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아시안게임 폐막…한국 금메달 39개로 종합 3위

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games End, With Korea Third Overall on 39 Golds

Part of the October 5, 2026 daily edition

일본 아이치·나고야에서 열린 아시안게임이 10월 4일 밤 끝났습니다. 대회는 16일 동안 이어졌습니다. 한국은 금메달 39개, 은메달 43개, 동메달 68개를 땄습니다. 한국은 중국과 일본에 이어 종합 3위를 했습니다. 중국은 금메달 169개, 일본은 금메달 83개를 땄습니다. 한국은 목표로 했던 종합 3위를 지켰습니다.

Translation

The Asian Games held in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan, ended on the night of October 4. The games went on for 16 days. Korea won 39 gold medals, 43 silver medals and 68 bronze medals. Korea came third overall, after China and Japan. China won 169 gold medals, and Japan won 83. Korea kept the third place overall that it had set as its goal.

Vocabulary

  • 아시안게임명사 (noun)Asian Games
  • 끝나다동사 (verb)to end, to be over
  • 이어지다동사 (verb)to continue, to go on
  • 금메달명사 (noun)gold medal
  • 따다동사 (verb)to win (a medal), to pick
  • 종합명사 (noun)overall, combined
  • 목표명사 (noun)goal, target
  • 지키다동사 (verb)to keep, to protect

Grammar points

-(으)ㄴ NN that (someone) did (past noun modifier)

-(으)ㄴ after a verb turns a past action into a description of a noun: 열린 아시안게임, the Asian Games that were held.

Example: 일본 아이치·나고야에서 열린 아시안게임이 10월 4일 밤 끝났습니다.

The Asian Games held in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan, ended on the night of October 4.

N에 이어following N, after N

N에 이어 places something right after N in order: 중국과 일본에 이어 종합 3위, third overall after China and Japan.

Example: 한국은 중국과 일본에 이어 종합 3위를 했습니다.

Korea came third overall, after China and Japan.

-았/었던 NN that (someone) had done

-았/었던 describes a noun with something that was true in the past: 목표로 했던 종합 3위, the third place (Korea) had set as its goal.

Example: 한국은 목표로 했던 종합 3위를 지켰습니다.

Korea kept the third place overall that it had set as its goal.

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