1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (South Korea)

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South Korea took part in the VII Winter Olympics in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of four male athletes, all of whom started in speed skating. Nobody managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Chang Yeong

  500 m: 28th place (43.5 s)

  1500 m: 29th place (2: 16.7 min)

  5000 m: 23rd place (8: 17.6 min)

• Cho Youn-sik

  500 m: 34th place (44.0 s)

  1500 m: 42nd place (2: 20.0 min)

• Kim Chong-soon

  1500 m: 44th place (2: 20.5 min)

  5000 m: 36th place (8: 34.3 min)

  10,000 m: 30th place (17: 52.6 min)

• Pyung Chang-nam

  1500 m: 51st place (2: 23.5 min)

  5000 m: 37th place (8: 36.7 min)

Web links

• South Korea at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )