South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics

South Korea participated as the Republic of Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was their best performance at the Winter Olympics to date, ranking 5th in gold medals and 7th in overall medals.

South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Vancouver
Competitors	46 in 12 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Kang Kwang-bae
Flag bearer (closing)	Mo Tae-bum
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 6 Silver 6 Bronze 2 Total 14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Korea won its first-ever medal in figure skating when Kim Yuna won gold and set a world record in the ladies' event.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Lee Jung-su	Short track	Men's 1500 metres	13 Feb
Gold	Lee Jung-su	Short track	Men's 1000 metres	20 Feb
Gold	Mo Tae-bum	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	15 Feb
Gold	Lee Sang-hwa	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	16 Feb
Gold	Lee Seung-hoon	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres	23 Feb
Gold	Kim Yuna	Figure skating	Ladies' singles	25 Feb
Silver	Lee Eun-byul	Short track	Women's 1500 metres	20 Feb
Silver	Lee Ho-suk	Short track	Men's 1000 metres	20 Feb
Silver	Lee Seung-hoon	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	13 Feb
Silver	Mo Tae-bum	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres	17 Feb
Silver	Sung Si-bak	Short track	Men's 500 metres	26 Feb
Silver	Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Lee Jung-su Sung Si-bak Kim Seoung-il	Short track	Men's 5000 metre relay	26 Feb
Bronze	Park Seung-hi	Short track	Women's 1500 metres	20 Feb
Bronze	Park Seung-hi	Short track	Women's 1000 metres	26 Feb

South Korea at the 2010 opening ceremony.

Medals by sport Sport Total Short track speed skating 2 4 2 8 Speed skating 3 2 0 5 Figure skating 1 0 0 1 Total 6 6 2 14	Medals by date Cumulative Day Date Total Total Day 1 13th 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 Day 2 14th 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Day 3 15th 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 Day 4 16th 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 Day 5 17th 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 5 Day 6 18th 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 Day 7 19th 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 Day 8 20th 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 9 Day 9 21st 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 9 Day 10 22nd 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 9 Day 11 23rd 1 0 0 1 5 4 1 10 Day 13 25th 1 0 0 1 6 4 1 11 Day 14 26th 0 2 1 3 6 6 2 14 Total 6 6 2 14 6 6 2 14

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jung Dong-hyun	1 June 1988	Men's slalom	DNF
Kim Woo-sung	2 April 1986	Men's slalom	DNF
		Men's giant slalom	DSQ
Kim Sun-joo	13 November 1985	Women's slalom	1:23.88	53	1:20.70	49	2:44.58	49
		Women's giant slalom	1:23.88	53	1:20.70	49	2:44.58	49

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Final
			Time	Penalties	Rank
Lee In-bok	30 March 1984	Men's sprint	27:34.1	1+3	65
		Men's individual	56:24.5	2+0+0+2	71
Mun Ji-hee	2 August 1988	Women's sprint	22:34.1	1+1	63
		Women's individual	48:53.9	0+0+2+3	73

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Final
			Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Kang Kwang-bae Lee Jin-hee Kim Jung-su Kim Dong-hyun	29 July 1973 7 July 1981 20 April 1984 12 November 1987	Four-man	52.76	52.53	52.92	53.15	53.11	19

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Final
			Time	Rank
Lee Jun-gil	18 September 1985	Men's 15 km freestyle	39:51.6	79
Lee Chae-won	7 April 1981	Women's 10 km freestyle	27:56.0	54
		Women's 15 kilometre pursuit	47:34.6	59

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

South Korea qualified 2 entrants in ladies singles, for a total of 2 athletes.^[1] Kim Yuna's gold medal at the ladies' event is the South Korea's first medal at the Winter Olympics in an event other than short track and speed skating.^[2]

Athlete(s)	Date of birth	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Yuna	5 September 1990	Ladies'			78.50 OR WR	1	150.06 OR WR	1	228.56 OR WR
Kwak Min-jeong	23 January 1994	Ladies'			53.16	16	102.37	12	155.53	13

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Qualifying		Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Seo Jung-hwa	27 September 1990	Women's moguls	20.88	21	DNQ	21

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Lee Yong	Men's singles	50.549	50.607	51.012	51.128	3:23.296	36

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Ho-suk	25 June 1986	500m	41.632	1 Q	41.269	1 Q	1:24.514	4 QB	49.149	7
		1000m	1:25.925	1 Q	1:24.980	1 Q	1:25.347	1 Q	1:23.801
		1500m	2:14.324	2 Q	n/a		2:14.833	1 Q	DSQ
Sung Si-bak	18 February 1987	500m	41.889	1 Q	40.821	2 Q	41.126	2 Q	41.340
		1000m	1:24.245 OR	1 Q	1:24.570	1 Q	1:25.068	3 QB	DSQ
		1500m	2:14.836	1 Q	n/a		2:13.585	1 Q	2:45.010	5
Kwak Yoon-gy	26 December 1989	500m	42.147	1 Q	41.761	2 Q	41.620	3 QB	42.123	4
Lee Jung-su	30 November 1989	1000m	1:24.962	1 Q	1:25.822	1 Q	1:25.560	2 Q	1:23.747 OR
		1500m	2:12.380 OR	1 Q	n/a		2:10.949 OR	1 Q	2:17.611
Lee Ho-suk Sung Si-bak Lee Jung-su Kwak Yoon-gy Kim Seoung-il	25 June 1986 18 February 1987 30 November 1989 26 December 1989 19 December 1990	5000m relay	n/a				6:43.845	1 Q	6:44.446

Women

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cho Ha-ri	29 July 1986	500m	44.313	2 Q	44.306	3	Did not qualify			10
		1000m	1:35.953	1 Q	1:30.543	2 Q	1:30.792	4 QB	1:31.932	4
		1500m	2:22.928	1 Q	n/a		2:35.492	3 ADV	2:18.831	5
Park Seung-hi	28 March 1992	500m	44.221	1 Q	DSQ		Did not qualify			15
		1000m	1:31.885	1 Q	1:30.769	1 Q	1:29.165	2 Q	1:29.379
		1500m	2:24.129	1 Q	n/a		2:20.859	1 Q	2:17.927
Lee Eun-byul	2 October 1991	500m	44.000	1 Q	44.582	2 Q	44.899	4 QB	44.860	8
		1500m	2:27.286	1 Q	n/a		2:24.318	1 Q	2:17.849
Cho Ha-ri Park Seung-hi Lee Eun-byul Kim Min-jung Choi Jung-won	29 July 1986 28 March 1992 2 October 1991 20 March 1985 16 March 1990	3000m relay	n/a				4:10.753	1 Q	DSQ

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Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Final
			Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Cho In-ho	24 June 1978	Men's singles	54.46	54.42	54.28	DNQ	2:43.16	22

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Choi Heung-chul	3 December 1981	Normal hill	108.5	40 Q	95.0	48	DNQ	95.0	48
		Large hill	107.0	34 Q	56.3	49	DNQ	56.3	49
Choi Yong-jik	3 December 1982	Normal hill	107.0	43	DNQ
		Large hill	83.4	46	DNQ
Kim Hyun-ki	9 February 1983	Normal hill	121.5	22 Q	107.0	30	DNQ	107.0	40
		Large hill	108.9	33 Q	78.0	42	DNQ	78.0	42

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Qualifying			Semifinal			Final
			Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Kim Ho-jun	1 May 1990	Men's halfpipe	8.4	25.8	12	Did not qualify

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Race 1		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mo Tae-bum	15 February 1989	500 m	34.923	34.906	69.82
		1000 m	n/a		1:09.12
		1500 m	n/a		1:46.47	5
Lee Kyou-hyuk	16 March 1978	500 m	35.145	35.344	70.48	15
		1000 m	n/a		1:09.92	9
Mun Jun	14 July 1982	500 m	35.552	35.640	71.19	19
		1000 m	n/a		1:10.68	18
Lee Kang-seok	28 February 1985	500 m	35.053	34.988	70.041	4
Lee Ki-ho	17 August 1984	1000 m	n/a		1:12.33	36
Ha Hong-sun	1 June 1991	1500 m	n/a		1:49.93	31
Lee Jong-woo	5 July 1985	1500 m	n/a		1:49.00	22
Lee Seung-hoon	6 March 1988	5000 m	n/a		6:16.95
		10000 m	n/a		12:58.55 OR

Men's team pursuit

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
			Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Lee Seung-hoon Lee Jong-woo Ha Hong-sun	6 March 1988 5 July 1985 1 June 1991	Team pursuit	Norway 3:43.69 QC	n/a	Italy 3:48.60	5

Women

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Race 1		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lee Sang-hwa	25 February 1989	500 m	38.249	37.850	76.09
		1000 m	n/a		1:18.24	23
Ahn Ji-min	29 April 1992	500 m	39.595	39.549	79.14	31
Lee Bo-ra	16 August 1986	500 m	39.396	39.406	78.80	26
Oh Min-ji	29 March 1985	500 m	39.816	39.768	79.58	32
Kim Yoo-rim	3 February 1990	1000 m	n/a		DNF
Lee Ju-yeon	29 October 1987	1500 m	n/a		2:03.67	33
		3000 m	n/a		4:18.87	23
Noh Seon-yeong	19 October 1989	1500 m	n/a		2:02.84	30
		3000 m	n/a		4:17.36	19
Park Do-yeong	30 January 1993	3000 m	n/a		4:20.92	27

Women's team pursuit

Athlete	Date of birth	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
			Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Lee Ju-yeon Noh Seon-yeong Park Do-yeong	29 October 1987 19 October 1989 30 January 1993	Team pursuit	Japan 3:07.45 QD	n/a	Russia 3:06.96	8

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See also

• South Korea at the Olympics
• South Korea at the 2010 Winter Paralympics