South Korea at the 2002 Winter Olympics

South Korea at the 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	48 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Hur Seung-Wook
Officials	27
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 4
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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

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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	2:01.58	31
	Men's giant slalom	1:19.49	1:17.71	n/a	2:37.20	47
Kang Min Heuk	Men's slalom	58.01	1:00.47	n/a	1:58.48	30
	Men's giant slalom	1:19.11	1:17.99	n/a	2:37.10	46
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

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Record	Rank
Park Byeong-ju	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

Main article: Figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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 Advance
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 Advance	17th
Kim Dong-Sung Lee Seung-Jae Min Ryoung Oh Se-Jong	5000 metres Relay					Disqualified	-	Did Not Advance	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
Ko Gi-Hyun	1000 metres	1:42.093	1st	1:31.349	2nd	1:35.172	2nd	1:36.427
	1500 metres	2:26.980	1st			2:31.120	2nd	2:31.581
Joo Min-Jin Choi Eun-Kyung Choi Min-Kyung Park Hye-Won	3000 metres Relay					4:14.977	1st	4:12.793

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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

References

• Official Olympic Reports Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
• International Olympic Committee results database