To date North Korea has only attended 10 Summer and eight Winter Olympics

As part of Japan

Cancelled

Did not participate

Boycotted

Participated

Winter Games

Summer Games

1912

Cancelled due

to world wars

1916

1920

1924

1928

1928

1932

1932

1936

1936

1940

1940

1944

1944

1948

1948

1952

1952

1956

1956

1960

1960

1964

1964

1968

1968

1972

1972

1976

1976

1980

1980

1984 USA

1984

1988 S Korea

1988

1992

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

Future events

2018

Pyeongchang

2020 Tokyo

2022

Beijing

As part of Japan

Cancelled

Did not participate

Boycotted

Participated

Summer Games

Winter Games

1912 Stockholm

1916

1920 Antwerp

1924 Paris

1928 Amsterdam

1928 St Moritz

Cancelled due

to world wars

1932 Los Angeles

1932 Lake Placid

1936 Berlin

1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen

1940

1940

1944

1944

1948 London

1948 St Moritz

1952 Helsinki

1952 Oslo

1956 Melbourne/Stockholm

1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo

1960 Rome

1960 Squaw Valley

1964 Tokyo

1964 Innsbruck

1968 Mexico City

1968 Grenoble

1972 Munich

1972 Sapporo

1976 Montreal

1976 Innsbruck

1980 Moscow

1980 Lake Placid

1984 Los Angeles

1984 Sarajevo

1988 Seoul

1988 Calgary

1992 Barcelona

1992 Albertville

1994 Lillehammer

1996 Atlanta

1998 Nagano

2000 Sydney

2002 Salt Lake City

2004 Athens

2006 Turin

2008 Beijing

2010 Vancouver

2012 London

2014 Sochi

2016 Rio de Janeiro

Future events

2018 Pyeongchang

2020 Tokyo

2022 Beijing