South Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics

South Korea, as Republic of Korea, competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

South Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Nagano
Competitors	37 (26 men and 11 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Hur Seung-Wook
Officials	25
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 6
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Other related appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kim Dong-Sung	Short track speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	17 February
Gold	Chun Lee-Kyung Won Hye-Kyung An Sang-Mi Kim Yoon-Mi	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 metre relay	17 February
Gold	Chun Lee-Kyung	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	21 February
Silver	Chae Ji-Hoon Lee Jun-Hwan Lee Ho-Eung Kim Dong-Sung	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 metre relay	21 February
Bronze	Chun Lee-Kyung	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	19 February
Bronze	Won Hye-Kyung	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	21 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	0	2
Biathlon	1	0	1
Cross-country skiing	4	0	4
Figure skating	1	0	1
Luge	3	0	3
Short track speed skating	4	5	9
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	7	6	13
Total	26	11	37

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Record	Rank
Hur Sung-Wook	Giant Slalom	2:52.27	33
	Slalom	1:58.01	23
Byun Jong-Moon	Giant Slalom	Did not finish	-
	Slalom	Did not finish	-

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Record	Penalty	Rank
Jeon Jae-Won	10 km	35:09.5	6	70
	20 km	1:15:17.8	13	71

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Record	Rank
Park Byeong-ju	10 km	30:42.1	53
	15 km	Did not finish	-
	30 km	1:47:41.5	55
An Jin-Soo	10 km	31:55.5	74
	15 km	1:18:51.4	66
	30 km	1:54:12.2	63
Park Byung-Joo	10 km	32:46.1	79
	15 km	1:19:19.8	67
Shin Doo-Sun	50 km	2:33:27.3	61
Park Byeong-ju An Jin-Soo Shin Doo-Sun Park Byung-Joo	4 × 10 km Relay	1:55:17.1	20

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	TFP	Rank
Lee Kyu-Hyun	Single	35.5	24

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Record	Rank
Lee Gi-Ro	Single	3:34.721	29
Kang Kwang-Bae	Single	3:35.958	31
Lee Yong	Single	3:40.407	32

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Dong-Sung	500 metres	43.653	2nd	43.810	2nd	43.096	3rd	43.090	8th
	1000 metres	1:33.039	2nd	1:32.423	2nd	1:32.036	1st	1:32.375
Lee Jun-Hwan	500 metres	43.840	1st	44.417	4th	Ranking Round			12th
	1000 metres	1:32.879	1st	1:38.115	3rd	1:32.634	4th	1:33.131	7th
Chae Ji-Hoon	500 metres	43.011	2nd	43.622	2nd	43.864	4th	42.832	5th
	1000 metres	1:35.240	1st	1:34.902	2nd	DQ	-	Ranking Round	10th
Chae Ji-Hoon Kim Dong-Sung Lee Jun-Hwan Lee Ho-Eung	5000 metres Relay					7:07.457	1st	7:06.776

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chun Lee-Kyung	500 metres	48.024	1st	46.163	2nd	46.168	4th	46.335
	1000 metres	1:39.107	1st	1:38.068	1st	1:34.789	2nd	1:42.776
Kim Yoon-Mi	500 metres	48.184	2nd	46.640	2nd	47.337	5th	Ranking Round	10th
	1000 metres	1:39.042	1st	1:32.097	2nd	1:38.420	4th	1:37.777	6th
Choi Min-Kyung	500 metres	46.126	2nd	46.033	1st	46.000	3rd	46.504	4th
Won Hye-Kyung	1000 metres	1:44.005	1st	1:36.210	1st	1:35.606	1st	1:43,361
An Sang-Mi Chun Lee-Kyung Kim Yoon-Mi Won Hye-Kyung	3000 metres Relay					4:21.510	1st	4:16.260

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Record	Rank
Choi Heung-Chul	K90 Individual	77.5	46
	K120 Individual	89.1	40
Kim Hyun-Ki	K90 Individual	61.5	59
	K120 Individual	72.9	51
Kim Heung-Soo	K90 Individual	59.5	61
	K120 Individual	9.9	62
Choi Yong-Jik	K90 Individual	69.0	53
	K120 Individual	66.6	53
Choi Heung-Chul Kim Hyun-Ki Kim Heung-Soo Choi Yong-Jik	K120 Team	373.8	13

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Record	Rank
Kim Yoon-Man	500 m	1:12.36	7
	1000 m	1:12.50	20
Lee Kyu-Hyuk	500 m	1:12.55	8
	1000 m	1:12.05	13
Jegal Seong-Ryeol	500 m	1:12.97	T16
	1000 m	1:13.09	30
Kim Jin-Soo	500 m	1:14.32	34
Chun Joo-Hyun	1000 m	1:12.55	T21
	1500 m	1:51.65	15
Choi Jae-Bong	1500 m	1:51.47	12
	5000 m	6:54.62	29
Jeong Jin-Wook	1500 m	1:55.02	39

Women

Athlete	Event	Record	Rank
Choi Seung-Yong	500 m	1:20.79	T24
	1000 m	1:21.28	24
Chun Hee-Joo	500 m	1:21.62	29
	1000 m	1:22.06	30
Kang Mi-Young	500 m	1:22.25	30
	1000 m	1:24.18	38
Kim Ju-Hyun	500 m	1:22.79	T33
	1000 m	1:23.18	35
Baek Eun-Bi	1500 m	2:05.23	25
	3000 m	4:24.50	23
Lee Kyeong-Nam	1500 m	2:05.59	26
	3000 m	4:21.10	20

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database