Kim Dong-Sung

Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Competitor for  South Korea
Olympic Games
Gold 1998 Nagano 1000 m
Silver 1998 Nagano 5000 m relay
World Championships
Gold 2002 Montréal Overall
Gold 2002 Montréal 500 m
Gold 2002 Montréal 1000 m
Gold 2002 Montréal 1500 m
Gold 2002 Montréal 3000 m
Gold 2002 Montréal 5000 m relay
Gold 1998 Vienna 3000 m
Gold 1997 Nagano Overall
Gold 1997 Nagano 1000 m
Gold 1997 Nagano 3000 m
Gold 1997 Nagano 5000 m relay
Gold 1997 Seoul Team
Silver 1999 Sofia 1000 m
Silver 1999 Sofia 5000 m relay
Silver 1998 Vienna 5000 m relay
Silver 1997 Nagano 500 m
Silver 2000 The Hague Team
Silver 1998 Bormio Team
Silver 1996 Lake Placid Team
Bronze 1998 Vienna Overall
Bronze 1998 Vienna 1500 m
Bronze 1996 The Hague 5000 m relay
Bronze 2002 Milwaukee Team
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Dong-Sung (Hangul: 김동성, Hanja: 金東聖) (born 9 February 1980 in Seoul, South Korea) is a former South Korean short track speed skater. He won a gold medal in 1000m race and silver medal in 5000m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. He has been a two-time Overall World Champion in 1997 and in 2002 and two-time Overall World Cup Champion (1999-2000, 2001-2002).

After winning his first World Championship in 1997 when he was 17, Kim entered 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as a favourite. While he met disappointment in 500m race, he won the gold medal in 1000m. Ater trailing Li Jiajun at the final corner of the last lap, Kim stuck out his foot to get his blade to cross the line first, catching Li off-guard by 0.053 seconds. He helped the Korean team to win the silver medal in 5000m relay.

Kim was injured in 2000 during a race and took much of 2000-2001 season off, but he made a good recovery in 2001 in lead up to 2002 Winter Olympics. However, despite being a favourite to win multiple medals (ranked first the World for every Olympic disciplines), Kim ended up being shut out of medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Controversy surrounded his disqualification at the 1500m race, where it was originally thought that he won the 1500m gold medal after crossing the line first in the final but was disqualified for blocking Apolo Anton Ohno.

A month later, Kim won all possible six gold medals in the men's category at the 2002 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships (Overall, 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m relay), a feat achieved by no other man in the history of the competition. Canada's Sylvie Daigle achieved the same feat in the ladies category in 1983, but no World Championship title was awarded for relays that year. In particular, he astounded spectators and competitors alike when he sprinted ahead during the 1500m race and retained his speed throughout, eventually winning the gold by finishing one and a half lap before his competitors. He also showed a remarkable comeback in the 5000m relay, after Ahn Hyun-Soo fell over with four laps to go, by regaining a 20m gap between the Canadian team and the Korean team to seize the gold medal by 0.005 seconds. Kim retired soon afterwards.

Kim Dong Sung now lives in Korea.

External links

1992: Kim Ki-hoon · 1994: Kim Ki-hoon · 1998: Kim Dong-Sung · 2002: Steven Bradbury · 2006: Ahn Hyun-Soo · 2010: Lee Jung-Su

1976: Alan Rattray • 1977: Gaétan Boucher • 1978: James Lynch • 1979: Hiroshi Toda • 1980: Gaétan Boucher • 1981: Benoît Baril • 1982: Guy Daignault • 1983: Louis Grenier • 1984: Guy Daignault • 1985: Toshinobu Kawai • 1986: Tatsuyoshi Ishihara • 1987: Michel Daignault/Toshinobu Kawai • 1988: Peter van der Velde • 1989: Michel Daignault • 1990: Lee Joon-Ho • 1991: Wilf O'Reilly • 1992: Kim Ki-hoon • 1993–1994: Marc Gagnon • 1995: Chae Ji-Hoon • 1996: Marc Gagnon • 1997: Kim Dong-Sung • 1998: Marc Gagnon • 1999: Li Jiajun • 2000: Min Ryoung • 2001: Li JiaJun • 2002: Kim Dong-Sung • 2003–2007: Ahn Hyun-Soo • 2008: Apolo Ohno • 2009–2010: Lee Ho-Suk • 2011: Noh Jin-Kyu
Men's Overall Champions
1997–98: Li Jiajun • 1998–99: Li Jiajun • 1999–2000: Kim Dong-Sung • 2000–01: Apolo Ohno • 2001–02: Kim Dong-Sung • 2002–03: Apolo Ohno • 2003–04: Ahn Hyun-Soo • 2004–05: Apolo Ohno • 2005–06: Ahn Hyun-Soo • 2006–07: Tyson Heung • 2007–08: Lee Ho-Suk • 2008–09: Sung Si-Bak • 2009–10: Lee Jung-Su • 2010–11: Thibaut Fauconnet
Women's Overall Champions
1997-98: Chun Lee-Kyung • 1998–99: Yang Yang (A) • 1999–2000: Yang Yang (A) • 2000–01: Yang Yang (A) • 2001–02: Yang Yang (A) • 2002–03: Tyan Yu Fu • 2003–04: Choi Eun-Kyung • 2004–05: Wang Meng • 2005–06: Jin Sun-Yu • 2006–07: Byun Chun-Sa • 2007–08: Jin Sun-Yu • 2008–09: Wang Meng • 2009–10: Wang Meng • 2010–11: Katherine Reutter
Seasons
1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10  • 2010–11 • 2011–12