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South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation. It was represented by 122 competitors[a] in all 15 disciplines (15 sports).

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In January 2018, following inter-governmental talks, the teams representing South Korea and North Korea entered the Opening Ceremony marching under the Korean Unification Flag, while in women's ice hockey there was a single united Korean team.[3]

South Korea won a total of seventeen medals – five gold, eight silver and four bronze – making these Games the most successful in South Korea's history in terms of total medals won, and earning the country 7th place in the overall medal table. Thirteen of the medals were won in long-track and short-track speed skating events. For the first time in their history, South Korean athletes also won medals in sliding sports (bobsleigh and skeleton), in a team event (curling) and in a snow event (snowboarding).

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Medalists

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The following South Korean competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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Records

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[8]

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$ Additionally, 23 athletes of the women's ice hockey team formed part of a unified Korea women's team which competed under a different country code (COR).[9]

Alpine skiing

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South Korea qualified a total of two male and two female athletes for alpine skiing.

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Mixed
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Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, South Korea qualified five women and received one men spot. [10]

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Bobsleigh

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, South Korea qualified three sleds.[11][12][13]

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* Denotes the driver of each sled

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Cross-country skiing

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South Korea qualified a total of two male and two female athletes for cross-country skiing.

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Sprint
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Curling

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South Korea qualified their men's team (five athletes), their women's team (five athletes), and their mixed doubles team (two athletes).[14]

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Men's tournament

South Korea qualified a men's team as the host country.

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Round-robin

South Korea had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 11.

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

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Draw 2

Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

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Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 09:05

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Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05

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Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

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Draw 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

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Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 14:05

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Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

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Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

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Women's tournament

South Korea qualified a women's team as the host country.

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Round-robin

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

Draw 2

Thursday, 15 February, 09:05

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Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 20:05

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Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 14:05

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Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 20:05

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Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 14:05

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Draw 8

Monday, 19 February, 09:05

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Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05

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Draw 11

Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05

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Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 20:05

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Semifinal

Friday, 23 February, 20:05

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Gold Medal Game

Sunday, 25 February, 09:05

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Mixed doubles

South Korea qualified a mixed doubles team as the host country.

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Draw 1

Thursday, February 8, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 X 9
 Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 4
Draw 2

Thursday, February 8, 20:04

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 7
 China (Wang / Ba) (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 8
Draw 3

Friday, February 9, 8:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
 Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) (has hammer) 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 X 8
Draw 4

Friday, February 9, 13:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) (has hammer) 2 0 2 3 1 1 X X 9
Draw 5

Saturday, February 10, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6
Draw 6

Saturday, February 10, 20:04

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Perret / Rios) (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4
Draw 7

Sunday, February 11, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Lawes / Morris) 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 X 7
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
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Figure skating

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South Korea qualified two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[15] They additionally qualified one male figure skater as well as an entry in ice dancing through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. As hosts, they were given a quota to compete in the pairs event.[16]

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Team event

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Freestyle skiing

Aerials
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Halfpipe
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Moguls
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Slopestyle
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Ice hockey

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Men's tournament

South Korea men's national ice hockey team qualified as the host.[17]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 25 players
Preliminary round

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15 February 2018
21:10
Czech Republic 2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,025
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17 February 2018
16:40
South Korea 0–8
(0–1, 0–2, 0–5)
  SwitzerlandGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,568
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18 February 2018
21:10
Canada 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 6,038
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Qualification playoff
20 February 2018
21:10
Finland 5–2
(1–0, 2–2, 2–0)
 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 5,409
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Women's tournament

South Korea women's national ice hockey team qualified as the host. In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korean team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korean team in the tournament. In this team, at least three North Korean players were selected for each game.[18]

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Luge

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, South Korea qualified four sleds.[19]

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Mixed team relay
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Nordic combined

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Short track speed skating

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According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, South Korea qualified a full squad of five men and five women each.[20]

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Key: AA – Advanced to medal round due to being impeded by another skater; ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualified to medal round; FB – Qualified to consolation round

Skeleton

Based on the world rankings, South Korea qualified three sleds.[21][22]

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Ski jumping

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Snowboarding

Freestyle
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Parallel
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Speed skating

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Team pursuit
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** Did not play.

Notes

a Park Je-un took part in two sports: nordic combined and ski jumping.

b South Korea did not march at the Parade of Nations. Its delegates marched in the opening ceremony, together with North Korea's delegates, as a unified "Korea" team. South Korean bobsleigher Won Yun-jong along with North Korean ice hockey player Hwang Chung-gum were the flagbearers of this unified Korea team.[1]

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