South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics

South Korea competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of 71 athletes and 49 officials. This marks an increase of 25 athletes from four years prior.[4] Originally 64 athletes were named to the team but reallocations brought the final team size to 71 athletes.[1]

South Korea at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Sochi
Competitors71 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Lee Kyou-hyuk (opening[1][2]
and closing)[3]
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea left Sochi with a total of 8 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), its lowest total at the Winter Olympics since 2002; female athletes won seven of these medals. With Pyeongchang being the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics, a Korean segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists
The South Korean delegation on parade at the opening ceremony
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldLee Sang-hwaSpeed skatingWomen's 500 metres11 February
 GoldCho Ha-ri
Kim A-lang
Kong Sang-jeong
Park Seung-hi
Shim Suk-hee		Short track speed skatingWomen's 3000 metre relay18 February
 GoldPark Seung-hiShort track speed skatingWomen's 1000 metres21 February
 SilverShim Suk-heeShort track speed skatingWomen's 1500 metres15 February
 SilverYuna KimFigure skatingLadies' singles20 February
 SilverJoo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		Speed skatingMen's team pursuit22 February
 BronzePark Seung-hiShort track speed skatingWomen's 500 metres13 February
 BronzeShim Suk-heeShort track speed skatingWomen's 1000 metres21 February

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, South Korea has qualified a total quota of five athletes in alpine skiing.[5]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jung Dong-hyun Men's giant slalom 1:26.72 44 1:28.54 41 2:55.26 41
Men's slalom DNF
Kyung Sung-hyun Men's giant slalom 1:34.03 66 1:41.17 70 3:15.20 66
Men's slalom DNF
Park Je-yun Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom DNF
Gim So-hui Women's giant slalom 1:31.47 59 1:30.36 52 3:01.83 53
Women's slalom DNF
Kang Young-seo Women's slalom 1:18.84 59 1:17.61 49 2:36.45 49

Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships South Korea qualified 1 man and 1 woman.[6]

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Lee In-bok Men's sprint 28:35.9 1 (0+1) 82
Men's individual 57:29.0 1 (0+1+0+0) 73
Mun Ji-hee Women's sprint 24:32.0 1 (0+1) 74
Women's individual 54:06.7 3 (0+0+2+1) 69

Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Two-man
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Dong-hyun*
Jun Jung-lin		 Two-man 57.78 25 57.76 24 57.73 24 Did not advance 2:53.27 25
Seo Young-woo
Won Yun-jong*		 57.41 18 57.20 18 57.58 21 57.08 =16 3:49.27 18
Jun Jung-lin
Seo Young-woo
Suk Young-jin
Won Yun-jong*		 Four-man 55.82 21 55.97 20 56.25 22 55.88 =17 3:44.22 20
Kim Dong-hyun*
Kim Kyung-hyun
Kim Sik
Oh Jea-han		 56.98 30 56.77 29 56.89 29 Did not advance 2:50.64 28
Kim Sun-ok
Shin Mi-hwa		 Two-woman 1:00.09 19 1:00.02 18 1:00.44 18 1:00.26 18 4:00.81 18

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, South Korea has qualified a total quota of two athletes, each of them will compete only in classical events.[5]

Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Hwang Jun-ho Men's 15 km classical N/A 44:34.8 +6:05.1 68
Men's 30 km skiathlon 41:22.6 67 LAP 68 LAP 68
Lee Chae-won Women's 10 km classical N/A 32:16.9 +3:59.1 51
Women's 15 km skiathlon 22:41.1 59 20:51.3 41 44:17.2 +5:43.6 54
Women's 30 km freestyle N/A 1:16:38.2 +5:33.0 36

Curling
Main article: Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on results from 2012 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, South Korea has qualified their women's team as one of the seven highest ranked nations.

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L PF PA Ends
won		 Ends
lost		 Blank
ends		 Stolen
ends		 Shot %
 Canada Jennifer Jones 9072404327121486%
 Sweden Margaretha Sigfridsson 725852373513780%
 Switzerland Mirjam Ott 546360373813778%
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 547458393591180%
 Japan Ayumi Ogasawara 455967394141076%
 Denmark Lene Nielsen 455756344012978%
 China Wang Bingyu 455862363810481%
 South Korea Kim Ji-sun 366065353710679%
 Russia Anna Sidorova 364856333519682%
 United States Erika Brown 18427533408576%
Round-robin

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

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

South Korea has achieved the following quota places:[7] Three athletes were named to the team.[8]

Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kim Hae-jin Ladies' singles 54.37 18 Q 95.11 17 149.48 16
Yuna Kim 74.92 1 Q 144.19 2 219.11
Park So-youn 49.14 23 Q 93.83 19 142.97 21

Freestyle skiing
Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Kim Kwang-jin Men's halfpipe 45.40 34.40 45.40 25 Did not advance
Park Hee-jin Women's halfpipe 42.40 20.40 42.40 21 Did not advance
Moguls
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank
Choi Jae-woo Men's moguls 24.61 14.16 20.56 15 26.08 16.2 21.9 2 Q 25.27 16.03 22.11 10 Q DNF Did not advance
Seo Jee-won Women's moguls 33.49 11.30 15.95 24 33.02 10.56 15.4 13 Did not advance
Seo Jung-hwa DNS 33.56 9.54 14.16 14 Did not advance

Luge
Main article: Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on their performance at the 2013–14 Luge World Cup, South Korea has achieved a total quota of four athletes and a spot in the mixed team relay due to allocation.[9]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Dong-hyeon Men's singles 54.207 36 54.603 36 53.795 34 53.780 37 3:36.385 35
Cho Jung-myung
Park Jin-yong		 Men's doubles 51.643 18 51.475 17 N/A 1:43.118 18
Sung Eun-ryung Women's singles 52.173 30 51.960 31 52.486 31 52.124 29 3:28.743 29
Cho Jung-myung
Kim Dong-hyeon
Park Jin-yong
Sung Eun-ryung		 Mixed team relay 56.174 12 57.986 12 58.469 11 N/A 2:52.629 12

Short track speed skating
Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on their performance at the two World Cup events in November 2013 South Korea qualified a full team of 5 men and 5 women.

Noh Jin-kyu qualified for the team but broke his elbow on 14 January 2014 and will miss the Olympics.[10] His replacement was named as Lee Ho-suk. Due to a conflict with or lack of support from the South Korean coaches and national short-track administrators, Ahn Hyun-soo, one of South Korea's best skaters, left the Korean team and competed for Russia in these Olympics. He defeated the Korean skaters in all four short track events and the Korean men were completely shut out of medals in these Olympics.

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sin Da-woon 1000 m 1:25.893 2 Q 1:24.215 1 Q 1:25.564 2 FA PEN 7
1500 m 2:15.530 1 Q N/A 2:52.061 4 FB 2:22.066 10
Lee Han-bin 500 m 41.982 2 Q 41.471 3 Did not advance 11
1000 m 1:26.502 1 Q 1:24.444 1 Q PEN Did not advance 8
1500 m 2:16.412 1 Q N/A 3:11.810 5 AA 2:16.466 6
Park Se-yeong 500 m 41.566 1 Q PEN Did not advance 14
1500 m 2:21.087 3 Q N/A 2:16.241 3 FB PEN 13
Lee Han-bin
Lee Ho-suk
Kim Yun-jae
Park Se-yeong
Sin Da-woon		 5000 m relay N/A 6:48.206 3 FB 6:43.921 7
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cho Ha-ri 1500 m 2:27.629 1 Q N/A PEN Did not advance 19
Kim A-lang 500 m 43.919 2 Q 43.673 3 Did not advance 10
1000 m 1:31.640 1 Q 1:32.154 3 Did not advance 10
1500 m 2:22.864 2 Q N/A 2:22.928 2 FA PEN 13
Park Seung-hi 500 m 44.18 1 Q 43.392 1 Q 43.611 1 FA 54.207
1000 m 1:31.883 1 Q 1:30.801 2 Q 1:30.182 1 FA 1:30.761
Shim Suk-hee 500 m 44.197 2 Q 43.572 4 Did not advance 14
1000 m 1:31.046 1 Q 1:29.356 1 Q 1:31.237 1 FA 1:31.027
1500 m 2:24.765 1 Q N/A 2:18.966 2 FA 2:19.239
Cho Ha-ri
Kim A-lang
Kong Sang-jeong
Park Seung-hi
Shim Suk-hee		 3000 m relay N/A 4:08.052 1 FA 4:09.498

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; AA – Advance to medal round due to being impeded by another skater

Skeleton
Main article: Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics

South Korea has qualified two spots in the men's event for the first time in history on its fourth consecutive Olympics.[11]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lee Han-sin Men's 58.41 25 58.12 22 58.64 24 Did not advance 2:55.17 24
Yun Sung-bin 57.54 15 57.02 9 57.90 20 57.11 15 3:49.57 16

Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics

South Korea has received the following start quotas:

Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Choi Heung-chul Men's normal hill 90.0 105.9 34 Q 95.0 109.1 42 Did not advance
Men's large hill 116.0 88.6 37 Q 121.5 99.0 44 Did not advance
Choi Seo-woo Men's normal hill 96.5 113.7 18 Q 95.0 116.2 33 Did not advance
Men's large hill 117.0 97.7 29 Q 122.0 106.4 39 Did not advance
Kang Chil-ku Men's normal hill 89.0 99.3 42 Did not advance
Men's large hill 104.5 78.8 45 Did not advance
Kim Hyun-ki Men's normal hill 96.0 114.4 16 Q 92.5 109.2 41 Did not advance
Men's large hill 111.0 80.3 44 Did not advance
Choi Heung-chul
Choi Seo-woo
Kang Chil-ku
Kim Hyun-ki		 Men's team large hill N/A 476.5 402.0 11 Did not advance

Snowboarding
Main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine
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 1:40.27 17 Did not advance
Men's slalom 1:02.35 26 Did not advance
Shin Bong-shik Men's giant slalom 1:43.43 26 Did not advance
Men's slalom 1:00.32 23 Did not advance
Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank
Kim Ho-jun Men's halfpipe 61.75 20.00 61.75 14 Did not advance
Lee Kwang-ki 27.00 69.50 69.50 11 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, South Korea has earned the following start quotas:

On 11 February 2014, Lee Sang-hwa won the gold medal for the women's 500m longtrack speedskating race, having previously won the one at the 2010 Games. She became the first woman since Catriona Le May Doan at the 2002 Games to defend her gold at the event. She became the third woman to win back-to-back golds at the 500m,[12][13] and hence the first Korean woman to do so.

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Joo Hyong-jun 1500 m N/A 1:48.59 29
Kim Cheol-min 5000 m N/A 6:37.28 24
Kim Jun-ho 500 m 35.43 25 35.42 21 70.85 21
Kim Tae-yun 1000 m N/A 1:10.81 30
Lee Kang-seok 500 m 35.45 26 35.42 22 70.87 22
Lee Kyou-hyuk 500 m 35.16 12 35.48 23 70.65 18
1000 m N/A 1:10.04 21
Lee Seung-hoon 5000 m N/A 6:25.61 12
10000 m N/A 13:11.68 4
Mo Tae-bum 500 m 34.84 4 34.84 5 69.68 4
1000 m N/A 1:09.37 12
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Bo-reum 1500 m N/A 1:59.78 21
3000 m N/A 4:12.08 13
Kim Hyun-yung 500 m 39.19 24 39.04 24 78.23 24
1000 m N/A 1:18.10 28
Lee Bo-ra 500 m 38.93 20 38.82 21 77.75 20
1000 m N/A 1:57.49 35
Lee Sang-hwa 500 m 37.42 1 37.28 1 74.70 OR
1000 m N/A 1:15.94 12
Noh Seon-yeong 1500 m N/A 2:01.07 29
3000 m N/A 4:19.02 25
Park Seung-ju 500 m 39.207 26 39.11 26 78.31 26
1000 m N/A 1:18.94 31
Yang Shin-young 1500 m N/A 2:04.13 36
3000 m N/A 4:23.67 27
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Opposition
Time		 Rank
Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon		 Men's team pursuit  Russia (RUS)
W 3:40.84		  Canada (CAN)
W 3:42.32		 Final A
 Netherlands (NED)
L 3:40.85
Kim Bo-reum
Noh Seon-yeong
Yang Shin-young		 Women's team pursuit  Japan (JPN)
L 3:05.28		 Did not advance Final D
 Norway (NOR)
L 3:11.54		 8

See also

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