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South Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics

South Korea at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Nagano
Competitors37 (26 men and 11 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Hur Seung-Wook
Officials25
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Korea (2018)

South Korea, as Republic of Korea, competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Kim Dong-Sung Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres 17 February
 Gold Chun Lee-Kyung
Won Hye-Kyung
An Sang-Mi
Kim Yoon-Mi
Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay 17 February
 Gold Chun Lee-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 21 February
 Silver Chae Ji-Hoon
Lee Jun-Hwan
Lee Ho-Eung
Kim Dong-Sung
Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay 21 February
 Bronze Chun Lee-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 19 February
 Bronze Won Hye-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 21 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 2 0 2
Biathlon 1 0 1
Cross-country skiing 4 0 4
Figure skating 1 0 1
Luge 3 0 3
Short track speed skating 4 5 9
Ski jumping 4 4
Speed skating 7 6 13
Total 26 11 37

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete Event Record Rank
Hur Sung-Wook Giant Slalom 2:52.27 33
Slalom 1:58.01 23
Byun Jong-Moon Giant Slalom Did not finish -
Slalom Did not finish -

Biathlon

Men

Athlete Event Record Penalty Rank
Jeon Jae-Won 10 km 35:09.5 6 70
20 km 1:15:17.8 13 71

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete Event Record Rank
Park Byeong-ju 10 km 30:42.1 53
15 km Did not finish -
30 km 1:47:41.5 55
An Jin-Soo 10 km 31:55.5 74
15 km 1:18:51.4 66
30 km 1:54:12.2 63
Park Byung-Joo 10 km 32:46.1 79
15 km 1:19:19.8 67
Shin Doo-Sun 50 km 2:33:27.3 61
Park Byeong-ju
An Jin-Soo
Shin Doo-Sun
Park Byung-Joo
4 × 10 km Relay 1:55:17.1 20

Figure skating

Men

Athlete Event TFP Rank
Lee Kyu-Hyun Single 35.5 24

Luge

Men

Athlete Event Record Rank
Lee Gi-Ro Single 3:34.721 29
Kang Kwang-Bae Single 3:35.958 31
Lee Yong Single 3:40.407 32

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Dong-Sung 500 metres 43.653 2nd 43.810 2nd 43.096 3rd 43.090 8th
1000 metres 1:33.039 2nd 1:32.423 2nd 1:32.036 1st 1:32.375 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lee Jun-Hwan 500 metres 43.840 1st 44.417 4th Ranking Round 12th
1000 metres 1:32.879 1st 1:38.115 3rd 1:32.634 4th 1:33.131 7th
Chae Ji-Hoon 500 metres 43.011 2nd 43.622 2nd 43.864 4th 42.832 5th
1000 metres 1:35.240 1st 1:34.902 2nd DQ - Ranking Round 10th
Chae Ji-Hoon
Kim Dong-Sung
Lee Jun-Hwan
Lee Ho-Eung
5000 metres Relay 7:07.457 1st 7:06.776 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chun Lee-Kyung 500 metres 48.024 1st 46.163 2nd 46.168 4th 46.335 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1000 metres 1:39.107 1st 1:38.068 1st 1:34.789 2nd 1:42.776 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Yoon-Mi 500 metres 48.184 2nd 46.640 2nd 47.337 5th Ranking Round 10th
1000 metres 1:39.042 1st 1:32.097 2nd 1:38.420 4th 1:37.777 6th
Choi Min-Kyung 500 metres 46.126 2nd 46.033 1st 46.000 3rd 46.504 4th
Won Hye-Kyung 1000 metres 1:44.005 1st 1:36.210 1st 1:35.606 1st 1:43,361 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
An Sang-Mi
Chun Lee-Kyung
Kim Yoon-Mi
Won Hye-Kyung
3000 metres Relay 4:21.510 1st 4:16.260 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ski jumping

Men

Athlete Event Record Rank
Choi Heung-Chul K90 Individual 77.5 46
K120 Individual 89.1 40
Kim Hyun-Ki K90 Individual 61.5 59
K120 Individual 72.9 51
Kim Heung-Soo K90 Individual 59.5 61
K120 Individual 9.9 62
Choi Yong-Jik K90 Individual 69.0 53
K120 Individual 66.6 53
Choi Heung-Chul
Kim Hyun-Ki
Kim Heung-Soo
Choi Yong-Jik
K120 Team 373.8 13

Speed skating

Men

Athlete Event Record Rank
Kim Yoon-Man 500 m 1:12.36 7
1000 m 1:12.50 20
Lee Kyu-Hyuk 500 m 1:12.55 8
1000 m 1:12.05 13
Jegal Seong-Ryeol 500 m 1:12.97 T16
1000 m 1:13.09 30
Kim Jin-Soo 500 m 1:14.32 34
Chun Joo-Hyun 1000 m 1:12.55 T21
1500 m 1:51.65 15
Choi Jae-Bong 1500 m 1:51.47 12
5000 m 6:54.62 29
Jeong Jin-Wook 1500 m 1:55.02 39

Women

Athlete Event Record Rank
Choi Seung-Yong 500 m 1:20.79 T24
1000 m 1:21.28 24
Chun Hee-Joo 500 m 1:21.62 29
1000 m 1:22.06 30
Kang Mi-Young 500 m 1:22.25 30
1000 m 1:24.18 38
Kim Ju-Hyun 500 m 1:22.79 T33
1000 m 1:23.18 35
Baek Eun-Bi 1500 m 2:05.23 25
3000 m 4:24.50 23
Lee Kyeong-Nam 1500 m 2:05.59 26
3000 m 4:21.10 20

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