Korea at the 2018 Asian Games

Korea at the
2018 Asian Games
Korea at the; 2018 Asian Games
	Korean Unification Flag
IOC code	COR
in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia; 18 August–2 September 2018
Competitors	60 in 3 sports
Flag bearers	Lim Yung-hui; (South Korea); Ju Kyong-chol; (North Korea)
Medals; Ranked 28th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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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 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

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

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	To Myong-suk Ri Hyang Jong Ye-song Cha Un-yong Hyun Jae-chan^M Lee Ye-lin Jang Hyun-jung Jo Min-ji Yun Un-jong Kim Su-hyang Ho Su-jong Cha Un-gyong Kang Cho-hee Choi Yu-seul Byun Eun-jeong Kim Hyeon-hee	Canoeing	Women's TBR-12 500 m	26 August
Silver	Kim Hye-yon Jang Mi-gyong Kang Lee-seul Lim Yung-hui Park Ji-su Kim So-dam Ro Suk-yong Park Hye-jin Kim Han-byul Choi Eun-sil Park Ha-na Park Ji-hyun	Basketball	Women's tournament	1 September
Bronze	To Myong-suk Ri Hyang Jong Ye-song Cha Un-yong Hyun Jae-chan^M Lee Ye-lin Jang Hyun-jung Jo Min-ji Yun Un-jong Kim Su-hyang Ho Su-jong Cha Un-gyong Kang Cho-hee Choi Yu-seul Byun Eun-jeong Kim Hyeon-hee	Canoeing	Women's TBR-12 200 m	25 August
Bronze	Kim Pu-song Jon Chung-hyok O In-guk Ri Yong-hyok Lee Hyeon-joo^W Park Cheol-min Shin Dong-jin Jung Hoon-seock Kim Jin-il Choe Kyong-uk Paek Won-ryol Yang Chol-jin Yeom Hee-tae An Hyun-jin Kim Yong-gil Shin Seong-woo	Canoeing	Men's TBR-12 1000 m	27 August

M man, W woman

Competitors

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

Sport	Men		Women		Total
Sport					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

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	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

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

Women's tournament

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
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

Lee Moon-kyu

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 v t e	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

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

Traditional boat race

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Pu-song Jon Chung-hyok O In-guk Ri Yong-hyok Lee Hyeon-joo^D Park Cheol-min Shin Dong-jin Jung Hoon-seock Kim Jin-il Choe Kyong-uk Paek Won-ryol Yang Chol-jin Yeom Hee-tae An Hyun-jin Kim Yong-gil Shin Seong-woo	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
To Myong-suk Ri Hyang Jong Ye-song Cha Un-yong Hyun Jae-chan^S Lee Ye-lin Jang Hyun-jung Jo Min-ji Yun Un-jong Kim Su-hyang Ho Su-jong Cha Un-gyong Kang Cho-hee Choi Yu-seul Byun Eun-jeong Kim Hyeon-hee	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

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