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List of flag bearers for South Korea at the Olympics

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South Korea at the
Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
Medals
Gold
142
Silver
130
Bronze
127
Total
399
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Korea (2018)

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented South Korea at the Olympics.[1][2]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport
1 1948 Summer An Byeong-seok[a] Basketball [3]
2 1972 Summer Kim Ji-Hak Coach [2]
3 1984 Summer Ha Hyung-Joo Judo
4 1988 Winter Hong Kun-Pyo Cross-country skiing
5 1988 Summer Cho Yong-Chul Judo
6 1992 Winter Lee Young-ha Speed skating
7 1994 Winter Lee Joon-ho Short track speed skating
8 1996 Summer Choi Cheon-Sik Volleyball
9 1998 Winter Hur Seung-Wook Alpine skiing
10 2000 Summer Chung Eun-soon[b] Basketball
11 2002 Winter Hur Seung-Wook Alpine skiing
12 2004 Summer Ku Min-jung[b] Volleyball
13 2006 Winter Lee Bo-ra[b] Speed skating
14 2008 Summer Jang Sung-ho Judo
15 2010 Winter Kang Kwang-bae Bobsleigh
16 2012 Summer Yoon Kyung-shin Handball
17 2014 Winter Lee Kyou-hyuk Speed skating
18 2016 Summer Gu Bon-gil Fencing
19 2018 Winter Won Yun-jong[c] Bobsleigh
20 2020 Summer Hwang Sun-woo Swimming [4]
Kim Yeon-koung Volleyball
21 2022 Winter Kim A-lang Short track speed skating [5]
Kwak Yoon-gy
22 2024 Summer Kim Seo-yeong Swimming [6]
Woo Sang-hyeok Athletics

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Other sources on this page list Son Gi-Jeong as the 1948 flag bearer
  2. ^ a b c Team marched with North Korea under the Korean Unification Flag
  3. ^ South Korea didn't march at the Parade of Nations. Its delegates along with North Korea's marched in the opening ceremony as "Korea". South Korean bobsleigher Won Yun-jong along with North Korean ice hockey player Hwang Chung-gum were the flagbearers of the unified Korea team.[7]

References

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  1. ^ South Korea. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Flagbearers for Republic of Korea". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ^ "1948년 런던올림픽 한국대표단 기수는 故 안병석씨(Korean)". Kukmin Ilbo. July 9, 2012.
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Olympics' most powerful moment". NewsComAu. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-09.