South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the
2016 Summer Olympics
South Korea at the; 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	205 in 24 sports
Flag bearers	Gu Bon-gil (opening); Kim Hyeon-woo (closing)
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 9 Silver 3 Bronze 9 Total 21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history since 1984. A total of 205 athletes, 103 men and 101 women, competed in 24 sports.