South Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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South Korea at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg
IOC code KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.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
Unification flag of Korea (pre 2006).svg  Korea (2018)

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

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Dong-Sung Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres 17 February
Gold medal icon.svg 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 medal icon.svg Gold Chun Lee-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 21 February
Silver medal icon.svg 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 medal icon.svg Bronze Chun Lee-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 19 February
Bronze medal icon.svg 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]

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 202
Biathlon 101
Cross-country skiing 404
Figure skating 101
Luge 303
Short track speed skating 459
Ski jumping 44
Speed skating 7613
Total261137

Alpine skiing

Men

AthleteEventRecordRank
Hur Sung-Wook Giant Slalom2:52.2733
Slalom1:58.0123
Byun Jong-Moon Giant SlalomDid not finish-
SlalomDid not finish-

Biathlon

Men

AthleteEventRecordPenaltyRank
Jeon Jae-Won 10 km35:09.5670
20 km1:15:17.81371

Cross-country skiing

Men

AthleteEventRecordRank
Park Byeong-ju 10 km30:42.153
15 kmDid not finish-
30 km1:47:41.555
An Jin-Soo 10 km31:55.574
15 km1:18:51.466
30 km1:54:12.263
Park Byung-Joo 10 km32:46.179
15 km1:19:19.867
Shin Doo-Sun 50 km2:33:27.361
Park Byeong-ju
An Jin-Soo
Shin Doo-Sun
Park Byung-Joo
4 × 10 km Relay1:55:17.120

Figure skating

Men

AthleteEventTFPRank
Lee Kyu-Hyun Single35.524

Luge

Men

AthleteEventRecordRank
Lee Gi-Ro Single3:34.72129
Kang Kwang-Bae Single3:35.95831
Lee Yong Single3:40.40732

Short track speed skating

Men

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kim Dong-Sung 500 metres43.6532nd43.8102nd43.0963rd43.0908th
1000 metres1:33.0392nd1:32.4232nd1:32.0361st1:32.375Gold medal icon.svg
Lee Jun-Hwan 500 metres43.8401st44.4174thRanking Round12th
1000 metres1:32.8791st1:38.1153rd1:32.6344th1:33.1317th
Chae Ji-Hoon 500 metres43.0112nd43.6222nd43.8644th42.8325th
1000 metres1:35.2401st1:34.9022ndDQ-Ranking Round10th
Chae Ji-Hoon
Kim Dong-Sung
Lee Jun-Hwan
Lee Ho-Eung
5000 metres Relay7:07.4571st7:06.776Silver medal icon.svg

Women

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Chun Lee-Kyung 500 metres48.0241st46.1632nd46.1684th46.335Bronze medal icon.svg
1000 metres1:39.1071st1:38.0681st1:34.7892nd1:42.776Gold medal icon.svg
Kim Yoon-Mi 500 metres48.1842nd46.6402nd47.3375thRanking Round10th
1000 metres1:39.0421st1:32.0972nd1:38.4204th1:37.7776th
Choi Min-Kyung 500 metres46.1262nd46.0331st46.0003rd46.5044th
Won Hye-Kyung 1000 metres1:44.0051st1:36.2101st1:35.6061st1:43,361Bronze medal icon.svg
An Sang-Mi
Chun Lee-Kyung
Kim Yoon-Mi
Won Hye-Kyung
3000 metres Relay4:21.5101st4:16.260Gold medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

Men

AthleteEventRecordRank
Choi Heung-Chul K90 Individual77.546
K120 Individual89.140
Kim Hyun-Ki K90 Individual61.559
K120 Individual72.951
Kim Heung-Soo K90 Individual59.561
K120 Individual9.962
Choi Yong-Jik K90 Individual69.053
K120 Individual66.653
Choi Heung-Chul
Kim Hyun-Ki
Kim Heung-Soo
Choi Yong-Jik
K120 Team373.813

Speed skating

Men

AthleteEventRecordRank
Kim Yoon-Man 500 m1:12.367
1000 m1:12.5020
Lee Kyu-Hyuk 500 m1:12.558
1000 m1:12.0513
Jegal Seong-Ryeol 500 m1:12.97T16
1000 m1:13.0930
Kim Jin-Soo 500 m1:14.3234
Chun Joo-Hyun 1000 m1:12.55T21
1500 m1:51.6515
Choi Jae-Bong 1500 m1:51.4712
5000 m6:54.6229
Jeong Jin-Wook 1500 m1:55.0239

Women

AthleteEventRecordRank
Choi Seung-Yong 500 m1:20.79T24
1000 m1:21.2824
Chun Hee-Joo 500 m1:21.6229
1000 m1:22.0630
Kang Mi-Young 500 m1:22.2530
1000 m1:24.1838
Kim Ju-Hyun 500 m1:22.79T33
1000 m1:23.1835
Baek Eun-Bi 1500 m2:05.2325
3000 m4:24.5023
Lee Kyeong-Nam 1500 m2:05.5926
3000 m4:21.1020

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