South Korea at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	KOR
Nocname:	Korean Sport & Olympic Committee
Games Link:	2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Games:	Winter Youth Olympics
Year:	2024
Flagcaption:	Flag of South Korea
Location:	Gangwon, South Korea
Competitors:	102
Sports:	14
Flagbearer Open:	So Jaehwan &
Flagbearer Close:	TBD
Rank:	3
Gold:	7
Silver:	6
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

South Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be South Korea's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012. South Korea served as host nation for this edition.

The South Korean delegation is the largest among all 79 participating nations and comprises 102 athletes competing in 14 sports.^{[1] [2]} Bobsledder So Jaehwan and ice hockey player Jang Hyeonjeong were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

width=160	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	3	3	6
Biathlon	3	3	6
Bobsleigh	1	1	2
Cross-country skiing	3	3	6
Curling	3	3	6
Figure skating	2	3	6
Freestyle skiing	8	3	11
Ice hockey	18	13	31
Luge	3	2	5
Short track speed skating	2	2	4
Skeleton	1	2	3
Ski jumping	2	0	2
Snowboarding	6	5	11
Speed skating	2	2	4
Total	57	45	102

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Freestyle skiing	Men's dual moguls
		Figure skating	Men's singles
		Figure skating	Team event
	South Korea women's national under-16 ice hockey team	Ice hockey	Women's 3x3 tournament
		Freestyle skiing	Mixed team dual moguls
		Figure skating	Women's singles
		Skeleton	Men's

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. South Korea, as host nation qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender) automatically.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Joo-hyoun	Super-G	58.21	40
	Giant slalom	52.50	36	48.12	25	1:40.62	26
	Slalom	49.61	26
	Combined
Kim Se-hyun	Super-G	57.35	37
	Giant slalom	51.22	23	47.43	20	1:38.65	20
	Slalom
	Combined	58.29	40
Lee Hyun-ho	Super-G
	Giant slalom	52.68	38	48.45	28	1:41.13	28
	Slalom	52.11	42
	Combined	59.22	45	1:00.86	28	2:00.08	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Choi Ye-rin	Super-G	59.24	42
	Giant slalom
	Slalom	55.47	35	53.66	26	1:49.13	26
	Combined	1:01.73	44	1:01.34	31	2:03.07	30
Chung Seung-yeon	Super-G	59.44	43
	Giant slalom	56.66	40	1:01.12	32	1:57.78	32
	Slalom	1:05.21	54	1:00.24	36	2:05.45	38
	Combined	1:02.09	45	1:04.47	34	2:06.56	32
Lee Na-yae	Super-G	1:00.63	44
	Giant slalom	53.23	26	56.09	20	1:49.32	21
	Slalom	57.78	45	55.52	33	1:53.30	34
	Combined	1:02.63	46

Mixed

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. South Korea, as host nation, qualified six biathletes (three per gender).

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Cho Na-dan	Sprint	23:45.3	2 (2+0)	28
Individual	45:40.3	2 (1+0+1+0)	20
align=left rowspan=2	Hwang Tae-ryeong	Sprint	25:08.9	3 (2+1)	59
Individual	54:35.2	8 (1+2+1+4)	84
align=left rowspan=2	Park Min-yong	Sprint	24:22.2	2 (1+1)	41
Individual	51:37.9	8 (2+1+1+4)	68

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Hye-won	Sprint	24:16.6	4 (2+2)	47
Individual	43:49.1	3 (1+1+0+1)	41
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Min-ji	Sprint	26:34.2	6 (4+2)	70
Individual	47:56.3	9 (2+3+2+2)	76
align=left rowspan=2	Lee Ju-hee	Sprint	40:06.3	10 (5+5)	92
Individual	46:30.5	4 (0+3+0+1)	64

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Kim Hye-won Cho Na-dan	Single mixed relay	50:06.5	11 (1+10)	19
Kim Hye-won Kim Min-ji Cho Na-dan Park Min-yong	Mixed relay	1:26:20.3	20 (4+16)	15

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
So Jae-hwan	Men's	53.80	1	54.83	2	1:48.63
Choi Si-yeon	Women's	57.30	7	57.92	7	1:55.22	7

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. South Korea, as host nation qualified six cross-country skiers (three per gender).^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Ga-on	7.5 km classical	22:53.4	49
Sprint freestyle	3:23.44	47	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Woo-suk	7.5 km classical	24:17.7	57
Sprint freestyle	3:27.29	52	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Song Chan-min	7.5 km classical	23:39.0	54
Sprint freestyle	3:33.79	59	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Heo Bu-gyeong	7.5 km classical	26:53.6	48
Sprint freestyle	4:08.78	51	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kang Han-eul	7.5 km classical	29:12.2	57
Sprint freestyle	4:18.92	58	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yu Da-yeon	7.5 km classical	30:05.7	62
Sprint freestyle	4:41.96	68	Did not advance

Mixed

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. South Korea as host nation, automatically qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.^{[6] [7]}

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left	Kim Dae-hyun Lee So-won Kwon Juni Jang Yu-bin	align=left	Mixed team	W 17–1	L 5–6	L 4–8	L 2–3	W 5–4	W 9–7	W 6–4	5	Did not advance			10
align=left	Lee Chae-won Lee Ji-hun	align=left	Mixed doubles	L 5–9	W 11–2	L 4–7	W 17–1	L 5–7	5	Did not advance			17

Mixed tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team.

width=140	Group B	width=150	Skip	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20		width=20
		6	1	–	44	30	26	21	4	7	51.75
		5	2	–	48	28	27	20	2	9	34.70
		4	3	2–0	52	35	25	23	5	7	39.96
		4	3	1–1	46	38	29	23	3	7	50.58
		4	3	0–2	48	33	24	22	3	8	109.88
		3	4	–	40	34	24	20	3	11	35.43
		1	6	1–0	17	81	13	31	0	2	103.39
		1	6	0–1	30	46	19	27	2	5	68.51

Round robin

Draw 1Saturday, January 20, 14:00

Draw 2Sunday, January 21, 10:00

Draw 3Sunday, January 21, 18:00

Draw 4Monday, January 22, 14:00

Draw 5Tuesday, January 23, 10:00

Draw 6Tuesday, January 23, 18:00

Draw 7Wednesday, January 24, 13:00

Mixed doubles

See main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles.

width=140	Group A	width=20		width=20		width=30		width=20
	4	1	1–0	40.06
	4	1	0–1	42.84
	3	2	–	54.69
	2	3	1–0	89.06
	2	3	0–1	38.09
	0	5	–	168.42

Round robin

Draw 2Saturday, January 27, 10:00

Draw 7Sunday, January 28, 18:00

Draw 9Monday, January 29, 14:00

Draw 11Tuesday, January 30, 10:00

Draw 14Wednesday, January 31, 9:00

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	/		/		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Hyun-gyeom	Men's singles	69.28	3	147.45	1	216.73
Kim Yu-seong	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	63.64	4	117.89	4	181.53	4
Shin Ji-a	66.48	3	125.35	2	191.83
Kim Jin-ny Lee Na-mu	Ice dance	56.58	3	82.82	5	139.40	4

Team event

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Dual moguls

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kim Jin-suck	align=left rowspan=2	Men's dual moguls	L 2–3	W 3–2	L 2–3	L 2–3	9	4	Did not advance
Lee Yoon-seung	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	W 3–2	12	1 Q	W 20–15	W 18–17
Moon Seo-young	align=left rowspan=2	Women's dual moguls	W 3–2	W 3–DNS	W 3–DNF	L 2–3	11	2	Did not advance
Yun Shin-Ee	L 2–3	L 2–3	L 2–3	W 3–2	9	4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Moon Seo-young Kim Jin-suck	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed team	W 36–34	L 31–39	Did not advance
Yun Shin-Ee Lee Yoon-seung	W 60–10	W 39–31	W 35–35	L 27–43

Ski cross

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Lee Jeong-min	align=left rowspan=2	Men's ski cross	8	14	Did not advance
Yu Ho-jun	9	12	Did ot advance

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Brendon Choi	Men's big air	10.00	11.75	11.75	22	Did not advance
Men's slopestyle	5.25	29.25	29.25	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Lee Seo-jun	Men's big air	49.75	16.75	49.75	19	Did not advance
Men's slopestyle	54.00	2.00	54.00	15	Did not advance
Moon Hee-Sung	Men's halfpipe	55.50	18.00	55.50	10 Q	43.25	12.25		43.25	10
Shin Dong-ho	Men's halfpipe		21.75	21.75	14	Did not advance
Lee So-young	Women's halfpipe	31.25	32.00	32.00	6	18.25	20.25	19.00	20.25	6

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. South Korea qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the women's 3-on-3 tournament and a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the men's tournament.^[8]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Semifinal	Final
		Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank	Opponent Score	Opponent Score	Rank
South Korea women	Women's 3-on-3 tournament	L 3–6	W 12–2	W 7–0	W 1–4	W 6–5	L 0–16	W 16–0	3	W 6–4	L 2–10
South Korea men	Men's tournament	L 0–8	L 1–3	3					Did not advance

Women's 3-on-3 tournament

RosterKim Doyun served as head coach.^[9]

• Ahn Sewon
• Chang Seoyoon
• Choi Seoyoon
• Han Chaeyeon
  • • Han Yejin – A Han Yuan – A Hong Chaewon
• Jang Hyeonjeong
• Kim Jimin
• Na Seyoung
• Park Jeonghyun
• Park Juyeon – C
• Shim Seohee

Preliminary round

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Semifinal

Final

Men's tournament

Roster

	Goaltenders: Song Geun-woo, Lee Dong-geun, Lim Jae-hun Defensemen: Kim San, Ahn Geon-u, Park Moo-jin, Lee Young-min, Lee Jee-ahn, Lee Hyeong-jin Forwards: Gong Si-wan, Ryu Hang-yul, Yeo Jun-soo, Lee Seung-jae, Kwak Kyeong-min, Kwak Woo-jin, Min Dong-wook, Cho Seung-hyun, Han Sang-yoon <	-- -->

Preliminary round

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Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Bo-keun	Singles	47.572	11	47.474	13	1:35.046	11
Kim Ha-yoon Bae Jae-seong	Doubles	48.898	7	49.813	9	1:38.711	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim So-yoon	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	49.103	12	48.899	9	1:38.002	9
Park Ji-ye	49.194	13	49.176	11	1:38.370	12

Mixed team relay

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Joo Jae-hee	500 m	42.499	2 Q	1:02.227	5	Did not advance
1000 m	1:36.033	1 Q	1:29.839	1 Q	1:25.579	1 QA	2:31.327	4
1500 m	2:16.239	1 Q	2:32.616	1 QA	2:21.906
align=left rowspan=3	Kim You-sung	500 m	42.685	1 Q	42.035	4	Did not advance
1000 m	1:32.293	1 Q	1:27.506	1 Q	1:26.488	4 QB	1:29.930	7
1500 m	2:29.908	1 Q	2:21.960	1 QA	2:22.148

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Chung Jae-hee	500 m	44.739	1 Q	44.327	1 Q	44.637	2 QA	45.018
1000 m	1:37.899	1 Q	1:32.608	1 Q	1:49.337	4 QB	1:32.447	7
1500 m	2:22.608	1 Q	2:26.762	1 QA	2:54.809	7
align=left rowspan=3	Kang Min-ji	500 m	44.514	1 Q	44.760	1 Q	44.328	2 QA	44.484
1000 m	1:37.969	1 Q	1:32.476	1 Q	2:13.974	5 QB	1:32.012	6
1500 m	2:40.028	1 Q	2:27.378	4 QB	2:42.962	8

Mixed

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shin Yeon-su	Men's	52.85	2	53.20	4	1:46.05
Chung Ye-eun	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	55.61	7	55.29	6	1:50.90	7
Kim Ye-rim	56.00	11	56.05	10	1:52.05	11

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. South Korea qualified two male ski jumpers.^[10]

Individual

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jang Sun-woong	align=left rowspan=2	Men's normal hill	84.5	67.7	24	85.0	70.5	23	138.2	23
Yang Seung-chan	87.5	73.9	22	87.0	70.7	21	144.6	21

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Snowboard cross

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group stage		Semifinal	Final
		Points	Rank	Position	Position
Joo Yi-tak	align=left rowspan=2	Men's snowboard cross	8	14	Did not advance
Kim Ye-bin	10	12	Did not advance
Hwang Se-lim	Women's snowboard cross	4	11	Did not advance

Mixed

Halfpipe, Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Lee Chae-un	Men's big air
Men's halfpipe	86.00	89.50	89.50	1 Q	87.25	88.50	42.00	88.50
Men's slopestyle	58.50	29.25	58.50	7 Q	91.50	37.50	96.00	96.00
Lee Dong-heon	Men's slopestyle	15.25	9.50	15.25	23	Did not advance
Lee Ji-o	Men's halfpipe	72.00	73.00	73.00	6 Q	72.50	48.00	79.50	79.50	5
align=left rowspan=3	Choi Seo-woo	Women's big air	41.50	49.25	49.25	15	Did not advance
Women's halfpipe	48.75	14.75	48.75	10 Q	40.75	37.50	16.00	40.75	10
Women's slopestyle	2.00	29.75	29.75	15	Did not advance
Heo Young-hyun	Women's halfpipe	33.00	30.75	33.00	15	Did not advance
Yu Seung-eun	Women's slopestyle

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Heo Se-ok	500 m	37.507	8
1500 m	1:55.78	10
align=left rowspan=2	Shin Seo-nung	500 m	37.13
1500 m	1:58.52	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jung Hui-dan	500 m	39.64
1500 m	2:10.60	13
align=left rowspan=2	Lim Lee-won	500 m	41.03	8
1500 m	2:06.28	6

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Heo Se-ok	align=left rowspan=2	Men's mass start	30	6:19.01	1 Q	1	5:31.29	7
Shin Seo-nung	2	5:32.06	7 Q	0	5:32.25	15
Jung Hui-dan	align=left rowspan=2	Women's mass start	1	5:59.24	10	Did not advance
Lim Lee-won	0	7:13.01	16	Did not advance

Mixed relay

See also

• South Korea at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asia will be represented by 18 NOCs at Winter YOG Gangwon 2024. 17 January 2024. www.oca.asia. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). 27 January 2024.
2. News: Yoon Min-sik . Gangwon gets ready for 2024 Winter Youth Olympics . 18 January 2024. . 19 January 2024.
3. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information. 19 January 2024. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024.
4. Web site: Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024.
5. Web site: Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 5 January 2024.
6. Web site: Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed. 12 April 2023. www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 September 2023.
7. Web site: Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed. Shefferd. Neil. 14 April 2023. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 23 December 2023.
8. Web site: Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action . 13 January 2024 . . 13 January 2024.
9. Web site: 2024-01-21 . Ice Hockey, Women's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: KOR - Korea . 2024-01-21 . International Olympic Committee.
10. Web site: Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024. 18 December 2023. www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 13 January 2024.

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