South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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South Korea at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea.svg
IOC code KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.sports.or.kr (Korean) (English)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
February 9–25, 2018
Competitors 123 in 15 sports
Flag bearer None[note 1]
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
5 8 4 17
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Korea

South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation.

In January 2018, following inter-governmental talks, the teams representing South Korea and North Korea entered the Opening Ceremony marching under the Korean Unification Flag, while in women's ice hockey there will be a single united Korean team.[2]

Medalists

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The following South Korean competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 2 2 4
Biathlon 1 5 6
Bobsleigh 4 2 6
Cross-country skiing 2 2 4
Curling 6 6 12
Figure skating 3 4 7
Freestyle skiing 4 5 9
Ice hockey 25 0[lower-alpha 1] 48
Luge 3 2 5
Nordic combined 1 0 1
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Skeleton 2 1 3
Ski jumping 3 1 4
Snowboarding 7 4 11
Speed skating 9 7 16
Total 77 46 123
  1. Additionally, 23 athletes of the women's ice hockey team will form part of a unified Korea women's team which will compete under a different country code (COR).[4]

Alpine skiing

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South Korea qualified a total of 2 male and 2 female in alpine skiing.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jung Dong-hyun Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom 51.79 31 53.28 28 1:45.07 27
Kim Dong-woo Men's downhill N/A 1:47.99 48
Men's super-G N/A 1:31.64 44
Men's combined 1:24.02 56 53.02 31 2:17.04 33
Men's giant slalom 1:14.49 43 1:15.56 41 2:30.05 39
Men's slalom DNF
Gim So-hui Women's giant slalom 1:19.13 48 1:16.24 45 2:35.37 45
Women's slalom DNF
Kang Young-seo Women's giant slalom 1:19.67 50 1:17.39 48 2:37.06 47
Women's slalom DNF
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jung Dong-hyun
Kim Dong-woo
Gim So-hui
Kang Young-seo
Team  Austria (AUT)
L 0–4
Did not advance

Biathlon

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Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, South Korea has qualified 5 women and received 1 men spot. [5]

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Timofey Lapshin Men's sprint 24:22.6 1 (0+1) 16
Men's pursuit 35:50.7 4 (1+0+2+1) 22
Men's individual 50:28.6 1 (0+1+0+0) 20
Men's mass start 38:07.4 1 (0+1+0+0) 25
Ekaterina Avvakumova Women's sprint 26:24.9 6 (3+3) 87
Women's individual 44:25.3 1 (0+0+1+0) 16
Anna Frolina Women's sprint 22:56.9 3 (2+1) 32
Women's pursuit 36:14.2 8 (1+2+2+3) 50
Women's individual 47:50.4 5 (1+0+1+3) 61
Jung Ju-mi Women's individual 53:32.8 6 (2+2+0+2) 78
Ko Eun-jung Women's sprint 25:12.1 2 (1+1) 78
Mun Ji-hee Women's sprint 25:26.6 6 (2+4) 82
Women's individual 50:21.5 7 (0+3+2+2) 78
Ekaterina Avvakumova
Anna Frolina
Ko Eun-jung
Mun Ji-hee
Women's team relay 1:20:20.6 22 (5+17) 18

Bobsleigh

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Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, South Korea has qualified 3 sleds.[6][7][8]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Won Yun-jong*
Seo Young-woo
Two-man 49.50 11 49.39 4 49.15 5 49.36 5 3:17.40 6
Jun Jung-lin
Kim Dong-hyun
Seo Young-woo
Won Yun-jong*
Four-man 48.65 2 49.19 4 48.89 3 49.65 10 3:16.38 2nd
Kim Min-seong
Kim Yoo-ran*
Two-woman 51.24 =15 51.20 12 51.32 13 51.55 17 3:25.31 15

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

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South Korea qualified a total of 2 male and 2 female athletes for cross-country skiing.

Distance
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Kim Eun-ho Men's 15 km freestyle N/A 39:07.9 +5:24.0 85
Men's 30 km skiathlon 48:29.9 66 LAP
Men's 50 km classical N/A LAP
Kim Magnus Men's 15 km freestyle N/A 36:39.0 +2:55.1 45
Men's 50 km classical N/A 2:24:14.0 +15:51.9 47
Ju Hye-ri Women's 10 km freestyle N/A 31:27.1 +6:26.6 79
Lee Chae-won Women's 10 km freestyle N/A 28:37.5 +3:37.0 51
Women's 15 km skiathlon 25:05.5 59 21:06.8 42 46:44.5 +5:59.6 57
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Magnus Men's sprint 3:22.36 49 Did not advance
Kim Eun-ho
Kim Magnus
Men's team sprint N/A 17:56.71 13 Did not advance
Ju Hye-ri Women's sprint 4:11.92 67 Did not advance
Ju Hye-ri
Lee Chae-won
Women's team sprint N/A 19:19.17 11 Did not advance

Curling

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South Korea has qualified their men's team (five athletes), their women's team (five athletes), and their mixed doubles team (two athletes) as the host nation.[9]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Tiebreaker Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kim Chang-min
Seong Se-hyeon
Oh Eun-su
Lee Ki-bok
Kim Min-chan
Men's tournament United States USA
L 7–11
Sweden SWE
L 2–7
Norway NOR
L 5–7
Canada CAN
L 6–7
United Kingdom GBR
W 11–5
Denmark DEN
L 8–9
Italy ITA
W 8–6
Switzerland SUI
W 8–7
Japan JPN
W 10–4
7 Did not advance
Kim Eun-jung
Kim Kyeong-ae
Kim Seon-yeong
Kim Yeong-mi
Kim Cho-hi
Women's tournament Canada CAN
W 8–6
Japan JPN
L 5–7
Switzerland SUI
W 7–5
United Kingdom GBR
W 7–4
China CHN
W 12–5
Sweden SWE
W 7–6
United States USA
W 9–6
International Olympic Committee OAR
W 11–2
Denmark DEN
W 9–3
1 Q BYE Japan JPN
W 8–7
Sweden SWE
L 3–8
2nd
Jang Hye-ji
Lee Ki-jeong
Mixed doubles Finland FIN
W 9-4
China CHN
L 7-8
Norway NOR
L 3-8
United States USA
W 9-1
International Olympic Committee OAR
L 5-6
Switzerland SUI
L 4-6
Canada CAN
L 3-7
N/A 5 Did not advance

Men's tournament

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South Korea has qualified a men's team as the host country.

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Round-robin

South Korea has a bye in draws 3, 7 and 11.

Women's tournament

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South Korea has qualified a women's team as the host country.

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Round-robin

South Korea has a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.

Semifinal

Friday, 23 February, 20:05

Sheet v 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
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Gold Medal Game

Sunday, 25 February, 09:05 Template:2018 Winter Olympics women's curling gold medal game

Mixed doubles

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South Korea has qualified a mixed doubles team as the host country.

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Figure skating

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South Korea qualified two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[10] They additionally qualified one male figure skater as well as an entry in ice dancing through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. As hosts, they were given a quota to compete in the pairs event.[11]

Athlete Event SP / SD FS / FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Cha Jun-hwan Men's singles 83.43 16 Q 165.16 14 248.59 15
Choi Da-bin Ladies' singles 67.77 8 Q 131.49 8 199.26 7
Kim Ha-nul 54.33 21 Q 121.38 10 175.71 13
Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam Pairs 42.93 22 Did not advance
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin Ice dancing 61.22 16 Q 86.52 19 147.74 18

Team event

Athlete Event Short program/Short dance Free skate/Free dance
Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dance Total Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dance Total
Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points Rank Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points Rank
Cha Jun-hwan (M)
Choi Da-bin (L)
Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kam (P)
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin (ID)
Team event 77.70
5
65.73
5
52.10
1
51.97
2
13 8 Did Not Advance

Freestyle skiing

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Aerials
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kim Kyoung-eun Women's aerials 35.67 25 44.20 19 Did not advance
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Lee Kang-bok Men's halfpipe 5.80 13.00 13.00 27 Did not advance
Jang Yu-jin Women's halfpipe 64.40 60.00 64.40 18 Did not advance
Moguls
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank
Choi Jae-woo Men's moguls 24.95 57.85 72.95 20 25.93 67.42 81.23 1 Q 24.86 63.04 78.26 10 Q DNF Did not advance
Kim Ji-hyon 26.05 56.20 69.85 24 26.62 55.27 69.85 17 Did not advance
Seo Myung-joon 25.02 53.44 68.45 26 25.41 65.02 69.51 18 Did not advance
Seo Jee-won Women's moguls 30.71 55.07 68.46 19 31.55 52.16 68.46 14 Did not advance
Seo Jung-hwa 41.80 15.67 16.57 30 29.45 66.77 71.58 6 Q 29.77 67.86 72.31 14 Did not advance
Slopestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Lee Mee-hyun Women's slopestyle 46.80 72.80 72.80 13 Did not advance

Ice hockey

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Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Qualification
playoff
Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
South Korea men's Men's tournament  Czech Republic
L 1–2
  Switzerland
L 0–8
 Canada
L 0–4
4  Finland
L 2–5
Did not advance 12

Men's tournament

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South Korea men's national ice hockey team qualified as the host.[12]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 25 players
Preliminary round

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Qualification playoff
20 February 2018 v
21:10
TBD 21:10 TBD Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang

Women's tournament

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South Korea women's national ice hockey team qualified as the host. In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korean team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korean team in the tournament. In this team, at least three North Korean players will be selected for each game.[13]

Luge

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Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, South Korea qualified 4 sleds.[14]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lim Nam-kyu Men's singles 49.461 31 48.591 28 48.620 29 Did not advance 2:26.672 30
Cho Jung-myung
Park Jin-yong
Men's doubles 46.396 10 46.276 8 N/A 1:32.672 9
Aileen Frisch Women's singles 46.350 5 46.456 9 46.751 13 46.843 11 3:06.400 8
Sung Eun-ryung 46.918 18 46.851 20 47.205 18 47.276 18 3:08.250 18
Mixed team relay
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aileen Frisch
Lim Nam-kyu
Cho Jung-myung
Park Jin-yong
Team relay 47.211 6 49.854 13 49.478 8 2:26.543 9

Nordic combined

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Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Park Je-un Normal hill/10 km 86.0 73.3 42 27:07.5 47 30:56.5 46
Large hill/10 km 104.5 60.4 48 26:14.8 45 31:28.8 47

Short track speed skating

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According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, South Korea has qualified a full squad of 5 men and 5 women each.[15]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hwang Dae-heon 500 m 40.758 1 Q 40.861 2 Q 40.108 1 FA 39.854 2nd
1500 m 2:15.561 1 Q N/A 2:11.469 2 FA DNF 7
Lim Hyo-jun 500 m 40.418 1 Q 40.400 1 Q 40.132 2 FA 39.919 3rd
1000 m 1:23.971 1 Q 1:24.095 1 Q 1:26.463 1 FA 1:33.312 4
1500 m 2:13.891 1 Q N/A 2:11.389 1 FA 2:10.485 OR 1st
Seo Yi-ra 500 m 40.438 1 Q 1:17.779 4 Did not advance
1000 m 1:24.734 2 Q 1:24.053 1 Q 1:24.252 2 FA 1:31.619 3rd
1500 m 2:18.750 1 Q N/A 2:11.126 3 FB 2:26.346 9
Hwang Dae-heon
Kim Do-kyoum
Kwak Yoon-gy
Lim Hyo-jun
Seo Yi-ra
5000 m relay N/A 6:34.510 OR 1 FA 6:42.118 4
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Choi Min-jeong 500 m 42.870 OR 1 Q 42.996 2 Q 42.442 OR 1 FA PEN 5
1000 m 1:31.190 1 Q 1:30.940 1 Q 1:31.131 3 AA 1:42.434 4
1500 m 2:24.595 1 Q N/A 2:22.295 1 FA 2:24.948 1st
Kim A-lang 500 m 43.724 3 Did not advance
1000 m 1:30.459 1 Q 1:30.137 2 Q 1:29.212 3 FB 5
1500 m 2:20.891 1 Q N/A 2:22.691 1 FA 2:25.941 4
Shim Suk-hee 500 m 43.048 3 Did not advance
1000 m 1:34.940 1 Q 1:29.159 1 Q 1:30.974 2 FA PEN 6
1500 m 2:39.984 3 N/A Did not advance
Choi Min-jeong
Kim A-lang
Kim Ye-jin
Lee Yu-bin
Shim Suk-hee
3000 m relay N/A 4:06.387 OR 1 FA 4:07.361 1st

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; AA – Advance to medal round due to being impeded by another skater

Skeleton

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Based on the world rankings, South Korea qualified 3 sleds.[16][17]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Ji-soo Men's 50.80 4 50.86 6 50.51 4 50.81 6 3:22.98 6
Yun Sung-bin 50.28 1 50.07 1 50.18 1 50.02 1 3:20.55 1st
Jeong Sophia Women's 52.47 13 52.67 15 52.47 15 52.28 12 3:29.89 15

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Choi Seo-u Men's normal hill 89.0 94.7 39 Q 93.5 83.9 41 Did not advance
Men's large hill 114.5 73.5 46 Q 114.0 93.2 45 Did not advance
Kim Hyun-ki Men's normal hill 84.0 83.1 52 Did not advance
Men's large hill 101.5 46.4 56 Did not advance
Park Guy-lim Women's normal hill N/A 56.0 14.2 35 Did Not Advance

Snowboarding

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Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Lee Min-sik Men's big air 68.75 72.25 72.25 14 Did not advance
Men's slopestyle DNS
Kim Ho-jun Men's halfpipe 54.50 10.25 54.50 24 Did not advance
Kweon Lee-jun 58.50 62.75 62.75 21 Did not advance
Lee Kwang-ki 75.00 72.00 75.00 14 Did not advance
Kwon Sun-oo Women's halfpipe 19.25 35.00 35.00 20 Did not advance
Parallel
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Choi Bo-gun Men's giant slalom 1:26.78 26 Did not advance
Kim Sang-kyum 1:25.88 15 Q  Košir (SLO)
L +1.14
Did not advance
Lee Sang-ho 1:25.06 3 Q  Sarsembaev (OAR)
W –0.54
 Karl (AUT)
W –0.94
 Košir (SLO)
W –0.01
 Galmarini (SUI)
L +0.43
2nd
Jeong Hae-rim Women's giant slalom 1:34.11 20 Did not advance
Shin Da-hae 1:36.04 25 Did not advance

Speed skating

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Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Cha Min-kyu 500 m 34.42 2nd
1000 m 1:09.27 12
Chung Jae-woong 1000 m 1:09.43 13
Joo Hyong-jun 1500 m 1:46.65 17
Kim Jun-ho 500 m 35.01 12
Kim Min-seok 1500 m 1:44.93 3rd
Kim Tae-yun 1000 m 1:08.22 3rd
Lee Seung-hoon 5000 m 6:14.15 5
10,000 m 12:55.54 4
Mo Tae-bum 500 m 35.154 16
Women
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Kim Bo-reum 3000 m 4:12.79 18
Kim Hyun-yung 500 m 38.251 12
1000 m 1:16.366 18
Kim Min-sun 500 m 38.534 16
Lee Sang-hwa 500 m 37.33 2nd
Noh Seon-yeong 1500 m 1:58.75 14
Park Seung-hi 1000 m 1:16.11 16
Mass start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Chung Jae-won Men's mass start 5 8:17.02 6 Q 1 8:32.71 8
Lee Seung-hoon 5 8:45.37 6 Q 60 7:43.97 1st
Kim Bo-reum Women's mass start 4 9:22.21 6 Q 40 8:32.99 2nd
Park Ji-woo 1 8:33.43 9 Did not advance
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
Chung Jae-won
Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
Men's team pursuit  Italy (ITA)
W 3:39.29
1 Q  New Zealand (NZL)
W 3:38.82
1 FA  Norway (NOR)
L 3:38.52
2nd
Kim Bo-reum
Noh Seon-yeong
Park Ji-woo
Park Seung-hi
Women's team pursuit  Netherlands (NED)
L 3:03.76
7 FD Did not advance  Poland (POL)
L 3:07.30
8

Notes

  1. South Korea didn't march at the Parade of Nations. Its delegates along with North Korea's marched in the opening ceremony as "Korea". South Korean bobsleigher Won Yun-jong along with North Korean ice hockey player Hwang Chung-gum were the flagbearers of the unified Korea team.[1]

See also

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