# 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.
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.

## 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

## Medalists

The following the unified Korean competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | To Myong-sukRi HyangJong Ye-songCha Un-yongHyun Jae-chan$^M$Lee Ye-linJang Hyun-jungJo Min-jiYun Un-jongKim Su-hyangHo Su-jongCha Un-gyongKang Cho-heeChoi Yu-seulByun Eun-jeongKim Hyeon-hee | Canoeing | Women's TBR-12 500 m | 26 August |
| Silver | Kim Hye-yonJang Mi-gyongKang Lee-seulLim Yung-huiPark Ji-suKim So-damRo Suk-yongPark Hye-jinKim Han-byulChoi Eun-silPark Ha-naPark Ji-hyun | Basketball | Women's tournament | 1 September |
| Bronze | To Myong-sukRi HyangJong Ye-songCha Un-yongHyun Jae-chan$^M$Lee Ye-linJang Hyun-jungJo Min-jiYun Un-jongKim Su-hyangHo Su-jongCha Un-gyongKang Cho-heeChoi Yu-seulByun Eun-jeongKim Hyeon-hee | Canoeing | Women's TBR-12 200 m | 25 August |
| Bronze | Kim Pu-songJon Chung-hyokO In-gukRi Yong-hyokLee Hyeon-joo$^W$Park Cheol-minShin Dong-jinJung Hoon-seockKim Jin-ilChoe Kyong-ukPaek Won-ryolYang Chol-jinYeom Hee-taeAn Hyun-jinKim Yong-gilShin 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 | Men | Women | 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
### Summary

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

#### Women's tournament
##### Roster

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

##### Group X

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 263 | 291 | −28 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 233 | 374 | −141 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | India | 4 | 0 | 4 | 242 | 336 | −94 | 4 | |
* 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 | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kim Pu-songJon Chung-hyokO In-gukRi Yong-hyokLee Hyeon-joo$^D$Park Cheol-minShin Dong-jinJung Hoon-seockKim Jin-ilChoe Kyong-ukPaek Won-ryolYang Chol-jinYeom Hee-taeAn Hyun-jinKim Yong-gilShin Seong-woo | Men's TBR-12 200 m | 52.991 | 3 Q | Bye | Bye | 53.006 | 4 FB | 53.651 | 7 |
| Kim Pu-songJon Chung-hyokO In-gukRi Yong-hyokLee Hyeon-joo$^D$Park Cheol-minShin Dong-jinJung Hoon-seockKim Jin-ilChoe Kyong-ukPaek Won-ryolYang Chol-jinYeom Hee-taeAn Hyun-jinKim Yong-gilShin Seong-woo | Men's TBR-12 500 m | 2:16.112 | 3 Q | Bye | Bye | 2:16.416 | 4 FB | 2:20.837 | 7 |
| Kim Pu-songJon Chung-hyokO In-gukRi Yong-hyokLee Hyeon-joo$^D$Park Cheol-minShin Dong-jinJung Hoon-seockKim Jin-ilChoe Kyong-ukPaek Won-ryolYang Chol-jinYeom Hee-taeAn Hyun-jinKim Yong-gilShin Seong-woo | 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-sukRi HyangJong Ye-songCha Un-yongHyun Jae-chan$^S$Lee Ye-linJang Hyun-jungJo Min-jiYun Un-jongKim Su-hyangHo Su-jongCha Un-gyongKang Cho-heeChoi Yu-seulByun Eun-jeongKim Hyeon-hee | Women's TBR-12 200 m | 57.362 | 3 Q | Bye | Bye | 56.861 | 2 FA | 56.851 | |
| To Myong-sukRi HyangJong Ye-songCha Un-yongHyun Jae-chan$^S$Lee Ye-linJang Hyun-jungJo Min-jiYun Un-jongKim Su-hyangHo Su-jongCha Un-gyongKang Cho-heeChoi Yu-seulByun Eun-jeongKim Hyeon-hee | Women's TBR-12 500 m | 2:24.044 | 1 Q | Bye | 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 | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | 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 |