List of flag bearers for South Korea at the Olympics

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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ a b c Team marched with North Korea under the Korean Unification Flag
  3. ^ Other sources on this page list Son Gi-Jeong as the 1948 flag bearer

References

  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. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  5. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  6. ^ "1948년 런던올림픽 한국대표단 기수는 故 안병석씨(Korean)". Kukmin Ilbo. July 9, 2012.
  7. ^ "Olympics' most powerful moment". NewsComAu. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
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