong-min (CB)
 * 3) Yoo Byeong-jin (D)
 * 4) Lee Seo-nuk (D) (C)
 * 5) Youn Young-gwan (CF)
 * 6) Choi Jin-jae (D)
 * 7) Kim Dong-hyeok (D)
 * 8) Kim Moon-soo (D)
 * 9) Chu Min-jong (D)
 * 10) Han Hyo-min (D)
 * 11) Gwon Dae-yong (D)
 * 12) Lee Seong-gyu (D)
 * 13) Jung Byeong-young (GK)


 * Group A


 * Quarterfinal


 * 5th–8th place semifinal


 * 5th place match

Weightlifting

 * Men


 * Women

Wrestling
Key:
 * F – Victory by fall.
 * PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
 * ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.


 * Men's freestyle


 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle

Wushu

 * Taolu

Key:
 * Sanda
 * TV – Technical victory.