South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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South Korea at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea.svg
IOC code KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Website www.sports.or.kr  (in Korean and English)
in Sochi
Competitors71 in 13 sports
Flag bearers Lee Kyou-hyuk (opening [1] [2]
and closing) [3]
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Unification flag of Korea (pre 2006).svg  Korea (2018)

South Korea competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of 71 athletes and 49 officials. This marks an increase of 25 athletes from four years prior. [4] Originally 64 athletes were named to the team but reallocations brought the final team size to 71 athletes. [1]

Contents

South Korea left Sochi with a total of 8 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), its lowest total at the Winter Olympics since 2002; female athletes won seven of these medals. With Pyeongchang being the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics, a Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

The South Korean delegation on parade at the opening ceremony KOCIS Sochi Winter Olympic Opening 01 (12446820234).jpg
The South Korean delegation on parade at the opening ceremony
MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lee Sang-hwa Speed skating Women's 500 metres 11 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cho Ha-ri
Kim A-lang
Kong Sang-jeong
Park Seung-hi
Shim Suk-hee
Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay 18 February
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Park Seung-hi Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 21 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shim Suk-hee Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres 15 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yuna Kim Figure skating Ladies' singles 20 February
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
Speed skating Men's team pursuit 22 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Park Seung-hi Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 13 February
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shim Suk-hee Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 21 February

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, South Korea has qualified a total quota of five athletes in alpine skiing. [5]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jung Dong-hyun Men's giant slalom 1:26.72441:28.54412:55.2641
Men's slalom DNF
Kyung Sung-hyun Men's giant slalom 1:34.03661:41.17703:15.2066
Men's slalom DNF
Park Je-yun Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom DNF
Gim So-hui Women's giant slalom 1:31.47591:30.36523:01.8353
Women's slalom DNF
Kang Young-seo Women's slalom 1:18.84591:17.61492:36.4549

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships South Korea qualified 1 man and 1 woman. [6]

AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Lee In-bok Men's sprint 28:35.91 (0+1)82
Men's individual 57:29.01 (0+1+0+0)73
Mun Ji-hee Women's sprint 24:32.01 (0+1)74
Women's individual 54:06.73 (0+0+2+1)69

Bobsleigh

Two-man Two-man bobsleigh, 2014 Winter Olympics - 5.jpeg
Two-man
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kim Dong-hyun*
Jun Jung-lin
Two-man 57.782557.762457.7324Did not advance2:53.2725
Seo Young-woo
Won Yun-jong*
57.411857.201857.582157.08=163:49.2718
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Suk Young-jin
Won Yun-jong*
Four-man 55.822155.972056.252255.88=173:44.2220
Kim Dong-hyun*
Kim Kyung-hyun
Kim Sik
Oh Jea-han
56.983056.772956.8929Did not advance2:50.6428
Kim Sun-ok
Shin Mi-hwa
Two-woman 1:00.09191:00.02181:00.44181:00.26184:00.8118

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, South Korea has qualified a total quota of two athletes, each of them will compete only in classical events. [5]

AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Hwang Jun-ho Men's 15 km classical 44:34.8+6:05.168
Men's 30 km skiathlon 41:22.667LAP68LAP68
Lee Chae-won Women's 10 km classical 32:16.9+3:59.151
Women's 15 km skiathlon 22:41.15920:51.34144:17.2+5:43.654
Women's 30 km freestyle 1:16:38.2+5:33.036

Curling

Based on results from 2012 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, South Korea has qualified their women's team as one of the seven highest ranked nations.

Final round robin standings
TeamSkipPldWLPFPAEWELBESES%Qualification
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jennifer Jones 99072404327121486%Playoffs
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Margaretha Sigfridsson 9725852373513780%
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Mirjam Ott 9546360373813778%
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Eve Muirhead 9547458393591180%
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Ayumi Ogasawara 9455967394141076%
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lene Nielsen 9455756344012978%
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Bingyu 9455862363810481%
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Ji-sun 9366065353710679%
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anna Sidorova 9364856333519682%
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Erika Brown 918427533408576%
Source: [ citation needed ]
Round-robin

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

Draw 2

Monday, February 11, 9:00

Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim)020203021212
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Ogasawara) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20102020007
Draw 3

Tuesday, February 11, 19:00

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01010020206
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland (Ott)00002302018
Draw 4

Wednesday, February 12, 14:00

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg010101001X4
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Sigfridsson)001030120X7
Draw 6

Thursday, February 13, 19:00

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Sidorova) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg101010010X4
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim)020200301X8
Draw 7

Friday, February 14, 14:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim)00200100XX3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wang) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg03003032XX11
Draw 8

Saturday, February 15, 9:00

Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Muirhead)030110200310
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg20000202208
Draw 10

Sunday, February 16, 14:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Nielsen)00010230107
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg01001001014
Draw 11

Monday, February 17, 9:00

Sheet B12345678910Final
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg4102202XXX11
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brown)0010010XXX2
Draw 12

Monday, February 17, 19:00

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Jones)010210122X9
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg202000000X4

Figure skating

South Korea has achieved the following quota places: [7] Three athletes were named to the team. [8]

AthleteEventSPFSTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Kim Hae-jin Ladies' singles 54.3718 Q95.1117149.4816
Yuna Kim 74.921 Q144.192219.11Silver medal icon.svg
Park So-youn 49.1423 Q93.8319142.9721

Freestyle skiing

Halfpipe
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRank
Kim Kwang-jin Men's halfpipe 45.4034.4045.4025Did not advance
Park Hee-jin Women's halfpipe 42.4020.4042.4021Did not advance
Moguls
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3
TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRank
Choi Jae-woo Men's moguls 24.6114.1620.561526.0816.221.92 Q25.2716.0322.1110 QDNFDid not advance
Seo Jee-won Women's moguls 33.4911.3015.952433.0210.5615.413Did not advance
Seo Jung-hwa DNS33.569.5414.1614Did not advance

Luge

Based on their performance at the 2013–14 Luge World Cup, South Korea has achieved a total quota of four athletes and a spot in the mixed team relay due to allocation. [9]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kim Dong-hyeon Men's singles 54.2073654.6033653.7953453.780373:36.38535
Cho Jung-myung
Park Jin-yong
Men's doubles 51.6431851.475171:43.11818
Sung Eun-ryung Women's singles 52.1733051.9603152.4863152.124293:28.74329
Cho Jung-myung
Kim Dong-hyeon
Park Jin-yong
Sung Eun-ryung
Mixed team relay 56.1741257.9861258.469112:52.62912

Short track speed skating

Based on their performance at the two World Cup events in November 2013 South Korea qualified a full team of 5 men and 5 women.

Noh Jin-kyu qualified for the team but broke his elbow on 14 January 2014 and will miss the Olympics. [10] His replacement was named as Lee Ho-suk. Due to a conflict with or lack of support from the South Korean coaches and national short-track administrators, Ahn Hyun-soo, one of South Korea's best skaters, left the Korean team and competed for Russia in these Olympics. He defeated the Korean skaters in all four short track events and the Korean men were completely shut out of medals in these Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sin Da-woon 1000 m 1:25.8932 Q1:24.2151 Q1:25.5642 FAPEN7
1500 m 2:15.5301 Q2:52.0614 FB2:22.06610
Lee Han-bin 500 m 41.9822 Q41.4713Did not advance11
1000 m 1:26.5021 Q1:24.4441 QPENDid not advance8
1500 m 2:16.4121 Q3:11.8105 AA2:16.4666
Park Se-yeong 500 m 41.5661 QPENDid not advance14
1500 m 2:21.0873 Q2:16.2413 FBPEN13
Lee Han-bin
Lee Ho-suk
Kim Yun-jae
Park Se-yeong
Sin Da-woon
5000 m relay 6:48.2063 FB6:43.9217
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Cho Ha-ri 1500 m 2:27.6291 QPENDid not advance19
Kim A-lang 500 m 43.9192 Q43.6733Did not advance10
1000 m 1:31.6401 Q1:32.1543Did not advance10
1500 m 2:22.8642 Q2:22.9282 FAPEN13
Park Seung-hi 500 m 44.181 Q43.3921 Q43.6111 FA54.207Bronze medal icon.svg
1000 m 1:31.8831 Q1:30.8012 Q1:30.1821 FA1:30.761Gold medal icon.svg
Shim Suk-hee 500 m 44.1972 Q43.5724Did not advance14
1000 m 1:31.0461 Q1:29.3561 Q1:31.2371 FA1:31.027Bronze medal icon.svg
1500 m 2:24.7651 Q2:18.9662 FA2:19.239Silver medal icon.svg
Cho Ha-ri
Kim A-lang
Kong Sang-jeong
Park Seung-hi
Shim Suk-hee
3000 m relay 4:08.0521 FA4:09.498Gold medal icon.svg

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; AA – Advance to medal round due to being impeded by another skater

Skeleton

South Korea has qualified two spots in the men's event for the first time in history on its fourth consecutive Olympics. [11]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lee Han-sin Men's 58.412558.122258.6424Did not advance2:55.1724
Yun Sung-bin 57.541557.02957.902057.11153:49.5716

Ski jumping

South Korea has received the following start quotas:

AthleteEventQualificationFirst roundFinalTotal
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Choi Heung-chul Men's normal hill 90.0105.934 Q95.0109.142Did not advance
Men's large hill 116.088.637 Q121.599.044Did not advance
Choi Seo-woo Men's normal hill 96.5113.718 Q95.0116.233Did not advance
Men's large hill 117.097.729 Q122.0106.439Did not advance
Kang Chil-ku Men's normal hill 89.099.342Did not advance
Men's large hill 104.578.845Did not advance
Kim Hyun-ki Men's normal hill 96.0114.416 Q92.5109.241Did not advance
Men's large hill 111.080.344Did not advance
Choi Heung-chul
Choi Seo-woo
Kang Chil-ku
Kim Hyun-ki
Men's team large hill 476.5402.011Did not advance

Snowboarding

Alpine
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Kim Sang-kyum Men's giant slalom 1:40.2717Did not advance
Men's slalom 1:02.3526Did not advance
Shin Bong-shik Men's giant slalom 1:43.4326Did not advance
Men's slalom 1:00.3223Did not advance
Freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRank
Kim Ho-jun Men's halfpipe 61.7520.0061.7514Did not advance
Lee Kwang-ki 27.0069.5069.5011Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Speed skating

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, South Korea has earned the following start quotas:

On 11 February 2014, Lee Sang-hwa won the gold medal for the women's 500m longtrack speedskating race, having previously won the one at the 2010 Games. She became the first woman since Catriona Le May Doan at the 2002 Games to defend her gold at the event. She became the third woman to win back-to-back golds at the 500m, [12] [13] and hence the first Korean woman to do so.

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Final
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Joo Hyong-jun 1500 m 1:48.5929
Kim Cheol-min 5000 m 6:37.2824
Kim Jun-ho 500 m 35.432535.422170.8521
Kim Tae-yun 1000 m 1:10.8130
Lee Kang-seok 500 m 35.452635.422270.8722
Lee Kyou-hyuk 500 m 35.161235.482370.6518
1000 m 1:10.0421
Lee Seung-hoon 5000 m 6:25.6112
10000 m 13:11.684
Mo Tae-bum 500 m 34.84434.84569.684
1000 m 1:09.3712
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Final
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kim Bo-reum 1500 m 1:59.7821
3000 m 4:12.0813
Kim Hyun-yung 500 m 39.192439.042478.2324
1000 m 1:18.1028
Lee Bo-ra 500 m 38.932038.822177.7520
1000 m 1:57.4935
Lee Sang-hwa 500 m 37.42137.28174.70 OR Gold medal icon.svg
1000 m 1:15.9412
Noh Seon-yeong 1500 m 2:01.0729
3000 m 4:19.0225
Park Seung-ju 500 m 39.2072639.112678.3126
1000 m 1:18.9431
Yang Shin-young 1500 m 2:04.1336
3000 m 4:23.6727
Team pursuit
AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
Men's team pursuit Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
W 3:40.84
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
W 3:42.32
Final A
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
L 3:40.85
Silver medal icon.svg
Kim Bo-reum
Noh Seon-yeong
Yang Shin-young
Women's team pursuit Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
L 3:05.28
Did not advanceFinal D
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
L 3:11.54
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