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South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Not to be confused with Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation. It was represented by 122 competitors[a] in all 15 disciplines (15 sports).

South Korea at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
February 9–25, 2018
Competitors122[a] in 15 sports
Flag bearers None (opening)[b][1]
and Lee Seung-hoon (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
4
Total
17
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Korea (2018)

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 was a single united Korean team.[3]

South Korea won a total of seventeen medals – five gold, eight silver and four bronze – making these Games the most successful in South Korea's history in terms of total medals won, and earning the country 7th place in the overall medal table. Thirteen of the medals were won in long-track and short-track speed skating events. For the first time in their history, South Korean athletes also won medals in sliding sports (bobsleigh and skeleton), in a team event (curling) and in a snow event (snowboarding).

Medalists edit

Further information: 2018 Winter Olympics medal table

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

Records edit

Sport Event Date Round Athlete Time Record Ref
Short track speed skating Men's 1500 metres 10 February Final A Lim Hyo-jun 2:10.485 OR [4]
Men's 5000 metre relay 13 February Semifinal 2 Hwang Dae-heon
Kim Do-kyoum
Kwak Yoon-gy
Lim Hyo-jun 		6:34.510 OR [5]
Women's 500 metres 10 February Heat 8 Choi Min-jeong 42.870 OR [6]
13 February Semifinal 1 Choi Min-jeong 42.422 OR [7]

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[8]

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$ 48
Luge 3 2 5
Nordic combined 1 0 1
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Skeleton 2 1 3
Ski jumping 4 1 5
Snowboarding 7 3 10
Speed skating 9 7 16
Total 78 45 123

$ Additionally, 23 athletes of the women's ice hockey team formed part of a unified Korea women's team which competed under a different country code (COR).[9]

Alpine skiing edit

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

South Korea qualified a total of two male and two female athletes for 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 — 1:47.99 48
Men's super-G — 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 edit

Main article: Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, South Korea qualified five women and received one men spot. [10]

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) 86
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 edit

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, South Korea qualified three sleds.[11][12][13]

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  
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 edit

Main article: cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

South Korea qualified a total of two male and two 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 — 39:07.9 +5:24.0 85
Men's 30 km skiathlon 48:29.9 66 LAP
Men's 50 km classical — LAP
Kim Magnus Men's 15 km freestyle — 36:39.0 +2:55.1 45
Men's 50 km classical — 2:24:14.0 +15:51.9 47
Ju Hye-ri Women's 10 km freestyle — 31:27.1 +6:26.6 79
Lee Chae-won Women's 10 km freestyle — 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 — 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 — 19:19.17 11 did not advance

Curling edit

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics

South Korea qualified their men's team (five athletes), their women's team (five athletes), and their mixed doubles team (two athletes).[14]

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   USA
L 7–11 		  SWE
L 2–7 		  NOR
L 5–7 		  CAN
L 6–7 		  GBR
W 11–5 		  DEN
L 8–9 		  ITA
W 8–6 		  SUI
W 8–7 		  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   CAN
W 8–6 		  JPN
L 5–7 		  SUI
W 7–5 		  GBR
W 7–4 		  CHN
W 12–5 		  SWE
W 7–6 		  USA
W 9–6 		  OAR
W 11–2 		  DEN
W 9–3 		1 Q BYE   JPN
W 8–7 		  SWE
L 3–8 		 
Jang Hye-ji
Lee Ki-jeong 		Mixed doubles   FIN
W 9-4 		  CHN
L 7-8 		  NOR
L 3-8 		  USA
W 9-1 		  OAR
L 5-6 		  SUI
L 4-6 		  CAN
L 3-7 		— 5 did not advance

Men's tournament edit

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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

Final round robin standings
Team
 Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
  Sweden Niklas Edin 9 7 2 62 43 34 28 13 8 87% Playoffs
  Canada Kevin Koe 9 6 3 56 46 36 34 14 8 87%
  United States John Shuster 9 5 4 67 63 37 39 4 6 80%
  Great Britain Kyle Smith 9 5 4 55 60 40 37 8 7 82% Tiebreaker
  Switzerland Peter de Cruz 9 5 4 60 55 39 37 10 6 83%
  Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 4 5 52 56 34 39 7 8 82%
  South Korea Kim Chang-min 9 4 5 65 63 39 39 8 8 82%
  Japan Yusuke Morozumi 9 4 5 48 56 33 35 13 5 81%
  Italy Joël Retornaz 9 3 6 50 56 37 38 15 7 81%
  Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 9 2 7 53 70 36 39 12 5 83%
Source: [citation needed]
Round-robin

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

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
  United States (Shuster)   2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 11
Draw 2

Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
  Sweden (Edin)   0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 X 7
Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Norway (Ulsrud)   0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
  South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Koe) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7
  South Korea (Kim)   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6
Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 X 11
  Great Britain (Smith) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Draw 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Denmark (Stjerne)   0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
  South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 8
Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
  South Korea (Kim)   3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8
Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
  Switzerland (de Cruz)   1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 7
Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   1 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 X X 10
  Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4

Women's tournament edit

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

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

Final round robin standings
Team
 Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
  South Korea Kim Eun-jung 9 8 1 75 44 41 34 5 15 79% Playoffs
  Sweden Anna Hasselborg 9 7 2 64 48 42 34 14 13 83%
  Great Britain Eve Muirhead 9 6 3 61 56 39 38 12 6 79%
  Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 9 5 4 59 55 38 36 10 13 75%
  China Wang Bingyu 9 4 5 57 65 35 38 12 5 78%
  Canada Rachel Homan 9 4 5 68 59 40 36 10 12 81%
  Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 9 4 5 60 55 34 37 12 7 78%
  United States Nina Roth 9 4 5 56 65 38 39 7 6 78%
  Olympic Athletes from Russia Victoria Moiseeva 9 2 7 45 76 34 40 8 6 76%
  Denmark Madeleine Dupont 9 1 8 50 72 32 41 10 6 73%
Source: [citation needed]
Round-robin

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

Draw 2

Thursday, 15 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Canada (Homan) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 6
  South Korea (Kim)   1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 8
Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
  Japan (Fujisawa) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 7
Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
  Switzerland (Tirinzoni)   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 7
  Great Britain (Muirhead)   0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  China (Wang) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 X X 5
  South Korea (Kim)   3 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 X X 12
Draw 8

Monday, 19 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Sweden (Hasselborg) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
  South Korea (Kim)   0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  United States (Roth)   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
  South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 X 9
Draw 11

Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim) 3 3 3 0 2 0 X X X X 11
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Moiseeva)   0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   0 1 0 3 2 0 3 X X X 9
  Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X X 3
Semifinal

Friday, 23 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
  Japan (Fujisawa) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
Gold Medal Game

Sunday, 25 February, 09:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  South Korea (Kim)   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
  Sweden (Hasselborg) 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 X 8

Mixed doubles edit

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

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

Final round robin standings
Team
 Athletes Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
  Canada Kaitlyn Lawes / John Morris 7 6 1 52 26 28 20 0 9 80% Playoffs
  Switzerland Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 7 5 2 45 40 29 26 0 10 71%
  Olympic Athletes from Russia Anastasia Bryzgalova / Alexander Krushelnitskiy 7 4 3 36 44 26 27 1 7 67%
  Norway Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 7 4 3 39 43 26 25 1 8 74% Tiebreaker
  China Wang Rui / Ba Dexin 7 4 3 47 42 27 27 1 6 72%
  South Korea Jang Hye-ji / Lee Ki-jeong 7 2 5 40 40 23 29 1 7 67%
  United States Rebecca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton 7 2 5 37 43 26 25 0 9 74%
  Finland Oona Kauste / Tomi Rantamäki 7 1 6 35 53 23 29 0 6 67%
Source: [citation needed]
Draw 1

Thursday, February 8, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 X 9
  Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki)   0 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 4
Draw 2

Thursday, February 8, 20:04

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 7
  China (Wang / Ba)   2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 8
Draw 3

Friday, February 9, 8:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
  Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)   1 3 1 0 1 0 2 X 8
Draw 4

Friday, February 9, 13:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
  South Korea (Jang / Lee)   2 0 2 3 1 1 X X 9
Draw 5

Saturday, February 10, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy)   0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6
Draw 6

Saturday, February 10, 20:04

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Switzerland (Perret / Rios)   2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
  South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4
Draw 7

Sunday, February 11, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Canada (Lawes / Morris) 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 X 7
  South Korea (Jang / Lee)   0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3

Figure skating edit

Main article: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics

South Korea qualified two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[15] 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.[16]

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 9 Did Not Advance

Freestyle skiing edit

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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 edit

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Summary
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 edit

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

South Korea men's national ice hockey team qualified as the host.[17]

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

Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 0 9 4 +5 8 Quarterfinals
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 0 11 4 +7 7
3    Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 10 9 +1 3 Qualification playoffs
4   South Korea (H) 3 0 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
15 February 2018
21:10		Czech Republic  2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)		  South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,025
Game reference
Pavel FrancouzGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
  Mark Lemelin
  Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
  Henrik Pihlblad
  Sakari Suominen
0–107:34 – Cho M.H. (Radunske, Swift)
Kovář (Řepík, Sekáč) (PP) – 11:591–1
Řepík (Birner, Francouz) (SH) – 16:182–1
8 minPenalties6 min
40Shots18
17 February 2018
16:40		South Korea  0–8
(0–1, 0–2, 0–5)		   SwitzerlandGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,568
Game reference
Matt Dalton
Park Sung-je		GoaliesJonas HillerReferees:
  Jan Hribik
  Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
  Miroslav Lhotský
  Fraser McIntyre
0–110:23 – Hollenstein (Haas, Loeffel)
0–227:36 – Du Bois
0–335:55 – Suter (Herzog)
0–443:50 – Rüfenacht (Untersander, Almond)
0–545:17 – Suter (Ambühl, Moser)
0–646:45 – Schäppi (Almond, Geering)
0–751:24 – Suter (Geering, Ambühl)
0–855:10 – Corvi (Hofmann, Du Bois)
8 minPenalties10 min
25Shots34
18 February 2018
21:10		Canada  4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		  South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 6,038
Game reference
Kevin PoulinGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
  Jozef Kubuš
  Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Fluri
  Vít Lederer
Thomas (Genoway, Wolski) – 07:361–0
O'Dell (Gragnani, Noreau) – 34:222–0
Lapierre (Roy) – 45:433–0
Brulé (Lee, Roy) (PP) – 58:024–0
8 minPenalties8 min
49Shots19
Qualification playoff
20 February 2018
21:10		Finland  5–2
(1–0, 2–2, 2–0)		  South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 5,409
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
  Roman Gofman
  Timothy Mayer
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Fluri
  Gleb Lazarev
Kontiola (Tolvanen, Kemppainen) (PP) – 04:421–0
Kontiola (Lepistö, Tolvanen) (PP) – 23:442–0
Heiskanen (Tolvanen) – 26:233–0
3–130:06 – Radunske (Regan, Kim S.W.)
3–232:09 – Ahn J.H. (Shin S.H.)
Hietanen (Osala, Savinainen) (PP) – 47:204–2
Manninen (Hietanen, Koskiranta) (ENG) – 59:535–2
2 minPenalties8 min
36Shots19

Women's tournament edit

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament and Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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 were selected for each game.[18]

Luge edit

Main article: Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, South Korea qualified four sleds.[19]

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 — 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 edit

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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 edit

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics

According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, South Korea qualified a full squad of five men and five women each.[20]

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  
1000 m 1:24.457 1 Q PEN did not advance
1500 m 2:15.561 1 Q — 2:11.469 2 FA DNF 14
Lim Hyo-jun 500 m 40.418 1 Q 40.400 1 Q 40.132 2 FA 39.919  
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 — 2:11.389 1 FA 2:10.485 OR  
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  
1500 m 2:18.750 1 Q — 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 — 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 6
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 — 2:22.295 1 FA 2:24.948  
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 — 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 — did not advance
Choi Min-jeong
Kim A-lang
Kim Ye-jin
Lee Yu-bin
Shim Suk-hee 		3000 m relay — 4:06.387 OR 1 FA 4:07.361  

Key: AA – Advanced to medal round due to being impeded by another skater; ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualified to medal round; FB – Qualified to consolation round

Skeleton edit

Main article: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Based on the world rankings, South Korea qualified three sleds.[21][22]

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  
Jeong Sophia Women's 52.47 13 52.67 15 52.47 15 52.28 12 3:29.89 15

Ski jumping edit

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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 55 did not advance
Kim Hyun-ki
Park Je-un
Choi Heung-chul
Choi Seo-u 		Men's team large hill — 409.5 274.5 12 did not advance
Park Guy-lim Women's normal hill — 56.0 14.2 35 Did Not Advance

Snowboarding edit

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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 		 
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 edit

Main article: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Cha Min-kyu 500 m 34.42  
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  
Kim Tae-yun 1000 m 1:08.22  
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  
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  
Kim Bo-reum Women's mass start 4 9:22.21 6 Q 40 8:32.99  
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
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon
Joo Hyong-jun ** 		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 		 
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

** Did not play.

Notes edit

a Park Je-un took part in two sports: nordic combined and ski jumping.

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

See also edit

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