1972 Winter Olympics / Participant (North Korea)

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North Korea took part in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with a delegation of six speed skaters.

Since 1964 , it was North Korea's second participation in the Winter Olympic Games .

Participants by sport

Speed ​​skating

Women:

• Choi Dong-ok

  1000 m: 27th place - 1: 36.67 min

• Han Pil-hwa

  1000 m: 12th place - 1: 33.79 min

  1500 m: 13th place - 2: 25.64 min

  3000 m: 9th place - 5: 07.24 min

• Kim Bok-soon

  1500 m: 12th place - 2: 25.48 min

  3000 m: 11th place - 5: 07.93 min

• Kim Myung-yes

  1500 m: 29th place - 2: 32.55 min

• Kim Ok-soon

  3000 m: 13th place - 5: 09.69 min

• Tak In-suk

  500 m: DNF

  1000 m: 20th place - 1: 35.38 min

Web link

• North Korean Olympic Team 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )