North Korea at the 2018 Asian Games

North Korea at the; 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	PRK
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Jakarta and Palembang; August 18 – September 2
Competitors	167 in 17 sports
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 12 Silver 12 Bronze 13 Total 37
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Korea DPR participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Korea DPR made its first appearance at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and ranked at the top five in 1974, 1978, 1982, and 1990.[1] At the latest games in Incheon, North Korea had collected 36 medals, and standing at the seventh position in medals tally.[2]

Medalists

The following North Korea competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ri Song-gum	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	20 August
Gold	Om Yun-chol	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	20 August
Gold	Pak Yong-mi	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 53 kg	20 August
Gold	Jong Myong-suk	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 57 kg	20 August
Gold	O Kang-chol	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg	22 August
Gold	Choe Jon-wi	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg	23 August
Gold	Kim Hyo-sim	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg	24 August
Gold	Kim Su-jong	Gymnastics	Women's floor	24 August
Gold	Pak Myong-won	Shooting	Men's 10 metre running target mixed	25 August
Gold	Rim Um-sim	Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg	25 August
Gold	Rim Jong-sim	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg	26 August
Gold	Kim Kuk-hyang	Weightlifting	Women's +75 kg	27 August
Silver	Kang Kum-song	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	19 August
Silver	Jon Jang-mi Jong Un-gyong Kim Su-jong Kim Won-yong Pyon Rye-yong	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	22 August
Silver	Choe Hyo-sim	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg	24 August
Silver	Pak Myong-won	Shooting	Men's 10 metre running target	24 August
Silver	Kim Su-jong	Gymnastics	Women's balance beam	24 August
Silver	Pak Yong-won Kang Un-ju	Archery	Mixed team recurve	27 August
Silver	Cha Hyo-sim Choe Hyon-hwa Kim Nam-hae Kim Song-i Pyon Song-gyong	Table tennis	Women's team	28 August
Silver	Kim Kuk-hyang Kim Mi-rae	Diving	Women's synchronized 10 metre platform	28 August
Silver	Kim Jin-a	Judo	Women's 57 kg	30 August
Silver	Jo Hyo-nam	Boxing	Men's 56 kg	1 September
Silver	Pang Chol-mi	Boxing	Women's 51 kg	1 September
Silver	Jo Son-hwa	Boxing	Women's 57 kg	1 September
Bronze	Kim Son-hyang	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 50 kg	20 August
Bronze	Rim Jong-sim	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 62 kg	20 August
Bronze	Kim Su-jong	Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around	21 August
Bronze	Pyon Rye-yong	Gymnastics	Women's vault	23 August
Bronze	Jon Jang-mi	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	23 August
Bronze	Jon Myong-song	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	24 August
Bronze	Kim Hye-song	Athletics	Women's marathon	26 August
Bronze	Cha Ye-gyong Jang Hyon-ok Jong Na-ri Ko Su-rim Min Hae-yon Mun Hye-song Ri Il-sim Ri Sol Yun Yu-jong	Artistic swimming	Women's team	29 August
Bronze	Rim Song-sim	Judo	Women's 52 kg	29 August
Bronze	Kim Kwang-hui Kim Mi-hwa	Diving	Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard	29 August
Bronze	Hyon Il-myong Rim Kum-song	Diving	Men's synchronized 10 metre platform	29 August
Bronze	Kim Mi-rae	Diving	Women's 10 metre platform	30 August
Bronze	Choi Hye-song	Boxing	Women's 60 kg	1 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Archery	0	1	0	1
Artistic swimming	0	0	1	1
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Boxing	0	3	1	4
Diving	0	1	3	4
Gymnastics	1	2	3	6
Judo	0	1	1	2
Shooting	1	1	0	2
Table tennis	0	1	0	1
Weightlifting	8	1	1	10
Wrestling	2	1	2	5
Total	12	12	13	37

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	1	0	1
2	August 20	4	0	2	6
3	August 21	0	0	1	1
4	August 22	1	1	0	2
5	August 23	1	0	2	3
6	August 24	2	3	1	6
7	August 25	2	0	0	2
8	August 26	1	0	1	2
9	August 27	1	1	0	2
10	August 28	0	2	0	2
11	August 29	0	0	4	4
12	August 30	0	1	1	2
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	3	1	4
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		12	12	13	37

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing North Korea that participated at the Games:[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	4	7
Artistic swimming	—	9	9
Athletics	3	5	8
Boxing	5	3	8
Canoeing	0	3	3
Diving	2	4	6
Football	20	20	40
Gymnastics	6	9	15
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	3	5	8
Karate	1	2	3
Shooting	5	4	9
Soft tennis	2	2	4
Swimming	0	2	2
Table tennis	5	5	10
Weightlifting	6	7	13
Wrestling	4	4	8
Total	65	102	167

As competitors representing the unified Korea
Sport	Men	Women	Total
Basketball	0	3	3
Canoeing	8	8	16
Rowing	6	1	7
Total	14	12	26

Archery

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Kuk-song	Men's individual	618	57	Did not advance
Pak Yong-won		643	22	Al-Mansoori (UAE) W 6–0	Das (IND) L 3–7	Did not advance
Ri Tae-bom		622	34	Tan (SGP) L 3–7	Did not advance
Kim Kuk-song Pak Yong-won Ri Tae-bom	Men's team	1883	15	Bhutan W 6–0	Kazakhstan L 3–5	Did not advance
Kang Jin-hwa	Women's individual	616	38	Did not advance
Kang Un-ju		650	12	Bye	Thidar (MYA) L 3–7	Did not advance
Pak Hyang-sun		621	33	Did not advance
Ri Ji-hyang		634	19	Bye	Kumari (IND) L 2–6	Did not advance
Kang Un-ju Pak Hyang-sun Ri Ji-hyang	Women's team	1905	8	N/A	Vietnam W 5–3	South Korea L 0–6	Did not advance
Pak Yong-won Kang Un-ju	Mixed team	1293	10	N/A	Pakistan W 6–0	Indonesia W 5–3	Chinese Taipei W 5–4	China W 6–2	Japan L 0–6

Artistic swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Min Hae-yon Jang Hyon-ok	Duet	82.8094	4	83.8000	4	166.6094	4
Jang Hyon-ok Jong Na-ri Ko Su-rim Min Hae-yon Mun Hye-song Ri Il-sim Ri Sol Yun Yu-jong Cha Ye-gyong^RR	Team	84.5142	3	86.3333	3	170.8475

RR: Reserved in technical and free routines.

Athletics

North Korea entered eight athletes (3 men's and 5 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.[4]

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Jang-ryong	–49 kg	Bye	O Ahmadisafa (IRI) W 3–2	A Panghal (IND) L 0–5	Did not advance
O Tae-bom	–52 kg	Z Jumayev (TKM) W 5–0	T Drugyel (BHU) W 5–0	A Usenaliev (KGZ) L 0–5	Did not advance
Jo Hyo-nam	–56 kg	Bye	Y Meredov (TKM) W 5–0	C Butdee (THA) W 4–0	Xu BX (CHN) WO	M Mirzazizbek (UZB) L RSC-I
Choe Choi-man	–60 kg	Bye	H Imankuliyev (TKM) L 0–5	Did not advance
Ri Kon-thae	–64 kg	Z Azizi (AFG) W 5–0	B Chinzorig (MGL) L 0–5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pang Chol-mi	–51 kg	C Raksat (THA) W 4–1	I Magno (PHI) W 5–0	M Wada (JPN) W RSC	Nguyễn TT (VIE) W 4–0	Chang Y (CHN) L 2–3
Jo Son-hwa	–57 kg	N/A	B Tumurkhuyag (MGL) W 5–0	S Lather (IND) W 5–0	Huang H-w (TPE) WO	Yin JH (CHN) L 1–4
Choe Hye-song	–60 kg	N/A	N Monkhor (MGL) W 5–0	S Zulkaynarova (TJK) W 5–0	Oh Y-j (KOR) L 0–5	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ko Haeng-bok	Women's C-1 200 m	51.145	2 QF	Bye		49.305	4
O Un-ha O Su-rim	Women's C-2 500 m	N/A				2:09.642	5

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hyon Il-myong	10 m platform	433.40	5 Q	451.40	5
Rim Kum-song	10 m platform	376.70	8 Q	399.15	6
Hyon Il-myong Rim Kum-song	10 m synchronized platform	N/A		395.04

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Kwang-hui	1 m springboard	243.90	5 Q	197.10	10
Kim Mi-hwa	1 m springboard	220.85	8 Q	226.05	7
Kim Kuk-hyang	10 m platform	341.35	3 Q	367.45	4
Kim Mi-rae	10 m platform	324.15	4 Q	367.90
Kim Kwang-hui Kim Mi-hwa	3 m synchronized springboard	N/A		282.78
Kim Kuk-hyang Kim Mi-rae	10 m synchronized platform	N/A		337.86

Football

North Korea men's team were drawn in Group F at the Games, while the women's team in Group B.[5] North Korea women's team were the champion in the last edition in Incheon.[6]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
North Korea men's	Men's tournament	Myanmar D 1–1	Iran L 0–3	Saudi Arabia W 3–0	2 Q	Bangladesh W 3–1	United Arab Emirates L 1–1 PSO 3–5	Did not advance		7
North Korea women's	Women's tournament	Tajikistan W 16–0	Hong Kong W 7–0	China PR L 0–2	2 Q	N/A	Japan L 1–2	Did not advance		6

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the North Korea squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[7]

Head coach: Ju Song-il

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Kim Yu-il	(1997-01-30)30 January 1997 (aged 21)	Kigwancha
18	1GK	Kang Ju-hyok	(1997-05-31)31 May 1997 (aged 21)	Hwaebul

2	2DF	An Song-il	(1996-08-05)5 August 1996 (aged 22)	April 25
3	2DF	Song Kum-song (captain)	(1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 22)	Rimyongsu
5	2DF	Kim Nam-il	(1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 22)	Ryomyong
19	2DF	Jong Tong-chol	(1997-04-21)21 April 1997 (aged 21)	Rimyongsu
21	2DF	Kim Chol-bom*	(1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 24)	April 25
22	2DF	Jang Kuk-chol*	(1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 24)	Hwaebul

4	3MF	Ri Un-chol	(1995-07-13)13 July 1995 (aged 23)	Sonbong
6	3MF	Kim Kuk-bom	(1995-02-19)19 February 1995 (aged 23)	April 25
7	3MF	Jo Kwang-myong	(1995-01-03)3 January 1995 (aged 23)	April 25
13	3MF	Ju Kyong-chol	(1997-11-14)14 November 1997 (aged 20)
14	3MF	Kim Kum-chol	(1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 21)	Rimyongsu
15	3MF	Kim Chung-il	(1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 20)
17	3MF	Kang Kuk-chol	(1999-09-29)29 September 1999 (aged 18)	Rimyongsu
25	3MF	Ryang Hyon-ju	(1998-05-31)31 May 1998 (aged 20)	Waseda University

12	4FW	Han Yong-thae	(1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 21)	Korea University[8]
16	4FW	Kim Yong-il*	(1994-07-06)6 July 1994 (aged 24)	Kigwancha
20	4FW	So Jong-hyok	(1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 23)	April 25
23	4FW	Kim Yu-song	(1995-01-24)24 January 1995 (aged 23)	April 25

* Over-aged player.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Myanmar	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

North Korea	1–1	Myanmar
Jang Kuk-chol 60'	Report	Maung Maung Lwin 44'

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria)

17 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

Iran	3–0	North Korea
Roustaei 27' Ghaedi 68' Aghasi 90+3' (pen.)	Report

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

20 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

North Korea	3–0	Saudi Arabia
Kim Yong-il 2' Kim Yu-song 25', 51'	Report

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

Round of 16

24 August 2018

19:30 UTC+7

Bangladesh	1–3	North Korea
Uddin 90+1'	Report	Kim Yu-song 14' (pen.) Han Yong-thae 38' Kang Kuk-chol 68'

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

Quarter-final

27 August 2018

19:30 UTC+7

United Arab Emirates	1–1 (a.e.t.)	North Korea
Al-Yahyaee 67'	Report	Kim Yu-song 63'
Penalties
Al-Attas Z. Al-Ameri Ibrahim Omar Mohammed	5–3	Kim Yu-song Jang Kuk-chol Ri Un-chol So Jong-hyok

Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong

Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the North Korea squad in the women's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[9]

Head coach: Kim Kwang-min

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Paek Yong-hui	(1990-04-16)16 April 1990 (aged 28)	Pyongyang City
18	1GK	Kim Myong-sun	(1997-03-06)6 March 1997 (aged 21)	Sobaeksu
19	1GK	Choe Kyong-im	(1993-07-15)15 July 1993 (aged 25)

2	2DF	Ri Un-yong	(1996-09-01)1 September 1996 (aged 21)	Sobaeksu
3	2DF	Pak Hye-gyong	(2001-11-07)7 November 2001 (aged 16)	April 25
4	2DF	Ri Kyong-hyang	(1996-06-10)10 June 1996 (aged 22)	April 25
5	2DF	Wi Jong-sim	(1997-10-13)13 October 1997 (aged 20)	Kalmaegi
15	2DF	Kim Nam-hui	(1994-03-04)4 March 1994 (aged 24)	April 25
16	2DF	Kim Un-ha	(1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 25)	Sobaeksu
17	2DF	Son Ok-ju	(2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 18)	Rimyongsu

6	3MF	Ju Hyo-sim	(1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 20)	April 25
7	3MF	Kim Un-hwa	(1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (aged 25)	Wolmido
8	3MF	Yu Jong-im	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 24)	Amrokkang
10	3MF	Rim Se-ok	(1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 24)
13	3MF	Kim Phyong-hwa	(1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 21)	Sobaeksu
14	3MF	Ri Hyang-sim	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 22)	Amrokkang

9	4FW	Jang Hyon-sun	(1991-07-01)1 July 1991 (aged 27)	Wolmido
11	4FW	Sung Hyang-sim	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 18)	Pyongyang City
12	4FW	Kim Yun-mi	(1993-07-01)1 July 1993 (aged 25)	Amrokkang
20	4FW	Ri Hae-yon	(1999-01-10)10 January 1999 (aged 19)	April 25

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	25	0	+25	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	2	1	24	2	+22	6
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	6	16	−10	3
4	Tajikistan	3	0	3	1	38	−37	0

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 August 2018

18:30 UTC+7

North Korea	16–0	Tajikistan
Sung Hyang-sim 2', 6', 24', 42' Kim Yun-mi 10', 19', 50' Rim Se-ok 31', 55', 66' Yu Jong-im 43' Kim Phyong-hwa 46' Kim Nam-hui 62' Kim Un-hwa 77', 82' Ri Hae-yon 79'	Report

Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang

Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

20 August 2018

18:30 UTC+7

Hong Kong	0–8	North Korea
	Report	Ri Un-yong 19' Yu Jong-im 22', 45+2' Kim Yun-mi 36' Pak Hye-gyong 55' Kim Un-hwa 59' Ri Hae-yon 78' Fung 82' (o.g.)

Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang

Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)

22 August 2018

18:30 UTC+7

North Korea	0–2	China
	Report	Wang Shuang 8' Wang Shanshan 50'

Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang

Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

Quarter-final

25 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

Japan	2–1	North Korea
Iwabuchi 40' Hasegawa 62'	Report	Kim Nam-hui 71' (pen.)

Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang

Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

Gymnastics

Handball

North Korea joined in group A at the women's team event.[10]

Summary

Key:

ET – After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
North Korea women's	Women's tournament	Group A South Korea: L 22–39 Kazakhstan: W 37–33 India: W 49–19 China: L 31–34	3	Indonesia W 59–15	Kazakhstan W 32–30	5

Women's tournament

Roster

Ho Ryu-gyong
O Kyong-sun
Choe Chun-il
Kil Mi-hyang
An Ok-sim
Han Jong-hyang
Jang Ok-hyang
Kim Jong-hui
Mun Un-suk
Mun Hong-sim
Kim Chol-sun
Kim Un-gyong
Han Chun-yon
Choe Pong-im

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	151	86	+65	8	Semifinals
2	China	4	2	2	120	112	+8	4[lower-alpha 1]	Semifinals
3	North Korea	4	2	2	139	125	+14	4[lower-alpha 1]	5–8th place semifinals
4	Kazakhstan	4	2	2	118	116	+2	4[lower-alpha 1]	5–8th place semifinals
5	India	4	0	4	77	166	−89	0	9th place game

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

China 2 Pts, + 2 GD; North Korea 2 Pts, +1 GD; Kazakhstan 2 Pts, – 3 GD

14 August 16:00	North Korea	22–39	South Korea	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Han C.Y. 5	(12–17)	Jung Y.R. 12
	1× 5×		3× 4×

19 August 18:00	Kazakhstan	33–37	North Korea	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ)
	Abilda 10	(17–17)	O K.S. 9
	3× 1×		4×

21 August 14:00	North Korea	49–19	India	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Choe P.I. 11	(23–10)	Sushma, Kaur, Rimpi 4
	2× 3×		3× 4×

23 August 14:00	North Korea	31–34	China	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Choe C.I.	(14–17)	Liu X.M. 13
	2× 3×		1× 2×

5–8th place semifinal

25 August 16:00	North Korea	59–15	Indonesia	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Choe P.I. 13	(28–6)	Apriliani 7
	1× 1×		2× 5×

Fifth place game

29 August 16:00	North Korea	32–30	Kazakhstan	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Mun U.S. 12	(16–13)	Ilyina 9
	2× 3×		1× 5×

Judo

North Korea put up 8 athletes for Judo:[11]

Key:

1st number — Ippon
2nd number — Waza-ari
s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
An Jae-yong	–60 kg	Bye	O Bestaev (KGZ) W 10s2–00s2	Y Smetov (KAZ) W 10s2–00s3	T Shishime (JPN) L 00s1–01	Bye	Yang Y-w (TPE) L 00s3–10s1	–
Kim Hyong-un	–66 kg	I Shresta (NEP) W 10–00	A Khojasteh (IRI) W 10s2–00s2	S Akhadov (UZB) L 00s1–01s2	Did not advance	A El-Idrissi (QAT) L 00s3–10s2	Did not advance
Kim Chol-gwang	–73 kg	S Sehen (IRQ) W 10–00s1	Z Smangulov (KAZ) W 10–00s1	S Ono (JPN) L 00s1–10	Did not advance	G Boboev (UZB) W 01s2–00s1	M Mohammadi (IRI) L 00–10	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jon Yu-sun	–48 kg	N/A	A Warasiha (THA) W 10–01	G Otgontsetseg (KAZ) L 00s1–01	Did not advance	D Keldiyorova (UZB) W 10–00	M Urantsetseg (MGL) L 01–10	–
Rim Song-sim	–52 kg	Bye	K Karassaikyzy (KAZ) W 11–00s3	K Warasiha (THA) W 10–00	N Tsunoda (MGL) L 00–10	Bye	G Ziyaeva (UZB) W 01s1–00s2
Kim Jin-a	–57 kg	Bye	A Allanazarova (UZB) W 10–00s1	D Sumiyaa (MGL) W 10s2–00s2	S Nishanbayeva (KAZ) W 01–00	N/A	M Tamaoki (JPN) L 01–10
Ri Pok-hyang	–63 kg	N/A	Tang J (CHN) L 00s2–01s2	Did not advance
Kwon Sun-yong	–70 kg	N/A	Huang Y-t (TPE) W 01–00	Z Bektaskyzy (KAZ) L 00–01	Did not advance	Zhu Y (CHN) L 00s1–01	Did not advance

Karate

North Korea participated in the karate competition at the Games with three athletes (1 men and 2 women's).[12]

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Song-guk	10 m air pistol	575	13	Did not advance
Ryong Song-gang	10 m air rifle	606.7	38	Did not advance
Kwon Kwang-il	10 m running target	567	7	Did not advance
Pak Myong-won	10 m running target	573	1 Q	SF: Cho S-j (KOR) W 7–5 F: Jeong Y-j (KOR) L 4–6
Jo Yong-chol	10 m running target mixed	N/A		375	7
Pak Myong-won	10 m running target mixed	N/A		384

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Han Yong-sim	10 m air pistol	556	29	Did not advance
Ri Un-gyong	10 m air rifle	607.1	36	Did not advance
Kim Yong-bok	Trap	105	21	Did not advance
Pak Yong-hui	Trap	112	10	Did not advance

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Song-guk Han Yong-sim	10 m air pistol	751	15	Did not advance
Ryong Song-gang Ri Un-gyong	10 m air rifle	809.7	18	Did not advance

Soft tennis

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ri Chung-il	Men's singles	J Mehlda (IND) W 4–2	Chen T-w (TPE) W 4–3	N/A	1 Q	Kim J-w (KOR) L 2–4	Did not advance
So Je-il	Men's singles	J Arcilla (PHI) W 4–1	C Leampriboon (THA) W 4–3	N/A	1 Q	AE Sie (INA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Hong Ji-sun	Women's singles	Chen C-l (TPE) L 1–4	Wang YF (CHN) W 4–0	Trần THN (VIE) W 4–0	2	Did not advance
Kim Mi-hyang	Women's singles	SEB Zaidi (PAK) W 4–0	N Manalac (PHI) W 4–3	N/A	1 Q	Yu YY (CHN) L 3–4	Did not advance
Kim Mi-hyang So Je-il	Mixed doubles	Lâm QT / Trần THN (VIE) W 5–0	MA Alcoseba / PL Catindig (PHI) W 5–2	M. Anugerah / V Darlina (INA) W 5–2	1 Q	Kim B-j / Kim J-y (KOR) L 1–5	Did not advance
Ri Chung-il Hong Ji-sun	Mixed doubles	Kim K-s / Mun H-g (KOR) WO	S Vannasak / M Aliya (LAO) L 0^R–5	N/A	3	Did not advance

Swimming

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jang Myong-gyong	50 m breaststroke	34.95	19	Did not advance
Pak Mi-song	50 m freestyle	27.07	16	Did not advance

Table tennis

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Choe Il	Men's singles	L Enkhbat (MGL) W 4–1	K Matsudaira (JPN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Pak Sin-hyok	Men's singles	Bye	A Al-Naggar (QAT) W 4–2	Lee S-s (KOR) L 2–4	Did not advance
Cha Hyo-sim	Women's singles	Bye	N Shahsavari (IRI) W 4–0	Seo H-w (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Kim Song-i	Women's singles	Bye	M Ashtari (IRI) W 4–0	M Kato (JPN) L 3–4	Did not advance
An Ji-song Cha Hyo-sim	Mixed doubles	Bye	Cheong CC / Chong WI (MAC) WO	Chuang C-y / Chen S-y (TPE) W 3–0	S Kamal / M Batra (IND) L 2–3	Did not advance
Pak Sin-hyok Kim Nam-hae	Mixed doubles	Bye	Dinh DL / Nguyễn TN (VIE) W 3–0	Lin GY / Wang MY (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Pak Sin-hyok Choe Il An Ji-song Ham Yu-song Ri Kwang-myong	Men's	Laos (LAO) W 3–0	China (CHN) L 0–3	Nepal (NEP) W 3–0	Malaysia (MAS) W 3–0	2 Q	South Korea (KOR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Kim Song-i Cha Hyo-sim Choe Hyon-hwa Kim Nam-hae Pyon Song-gyong	Women's	Mongolia (MGL) W 3–0	Japan (JPN) W 3–2	Thailand (THA) W 3–1	N/A	1 Q	Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 3–1	Hong Kong (HKG) W 3–0	China (CHN) L 0–3

Weightlifting

North Korea is aiming to win seven to eight gold medals from their weightlifters.[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Om Yun-chol	−56 kg	127	2	160	1	287
Sin Chol-bom	−62 kg	130	5	168	2	298	4
O Kang-chol	−69 kg	151	1	186	2	336
Kim Myong-hyok	−69 kg	~~150~~	DNF	—	—	—	—
Choe Jon-wi	−77 kg	155	2	193	1	348
Jon Myong-song	−85 kg	158	3	190	4	348

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ri Song-gum	−48 kg	87	2	112	1	199
Kim Chung-sim	−53 kg	88	5	112	4	200	4
Kim Hyo-sim	−63 kg	113	1	137	1	250
Choe Hyo-sim	−63 kg	105	2	133	2	238
Rim Un-sim	−69 kg	109	1	137	1	246
Rim Jong-sim	−75 kg	116	1	147	1	263
Kim Kuk-hyang	+75 kg	126	1	165	1	291

Wrestling

North Korea represented by 8 strong wrestlers at the Games. This sport contributing 5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze) for the contingent.[14] The gold medals won by the women's wrestler Pak Yong-mi and Jong Myong-suk.

Key:

F – Victory by fall.
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kang Kum-song	−57 kg	Bye	Takahashi (JPN) W 9–5	Z Ismailov (KAZ) W 3–1	Liu MC (CHN) W 10–0	Bye		Bekhbayar (MGL) L 2–8
Kim Kuk-gwang	−65 kg	Bye	H Al-Azzani (YEM) W 10–0	B Batmagnai (MGL) L 3–4	Did not advance				10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ri Se-ung	−60 kg	Zholchubekov (KGZ) L 2–10	Did not advance		W Sailike (CHN) W 9–0	Ainagulov (KAZ) L 5–13	5
Kim Myong-chol	−67 kg	M Aliansyah (INA) L 2–2 ^PP	Did not advance				12

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Son-hyang	−50 kg	Bye	D Samnang (CAM) W 10–0	Y Irie (JPN) L 4–13	Bye	E Setiawati (INA) W 10–0
Pak Yong-mi	−53 kg	Bye	Chiu H-j (TPE) W 6–0	H Okuno (JPN) W 7–7 ^PP	Bye	Z Eshimova (KAZ) W 11–0
Jong Myong-suk	−57 kg	K Sakagami (JPN) W 9–6	E Tissina (KAZ) W 10–0	P Dhanda (IND) W 10–0	Bye	Pei XR (CHN) W 5–4
Rim Jong-sim	−62 kg	A Tynybekova (KGZ) L 6–6 ^PP	Did not advance		Xu R (CHN) W 10–0	S Malik (IND) W 12–2

References

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"18th Asian Games: Participants". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
"Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
Henderson, Mark (6 July 2018). "Asian Games Draw – six East Asian teams involved". From the Tofu Bowl. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
Himmer, Alastair (1 October 2014). "N.Korea win Asian Games football gold to repay Kim Jong-Un's love". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
"Athletes Football DPR Korea". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
"조선대표로서의 경험, 《새 목표를 세웠다》／AFC U23 선수권대회 예선에 출전한 조대생들". Choson Sinbo(朝鮮新報). Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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"Two Koreas paired together in women's handball at Asian Games". The Korea Herald. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
"18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
"Official Result Book Karate" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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Lee, Won-man (23 August 2018). "[우리는하나다]장점 뚜렷한 북한스포츠,단일팀 기대효과 큰 이유" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

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[1] "Participants: DPR Korea". Asian Games 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[2] "한국, 金 79개로 아시안게임 종합 2위…북한은 7위". nocutnews.co.kr (in Korean). 노컷뉴스. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[3] "18th Asian Games: Participants". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

[4] "Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[5] Henderson, Mark (6 July 2018). "Asian Games Draw – six East Asian teams involved". From the Tofu Bowl. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[6] Himmer, Alastair (1 October 2014). "N.Korea win Asian Games football gold to repay Kim Jong-Un's love". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[7] "Athletes Football DPR Korea". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[8] "조선대표로서의 경험, 《새 목표를 세웠다》／AFC U23 선수권대회 예선에 출전한 조대생들". Choson Sinbo(朝鮮新報). Retrieved 18 August 2018.

[9] "Athletes DPR Korea Football". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[10] "Two Koreas paired together in women's handball at Asian Games". The Korea Herald. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[12] "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[13] "Official Result Book Karate" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[14] "[아시안게임] 中 없는 AG 역도…곳곳에서 남·북 자존심 대결" (in Korean). Yonhap. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[15] Lee, Won-man (23 August 2018). "[우리는하나다]장점 뚜렷한 북한스포츠,단일팀 기대효과 큰 이유" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

North Korea at the 2018 Asian Games

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Artistic swimming

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Diving

Football

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Gymnastics

Handball

Women's tournament

Judo

Karate

Shooting

Soft tennis

Swimming

Table tennis

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References