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Mathew Belcher (R) and Malcolm Page (L) of Australia celebrate in the Olympic rings after winning gold in the Men's 470 Sailing in London Olympics
 

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Kim Yu-Na of South Korea celebrates winning the gold medal in the Ladies Free Skating during the medal ceremony on day 14 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

With a land mass 33 times smaller in size than India, South Korea has almost 10 times more medals than India in the Olympics. The country has participated in the Olympics since 1948 and missed only one Olympic in 1980 when they boycotted the Olympics held in Moscow.

It took seven Olympics for South Korea to win their first Olympic Gold but since then have added 80 more to the tally. South Korea has 243 medals to its name.

The country is the dominant power in archery and Taekwondo where South Korean Athletes have won 19 and 11 Gold medals respectively.

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