South Korea at the 2026 Winter Olympics

South Korea at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr  (in Korean)
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	71 (36 men and 35 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Cha Jun-hwan & Park Ji-woo [1]
Flag bearer (closing)	TBA
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Korea (2018)

South Korea will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	2	3
Biathlon	1	1	2
Bobsleigh	8	2	10
Cross-country skiing	1	2	3
Curling	1	6	7
Figure skating	3	3	6
Freestyle skiing	4	3	7
Luge	0	1	1
Short-track speed skating	5	5	10
Skeleton	2	1	3
Snowboarding	6	5	11
Speed skating	4	4	8
Total	36	35	71

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jung Dong-hyun	Men's giant slalom
	Men's slalom
Gim So-hui	Women's giant slalom
	Women's slalom
Park Seo-yun	Women's giant slalom
	Women's slalom

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Choi Du-jin
Ekaterina Avvakumova

Bobsleigh

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Jin-su* Kim Hyeong-geun	Two-man
Suk Young-jin* Chae Byung-do
Kim Jin-su* Kim Hyeong-geun Kim Sun-wook Lee Geon-u	Four-man
Suk Young-jin* Chae Byung-do Chun Su-hyun Lee Do-yun
Kim Yoo-ran	Monobob
Kim Yoo-ran* Jeon Eun-ji	Two-woman

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota. ^[3] Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, South Korea qualified a further one female athlete. ^[3]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Lee Joon-seo
Han Da-som
Lee Eui-jin

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Joon-seo	Men's sprint
Han Da-som	Women's sprint
Lee Eui-jin
Han Da-som Lee Eui-jin	Women's team sprint			—N/a

Curling

Main articles: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gim Eun-ji Kim Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji	Women's tournament	JPN	ITA	GBR	DEN	USA	CHN	SUI	SWE	CAN
Kim Seon-yeong Jeong Yeong-seok	Mixed doubles tournament	SWE L 3–10	ITA L 4–8	SUI L 5–8	GBR	CZE	USA	EST	CAN	NOR

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

South Korea qualified a women's team by finishing in the top seven based on the combined points at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. ^[4] Team Gim Eun-ji qualified as Korean representatives by winning the 2025 Korean Curling Championships, finishing 9–2 through the event and defeating Team Ha Seung-youn 7–4 in the championship game. ^[5]

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Rachel Homan	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Wang Rui	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Sophie Jackson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Japan	Sayaka Yoshimura	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Gim Eun-ji	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Tabitha Peterson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
South Korea had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11. ^[6]

Draw 1
Thursday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
Japan (Yoshimura)											0

Draw 2
Thursday, 12 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
Denmark (Dupont)											0

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Peterson)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
China (Wang)											0

Draw 9
Tuesday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)											0

Draw 10
Wednesday, 18 February, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Homan)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Mixed doubles tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

South Korea qualified a mixed doubles team by finishing second at the Olympic Qualification Event. ^[7] Kim Seon-yeong and Jeong Yeong-seok qualified as Korean representatives by winning the 2025 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, finishing 9–1 through the event and defeating the pair of Kim Hye-rin and Yoo Min-hyeon 12–6 in the championship game. ^[5]

After Draw 4

Team v t e	Athletes	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Great Britain	Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat	3	3	0	–	26	18	12	11	0	1	74.8%	16.075	Playoffs
Canada	Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant	3	3	0	–	23	10	12	8	0	4	81.2%	22.075
United States	Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin	2	2	0	–	15	10	9	6	0	3	81.0%	6.700
Switzerland	Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller	3	2	1	–	21	19	13	10	0	2	74.6%	12.100
Sweden	Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå	3	2	1	–	22	14	11	10	0	4	81.3%	17.375
Italy	Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner	2	1	1	–	10	11	6	6	1	2	72.5%	28.750
Estonia	Marie Kaldvee / Harri Lill	3	1	2	–	19	24	11	13	0	2	75.0%	19.600
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	3	0	3	–	15	22	10	14	0	1	74.8%	13.800
Czech Republic	Julie Zelingrová / Vít Chabičovský	3	0	3	–	16	25	10	12	0	1	66.8%	16.175
South Korea	Kim Seon-yeong / Jeong Yeong-seok	3	0	3	–	12	26	8	12	0	0	70.4%	19.100

Source: Official website

Round robin
South Korea had a bye in draws 3, 5, 7, and 11. ^[6]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 4 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Wranå / Wranå)	0	2	0	3	4	1	X	X	10
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	3

Draw 2
Thursday, 5 February, 10:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	4
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	X	8

Draw 4
Thursday, 5 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller-Hürlimann / Schwaller)	1	0	4	0	1	0	2	X	8
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 6
Friday, 6 February, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0

Draw 8
Saturday, 7 February, 14:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0

Draw 9
Saturday, 7 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Draw 10
Sunday, 8 February, 10:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0
Estonia (Kaldvee / Lill)									0

Draw 12
Sunday, 8 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Peterman / Gallant)									0
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0

Draw 13
Monday, 9 February, 10:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)									0
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, South Korea secured one quota in each of the men's singles, two quota in each of the women's singles, and one quota in each of the ice dance. ^[8] South Korea earned one quota in men's singles at the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 in Beijing, China. ^{[9] [10]} Furthermore, South Korea qualified to the team event. ^[11]

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cha Jun-hwan	Men's singles
Kim Hyun-gyeom
Lee Hae-in	Women's singles
Shin Ji-a
Hannah Lim Ye Quan	Ice dance

Team event

Athlete	Event	Short program / Rhythm dance						Free skate / Free dance				Total
		Men's	Women's	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Women's	Pairs	Ice dance
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
(M)  (W) no entries (P) Hannah Lim / Ye Quan (ID)	Team event

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Jung Dae-yoon	Men's moguls
Lee Yoon-seung
Yun Shin-Ee	Women's moguls

Dual moguls

Athlete	Event	1/16 Final	1/8 Final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jung Dae-yoon	Men's dual moguls
Lee Yoon-seung
Yun Shin-Ee	Women's dual moguls

Park & Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Lee Seung-hun	Men's halfpipe			—N/a
Moon Hee-sung				—N/a
Kim Da-eun	Women's halfpipe			—N/a
Lee So-young				—N/a

Luge

Main articles: Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jung Hye-sun	Women's singles

Short-track speed skating

Main articles: Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified the maximum team size of ten short-track speed skaters (five per gender) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. ^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	500 m
	1000 m
	1500 m	—N/a
Hwang Dae-heon Lee Jeong-min Lee June-seo Rim Jong-un Shin Dong-min	5000 m relay	—N/a

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; ADV A - Advanced to medal final on referee decision; FB - Qualify to consolation final
* - Athlete skated in a preliminary round but not the final.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	500 m
	1000 m
	1500 m	—N/a
Choi Min-jeong Kim Gil-li Lee So-yeon Noh Do-hee Shim Suk-hee	3000 m relay	—N/a

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final; ADV - Advanced on referee decision

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	2000 m relay

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final
* - Athlete skated in a preliminary round but not the final.

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jung Seung-gi	Men's
Kim Ji-soo
Hong Su-jung	Women's
	Mixed team					—N/a

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Cho Wan-hee	Men's parallel giant slalom
Kim Sang-kyum
Lee Sang-ho
Jeong Hae-rim	Women's parallel giant slalom

Cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Woo Su-been	Women's snowboard cross

Park & Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kim Geon-hui	Men's halfpipe			—N/a
Lee Chae-un				—N/a
Lee Ji-o				—N/a
Choi Ga-on	Women's halfpipe			—N/a
Lee Na-yoon				—N/a
Yu Seung-eun	Women's big air
	Women's slopestyle			—N/a

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified eight speed skaters (four men and four women) through performances at the 2025-26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. ^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Kim Jun-ho	500 m
Koo Kyung-min
Koo Kyung-min	1000 m

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Kim Min-sun	500 m
Lee Na-hyun
Kim Min-sun	1000 m
Lee Na-hyun
Park Ji-woo	1500 m

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Cho Seung-min	Men's
Chung Jae-won
Lim Lee-won	Women's
Park Ji-woo

See also

• South Korea at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

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