Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Participant (South Korea)

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South Korea took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA, with a delegation of 46 athletes in nine disciplines, including 31 men and 15 women. With two gold and two silver medals, South Korea placed 14th in the medal table. All medals were won by athletes on the short track .

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the ski racer Hur Seung-wook .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Shin Byung-kook

  10 km sprint: 80th place (29: 51.1 min)

  20 km individual: 75th place (1: 00: 58.1 h)

Women

• Kim Ja-youn

  7.5 km sprint: 69th place (26: 45.2 min)

  15 km individual: 66th place (1: 01: 13.8 min)

figure skating

Men

• Lee Kyu-hyun

  28th place (not qualified for the freestyle)

Women

• Park bit-na

  26th place (not qualified for the freestyle)

Ice dance

• Yang Tae-hwa & Lee Chuen-gun

  24th place (48.0)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Lee Kyu-hyeok

  500 m: 5th place (1: 09.59 min)

  1000 m: 8th place (1: 08.37 min)

  1500 m: 8th place (1: 45.82 min)

• Choi Jae-bong

  500 m: 17th place (1: 10.57 min)

  1000 m: 12th place (1: 08.81 min)

  1500 m: 21st place (1: 47.26 min)

• Park Jae-man

  500 m: 25th place (1: 11.96 min)

  1000 m: 32nd place (1: 10.67 min)

• Kim Chul-soo

  500 m: 33rd place (1: 48.46 min)

  1000 m: 25th place (1: 09.79 min)

• Mun Jun

  1500 m: 33rd place (1: 48.58 min)

• Yeo Sang-yeop

  1500 m: 42nd place (1: 50.70 min)

• Lee Seung-hwan

  5000 m: 28th place (6: 37.67 min)

Women

• Choi Seung-yong

  500 m: 18th place (1: 17.14 min)

  1000 m: 32nd place (1: 18.88 min)

• Jo Seon-yeon

  500 m: 25th place (1: 18.79 min)

  1000 m: 29th place (1: 18.36 min)

• Lee Yong-ju

  500 m: 29th place (1: 19.78 min)

  1000 m: 31st place (1: 18.79 min)

• Baek Eun-bi

  1500 m: 33rd place (2: 03.87 min)

  3000 m: 25th place (4: 18.15 min)

• Choi Yoon-sook

  1500 m: 29th place (2: 01.39 min)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Kim Min-kyu

  42nd place (3: 13.805 min)

• Lee Chang-yong

  Race not finished in 1st run

• Lee Hak-jin

  36th place (3: 07.199 min)

Short track

Men

• Ahn Hyun-soo

  1000 m: 4th place (1: 32.519 min)

  1500 m: 17th place (disqualified in the semifinals)

• Kim Dong-sung

  500 m: 6th place (42.076 s)

  1000 m: 5th place (1: 35.582 min)

  1500 m: 12th place (disqualified in the final)

  5000 m relay: 8th place (disqualified in the preliminary stages)

• Lee Seung-jae

  500 m: disqualified in the preliminary run

  5000 m relay: 8th place (disqualified in the preliminary stages)

• Min Ryoung

  5000 m relay: 8th place (disqualified in the preliminary stages)

• Oh Se-jong

  5000 m relay: 8th place (disqualified in the preliminary stages)

Women

• Choi Eun-kyung

  500 m: 7th place (45.383 s)

  1000 m: 6th place (1: 34.808 min)

  1500 m: silver (2: 31.610 min)

  3000 m relay: Gold (4: 12.793 min)

• Choi Min-kyung

  3000 m relay: Gold (4: 12.793 min)

• Joo Min-jin

  500 m: 9th place (46.893 s)

  3000 m relay: Gold (4: 12.793 min)

• Ko Gi-hyun

  1000 m: silver (1: 36.427 min)

  1500 m: gold (2: 31.581 min)

• Park Hye-won

  3000 m relay: Gold (4: 12.793 min)

skeleton

Men

• Kang Kwang-bae

  20th place (1: 44.51 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Byun Jong-moon

  Giant slalom: 47th place (2: 37.20 min)

  Slalom: 31st place (2: 01.58 min)

• Hur Seung-wook

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: race not finished

• Kang Min-heuk

  Giant Slalom: 46th place (2: 37.10 min)

  Slalom: 30th place (1: 58.48 min)

• Lee Ki-hyun

  Slalom: race not finished

Women

• Yoo Hye-min

  Giant slalom: race not finished

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Park Byung-joo

  15 km classic: 62nd place (45: 51.4 min)

  20 km pursuit: 69th place (not qualified for the freestyle race)

  30 km freestyle: 57th place (1: 20: 57.5 h)

• Shin Doo-sun

  1.5 km sprint: 57th place (3: 11.89 min)

  20 km pursuit: 65th place (not qualified for the freestyle race)

  30 km freestyle: 61st place (1: 23: 03.0 h)

• Jung Eui-myung

  20 km pursuit: 76th place (not qualified for the freestyle race)

  30 km freestyle: race not finished

• Choi Im-hun

  15 km classic: 64th place (46: 13.3 min)

Women

• Lee Chae-won

  1.5 km sprint: 52nd place (3: 41.06 min)

  10 km classic: 54th place (30: 03.9 min)

  10 km pursuit: 68th place (not qualified for the freestyle race)

  15 km freestyle: 46th place (45: 37.9 min)

Ski jumping

• Choi Heung-chul

  Normal hill: 30th place (216.0)

  Large hill: 41st place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Team: 8th place (801.6)

• Choi Yong-jik

  Normal hill: 34th place (109.0)

  Large hill: 46th place (86.7)

  Team: 8th place (801.6)

• Kang Chil-gu

  Normal hill: 46th place (96.0)

  Large hill: 47th place (83.2)

  Team: 8th place (801.6)

• Kim Hyun-ki

  Normal hill: 36th place (106.0)

  Large hill: 31st place (108.5)

  Team: 8th place (801.6)

Web links

• South Korea at the 2002 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )