South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics

South Korea at the Olympic Games
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At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Competitors	71 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Lee Kyou-hyuk (opening[1][2] and closing)[3]
Medals Rank: 13	Gold 3	Silver 3	Bronze 2	Total 8
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South Korea competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of 71 athletes and 49 officials. This marks an increase of 25 athletes from four years prior.^[4] Originally 64 athletes were named to the team but reallocations brought the final team size to 71 athletes.^[1]

South Korea left Sochi with a total of 8 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), the lowest in its Winter Olympics since 2002; female athletes won seven of the medals. With Pyeongchang being the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics, a Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

The South Korean delegation on parade at the opening ceremony

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Lee Sang-hwa	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	February 11
Gold	Cho Ha-ri Kim A-lang Kong Sang-jeong Park Seung-hi Shim Suk-hee	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 metre relay	February 18
Gold	Park Seung-hi	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	February 21
Silver	Shim Suk-hee	Short track speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	February 15
Silver	Kim Yuna	Figure skating	Ladies' singles	February 20
Silver	Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon	Speed skating	Men's team pursuit	February 22
Bronze	Park Seung-hi	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	February 13
Bronze	Shim Suk-hee	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	February 21

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on January 27, 2014, South Korea has qualified a total quota of five athletes in alpine skiing.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jung Dong-hyun	Men's giant slalom	1:26.72	44	1:28.54	41	2:55.26	41
	Men's slalom	DNF
Kyung Sung-hyun	Men's giant slalom	1:34.03	66	1:41.17	70	3:15.20	66
	Men's slalom	DNF
Park Je-yun	Men's giant slalom	DNF
	Men's slalom	DNF
Gim So-hui	Women's giant slalom	1:31.47	59	1:30.36	52	3:01.83	53
	Women's slalom	DNF
Kang Young-seo	Women's slalom	1:18.84	59	1:17.61	49	2:36.45	49

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships South Korea qualified 1 man and 1 woman.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Lee In-bok	Men's sprint	28:35.9	1 (0+1)	82
	Men's individual	57:29.0	1 (0+1+0+0)	73
Mun Ji-hee	Women's sprint	24:32.0	1 (0+1)	74
	Women's individual	54:06.7	3 (0+0+2+1)	69

Bobsleigh

Two-man

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Dong-hyun* Jun Jung-lin	Two-man	57.78	25	57.76	24	57.73	24	Did not advance		2:53.27	25
Seo Young-woo Won Yun-jong*		57.41	18	57.20	18	57.58	21	57.08	=16	3:49.27	18
Jun Jung-lin Seo Young-woo Suk Young-jin Won Yun-jong*	Four-man	55.82	21	55.97	20	56.25	22	55.88	=17	3:44.22	20
Kim Dong-hyun* Kim Kyung-hyun Kim Sik Oh Jea-han		56.98	30	56.77	29	56.89	29	Did not advance		2:50.64	28
Kim Sun-ok Shin Mi-hwa	Two-woman	1:00.09	19	1:00.02	18	1:00.44	18	1:00.26	18	4:00.81	18

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on January 27, 2014, South Korea has qualified a total quota of two athletes, each of them will compete only in classical events.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Hwang Jun-ho	Men's 15 km classical	N/A				44:34.8	+6:05.1	68
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	41:22.6	67	LAP	68	LAP		68
Lee Chae-won	Women's 10 km classical	N/A				32:16.9	+3:59.1	51
	Women's 15 km skiathlon	22:41.1	59	20:51.3	41	44:17.2	+5:43.6	54
	Women's 30 km freestyle	N/A				1:16:38.2	+5:33.0	36

Curling

Based on results from 2012 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, South Korea has qualified their women's team as one of the seven highest ranked nations.

• Women's Event – 1 team of 5 athletes
• Kim Ji-sun
• Lee Seul-bee
• Shin Mi-sung
• Gim Un-chi
• Um Min-ji

Final round robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends won	Ends lost	Blank ends	Stolen ends	Shot %
Canada	Jennifer Jones	9	0	72	40	43	27	12	14	86%
Sweden	Margaretha Sigfridsson	7	2	58	52	37	35	13	7	80%
Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	5	4	63	60	37	38	13	7	78%
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	5	4	74	58	39	35	9	11	80%
Japan	Ayumi Ogasawara	4	5	59	67	39	41	4	10	76%
Denmark	Lene Nielsen	4	5	57	56	34	40	12	9	78%
China	Wang Bingyu	4	5	58	62	36	38	10	4	81%
South Korea	Kim Ji-sun	3	6	60	65	35	37	10	6	79%
Russia	Anna Sidorova	3	6	48	56	33	35	19	6	82%
United States	Erika Brown	1	8	42	75	33	40	8	5	76%

Round-robin

South Korea has a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.

Draw 2 Monday, February 11, 9:00 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 12 Japan (Ogasawara) 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 Draw 3 Tuesday, February 11, 19:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 Switzerland (Ott) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 8 Draw 4 Wednesday, February 12, 14:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 4 Sweden (Sigfridsson) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 X 7 Draw 6 Thursday, February 13, 19:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Russia (Sidorova) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 4 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 X 8 Draw 7 Friday, February 14, 14:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final South Korea (Kim) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X X 3 China (Wang) 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 X X 11

Draw 8 Saturday, February 15, 9:00 Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 10 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 8 Draw 10 Sunday, February 16, 14:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Denmark (Nielsen) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 7 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 Draw 11 Monday, February 17, 9:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final South Korea (Kim) 4 1 0 2 2 0 2 X X X 11 United States (Brown) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2 Draw 12 Monday, February 17, 19:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Jones) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 X 9 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4

Figure skating

South Korea has achieved the following quota places:^[7] Three athletes were named to the team.^[8]

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Hae-jin	Ladies' singles	54.37	18 Q	95.11	17	149.48	16
Kim Yuna		74.92	1 Q	144.19	2	219.11
Park So-youn		49.14	23 Q	93.83	19	142.97	21

Freestyle skiing

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Kim Kwang-jin	Men's halfpipe	45.40	34.40	45.40	25	Did not advance
Park Hee-jin	Women's halfpipe	42.40	20.40	42.40	21	Did not advance

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Choi Jae-woo	Men's moguls	24.61	14.16	20.56	15	26.08	16.2	21.9	2 Q	25.27	16.03	22.11	10 Q	DNF				Did not advance
Seo Jee-won	Women's moguls	33.49	11.30	15.95	24	33.02	10.56	15.4	13	Did not advance
Seo Jung-hwa		DNS				33.56	9.54	14.16	14	Did not advance

Luge

Based on their performance at the 2013–14 Luge World Cup, South Korea has achieved a total quota of four athletes and a spot in the mixed team relay due to allocation.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Dong-hyeon	Men's singles	54.207	36	54.603	36	53.795	34	53.780	37	3:36.385	35
Cho Jung-myung Park Jin-yong	Men's doubles	51.643	18	51.475	17	N/A				1:43.118	18
Sung Eun-ryung	Women's singles	52.173	30	51.960	31	52.486	31	52.124	29	3:28.743	29
Cho Jung-myung Kim Dong-hyeon Park Jin-yong Sung Eun-ryung	Mixed team relay	56.174	12	57.986	12	58.469	11	N/A		2:52.629	12

Short track speed skating

Based on their performance at the two World Cup events in November 2013 South Korea qualified a full team of 5 men and 5 women.

Noh Jin-kyu qualified for the team but broke his elbow on January 14, 2014 and will miss the Olympics.^[10] His replacement was named as Lee Ho-suk. Due to a conflict with or lack of support from the South Korean coaches and national short-track administrators, Ahn Hyun-soo, one of South Korea's best skaters, left the Korean team and competed for Russia in these Olympics. He defeated the Korean skaters in all four short track events and the Korean men were completely shut out of medals in these Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sin Da-woon	1000 m	1:25.893	2 Q	1:24.215	1 Q	1:25.564	2 FA	PEN	7
	1500 m	2:15.530	1 Q	N/A		2:52.061	4 FB	2:22.066	10
Lee Han-bin	500 m	41.982	2 Q	41.471	3	Did not advance			11
	1000 m	1:26.502	1 Q	1:24.444	1 Q	PEN		Did not advance	8
	1500 m	2:16.412	1 Q	N/A		3:11.810	5 AA	2:16.466	6
Park Se-yeong	500 m	41.566	1 Q	PEN		Did not advance			14
	1500 m	2:21.087	3 Q	N/A		2:16.241	3 FB	PEN	13
Lee Han-bin Lee Ho-suk Kim Yun-jae Park Se-yeong Sin Da-woon	5000 m relay	N/A				6:48.206	3 FB	6:43.921	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cho Ha-ri	1500 m	2:27.629	1 Q	N/A		PEN		Did not advance	19
Kim A-lang	500 m	43.919	2 Q	43.673	3	Did not advance			10
	1000 m	1:31.640	1 Q	1:32.154	3	Did not advance			10
	1500 m	2:22.864	2 Q	N/A		2:22.928	2 FA	PEN	13
Park Seung-hi	500 m	44.18	1 Q	43.392	1 Q	43.611	1 FA	54.207
	1000 m	1:31.883	1 Q	1:30.801	2 Q	1:30.182	1 FA	1:30.761
Shim Suk-hee	500 m	44.197	2 Q	43.572	4	Did not advance			14
	1000 m	1:31.046	1 Q	1:29.356	1 Q	1:31.237	1 FA	1:31.027
	1500 m	2:24.765	1 Q	N/A		2:18.966	2 FA	2:19.239
Cho Ha-ri Kim A-lang Kong Sang-jeong Park Seung-hi Shim Suk-hee	3000 m relay	N/A				4:08.052	1 FA	4:09.498

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; AA – Advance to medal round due to being impeded by another skater

Skeleton

South Korea has qualified two spots in the men's event for the first time in history on its fourth consecutive Olympics.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Han-sin	Men's	58.41	25	58.12	22	58.64	24	Did not advance		2:55.17	24
Yun Sung-bin		57.54	15	57.02	9	57.90	20	57.11	15	3:49.57	16

Ski jumping

South Korea has received the following start quotas:

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Choi Heung-chul	Men's normal hill	90.0	105.9	34 Q	95.0	109.1	42	Did not advance
	Men's large hill	116.0	88.6	37 Q	121.5	99.0	44	Did not advance
Choi Seo-woo	Men's normal hill	96.5	113.7	18 Q	95.0	116.2	33	Did not advance
	Men's large hill	117.0	97.7	29 Q	122.0	106.4	39	Did not advance
Kang Chil-ku	Men's normal hill	89.0	99.3	42	Did not advance
	Men's large hill	104.5	78.8	45	Did not advance
Kim Hyun-ki	Men's normal hill	96.0	114.4	16 Q	92.5	109.2	41	Did not advance
	Men's large hill	111.0	80.3	44	Did not advance
Choi Heung-chul Choi Seo-woo Kang Chil-ku Kim Hyun-ki	Men's team large hill	N/A			476.5	402.0	11	Did not advance

Snowboarding

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Kim Sang-kyum	Men's giant slalom	1:40.27	17	Did not advance
	Men's slalom	1:02.35	26	Did not advance
Shin Bong-shik	Men's giant slalom	1:43.43	26	Did not advance
	Men's slalom	1:00.32	23	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Semifinal				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Kim Ho-jun	Men's halfpipe	61.75	20.00	61.75	14	Did not advance
Lee Kwang-ki		27.00	69.50	69.50	11	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Speed skating

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, South Korea has earned the following start quotas:

On 11 February 2014, Lee Sang-hwa won the gold medal for the women's 500m longtrack speedskating race, having previously won the one at the 2010 Games. She became the first woman since Catriona Le May Doan at the 2002 Games to defend her gold at the event. She became the third woman to win back-to-back golds at the 500m,^[12][13] and hence the first Korean woman to do so.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joo Hyong-jun	1500 m	N/A				1:48.59	29
Kim Cheol-min	5000 m	N/A				6:37.28	24
Kim Jun-ho	500 m	35.43	25	35.42	21	70.85	21
Kim Tae-yun	1000 m	N/A				1:10.81	30
Lee Kang-seok	500 m	35.45	26	35.42	22	70.87	22
Lee Kyou-hyuk	500 m	35.16	12	35.48	23	70.65	18
	1000 m	N/A				1:10.04	21
Lee Seung-hoon	5000 m	N/A				6:25.61	12
	10000 m	N/A				13:11.68	4
Mo Tae-bum	500 m	34.84	4	34.84	5	69.68	4
	1000 m	N/A				1:09.37	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Bo-reum	1500 m	N/A				1:59.78	21
	3000 m	N/A				4:12.08	13
Kim Hyun-yung	500 m	39.19	24	39.04	24	78.23	24
	1000 m	N/A				1:18.10	28
Lee Bo-ra	500 m	38.93	20	38.82	21	77.75	20
	1000 m	N/A				1:57.49	35
Lee Sang-hwa	500 m	37.42	1	37.28	1	74.70 OR
	1000 m	N/A				1:15.94	12
Noh Seon-yeong	1500 m	N/A				2:01.07	29
	3000 m	N/A				4:19.02	25
Park Seung-ju	500 m	39.207	26	39.11	26	78.31	26
	1000 m	N/A				1:18.94	31
Yang Shin-young	1500 m	N/A				2:04.13	36
	3000 m	N/A				4:23.67	27

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon	Men's team pursuit	Russia (RUS) W 3:40.84	Canada (CAN) W 3:42.32	Final A  Netherlands (NED) L 3:40.85
Kim Bo-reum Noh Seon-yeong Yang Shin-young	Women's team pursuit	Japan (JPN) L 3:05.28	Did not advance	Final D  Norway (NOR) L 3:11.54	8

See also

• South Korea at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
• South Korea at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

References

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External links

• South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics