Korea at the 2018 Asian Games


and North Korea competed in some events at the 2018 Asian Games as a unified team, under the title "Korea". 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 canoeing women's traditional boat race 500 m event. The national folksong "Arirang" sang in the awards 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 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.
MedalNameSportEventDate
CanoeingWomen's TBR-12 500 m
BasketballWomen's tournament
CanoeingWomen's TBR-12 200 m
CanoeingMen's TBR-12 1000 m

M man, W woman

Competitors

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

Basketball

;Summary

5x5 basketball

Korea women's team drawn in group X at the Games.

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group X
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Final

Canoeing

The Korea team participated in both men's and women's dragon boat.
;Traditional boat race
Drummer ' and Steerer ' 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.