South Korea at the Paralympics

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South Korea at the
Paralympics
Flag of South Korea.svg
IPC code KOR
NPC Korean Paralympic Committee
Website www.kosad.or.kr (in Korean)
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
126 108 109 343
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Republic of Korea (South Korea) first participated at the Paralympic Games in 1968, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Paralympic Games since then. South Korea has also participated in every Winter Paralympic Games since the 1992 Games.[1]

With 343 medals, of which 126 gold, 108 silver and 109 bronze, South Korea (following the 2016 Summer Paralympics) has been ranked among the top twenty nations across the world in the all-time Paralympic Games medal tally.

Medal tables[edit]

Medals by Summer Games[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1968 Tel-Aviv 0 0 0 0 -
1972 Heidelberg 4 2 1 7 16
1976 Toronto 1 2 1 4 27
1980 Arnhem 2 2 1 5 26
1984 Stoke 0 2 2 4 37
1988 Seoul (host) 40 35 19 94 7
1992 Barcelona 11 15 18 44 12
1996 Atlanta 13 2 15 30 12
2000 Sydney 18 7 7 32 9
2004 Athens 11 11 6 28 16
2008 Beijing 10 8 13 31 13
2012 London 9 9 9 27 12
2016 Rio 7 11 17 35 20
Total 126 106 109 341

Medals by Winter Games[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1992 Tignes-Albertsville 0 0 0 0
1994 Lillehammer 0 0 0 0
1998 Nagano 0 0 0 0
2002 Salt Lake City 0 1 0 1
2006 Turin 0 0 0 0
2010 Vancouver 0 1 0 1
2014 Sochi 0 0 0 0
2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 2 3
Total 1 2 2 5

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Korea at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee