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North Korea at the Olympics
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North Korea first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, appearing only in the Winter Olympic Games that year. Eight years later in 1972, the nation first participated at the Summer Olympic Games . Since then, the nation has appeared in every Summer Games, except when they joined the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics , and when they boycotted the 1988 Games in Seoul , South Korea . North Korea's attendance at the Winter Games has been irregular, competing in only seven of the last twelve Games.
North Korean athletes have won a total of 41 medals, two of which were won at the Winter Games.
The National Olympic Committee for North Korea is the Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , and was created in 1953 and recognized in 1957.
Medalists
Medal tables
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
Medals by sport
See also
References
Nations that have competed at the Olympic Games
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