South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | KOR |
NOC | Korean Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Vancouver | |
Competitors | 46 in 12 sports |
Flag bearer (opening) | Kang Kwang-bae |
Flag bearer (closing) | Mo Tae-bum |
Medals Ranked 5th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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.
Korea won its first ever medal in figure skating when Kim Yuna won gold and set a world record in the ladies' event.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Lee Jung-su | Short track | Men's 1500 metres | 13 Feb |
Gold | Lee Jung-su | Short track | Men's 1000 metres | 20 Feb |
Gold | Mo Tae-bum | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | 15 Feb |
Gold | Lee Sang-hwa | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres | 16 Feb |
Gold | Lee Seung-hoon | Speed skating | Men's 10000 metres | 23 Feb |
Gold | Kim Yuna | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | 25 Feb |
Silver | Lee Eun-byul | Short track | Women's 1500 metres | 20 Feb |
Silver | Lee Ho-suk | Short track | Men's 1000 metres | 20 Feb |
Silver | Lee Seung-hoon | Speed skating | Men's 5000 metres | 13 Feb |
Silver | Mo Tae-bum | Speed skating | Men's 1000 metres | 17 Feb |
Silver | Sung Si-bak | Short track | Men's 500 metres | 26 Feb |
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 | Park Seung-hi | Short track | Women's 1500 metres | 20 Feb |
Bronze | Park Seung-hi | Short track | Women's 1000 metres | 26 Feb |
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Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
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 | 1:23.88 | 53 | 1:20.70 | 49 | 2:44.58 | 49 |
Women's giant slalom | 1:23.88 | 53 | 1:20.70 | 49 | 2:44.58 | 49 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Penalties | Rank | |||
Lee In-bok | 30 March 1984 | Men's sprint | 27:34.1 | 1+3 | 65 |
Men's individual | 56:24.5 | 2+0+0+2 | 71 | ||
Mun Ji-hee | 2 August 1988 | Women's sprint | 22:34.1 | 1+1 | 63 |
Women's individual | 48:53.9 | 0+0+2+3 | 73 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | |||
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 | 52.76 | 52.53 | 52.92 | 53.15 | 53.11 | 19 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Final | |
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Time | Rank | |||
Lee Jun-gil | 18 September 1985 | Men's 15 km freestyle | 39:51.6 | 79 |
Lee Chae-won | 7 April 1981 | Women's 10 km freestyle | 27:56.0 | 54 |
Women's 15 kilometre pursuit | 47:34.6 | 59 |
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 birth | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
Kim Yuna | 5 September 1990 | Ladies' | 78.50 OR WR | 1 | 150.06 OR WR | 1 | 228.56 OR WR | |||
Kwak Min-jeong | 23 January 1994 | Ladies' | 53.16 | 16 | 102.37 | 12 | 155.53 | 13 | ||
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
Seo Jung-hwa | 27 September 1990 | Women's moguls | 20.88 | 21 | DNQ | 21 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
Lee Yong | Men's singles | 50.549 | 50.607 | 51.012 | 51.128 | 3:23.296 | 36 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Lee Ho-suk | 25 June 1986 | 500m | 41.632 | 1 Q | 41.269 | 1 Q | 1:24.514 | 4 QB | 49.149 | 7 |
1000m | 1:25.925 | 1 Q | 1:24.980 | 1 Q | 1:25.347 | 1 Q | 1:23.801 | |||
1500m | 2:14.324 | 2 Q | n/a | 2:14.833 | 1 Q | DSQ | ||||
Sung Si-bak | 18 February 1987 | 500m | 41.889 | 1 Q | 40.821 | 2 Q | 41.126 | 2 Q | 41.340 | |
1000m | 1:24.245 OR | 1 Q | 1:24.570 | 1 Q | 1:25.068 | 3 QB | DSQ | |||
1500m | 2:14.836 | 1 Q | n/a | 2:13.585 | 1 Q | 2:45.010 | 5 | |||
Kwak Yoon-gy | 26 December 1989 | 500m | 42.147 | 1 Q | 41.761 | 2 Q | 41.620 | 3 QB | 42.123 | 4 |
Lee Jung-su | 30 November 1989 | 1000m | 1:24.962 | 1 Q | 1:25.822 | 1 Q | 1:25.560 | 2 Q | 1:23.747 OR | |
1500m | 2:12.380 OR | 1 Q | n/a | 2:10.949 OR | 1 Q | 2:17.611 | ||||
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/a | 6:43.845 | 1 Q | 6:44.446 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Cho Ha-ri | 29 July 1986 | 500m | 44.313 | 2 Q | 44.306 | 3 | Did not qualify | 10 | ||
1000m | 1:35.953 | 1 Q | 1:30.543 | 2 Q | 1:30.792 | 4 QB | 1:31.932 | 4 | ||
1500m | 2:22.928 | 1 Q | n/a | 2:35.492 | 3 ADV | 2:18.831 | 5 | |||
Park Seung-hi | 28 March 1992 | 500m | 44.221 | 1 Q | DSQ | Did not qualify | 15 | |||
1000m | 1:31.885 | 1 Q | 1:30.769 | 1 Q | 1:29.165 | 2 Q | 1:29.379 | |||
1500m | 2:24.129 | 1 Q | n/a | 2:20.859 | 1 Q | 2:17.927 | ||||
Lee Eun-byul | 2 October 1991 | 500m | 44.000 | 1 Q | 44.582 | 2 Q | 44.899 | 4 QB | 44.860 | 8 |
1500m | 2:27.286 | 1 Q | n/a | 2:24.318 | 1 Q | 2:17.849 | ||||
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/a | 4:10.753 | 1 Q | DSQ |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Final | |||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | |||
Cho In-ho | 24 June 1978 | Men's singles | 54.46 | 54.42 | 54.28 | DNQ | 2:43.16 | 22 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Qualifying | First round | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | |||
Choi Heung-chul | 3 December 1981 | Normal hill | 108.5 | 40 Q | 95.0 | 48 | DNQ | 95.0 | 48 |
Large hill | 107.0 | 34 Q | 56.3 | 49 | DNQ | 56.3 | 49 | ||
Choi Yong-jik | 3 December 1982 | Normal hill | 107.0 | 43 | DNQ | ||||
Large hill | 83.4 | 46 | DNQ | ||||||
Kim Hyun-ki | 9 February 1983 | Normal hill | 121.5 | 22 Q | 107.0 | 30 | DNQ | 107.0 | 40 |
Large hill | 108.9 | 33 Q | 78.0 | 42 | DNQ | 78.0 | 42 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Qualifying | Semifinal | Final | ||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | |||
Kim Ho-jun | 1 May 1990 | Men's halfpipe | 8.4 | 25.8 | 12 | Did not qualify |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Mo Tae-bum | 15 February 1989 | 500 m | 34.923 | 34.906 | 69.82 | |
1000 m | n/a | 1:09.12 | ||||
1500 m | n/a | 1:46.47 | 5 | |||
Lee Kyou-hyuk | 16 March 1978 | 500 m | 35.145 | 35.344 | 70.48 | 15 |
1000 m | n/a | 1:09.92 | 9 | |||
Mun Jun | 14 July 1982 | 500 m | 35.552 | 35.640 | 71.19 | 19 |
1000 m | n/a | 1:10.68 | 18 | |||
Lee Kang-seok | 28 February 1985 | 500 m | 35.053 | 34.988 | 70.041 | 4 |
Lee Ki-ho | 17 August 1984 | 1000 m | n/a | 1:12.33 | 36 | |
Ha Hong-sun | 1 June 1991 | 1500 m | n/a | 1:49.93 | 31 | |
Lee Jong-woo | 5 July 1985 | 1500 m | n/a | 1:49.00 | 22 | |
Lee Seung-hoon | 6 March 1988 | 5000 m | n/a | 6:16.95 | ||
10000 m | n/a | 12:58.55 OR |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |
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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 | Norway 3:43.69 QC | n/a | Italy 3:48.60 | 5 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Lee Sang-hwa | 25 February 1989 | 500 m | 38.249 | 37.850 | 76.09 | |
1000 m | n/a | 1:18.24 | 23 | |||
Ahn Ji-min | 29 April 1992 | 500 m | 39.595 | 39.549 | 79.14 | 31 |
Lee Bo-ra | 16 August 1986 | 500 m | 39.396 | 39.406 | 78.80 | 26 |
Oh Min-ji | 29 March 1985 | 500 m | 39.816 | 39.768 | 79.58 | 32 |
Kim Yoo-rim | 3 February 1990 | 1000 m | n/a | DNF | ||
Lee Ju-yeon | 29 October 1987 | 1500 m | n/a | 2:03.67 | 33 | |
3000 m | n/a | 4:18.87 | 23 | |||
Noh Seon-yeong | 19 October 1989 | 1500 m | n/a | 2:02.84 | 30 | |
3000 m | n/a | 4:17.36 | 19 | |||
Park Do-yeong | 30 January 1993 | 3000 m | n/a | 4:20.92 | 27 |
Athlete | Date of birth | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |
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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 | Japan 3:07.45 QD | n/a | Russia 3:06.96 | 8 |
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