South Korea at the 2002 Winter Olympics

South Korea at the Olympic Games

Flag of South Korea
IOC code  KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (Korean) (English)
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Competitors 48 in 9 sports
Officials 27
Flag bearer Hur Seung-Wook
Medals
Rank: 14		 Gold
2		 Silver
2		 Bronze
0		 Total
4
Olympic history (summary)
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South Korea, as Republic of Korea, competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ko Gi-Hyun Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres
 Gold Choi Min-Kyung
Joo Min-Jin
Park Hye-Won
Choi Eun-Kyung 		Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay
 Silver Ko Gi-Hyun Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres
 Silver Choi Eun-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Byun Jong Moon Men's slalom 58.38 1:03.20 n/a 2:01.5831
Men's giant slalom 1:19.49 1:17.71 n/a 2:37.2047
Kang Min Heuk Men's slalom 58.01 1:00.47 n/a 1:58.4830
Men's giant slalom 1:19.11 1:17.99 n/a 2:37.1046
Hur Seung Wook Men's slalom 56.70 DQ n/a Did not finish
Men's giant slalom 1:19.32 DNF n/a Did not finish
Lee Ki-hyun Men's slalom DNF – n/a Did not finish
Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Yoo Hye Min Women's giant slalom DNF n/a Did not finish

Biathlon

Men

Athlete Event Record Penalty Rank
Shin Byung-Kook 10 km 29:51.1 2 80
20 km 1:00:58.1 4 75

Women

Athlete Event Record Penalty Rank
Kim Ja-Youn 7.5 km sprint 26:45.2 3 69
15 km 1:01:13.8 7 66

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete Event Record Rank
Park Byung-Joo 10 km classical 30:15.6 69
15 km 45:51.4 62
30 km 1:20:57.5 57
Shin Doo-Sun 10 km classical 29:54.5 65
30 km 1:23:03.0 61
Sprint 3:11.89 57
Jung Eui-Myung 10 km classical 32:15.1 76
30 km Did Not Finish -
Choi Im-Hun 15 km 46:13.3 64

Women

Athlete Event Record Rank
Lee Chae-Won Sprint 3:41.06 52
5 km classical 16:13.1 68
10 km 34:04.1 56
15 km 45:37.9 47

Figure skating

Men

Athlete Event Short Program Free Skating Rank
Lee Kyu-Hyun Single 28th Final not Reached 28th

Women

Athlete Event Short Program Free Skating Rank
Park Bit-Na Single 26th Final not Reached 26th

Mixed

Athlete Event TFP Rank
Yang Tae-Hwa
Lee Chuen-Gun 		Ice Dancing 48.0 24th

Luge

Men

Athlete Event Record Rank
Lee Hak-Jin Single 3:07.199 36
Kim Min-Kyu Single 3:13.805 42
Lee Chang-Yong Single Did Not Finish -

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Dong-Sung 500 metres 42.834 1st 41.806 1st 41.990 3rd 42.076 6th
1000 metres 1:32.901 1st 1:27.429 1st 1:52.645 4th 1:35.582 5th
1500 metres 2:22.133 1st 2:15.942 1st Disqualified 12th
Lee Seung-Jae 500 metres Disqualified - Did Not Advanced
Ahn Hyun-Soo 1000 metres 1:30.252 1st 1:27.201 2nd 1:27.469 2nd 1:32.519 4th
1500 metres 2:23.287 1st Disqualified - Did Not Advanced 17th
Kim Dong-Sung
Lee Seung-Jae
Min Ryoung
Oh Se-Jong		 5000 metres Relay Disqualified - Did Not Advanced 8th

Women

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Joo Min-Jin 500 metres 45.547 1st 44.992 2nd 1:08.184 4th 46.893 9th
Choi Eun-Kyung 500 metres 45.395 1st 44.846 1st 44.647 5th 45.383 7th
1000 metres 1:37.609 1st 1:34.842 1st 1:38.523 4th 1:34.808 6th
1500 metres 2:29.460 1st 2:21.069 1st 2:31.610 2nd
Ko Gi-Hyun 1000 metres 1:42.093 1st 1:31.349 2nd 1:35.172 2nd 1:36.427 2nd
1500 metres 2:26.980 1st 2:31.120 2nd 2:31.581 1st
Joo Min-Jin
Choi Eun-Kyung
Choi Min-Kyung
Park Hye-Won		 3000 metres Relay 4:14.977 1st 4:12.793 1st

Skeleton

Men

Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Kang Kwang-Bae 52.11 52.40 1:44.51 20

Ski jumping

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Point Final Point Rank
Choi Heung-Chul K90 Individual 105.5 216.0 30
K120 Individual 73.1 Did Not Qualify 41
Kim Hyun-Ki K90 Individual 106.5 106.0 36
K120 Individual 102.7 108.5 31
Kang Chil-Gu K90 Individual 101.5 96.0 46
K120 Individual 81.0 83.2 47
Choi Yong-Jik K90 Individual 111.0 109.0 34
K120 Individual 85.8 86.7 46
Choi Heung-Chul
Kim Hyun-Ki
Kang Chil-Gu
Choi Yong-Jik 		K120 Team 801.6 8

Speed skating

Men

Athlete Event Record Rank
Lee Kyu-Hyuk 500 m 1:09.59 5
1000 m 1:08.37 8
1500 m 1:45.82 8
Choi Jae-Bong 500 m 1:10.57 17
1000 m 1:08.81 12
1500 m 1:47.26 21
Park Jae-Man 500 m 1:11.96 25
1000 m 1:10.67 32
Kim Chul-Soo 500 m 1:48.46 33
1000 m 1:09.79 25
Mun Jun 1500 m 1:48.58 33
Yeo Sang-Yeop 1500 m 1:50.70 42
Lee Seung-Hwan 5000 m 6:37.67 28

Women

Athlete Event Record Rank
Choi Seung-Yong 500 m 1:17.14 18
1000 m 1:18.88 32
Jo Seon-Yeon 500 m 1:18.79 25
1000 m 1:18.36 29
Lee Yong-Ju 500 m 1:19.78 29
1000 m 1:18.79 31
Baek Eun-Bi 1500 m 2:03.87 33
3000 m 4:18.15 25
Choi Yoon-Sook 1500 m 2:01.39 T29

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