The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee for South Korea, formed in its current merged structure in 2016 through the unification of the Korean Olympic Committee and the Korea Council of Sport for All, tracing its Olympic lineage to 1946, and headquartered in Seoul. It selects and fields South Korea's Olympic team and organized the country's hosting of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics and 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
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Body TypeNational Olympic Committee 1 Headquarters424, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea 1 Body Type
Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 Korean Sport & Olympic Committee
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When did South Korea's Olympic committee first exist and begin competing?
The committee was established in 1946 and Korea first officially competed in 1948.
Olympedia states that South Korea's National Olympic Committee was established on 15 July 1946 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 20 June 1947 at the session in Stockholm. Korea first officially competed at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, shortly after the Republic of Korea was formally created in August 1948.
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is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea
History, paragraph 1
The Joseon Sports Council was established on 13 July 1920
Infobox, headquarters
424, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Associated With: Olympic Games, Opening paragraph
is the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Korea (competing as Korea) for the Olympic Games movement
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (Korean: 대한체육회; Hanja: 大韓體育會, abbr.
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