Korean Sport & Olympic Committee


The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea for the Olympic Games movement and inbound sports issue. It is a non-profit organization that selects players and teams to represent the nation, and raises funds to send them to Olympic events organized by the International Olympic Committee. It was part of Korea Sports Council which was established in 1920, but two organizations were merged in 2009. Korean Olympic Committee merged with the Korea Council of Sport for All since March 2016 and renamed as Korean Sport & Olympic Committee since late November 2016 but the emblem of the Committee and the name in Korean are remaining the same as previous.

List of presidents

PresidentTerm
Ye Un-hyeng1947
Jung Hwan-bum1948
Sin Ik-hee1948-1949
Sin Hung-woo1949-1951
Jo Ok-Byeng1951-1952
Lee Ki-boong1952-1960
Kim Dong-ha1961-1962
Lee Ju-Il1962
Lee Hyo1962-1964
Lee Sang-beck1964-1966
Chang Ki-young1966-1968
Min Gwan-sik1968-1970
Kim Yong-woo1971
Kim Taek-soo1974-1976
Park Chong-kyu1979-1980
Jo Sang-ho1980-1982
Jung Ju-young1982-1984
No Tae-woo1984-1985
Kim Jong-ha1985-1989
Kim Jong-yeol1989-1993
Kim Un-yong1993-2002
Lee Yun-taek2002-2005
Kim Jung-gil2005-2008
Lee Yun-taek2008-2009
Park Yong-sung2009-2013
Kim Jung-haeng2013-2016
Lee Kee-heung2016-present

IOC Members

MemberTerm
Lee Ki-boong1955-1960
Lee Sang-baek1964-1960
Chang Ki-young1967-1977
Kim Taek-soo1977-1983
Park Chong-kyu1984-1985
Kim Un-yong1986-2005
Lee Kun-hee1996-2017
Park Yong-sung2002-2007
Moon Dae-sung2008-2016
Ryu Seung-min2016-present
Lee Kee-heung2019-present

Korean Sports Hall of Fame

Source:
AthleteSportGenderYear
Sohn Kee-chung AthleticsMale2011
Kim Seong-jip WeightliftingMale2011
Suh Yun-bok AthleticsMale2014
Min Kwan-sikAdministrationMale2014
Chang Chang-sun WrestlingMale2014
Yang Jung-mo WrestlingMale2015
Park Shin-ja BasketballFemale2015
Kim Un-yongAdministrationMale2015
Yuna Kim Figure skatingFemale2016
Cha Bum-kun FootballMale2017
Kim Il WrestlingMale2018
Kim Jin-ho ArcheryFemale2018
Um Hong-gilMountaineeringMale2019

2020 unified Korea team and 2032 co-host bid with North Korea

On November 2, 2018, officials from both North and South Korea announced that their countries would participate at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan, as a unified team. The officials from both Koreas also announced that the letters they would send to the IOC regarding their bids for hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics would also consist of co-host bids so that the Olympic activities would take place in both nations if their bids were accepted as well.