A method for receiving a reference signal for positioning in a wireless communication system by a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of reference signal sequences for positioning to which different frequency shift values are applied, calculating a correlation between the plurality of reference signal sequences for positioning and transmitted reference signal sequences for positioning corresponding to the plurality of reference signal sequences in a time domain, and determining a time domain index having a highest value from the correlation as a reference time point for positioning, wherein the frequency shift value is determined according to the sum of multiplication of an index of each reference signal sequence and a frequency shift interval, and frequency offset.