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Sporting event delegation
South Korea at the
Paralympics
IPC codeKOR
NPCKorean Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.koreanpc.kr
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
134
Silver
126
Bronze
136
Total
396
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The 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.

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 around the world in the all-time Paralympic Games medal tally.

Medals

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1968 Tel-Aviv0000
1972 Heidelberg4217
1976 Toronto1214
1980 Arnhem2215
1984 Stoke Mandeville and New York City0224
1988 Seoul*40351994
1992 Barcelona11151844
1996 Atlanta1321530
2000 Sydney187732
2004 Athens1111628
2008 Beijing1081331
2012 London99927
2016 Rio7111735
2020 Tokyo2101224
2024 Paris6101430
Totals (15 entries)134126135395

Medals by Winter Games

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1992 Tignes-Albertville0000
1994 Lillehammer0000
1998 Nagano0000
2002 Salt Lake City0101
2006 Turin0000
2010 Vancouver0101
2014 Sochi0000
2018 Pyeongchang*1023
2022 Beijing0000
Totals (9 entries)1225

Medals by Summer Sport

Source:

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery 15 10 13 38
Athletics 27 23 21 71
Boccia 10 5 6 20
Cycling 3 6 5 14
Dartchery 0 1 0 1
Judo 4 2 8 14
Lawn Bowls 0 1 2 3
Powerlifting 7 8 5 20
Shooting 23 19 15 57
Swimming 7 2 6 15
Table Tennis 27 35 36 98
Weightlifting 2 0 1 3
Wheelchair Fencing 3 1 1 5
Total 128 116 121 365

Medals by Winter Sport

Source:

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1
Cross-country skiing 1 0 1 2
Para ice hockey 0 0 1 1
Wheelchair curling 0 1 0 1
Total 1 2 2 5

See also

References

  1. Korea at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ^ "Team Republic of Korea". Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
South Korea National sports teams of South Korea
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