South Korea at the 2022 Winter Olympics

South Korea competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.^[1][2]

South Korea at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean)
in Beijing, China February 4–20, 2022
Competitors	64 (34 men and 30 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Kim A-lang Kwak Yoon-gy
Flag bearer (closing)	Cha Min-kyu
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 9
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Korea (2018)

On January 25, 2022, the Korean team of 63 athletes (34 men and 29 women) competing in 13 sports was announced. South Korea will not have any athletes in ice hockey or ski jumping.^[3]

On January 28, 2022 long track speed skater Kim Min-sun and short track speed skater Kwak Yoon-gy were named as the Korean flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[4][5] Short track speed skater Kim A-lang later replaced Kim Min-sun as one of the flagbearers.^[6] Meanwhile short track speed skater Cha Min-kyu was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[7][8]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	2	3
Biathlon	1	2	3
Bobsleigh	8	1	9
Cross-country skiing	2	3	5
Curling	0	5	5
Figure skating	2	2	4
Freestyle skiing	1	2	3
Luge	3	1	4
Nordic combined	1	—	1
Short track speed skating	5	5	10
Skeleton	2	1	3
Snowboarding	2	2	4
Speed skating	6	4	10
Total	34	30	64

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Hwang Dae-heon	Short track speed skating	Men's 1500m	9 February
Gold	Choi Min-jeong	Short track speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	16 February
Silver	Choi Min-jeong	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	11 February
Silver	Cha Min-kyu	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres	12 February
Silver	Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Lee Yu-bin Seo Whi-min	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 metre relay	13 February
Silver	Lee June-seo Kim Dong-wook Hwang Dae-heon Kwak Yoon-gy Park Jang-hyuk	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 metre relay	15 February
Silver	Chung Jae-won	Speed skating	Men's Mass start	19 February
Bronze	Kim Min-seok	Speed skating	Men's 1500m	8 February
Bronze	Lee Seung-hoon	Speed skating	Men's Mass start	19 February

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards South Korea qualified one male and one female alpine skier.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jung Dong-hyun	Men's giant slalom	DNF		Did not advance
	Men's slalom	56.85	29	50.84	16	1:47.69	21
Gim So-hui	Women's giant slalom	1:04.12	38	1:03.10	32	2:07.22	33
Kang Young-seo		DNF		Did not advance
Gim So-hui	Women's slalom	57.31	42	56.80	39	1:54.11	39
Kang Young-seo		DNF		Did not advance

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified two male and one female biathletes.^[10][11]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Timofey Lapshin	Men's individual	57:13.0	5 (1+1+2+1)	76
	Men's sprint	27:30.8	2 (1+1)	82
Ekaterina Avvakumova	Women's individual	52:31.4	6 (3+0+2+1)	73
Kim Seon-su		56:37.5	6 (3+0+3+0)	84
Ekaterina Avvakumova	Women's pursuit	LAP
Ekaterina Avvakumova	Women's sprint	23:19.4	2 (2+0)	49
Kim Seon-su		25:18.2	1 (1+0)	83

Bobsleigh

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified two sleds in each of the two man and four man events, along with one quota in the women's monobob. This means South Korea can enter 9 athletes (eight men and one woman).^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Suk Young-jin Kim Hyeong-geun	Two-man	1:00.28	23	1:00.46	22	1:00.52	24	Did not advance		3:01.26	24
Won Yun-jong Kim Jin-su		59.89	14	1:00.28	17	1:00.10	14	1:00.97	20	4:01.24	19
Jang Ki-kun Jung Hyun-woo Kim Dong-hyun Kim Hyeong-geun	Four-man	59.74	25	1:00.31	26	59.91	25	—		2:59.96	25
Kim Jin-su Kim Tae-yang Suk Young-jin Won Yun-jong		59.45	19	59.60	16	59.38	16	59.59	15	3:58.02	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Yoo-ran	Monobob	1:06.68	20	1:07.02	18	1:06.41	14	1:06.41	13	4:26.52	18

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified two male and three female cross-country skiers.^[13]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Jeong Jong-won	Men's 15 km classical	—				46:34.6	+8:39.8	82
Kim Min-woo		—				45:21.6	+7:26.8	79
Jeong Jong-won	Men's 30 km skiathlon	LAP						66
Kim Min-woo		46:24.3	61	LAP				62
Lee Chae-won	Women's 10 km classical	—	34:45.5	+6:39.2	75
Lee Eui-jin		—	34:07.9	+6:01.6	72
Han Da-som	Women's 15 km skiathlon	29:52.3	63	DNF				-
Lee Chae-won		28:01.6	61	27:01.7	61	55:52.6	+11:38.9	61

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeong Jong-won	Men's	3:16.15	81	Did not advance
Kim Min-woo		3:19.76	82	Did not advance
Jeong Jong-won Kim Min-woo	Men's team	—				22:56.16	13	Did not advance	25
Lee Chae-won	Women's	DNS		Did not advance
Lee Eui-jin		3:52.05	77	Did not advance
Han Da-som Lee Eui-jin	Women's team	—				26:55.52	11	Did not advance	22

Curling

Main articles: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim Eun-jung Kim Kyeong-ae Kim Cho-hi Kim Seon-yeong Kim Yeong-mi	Women's tournament	CAN L 7–12	GBR W 9–7	ROC W 9–5	CHN L 5–6	USA L 6–8	JPN W 10–5	SUI L 4–8	DEN W 8–7	SWE L 4–8	8	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

South Korea qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing third in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event.^[14] Team Kim Eun-jung qualified as South Korean representatives by winning the 2021 Korean Curling Championships, finishing the tournament with an unmatched 11–1 record.^[15]

Final Round Robin Standings

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%[16]	DSC[17]	Qualification
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	9	8	1	–	67	46	44	36	4	12	81.6%	19.14	Playoffs
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	9	7	2	–	64	49	39	35	6	12	82.0%	25.02
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	9	5	4	1–1	63	47	39	33	4	9	80.6%	35.27
Japan	Satsuki Fujisawa	9	5	4	1–1	64	62	40	36	2	13	82.3%	36.00
Canada	Jennifer Jones	9	5	4	1–1	71	59	42	41	1	14	80.4%	45.44
United States	Tabitha Peterson	9	4	5	2–0	60	64	40	39	2	12	79.5%	33.87
China	Han Yu	9	4	5	1–1	56	67	38	41	3	10	79.6%	30.06
South Korea	Kim Eun-jung	9	4	5	0–2	62	66	40	42	3	10	80.8%	27.79
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	9	2	7	–	50	68	33	41	7	0	77.2%	23.36
ROC	Alina Kovaleva	9	1	8	–	50	79	34	45	2	7	78.9%	29.34

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Round robin

South Korea had a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.^[18]

Draw 2

Thursday, 10 February, 20:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Jones)	0	2	0	3	1	0	3	0	1	2	12
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7

Draw 3

Friday, 11 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	0	9
Great Britain (Muirhead)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	7

Draw 4

Saturday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	1	X	9
ROC (Kovaleva)	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 6

Sunday, 13 February, 14:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
South Korea (Kim)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
China (Han)	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6

Draw 7

Monday, 14 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Peterson)	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	1	8
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Draw 8

Monday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Fujisawa)	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	5
South Korea (Kim)	1	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	X	10

Draw 10

Wednesday, 16 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	8
South Korea (Kim)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4

Draw 11

Wednesday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	8
Denmark (Dupont)	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	7

Draw 12

Thursday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Kim)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Sweden (Hasselborg)	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	8

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, South Korea secured one quota in the men's and two quotas in the ladies competitions.^[19] A second men's quota was secured at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cha Jun-hwan	Men's singles	99.51	4 Q	182.87	7	282.38	5
Lee Si-hyeong		65.69	27	Did not advance
Kim Ye-lim	Women's singles	67.78	9 Q	134.85	11	202.63	9
You Young		70.34	6 Q	142.75	4	213.09	6

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Freeski

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Lee Seung-hun	Men's halfpipe	49.75	56.75	—	56.75	16	Did not advance
Jang Yu-jin	Women's halfpipe	3.75	4.25	—	4.25	20	Did not advance
Kim Da-eun		44.50	45.50	—	45.50	17	Did not advance

Luge

Main articles: Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified one sled in each event, and a spot in the mixed relay. This means South Korea can enter three men and one woman.^{[20][21][22][23]}

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lim Nam-kyu	Men's singles	1:02.438	34	59.794	30	59.538	28	Did not advance		3:01.770	33
Cho Jung-myung Park Jin-yong	Open doubles	59.361	10	59.366	12	—				1:58.727	12
Aileen Christina Frisch	Women's singles	59.776	23	59.642	20	59.055	18	1:01.811	19	4:00.284	19

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aileen Frisch Lim Nam-kyu Park Jin-yong / Cho Jung-myung	Team relay	1:02.682	14	1:05.265	14	1:03.291	8	3:11.238	13

Nordic combined

Main articles: Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Park Je-un	Large hill/10 km	107.0	67.9	39	30:08.5	47	34:56.5	44
	Normal hill/10 km	90.0	82.3	36	29:11.3	43	32:34.3	42

Skeleton

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified three athletes in skeleton (two male and one female).^[24][25][26]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jung Seung-gi	Men's	1:01.18	11	1:01.04	10	1:00.69	9	1:00.83	9	4:03.74	10
Yun Sung-bin		1:01.26	13	1:01.17	13	1:01.03	12	1:00.63	7	4:04.09	12
Kim Eun-ji	Women's	1:03.28	22	1:03.68	23	1:02.83	22	Did not advance		3:09.79	23

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Parallel

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	1:23.81	24	Did not advance
Lee Sang-ho		1:20.54	1 Q	Bagozza (ITA) W	Wild (ROC) L +0.01	Did not advance		5
Jeong Hae-rim	Women's giant slalom	1:29.10	18	Did not advance

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Lee Chae-un	Men's Halfpipe	26.00	35.00	35.00	18	Did not advance
Lee Na-yoon	Women's Halfpipe	31.00	34.50	34.50	20	Did not advance

Short track speed skating

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified in all three relays with the maximum of five athletes in both genders.^[27] South Korean officials alleged systemic bias in favor of China in the short track speed skating competitions after disqualifications of several leaders.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hwang Dae-heon	500 m	40.971	2 Q	40.636	2 Q	PEN		Did not advance	10
Lee June-seo		PEN		Did not advance
Hwang Dae-heon	1000 m	1:23.042 OR	1 Q	1:24.693	1 Q	PEN		Did not advance	8
Lee June-seo		1:24.698	1 Q	1:23.682	1 Q	PEN		Did not advance	9
Park Jang-hyuk		1:24.081	1 Q	-	3 ADV	DNS		Did not advance	10
Hwang Dae-heon	1500 m	—		2:14.910	1 Q	2:13.188	1 QA	2:09.219
Lee June-seo		—		2:18.630	1 Q	2:16.586	1 QA	2:09.622	5
Park Jang-hyuk		—		2:12.116	3 Q	2:12.751	2 QA	2:10.176	7
Hwang Dae-heon Kim Dong-wook Kwak Yoon-gy Lee June-seo Park Jang-hyuk	5000 m relay	—				6:37.879	1 QA	6:41.679

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Choi Min-jeong	500 m	42.853	1 Q	1:04.939	4	Did not advance			14
Lee Yu-bin		43.141	4	Did not advance					26
Choi Min-jeong	1000 m	1:28.053	1 Q	1:28.722	2 Q	1:26.850	3 QA	1:28.443
Lee Yu-bin		1:27.862	2 Q	1:29.120	1 Q	1:28.170	3 QB	1:29.739	6
Kim A-lang		1:28.680	3	Did not advance					22
Choi Min-jeong	1500 m	—		2:20.846	1 Q	2:16.831 OR	1 QA	2:17.789
Lee Yu-bin		—	2:17.851	2 Q	2:22.157	1 QA	2:18.825	6
Kim A-lang		—	2:32.879	1 Q	2:22.420	4 QB	2:45.707	13
Choi Min-jeong Kim A-lang Lee Yu-bin Seo Whi-min	3000 m relay	—				4:05.904	2 QA	4:03.627

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Choi Min-jeong Hwang Dae-heon Lee Yu-bin Park Jang-hyuk	2000 m relay	2:48.308	3	Did not advance			9

Legend
ADV: Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; OR: Olympic record; PEN: Penalty; Q: Qualified; QA: Qualified to medal round; QB: Qualified to consolation round

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified four men and six women.^[28]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cha Min-kyu	500 m	34.39
Kim Jun-ho		34.54	6
Cha Min-kyu	1000 m	1:09.69	18
Kim Min-seok		1:10.08	24
Kim Min-seok	1500 m	1:44.24
Park Seong-hyeon		1:47.59	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kim Min-sun	500 m	37.60	7
Kim Hyun-yung	1000 m	1:17.50	25
Kim Min-sun		1:16.49	16
Park Ji-woo		1:19.39	30

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinals			Finals
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Chung Jae-won	Men's	12	7:56.76	4 Q	40	7:47.18
Lee Seung-hoon		40	7:43.63	2 Q	20	7:47.20
Kim Bo-reum	Women's	40	8:34.23	2 Q	6	8:16.81	5
Park Ji-woo		0	8:53.64	13	Did not advance		26

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Chung Jae-won Kim Min-seok Lee Seung-hoon	Men's	3:41.89	6	Did not advance		Final C  Canada (CAN) L 3:53.77	6