Korea at the 2018 Asian Games

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]

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

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	To Myong-suk Ri Hyang Jong Ye-song Cha Un-yong Hyun Jae-chanM 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-chanM 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-jooW 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

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M man, W woman

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

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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

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Summary

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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

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5x5 basketball

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

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women

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.

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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 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

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Group X

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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

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Source: OCA

15 August 18:30

Korea	108–40	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 25–8, 33–12, 21–9, 29–11
Pts: Ro 22 Rebs: Ro 8 Asts: Kim S. 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)

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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 21 Rebs: Huang P., Bao 7 Asts: Peng 8		Pts: Ro 32 Rebs: Kim H. 9 Asts: Lim 10

Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta Referees: Zhu Duan (CHN), Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN)

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20 August 10:00

Korea	104–54	India
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 27–10, 25–17, 30–15
Pts: Kang 17 Rebs: Park J.H. 7 Asts: Jang 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)

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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 19 Rebs: Park J.H., Ro 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 20 Rebs: Choi 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. 6 Asts: Peng 5		Pts: Park H.J., Lim, Ro 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 24 Rebs: Park J.S. 13 Asts: Park H.J. 6		Pts: Shao 17 Rebs: Liu, Li Yue. 10 Asts: Wang S. 5

Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta Referees: Snehal Bendke (IND), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN), Mohammad Doust (IRI)

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

Traditional boat race

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Pu-song Jon Chung-hyok O In-guk Ri Yong-hyok Lee Hyeon-jooD 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-chanS 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

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

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

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