1992 Winter Olympics / Participant (North Korea)

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North Korea took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, with a delegation of 20 athletes in five disciplines, nine of them men and eleven women. Hwang Ok-sil won the bronze medal in the short track over 500 meters, the only medal for North Korea.

Participants by sport

figure skating

Men

• Li Su-min

  not qualified for the freestyle

Women

• Li Gyong-ok

  not qualified for the freestyle

Couples

• Ko Ok-ran & Kim Gwang-ho

  18th place (27.0)

Ice dance

• Ryu Gwang-ho & Pak Un-sil

  19th place (38.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Choi In-chol

  500 m: 35th place (39.59 s)

  1000 m: 18th place (1: 16.50 min)

  1500 m: 27th place (2: 00.36 min)

• Li Yong-chol

  500 m: 24th place (38.38 s)

  1000 m: 37th place (1: 18.17 min)

Women

• Chong Chang-suk

  500 m: 27th place (42.45 s)

  1000 m: 26th place (1: 25.10 min)

  1500 m: 22nd place (2: 11.06 min)

• Kim Chun-wol

  500 m: 28th place (42.47 s)

  1000 m: 33rd place (1: 26.49 min)

  1500 m: 29th place (2: 14.87 min)

• Song Hwa-son

  500 m: 25th place (42.23 s)

  1000 m: 30th place (1: 25.80 min)

  1500 m: 31st place (2: 15.87 min)

Short track

Men

• Li Won-ho

  1000 m: disqualified

Women

• Hwang Ok-sil

  500 m: bronze (47.23 s)

• Kim Chun-hwa

  500 m: 19th place (eliminated in the preliminary run)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Kim Chol-ryong

  Giant Slalom: 67th place (2: 45.26 min)

Women

• Choi Mi-ok

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: 38th place (2: 11.05 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Chang Song-rok

  10 km classic: 78th place (34: 34.9 min)

  15 km pursuit: 76th place (52: 43.4 min)

  30 km classic: 72nd place (1: 42: 23.4 h)

• Son Chol-u

  10 km classic: 89th place (36: 08.6 min)

  15 km pursuit: 73rd place (52: 35.5 min)

  30 km classic: 75th place (1: 43: 14.9 h)

Women

• Li Gyong-ae

  5 km classic: 61st place (18: 54.1 min)

• Li Gyong-hui

  5 km classic: 51st place (16: 26.7 min)

  10 km pursuit: 53rd place (33: 58.8 min)

  15 km classic: 30th place (47: 10.5 min)

Web links

• North Korea at the 1992 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )