1988 Winter Olympics / Participant (North Korea)

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North Korea took part in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada with a delegation of six athletes in two disciplines, including three men and three women. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the speed skater Im Ri-bin .

Participants by sport

figure skating

Men

• Kang Ho

  not qualified for the freestyle

Women

• Kim Song-suk

  not qualified for the freestyle

Speed ​​skating

Men

• In the ri-bin

  1500 m: 17th place (1: 55.55 min)

  5000 m: 35th place (7: 10.13 min)

• Song Yong-hun

  5000 m: 28th place (7: 01.56 min)

  10,000 m: disqualified

Women

• Han Chun-ok

  500 m: 26th place (42.25 s)

  1000 m: 23rd place (1: 24.26 min)

  1500 m: 22nd place (2: 09.66 min)

  3000 m: 17th place (4: 29.16 min)

  5000 m: 9th place (7: 36.81 min)

• Song Hwa-son

  500 m: 22nd place (41.46 s)

  1000 m: disqualified

  1500 m: 9th place (2: 05.25 min)

  3000 m: 23rd place (4: 31.05 min)

Web links

• North Korea at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )