South Korea at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	KOR
Nocname:	Korean Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	46
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Kang Kwang-bae
Flagbearer Close:	Mo Tae-bum
Rank:	5
Gold:	6
Silver:	6
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto

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.

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
				13 Feb
				20 Feb
				15 Feb
				16 Feb
				23 Feb
				25 Feb
				20 Feb
				20 Feb
				13 Feb
				17 Feb
				26 Feb
	Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Lee Jung-su Sung Si-bak Kim Seoung-il			26 Feb
				20 Feb
				26 Feb

Alpine skiing

See 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

See 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

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See 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

See 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			/		/		Total
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Yuna	5 September 1990	Ladies'			78.50	1	150.06	1	228.56
Kwak Min-jeong	23 January 1994	Ladies'			53.16	16	102.37	12	155.53	13

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Short track speed skating

See 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	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
		1500m	2:12.380	1 Q	n/a		2:10.949	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

See main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Ski jumping

See 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

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Speed skating

See 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

Men's team pursuit

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

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See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Skating Union Communication No. 1589: Olympic Winter Games 2010 – Entries/Participation Single & Pair And Ice Dance . . 28 September 2009 . 21 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091004213514/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1565 . 4 October 2009 .
2. News: South Korea's Kim Yuna earns figure skating gold . BBC News . 26 February 2010 . 26 February 2010.
3. Web site: http://news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=general&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=001&article_id=0003081015. ko:밴쿠버 한국선수단, 4종목 45명 확정 . ko. 19 January 2010.