North Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026.
Background North Korea was expected to send a smaller delegation for the 2026 Asian Games in Japan. In the 2022 Asian Games, which was held in September 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, North Korea sent 185 athletes across 18 sports. They are expected to send around 100 athletes across 14 sports for the event in Aichi and Nagoya.
While Japan has banned the entry of North Korean citizens in principle, the government has waived this ban for sporting reasons and is expected to do the same for the 2026 Asian Games. Including officials, the whole North Korean delegation is expected to consist of around 180 people.
Medalists
The following North Korean competitors won medals at the Games.
Gold No.MedalNameSportEventDate1 Ri Song-gum Weightlifting Women's 49 kg 23 September2 Kang Hyon-gyong Weightlifting Women's 53 kg 23 September3 Pak Myong-jin Weightlifting Men's 65 kg 24 September4 Oh Kwang-ok Weightlifting Women's 57 kg 25 September5 Ri Won-ju Weightlifting Men's 70 kg 26 September6 Song Kuk-hyang Weightlifting Women's 69 kg 27 September7 Ro Kwang-ryol Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 28 September
Silver No.MedalNameSportEventDate1 Ri Jin-mi Soft tennis Women's singles 23 September2 Pang Un-chol Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 24 September3 Pak Jin-hae Weightlifting Women's 61 kg 24 September4 An Chang-ok Gymnastics Women's vault 24 September5 Jo Jin-mi Kim Mi-rae Diving Women's synchronized 10 metre platform 26 September6 Kim Ji-hye Judo Women's 63 kg 1 October7 Kim Ok-ju Wrestling Women's freestyle 62 kg 1 October8 Pak Sol-gum Wrestling Women's freestyle 68 kg 1 October9 Pang Chol-mi Boxing Women's 54 kg 2 October10 Kim Son-hyang Wrestling Women's freestyle 50 kg 2 October11 North Korea women's national football team Football Women's tournament 2 October
Bronze No.MedalNameSportEventDate1 Ri So-hyang Soft tennis Women's singles 23 September2 Cha Su-yongChoe Jong-imKim Kum YongPyon Song-gyong Table tennis Women's team 23 September3 An Chang-okHan Yon-miJo Kyong-byolKim Kyong-ryongPak Un-jong Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 23 September4 Ri Chong-song Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 27 September5 Kim Hyon-suk Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol 28 September6 Hwang Hyo-sun Boxing Women's 65 kg 29 September7 Jo Jin-mi Diving Women's 10 metre platform 29 September8 Kim Hyon-a Judo Women's 57 kg 1 October9 Mun Song-hui Judo Women's 70 kg 1 October
Medal summary
Medals by sports SportTotalWeightlifting72110Wrestling0302Judo0123Soft tennis0112Gymnastics0112Diving0112Boxing0112Football0101Shooting0011Table tennis0011Total711927
Medals by Date DayDateTotal120 September0000221 September0000322 September0000423 September2136524 September1102625 September1001726 September1113827 September1001928 September10011029 September 1130 September 121 October 132 October 143 October 154 October Total65415
Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing North Korea that will participate at the Asian Games:
SportMenWomenTotalDiving 0 3 3Athletics 3 2 5Badminton 0 2 2Boxing 2 4 6Canoeing 0 3 3Football 23 23 46Gymnastics 0 5 5Judo 1 3 4Karate 0 1 1Shooting 3 3 6Table tennis 2 4 6Soft tennis 0 2 2Weightlifting 5 5 10Wrestling 4 5 9 Total 42 65 107
Boxing
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultSo Chon-ryong55 kgL 1–4colspan=5 O Tae-bom60 kgW 5–0L 0–5colspan=4
Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAn Kum-byol51 kgW 5–0 –Pang Chol-mi54 kgW –Won Un-gyong60 kgrowspan=2 –Hwang Hyo-sun65 kgW 5–0 –
Football
The North Korea men's under-23 and women's senior national teams will take part in the football tournaments of the 2026 Asian Games.
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNorth Korea men's under-23Men's tournamentL 1–2D 0–0W 4–12 Q –North Korea women'sWomen's tournamentW 10–0W 8–0D 1–11 QW 5–1
Men's tournament
Team squads
Preliminary Rounds – Group B
Women's tournament
Team roster
Preliminary Rounds – Group F
Table tennis
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRi Jong-sikSinglesU Tae-ryongRi Jong-sikU Tae-ryongDoublesW 3–0
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKim Kum-yongSinglesW 4–0Pyon Song-gyongW 4–1Cha Su-yongKim Kum-yongDoublesW 3–0Choe Jong-imPyon Song-gyongW 3–0
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKim Kum-yongRi Jong-sikDoublesL 0–3colspan=5 Pyon Song-gyongU Tae-ryongL 2–3colspan=5
Team AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCha Sung-yongChoe Jong-imKim Kum-yongPyong Song-gyongWomen'sW 3–1W 3–01 QW 3–0L 0–3
Weightlifting
Wrestling
North Korea will send nine wrestlers for the 2026 Asian Games.
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