South Korea at the Asian Games

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).

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

Asian Winter Games

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

East Asian Games

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

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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

Asian Para Games

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

Medals by Games
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