South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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South Korea at the
2010 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 Vancouver
Competitors46 in 12 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Kang Kwang-bae
Flag bearer (closing) Mo Tae-bum
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
6
Silver
6
Bronze
2
Total
14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Unification flag of Korea (pre 2006).svg  Korea (2018)

South Korea participated as the Republic of Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was their best performance at the Winter Olympics to date, ranking 5th in gold medals and 7th in overall medals.

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Korea won its first ever medal in figure skating when Kim Yuna won gold and set a world record in the ladies' event.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lee Jung-su Short track Men's 1500 metres 13 Feb
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lee Jung-su Short track Men's 1000 metres 20 Feb
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mo Tae-bum Speed skating Men's 500 metres 15 Feb
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lee Sang-hwa Speed skating Women's 500 metres 16 Feb
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lee Seung-hoon Speed skating Men's 10000 metres 23 Feb
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Yuna Figure skating Ladies' singles 25 Feb
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Eun-byul Short track Women's 1500 metres 20 Feb
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Ho-suk Short track Men's 1000 metres 20 Feb
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Seung-hoon Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 13 Feb
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mo Tae-bum Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 17 Feb
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sung Si-bak Short track Men's 500 metres 26 Feb
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kwak Yoon-gy
Lee Ho-suk
Lee Jung-su
Sung Si-bak
Kim Seoung-il
Short track Men's 5000 metre relay 26 Feb
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Park Seung-hi Short track Women's 1500 metres 20 Feb
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Park Seung-hi Short track Women's 1000 metres 26 Feb
South Korea at the 2010 opening ceremony. Korea olympic march 2010.jpg
South Korea at the 2010 opening ceremony.
Medals by sport
Sport Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Short track speed skating 2428
Speed skating 3205
Figure skating 1001
Total66214
Medals by dateCumulative
DayDate Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total Gold medal icon.svg Silver medal icon.svg Bronze medal icon.svg Total
Day 113th11021102
Day 214th00001102
Day 315th10012103
Day 416th10013104
Day 517th01013205
Day 618th00003205
Day 719th00003205
Day 820th12144419
Day 921st00004419
Day 1022nd00004419
Day 1123rd100154110
Day 1325th100164111
Day 1426th021366214
Total6621466214

Alpine skiing

AthleteDate of birthEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jung Dong-hyun 1 June 1988 Men's slalom DNF
Kim Woo-sung 2 April 1986 Men's slalom DNF
Men's giant slalom DSQ
Kim Sun-joo 13 November 1985 Women's slalom 1:23.88531:20.70492:44.5849
Women's giant slalom 1:23.88531:20.70492:44.5849

Biathlon

AthleteDate of birthEventFinal
TimePenaltiesRank
Lee In-bok 30 March 1984 Men's sprint 27:34.11+365
Men's individual 56:24.52+0+0+271
Mun Ji-hee 2 August 1988 Women's sprint 22:34.11+163
Women's individual 48:53.90+0+2+373

Bobsleigh

AthleteDate of birthEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
Kang Kwang-bae
Lee Jin-hee
Kim Jung-su
Kim Dong-hyun
29 July 1973
7 July 1981
20 April 1984
12 November 1987
Four-man 52.7652.5352.9253.1553.1119

Cross-country skiing

AthleteDate of birthEventFinal
TimeRank
Lee Jun-gil 18 September 1985 Men's 15 km freestyle 39:51.679
Lee Chae-won 7 April 1981 Women's 10 km freestyle 27:56.054
Women's 15 kilometre pursuit 47:34.659

Figure skating

South Korea qualified 2 entrants in ladies singles, for a total of 2 athletes. [1] Kim Yuna's gold medal at the ladies' event is the South Korea's first medal at the Winter Olympics in an event other than short track and speed skating. [2]

Athlete(s)Date of birthEventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Kim Yuna 5 September 1990 Ladies' 78.50 OR WR 1150.06 OR WR 1228.56 OR WR Gold medal icon.svg
Kwak Min-jeong 23 January 1994 Ladies' 53.1616102.3712155.5313

Freestyle skiing

AthleteDate of birthEventQualifyingFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Seo Jung-hwa 27 September 1990 Women's moguls 20.8821DNQ21

Luge

AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
Lee Yong Men's singles 50.54950.60751.01251.1283:23.29636

Short track speed skating

Men
AthleteDate of birthEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lee Ho-suk 25 June 1986 500m 41.6321 Q41.2691 Q1:24.5144 QB49.1497
1000m 1:25.9251 Q1:24.9801 Q1:25.3471 Q1:23.801Silver medal icon.svg
1500m 2:14.3242 Qn/a2:14.8331 QDSQ
Sung Si-bak 18 February 1987 500m 41.8891 Q40.8212 Q41.1262 Q41.340Silver medal icon.svg
1000m 1:24.245 OR 1 Q1:24.5701 Q1:25.0683 QBDSQ
1500m 2:14.8361 Qn/a2:13.5851 Q2:45.0105
Kwak Yoon-gy 26 December 1989 500m 42.1471 Q41.7612 Q41.6203 QB42.1234
Lee Jung-su 30 November 1989 1000m 1:24.9621 Q1:25.8221 Q1:25.5602 Q1:23.747 OR Gold medal icon.svg
1500m 2:12.380 OR 1 Qn/a2:10.949 OR 1 Q2:17.611Gold medal icon.svg
Lee Ho-suk
Sung Si-bak
Lee Jung-su
Kwak Yoon-gy
Kim Seoung-il
25 June 1986
18 February 1987
30 November 1989
26 December 1989
19 December 1990
5000m relay n/a6:43.8451 Q6:44.446Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteDate of birthEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Cho Ha-ri 29 July 1986 500m 44.3132 Q44.3063Did not qualify10
1000m 1:35.9531 Q1:30.5432 Q1:30.7924 QB1:31.9324
1500m 2:22.9281 Qn/a2:35.4923 ADV2:18.8315
Park Seung-hi 28 March 1992 500m 44.2211 QDSQDid not qualify15
1000m 1:31.8851 Q1:30.7691 Q1:29.1652 Q1:29.379Bronze medal icon.svg
1500m 2:24.1291 Qn/a2:20.8591 Q2:17.927Bronze medal icon.svg
Lee Eun-byul 2 October 1991 500m 44.0001 Q44.5822 Q44.8994 QB44.8608
1500m 2:27.2861 Qn/a2:24.3181 Q2:17.849Silver medal icon.svg
Cho Ha-ri
Park Seung-hi
Lee Eun-byul
Kim Min-jung
Choi Jung-won
29 July 1986
28 March 1992
2 October 1991
20 March 1985
16 March 1990
3000m relay n/a4:10.7531 QDSQ

[3]

Skeleton

AthleteDate of birthEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
Cho In-ho 24 June 1978 Men's singles 54.4654.4254.28DNQ2:43.1622

Ski jumping

AthleteDate of birthEventQualifyingFirst roundFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsTotalRank
Choi Heung-chul 3 December 1981 Normal hill 108.540 Q95.048DNQ95.048
Large hill 107.034 Q56.349DNQ56.349
Choi Yong-jik 3 December 1982 Normal hill 107.043DNQ
Large hill 83.446DNQ
Kim Hyun-ki 9 February 1983 Normal hill 121.522 Q107.030DNQ107.040
Large hill 108.933 Q78.042DNQ78.042

Snowboarding

AthleteDate of birthEventQualifyingSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2RankRun 1Run 2Rank
Kim Ho-jun 1 May 1990 Men's halfpipe 8.425.812Did not qualify

Speed skating

Men
AthleteDate of birthEventRace 1Final
TimeRankTimeRank
Mo Tae-bum 15 February 1989 500 m 34.92334.90669.82Gold medal icon.svg
1000 m n/a1:09.12Silver medal icon.svg
1500 m n/a1:46.475
Lee Kyou-hyuk 16 March 1978 500 m 35.14535.34470.4815
1000 m n/a1:09.929
Mun Jun 14 July 1982 500 m 35.55235.64071.1919
1000 m n/a1:10.6818
Lee Kang-seok 28 February 1985 500 m 35.05334.98870.0414
Lee Ki-ho 17 August 1984 1000 m n/a1:12.3336
Ha Hong-sun 1 June 1991 1500 m n/a1:49.9331
Lee Jong-woo 5 July 1985 1500 m n/a1:49.0022
Lee Seung-hoon 6 March 1988 5000 m n/a6:16.95Silver medal icon.svg
10000 m n/a12:58.55 OR Gold medal icon.svg
Men's team pursuit
AthleteDate of birthEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Rank
Lee Seung-hoon
Lee Jong-woo
Ha Hong-sun
6 March 1988
5 July 1985
1 June 1991
Team pursuit Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
3:43.69 QC
n/aFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
3:48.60
5
Women
AthleteDate of birthEventRace 1Final
TimeRankTimeRank
Lee Sang-hwa 25 February 1989 500 m 38.24937.85076.09Gold medal icon.svg
1000 m n/a1:18.2423
Ahn Ji-min 29 April 1992 500 m 39.59539.54979.1431
Lee Bo-ra 16 August 1986 500 m 39.39639.40678.8026
Oh Min-ji 29 March 1985 500 m 39.81639.76879.5832
Kim Yoo-rim 3 February 1990 1000 m n/aDNF
Lee Ju-yeon 29 October 1987 1500 m n/a2:03.6733
3000 m n/a4:18.8723
Noh Seon-yeong 19 October 1989 1500 m n/a2:02.8430
3000 m n/a4:17.3619
Park Do-yeong 30 January 1993 3000 m n/a4:20.9227
Women's team pursuit
AthleteDate of birthEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Rank
Lee Ju-yeon
Noh Seon-yeong
Park Do-yeong
29 October 1987
19 October 1989
30 January 1993
Team pursuit Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
3:07.45 QD
n/aFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
3:06.96
8

[3]

See also

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