South Korea national short track team

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The South Korea national short track team represents South Korea in international short track speed skating team relay competitions like the World Championships and the Winter Olympics. The team's colors are blue and black. [1]

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Olympic record (5000 m relay)

OlympicsMedalSkatersTime
Albertville 1992 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kim Ki-Hoon / Lee Joon-Ho / Mo Ji-Soo / Song Jae-Kun 7:14.020
Nagano 1998 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chae Ji-Hoon / Lee Jun-Hwan / Lee Ho-Eung / Kim Dong-Sung 7:06.776
Turin 2006 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lee Ho-Suk / Ahn Hyun-Soo / Seo Ho-Jin / Song Suk-Woo / Oh Se-Jong 6:43.376
Vancouver 2010 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kim Seoung-Il / Kwak Yoon-Gy / Lee Ho-Suk / Lee Jung-Su / Sung Si-Bak 6:44.446

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References

  1. "대한빙상경기연맹" [Korea skating]. www.skating.or.kr. Retrieved 2019-05-20.