South Korea at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

South Korea competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from 19 to 26 February.[1][2] The country's goal for the games was a top two finish, and a record medal haul with at least 15 gold medals.[3][4]

South Korea at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro
19–26 February
Competitors141 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Jung Dong-hyun
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
16
Silver
18
Bronze
16
Total
50
Asian Winter Games appearances (overview)

South Korea competed in all five sports (eleven disciplines).[5] The team consisted of 141 athletes.[6]

On 17 February 2017, it was announced that alpine skier Jung Dong-hyun would be the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[7]

Background edit

One of the athletes hotels is the APA Hotel in Sapporo. The founder and president of this hotel chain, Toshio Motoya, who is a strong supporter of political and historical view aligned with those of Japan's right wing. For example, Motoya claimed that "Japanese aggression, the Nanking Massacre, and comfort women" were "fabricated stories" or "fictitious". His book is available in each of the guest rooms at the hotel. This created controversy, particularly in China, which caused the games organizers to ask the hotel to take appropriate actions and remove them from guest rooms.[8][9] The Organizing Committee will gain exclusive access over the hotel from February 12, and an organization committee official said, "we can decide what is removed and placed in the guest rooms so that we don’t place any items that offend athletes, from not only China, but also any other nation”.[10] Eventually both South Korea and China requested that their athletes stay at a different hotel, and the organizing committee obliged by changing their accommodations to the Sapporo Prince Hotel.[11][12]

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Speed skating63312
  Short track speed skating55313
  Snowboarding2226
  Cross-country skiing1337
  Alpine skiing1225
  Figure skating1001
  Curling0112
  Freestyle skiing0101
  Ice hockey0101
  Biathlon0011
  Ski jumping0011
Totals (11 entries)16181650
Medals by day
Day       Total
February 19 1 1 2
February 20 5 2 5 12
February 21 4 2 6
February 22 6 4 10
February 23 2 1 4 7
February 24 1 3 4
February 25 2 2 2 6
February 26 3 3
Total 16 18 16 50

Medalists edit

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

Gold medal edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Lee Sang-ho Snowboarding Men's giant slalom February 19
  Gold Kim Magnus Cross-country skiing Men's 1.4 km sprint February 20
  Gold Lee Sang-ho Snowboarding Men's slalom February 20
  Gold Lee Seung-hoon Speed skating Men's 5000 m February 20
  Gold Choi Min-jeong Short track speed skating Women's 1500 m February 20
  Gold Park Se-yeong Short track speed skating Men's 1500 m February 20
  Gold Lee Seung-hoon Speed skating Men's 10000 m February 22
  Gold Shim Suk-hee Short track speed skating Women's 1000 m February 22
  Gold Seo Yi-ra Short track speed skating Men's 1000 m February 22
  Gold Kim Bo-reum Speed skating Women's 5000 m February 22
  Gold Kim Ji-yoo, Noh Do-hee, Shim Suk-hee, Choi Min-jeong, Kim Geon-hee Short track speed skating Women's 3000 m relay February 22
  Gold Joo Hyong-jun, Kim Min-seok, Lee Seung-hoon Speed skating Men's team pursuit February 22
  Gold Kim Min-seok Speed skating Men's 1500 m February 23
  Gold Lee Seung-hoon Speed skating Men's mass start February 23
  Gold Jung Dong-hyun Alpine skiing Men's slalom February 25
  Gold Choi Da-bin Figure skating Women's singles February 25

Silver medal edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Silver Choi Bo-gun Snowboarding Men's giant slalom February 19
  Silver Shim Suk-hee Short track speed skating Women's 1500 m February 20
  Silver Kim Bo-reum Speed skating Women's 3000 m February 20
  Silver Lee Chae-won Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km February 21
  Silver Lee Sang-hwa Speed skating Women's 500 m February 21
  Silver Seo Yi-ra Short track speed skating Men's 500 m February 21
  Silver Park Ji-woo, Noh Seon-yeong, Kim Bo-reum Speed skating Women's team pursuit February 21
  Silver Kim Hyeon-tae Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom February 22
  Silver Choi Min-jeong Short track speed skating Women's 1000 m February 22
  Silver Sin Da-woon Short track speed skating Men's 1000 m February 22
  Silver Park Se-yeong, Seo Yi-ra, Sin Da-woon, Lee Jung-su, Han Seung-soo Short track speed skating Men's 5000 m relay February 22
  Silver Kim Magnus Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km February 23
  Silver Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Yeong-mi Curling Women's tournament February 24
  Silver Kim Hyeon-tae Alpine skiing Men's slalom February 25
  Silver Kweon Lee-jun Snowboarding Men's halfpipe February 25
  Silver Lee Chae-won Cross-country skiing Women's 15 km February 26
  Silver Matt Dalton, Park Kye-hoon, Park Sun-je, Lee Don-ku, Oh Hyun-ho, Eric Regan, Kim Won-jun, Seo Yeong-jun, Kim Yoon-hwan, Bryan Young, Cho Min-ho, Shin Hyun-gyun, Lee Chong-hyun, Jeon Jung-woo, Park Jin-kyu, Shin Sang-hoon, Shin Sang-woo, Kim Ki-sung, Michael Swift, Mike Testwuide, Kim Sang-wook, Park Woo-sang, Kim Won-jung Ice hockey Men's tournament February 26
  Silver Choi Jae-woo Freestyle skiing Men's moguls February 26

Bronze medal edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Bronze Ju Hye-ri Cross-country skiing Women's 1.4 km sprint February 20
  Bronze Shin Da-hae Snowboarding Women's slalom February 20
  Bronze Kim Sang-kyum Snowboarding Men's slalom February 20
  Bronze Cha Min-kyu Speed skating Men's 500 m February 20
  Bronze Lee Jung-su Short track speed skating Men's 1500 m February 20
  Bronze Choi Min-jeong Short track speed skating Women's 500 m February 21
  Bronze Park Se-yeong Short track speed skating Men's 500 m February 21
  Bronze Kang Young-seo Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom February 23
  Bronze Kim Soo-hyuk, Park Jong-duk, Kim Tae-hwan, Nam Yoon-ho, Yoo Min-hyeon Curling Men's tournament February 23
  Bronze Kim Bo-reum Speed skating Women's mass start February 23
  Bronze Kim Min-seok Speed skating Men's mass start February 23
  Bronze Kim Yong-gyu Biathlon Men's 12.5 km pursuit February 24
  Bronze Je Sang-mi, Han Da-som, Ju Hye-ri, Lee Chae-won Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay February 24
  Bronze Hwang Jun-ho, Park Seong-beom, Kim Min-woo, Kim Magnus Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay February 24
  Bronze Kang Young-seo Alpine skiing Women's slalom February 25
  Bronze Lee Ju-chan, Choi Heung-chul, Kim Hyun-ki, Choi Seou Ski jumping Men's team February 25

Competitors edit

The following table lists the South Korean delegation per sport and gender.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 5 5 10
Biathlon 5 5 10
Cross-country skiing 5 5 10
Curling 5 4 9
Figure skating 5 4 9
Freestyle skiing 3 2 5
Ice hockey 23 20 43
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Ski jumping 5 5
Snowboarding 8 4 12
Speed skating 9 9 18
Total 78 63 141

Alpine skiing edit

South Korea sent 10 athletes (5 men and 5 women) to compete in the alpine skiing event.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Hong Dong-kwan Giant slalom
Slalom
Jung Dong-hyun Giant slalom
Slalom
Kim Hyeon-tae Giant slalom
Slalom
Kyung Sung-hyun Giant slalom
Slalom
Park Je-yun Giant slalom
Slalom
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Choe Jeong-hyeon Giant slalom
Slalom
Gim So-hui Giant slalom
Slalom
Kang Young-seo Giant slalom
Slalom
Noh Jin-soul Giant slalom
Slalom
Rim Seung-hyun Giant slalom
Slalom

Biathlon edit

South Korea sent 10 athletes (5 men and 5 women) to compete in the biathlon event.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Heo Seon-hoe Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Jun Je-uk Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Kim Jong-min Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Kim Yong-gyu Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Lee In-bok Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Hwang Hye-suk Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Jung Ju-mi Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Ko Eun-jung Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Mun Ji-hee Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Park Ji-ae Sprint
Pursuit
Mass start
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Relay

Cross-country skiing edit

Men

Curling edit

South Korea has entered both a men's and women's teams.[14][15]

Men's tournament edit

Key
Teams to playoffs
Skip W L
  China Liu Rui 5 0
  South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 4 1
  Japan Yusuke Morozumi 3 2
  Chinese Taipei Randolph Shen 2 3
  Kazakhstan Viktor Kim 1 4
  Qatar Nabeel Alyafei 0 5
Round-robin

South Korea has a bye in draw 3

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Japan (Morozumi) 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
  South Korea (Soo-hyuk) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5
Bronze medal match

Thursday, February 23, 1:30

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 X X 5
  South Korea (Soo-hyuk)   3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 X X 10

Women's tournament edit

Key
Teams to playoffs
Skip W L
  South Korea Kim Eun-jung 4 0
  China Wang Bingyu 3 1
  Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 2 2
  Kazakhstan Ramina Yunicheva 1 3
  Qatar Maryam Binali 0 4
Round-robin

South Korea has a bye in draw 1

Figure skating edit

Men's single
Athlete(s) Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Lee June-hyoung Singles 57.67 13 126.76 11 184.43 12
Kim Jin-seo Singles 76.99 6 151.68 7 228.67 7
Women's single
Athlete(s) Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Choi Da-bin Singles 61.30 1 126.24 1 187.54  
Kim Na-hyun Singles 40.80 13 67.97 13 108.77 13
Pairs
Athlete(s) Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kim Kyu-eun / Kam Kang-chan Pairs 46.64 6 95.24 5 141.88 5
Kim Su-yeon / Kim Hyung-tae Pairs 49.28 4 100.12 4 149.40 4
Ice dancing
Athlete(s) Event SD FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Lee Ho-jung / Kam Kang-in Ice dancing 51.56 4 79.66 4 131.22 4

Freestyle skiing edit

Ice hockey edit

South Korea has entered teams in both hockey tournaments. The men's team will compete in the top division.[16][17]

Men's tournament edit

South Korea was represented by the following 23 athletes:[18][19]

Legend

  • G– Goalie D = Defense F = Forward
Rank Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
    Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 0 19 0 +19 9
    South Korea 3 2 0 0 1 14 6 +8 6
    Japan 3 1 0 0 2 15 11 +4 3
4   China 3 0 0 0 3 0 32 –32 0
22 February 2017
15:30
South Korea  0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
  KazakhstanTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 513
Game reference
14 minPenalties8 min
29Shots27

24 February 2017
19:00
Japan  1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)
  South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 2,118
Game reference
8 minPenalties6 min
28Shots32

26 February 2017
9:00
China  0–10
(0–2, 0–4, 0–4)
  South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 344
Game reference
12 minPenalties0 min
14Shots66

Women's tournament edit

South Korea was represented by the following 20 athletes:[20]

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward

Rank Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
    Japan 5 5 0 0 0 98 1 +97 15
    China 5 3 0 1 1 46 12 +34 10
    Kazakhstan 5 3 0 0 2 31 14 +17 9
4   South Korea 5 2 1 0 2 37 6 +31 8
5   Thailand 5 1 0 0 4 5 84 –79 3
6   Hong Kong 5 0 0 0 5 4 104 –100 0
18 February 2017
15:30
Thailand  0–20
(0–7, 0–7, 0–6)
  South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 360
Game reference
Referee:
  Deana Cuglietta
Linesmen:
  Anette Fjeldstad
  Cindy Naef
4 minPenalties4 min
1Shots108

20 February 2017
19:00
Japan  3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
  South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 1,221
Game reference
12 minPenalties6 min
47Shots19

21 February 2017
15:30
Kazakhstan  1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  South KoreaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 292
Game reference
10 minPenalties2 min
21Shots30

23 February 2017
12:00
South Korea  3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
  ChinaTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 351
Game reference
10 minPenalties8 min
25Shots29

25 February 2017
15:30
South Korea  14–0
(9–0, 5–0, 0–0)
  Hong KongTsukisamu Gymnasium
Attendance: 508
Game reference
6 minPenalties4 min
59Shots0

Short track speed skating edit

Men

Ski jumping edit

Snowboarding edit

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Choi Bo-gun Giant slalom 52.02 2 44.42 3 1:36.44  
Slalom 41.27 4 36.70 6 1:17.97 4
Ji Myung-kon Giant slalom 52.27 3 45.24 8 1:37.51 4
Slalom 43.39 9 36.63 5 1:20.02 7
Kim Sang-kyum Giant slalom 53.13 4 45.02 5 1:38.15 5
Slalom 41.67 5 35.75 1 1:17.42  
Lee Sang-ho Giant slalom 51.94 1 43.82 2 1:35.72  
Slalom 39.80 1 36.29 4 1:16.09  
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jeong Hae-rim Giant slalom 59.67 5 48.46 2 1:48.13 4
Slalom 46.69 6 40.24 4 1:26.93 4
Shin Da-hae Giant slalom 59.06 4 49.60 5 1:48.66 5
Slalom 46.20 5 40.22 3 1:26.42  

Speed skating edit

South Korea's speed skating team consists of twenty athletes (10 men and 10 women).[22]

Men
Women

References edit

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