Korea at the 2018 Asian Games

South Korea and North Korea competed in some events at the 2018 Asian Games as a unified team, under the title "Korea" (IOC code: COR, from French name "Corée"). Both nations also marched together under a unified flag during the opening and closing ceremonies.[3]

Korea at the
2018 Asian Games
Refer to caption
IOC codeCOR
in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia
18 August–2 September 2018
Competitors60 in 3 sports
Flag bearers Lim Yung-hui[1]
(South Korea)
Ju Kyong-chol[2]
(North Korea)
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Korea claimed their first gold medal at the Games in the women's 500m canoeing event. The national folksong "Arirang" was played in the awarding ceremony.[4]

Background

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In June 2018, representatives from both South Korea and North Korea agreed to march together under a unified flag and form combined teams to compete in the Asian Games, similar to what they did earlier in the year at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has stated that the size of the Unified Korea teams shall not exceed the athlete quota which applies to teams of other participating nations the Asian Games. The two countries agreed to field teams in full 5-a-side women's basketball, men's and women's dragon boat, and men's and women's rowing[5]

Medalists

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The following the unified Korean competitors won medals at the Games.[6] In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold
Canoeing Women's TBR-12 500 m 26 August
  Silver Basketball Women's tournament 1 September
  Bronze Canoeing Women's TBR-12 200 m 25 August
  Bronze Canoeing Men's TBR-12 1000 m 27 August

M man, W woman

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
       
Basketball 0 0 3 10 13
Canoeing 8 8 8 8 32
Rowing 6 7 1 1 15
Total 14 15 12 19 60

Basketball

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Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinals / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Korea women's Women's tournament   Indonesia
W 108–40
  Chinese Taipei
L 85–87
  India
W 104–54
  Kazakhstan
W 57–85
2 Q   Thailand
W 106–63
  Chinese Taipei
W 89–66
  China
L 65–71
 

5x5 basketball

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Korea women's team drawn in group X at the Games.[7]

Women's tournament

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Roster

The following is the unified Korea roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[8] Kwak Joo-yeong from South Korea did not play.

Korea women's national basketball team – 2018 Asian Games roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F 1 Kang Lee-seul 24 – (1994-04-05)April 5, 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Bucheon KEB Hana Bank  
G 2 Park Ji-hyun 18 – (2000-04-07)April 7, 2000 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Soongeui Girls' High School  
G 3 Kim Hye-yon 20 – (1998-02-16)February 16, 1998 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)  
G 5 Park Hye-jin 28 – (1990-07-22)July 22, 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Asan Woori Bank Wibee  
F 6 Choi Eun-sil 23 – (1994-08-17)August 17, 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Asan Woori Bank Wibee  
G 7 Jang Mi-gyong 25 – (1992-11-04)November 4, 1992 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)  
G 10 Park Ha-na 27 – (1990-09-14)September 14, 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Yongin Samsung Blueminx  
F 11 Lim Yung-hui (C) 38 – (1980-05-29)May 29, 1980 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Asan Woori Bank Wibee  
C 12 Ro Suk-yong 25 – (1993-01-28)January 28, 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)  
C 13 Kim So-dam 25 – (1993-01-04)January 4, 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Guri KDB Life Winnus  
C 19 Park Ji-su 19 – (1998-12-06)December 6, 1998 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Las Vegas Aces  
F 35 Kim Han-byul 31 – (1986-11-21)November 21, 1986 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Yongin Samsung Blueminx  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Jong Song-sim
  •   Ha Sook-rye
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized player
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 August 2018
Group X
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 358 239 +119 8 Quarterfinals
2   Korea 4 3 1 382 238 +144 7
3   Kazakhstan 4 2 2 263 291 −28 6
4   Indonesia 4 1 3 233 374 −141 5
5   India 4 0 4 242 336 −94 4
Source: OCA
15 August
18:30
Korea   108–40   Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 25–8, 33–12, 21–9, 29–11
Pts: Ro S.Y. 22
Rebs: Ro S.Y. 8
Asts: Kim S.D. 6
Pts: Christaline 17
Rebs: four players 4
Asts: Wongsohardjo, Sutjiono 2
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Zhu Duan (CHN), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Jun Horiuchi (JPN)

17 August
10:00
Chinese Taipei   87–85 (OT)   Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 22–17, 16–18, 14–15, Overtime: 14–12
Pts: Peng S.C. 21
Rebs: Huang P.J., Bao H.L. 7
Asts: Peng S.C. 8
Pts: Ro S.Y. 32
Rebs: Kim H.B. 9
Asts: Lim Y.H. 10
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Zhu Duan (CHN), Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN)

20 August
10:00
Korea   104–54   India
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 27–10, 25–17, 30–15
Pts: Kang L.S. 17
Rebs: Park J.H. 7
Asts: Jang M.G. 8
Pts: Kumari 14
Rebs: Jeena 10
Asts: Jeena 6
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Hadi Salem (IRI), Jun Horiuchi (JPN), Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA)

21 August
10:00
Kazakhstan   57–85   Korea
Scoring by quarter: 12–29, 17–18, 12–22, 16–16
Pts: Kolesnikova, Kondrakova 10
Rebs: Kondrakova 8
Asts: Astapenko 4
Pts: Ro S.Y. 19
Rebs: Park J.H., Ro S.Y. 7
Asts: Park H.J. 10
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN), Cui Zhexiong (CHN)
Quarterfinal
26 August
12:30
Korea   106–63   Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 32–8, 16–18, 30–26
Pts: Kang L.S. 20
Rebs: Choi E.S. 11
Asts: Park J.H. 8
Pts: Maihom 12
Rebs: Klanbut, Prajuapsook 6
Asts: four players 3
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Hadi Salem (IRI), Budi Marfan (INA), Cui Zhexiong (CHN)
Semifinal
30 August
10:00
Chinese Taipei   66–89   Korea
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 15–22, 12–22, 19–17
Pts: Chen Y.C. 11
Rebs: Huang Y.L. 6
Asts: Peng S.C. 5
Pts: Park H.J., Lim Y.H., Ro S.Y. 17
Rebs: Park J.S. 11
Asts: Park H.J. 10
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta
Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Hadi Salem (IRI)
Final
1 September
16:00
Korea   65–71   China
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 16–15, 15–20, 12–13
Pts: Lim Y.H. 24
Rebs: Park J.S. 13
Asts: Park H.J. 6
Pts: Shao T. 17
Rebs: Liu J.C., Li Y.R. 10
Asts: Wang S.Y. 5
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta
Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN), Mohammad Doust (IRI)

Canoeing

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The Korea team participated in both men's and women's dragon boat.

Traditional boat race
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men's TBR-12 200 m 52.991 3 Q Bye 53.006 4 FB 53.651 7
Men's TBR-12 500 m 2:16.112 3 Q Bye 2:16.416 4 FB 2:20.837 7
Men's TBR-12 1000 m 5:21.100 6 4:44.730 1 Q 4:40.013 2 FA 4:36.459  
Women's TBR-12 200 m 57.362 3 Q Bye 56.861 2 FA 56.851  
Women's TBR-12 500 m 2:24.044 1 Q Bye 2:27.203 1 FA 2:24.788  

Drummer (D) and Steerer (S) need not be of the same gender.

Rowing

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Korea participated in the following three events - the lightweight men's four, lightweight men's eight, and lightweight women's double sculls.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yun Chol-jin
Kim Chol-jin
Kim Su-min
Park Tae-hyun
Men's lightweight coxless four 7:12.74 4 7:08.12 4 FA 6:59.61 6
Ri Hyon-mong
Choe Myong-hak
Choe Kwang-guk
Jong Kwang-bok
Kang Ji-su
Kim Dong-hyeon
Kwon Seung-min
Myeong Su-seong
Hong Hun
Men's lightweight eight 6:28.62 3 6:29.49 3 FA 6:18.72 5
Kim Un-hui
Song Ji-sun
Women's lightweight double sculls 8:16.16 5 FA 8:17.45 6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jee, Ho (17 August 2018). "Unified Korean hoops captain says team training in great atmosphere". Yonhap. Seoul, South Korea. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. ^ Jee, Ho (18 August 2018). "Koreas march together at opening ceremony". Yonhap. Seoul, South Korea. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  3. ^ Shin, Hyonhee. "North, South Korea agree to joint teams for Asian Games". Reuters. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Asian Games: Unified Korea team grab historic gold in canoe race". Channel NewsAsia. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Koreas to field joint teams in 3 sports at Asian Games". Yonhap News Agency. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Korea > Medals > Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang". Archived from the original on 2018-08-26.
  7. ^ "'COR' makes debut in Asian Games draw". Olympic Council of Asia. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. ^ Kim, Gyeong-yun (1 August 2018). "AG 여자농구 단일팀 엔트리 확정…박지수 포함" (in Korean). Yonhap. Retrieved 22 August 2018.