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.
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History

The Joseon Sports Council was established on 13 July 1920, and it made Korean national competitions of each sport including All Joseon Football Tournament. The competitions were combined as the All Joseon Sport Games in 1934, and the combined competition was held every autumn. However, the Joseon Sports Council was forcibly dissolved by Japan on 4 July 1938, and Korean sporting activities were restricted until the end of the Japanese occupation.
The council was revived after Korean independence in 1945, and joined the IOC on 20 June 1947. It also established the Korean Olympic Committee to prepare for the Olympic Games in that year. The council was renamed the Korea Amateur Sports Association in 1954, and the Korea Sports Council in 1994. The KASA succeeded in hosting the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and South Korea finished fourth in that edition, which was its best ever result in Olympics. The KOC was merged into the KSC on 24 June 2009, but the organization used KOC as its name. It once again merged with the Korea Council of Sport for All in March 2016, and named the current "Korean Sport & Olympic Committee" in November 2016, but the emblem of the committee is remaining the same as previous.
On 2 November 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.

IOC members

MemberCareer
Lee Ki-poong1955–1960
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-min2016–2024
Lee Kee-heung2019–2025

Korean Sports Hall of Fame

YearInducteeGenderSportTitle
2011Sohn Kee-chungManAthletics
2011Kim Seong-jipManWeightlifting
2014Suh Yun-bokManAthletics
2014Chang Chang-sunManWrestlingFreestyle flyweight champion at the 1966 World Wrestling Championships.
2014Min Kwan-sikMan—KASA president who constructed the Korea National Training Center.
2015Yang Jung-moManWrestling
2015Park Shin-jaWomanBasketballMost Valuable Player at the 1967 FIBA World Championship for Women.
2015Kim Un-yongMan—IOC member who contributed to hosting the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea.
2016Kim YunaWomanFigure skatingSingles champion at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
2017Cha Bum-kunManFootballOne of champions at the 1979–80 and 1987–88 UEFA Cups.
2018Kim Jin-hoWomanArcheryChampion of both individual and team events at the 1979 and 1983 World Archery Championships.
2018Kim IlManProfessional wrestlingOne of WWA World Heavyweight champions.
2019Um Hong-gilManMountaineeringClimber who reached 16 highest points including all 14 eight-thousanders.
2020Jo O-ryeonManSwimmingChampion of both 400 m freestyle and 1500 m freestyle at the 1970 and 1974 Asian Games.
2021Kim Hong-binManMountaineeringFirst disabled person to reach all 14 eight-thousanders.
2022Lee Bong-juManAthleticsChampion at the 2001 Boston Marathon.
2023Nam Sung-yongManAthleticsOne of the first Korean players to win an Olympic medal.
2024Ha Hyung-jooManJudoHalf heavyweight champion at the 1984 Summer Olympics.