1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (South Korea)

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South Korea took part in the X. Winter Olympic Games in 1968 in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of eight athletes in four disciplines, five of them men and three women. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

figure skating

Men

• Lee Kwang-young

  28th place (1360.3)

Women

• Kim Hae-kyung

  31st place (1336.2)

• Lee Hyun-joo

  30th place (1359.9)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Lee Ik-hwan

  1500 m: 51st place (2: 17.5 min)

  5000 m: 38th place (8: 28.2 min)

Women

• Kim Kui-chin

  1500 m: 27th place (2: 36.7 min)

  3000 m: 22nd place (5: 29.5 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Uoe Jae-sik

  Giant slalom: 88th place (5: 06.98 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Kim Choon-kie

  15 km: 66th place (1: 00: 04.8 h)

  30 km: 63rd place (2: 11: 51.3 h)

  50 km: not started

• Yoon Chong-him

  15 km: 62nd place (58: 28.2 min)

  30 km: race not finished

  50 km: 47th place (3: 27: 22.5 h)

Web links

• South Korea at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )