South Korea, as Republic of Korea, competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Kim Dong-Sung Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres 17 February Chun Lee-Kyung Won Hye-Kyung An Sang-Mi Kim Yoon-Mi Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay 17 February Chun Lee-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 21 February Chae Ji-Hoon Lee Jun-Hwan Lee Ho-Eung Kim Dong-Sung Short track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay 21 February Chun Lee-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 19 February Won Hye-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 1000 metres 21 February
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Republic of Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 2 0 2Biathlon 1 0 1Cross-country skiing 4 0 4Figure skating 1 0 1Luge 3 0 3Short track speed skating 4 5 9Ski jumping 4 – 4Speed skating 7 6 13 Total 26 11 37
Alpine skiing
Men Athlete Event Record RankHur Sung-Wook Giant Slalom 2:52.27 33 Slalom 1:58.01 23Byun Jong-Moon Giant Slalom Did not finish - Slalom Did not finish -
Biathlon
Men Athlete Event Record Penalty RankJeon Jae-Won 10 km 35:09.5 6 70 20 km 1:15:17.8 13 71
Cross-country skiing
Men Athlete Event Record RankPark Byeong-ju 10 km 30:42.1 53 15 km Did not finish - 30 km 1:47:41.5 55An Jin-Soo 10 km 31:55.5 74 15 km 1:18:51.4 66 30 km 1:54:12.2 63Park Byung-Joo 10 km 32:46.1 79 15 km 1:19:19.8 67Shin Doo-Sun 50 km 2:33:27.3 61Park Byeong-juAn Jin-Soo Shin Doo-Sun Park Byung-Joo 4 × 10 km Relay 1:55:17.1 20
Figure skating
Men Athlete Event TFP RankLee Kyu-Hyun Single 35.5 24
Luge
Men Athlete Event Record RankLee Gi-Ro Single 3:34.721 29Kang Kwang-Bae Single 3:35.958 31Lee Yong Single 3:40.407 32
Short track speed skating
Men AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime Rank Kim Dong-Sung 500 metres43.6532nd43.8102nd43.0963rd43.090 8th 1000 metres1:33.0392nd1:32.4232nd1:32.0361st1:32.375 Lee Jun-Hwan 500 metres43.8401st44.417 4thRanking Round12th 1000 metres1:32.8791st1:38.1153rd1:32.6344th1:33.131 7th Chae Ji-Hoon 500 metres43.0112nd43.6222nd43.8644th42.832 5th 1000 metres1:35.2401st1:34.9022ndDQ -Ranking Round10th Chae Ji-Hoon Kim Dong-Sung Lee Jun-Hwan Lee Ho-Eung 5000 metres Relay 7:07.4571st7:06.776
Women AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime Rank Chun Lee-Kyung 500 metres48.0241st46.1632nd46.1684th46.335 1000 metres1:39.1071st1:38.0681st1:34.7892nd1:42.776 Kim Yoon-Mi 500 metres48.1842nd46.6402nd47.3375thRanking Round10th 1000 metres1:39.0421st1:32.0972nd1:38.4204th1:37.7776th Choi Min-Kyung 500 metres46.1262nd46.0331st46.0003rd46.5044th Won Hye-Kyung 1000 metres1:44.0051st1:36.2101st1:35.6061st1:43,361 An Sang-Mi Chun Lee-Kyung Kim Yoon-Mi Won Hye-Kyung 3000 metres Relay 4:21.5101st4:16.260
Ski jumping
Men Athlete Event Record RankChoi Heung-Chul K90 Individual 77.5 46 K120 Individual 89.1 40Kim Hyun-Ki K90 Individual 61.5 59 K120 Individual 72.9 51Kim Heung-Soo K90 Individual 59.5 61 K120 Individual 9.9 62Choi Yong-Jik K90 Individual 69.0 53 K120 Individual 66.6 53Choi Heung-ChulKim Hyun-Ki Kim Heung-Soo Choi Yong-Jik K120 Team 373.8 13
Speed skating
Men Athlete Event Record RankKim Yoon-Man 500 m 1:12.36 7 1000 m 1:12.50 20Lee Kyu-Hyuk 500 m 1:12.55 8 1000 m 1:12.05 13Jegal Seong-Ryeol 500 m 1:12.97 T16 1000 m 1:13.09 30Kim Jin-su 500 m 1:14.32 34Chun Joo-Hyun 1000 m 1:12.55 T21 1500 m 1:51.65 15Choi Jae-Bong 1500 m 1:51.47 12 5000 m 6:54.62 29Jeong Jin-Wook 1500 m 1:55.02 39
Women Athlete Event Record RankChoi Seung-yong 500 m 1:20.79 T24 1000 m 1:21.28 24Chun Hee-Joo 500 m 1:21.62 29 1000 m 1:22.06 30Kang Mi-Young 500 m 1:22.25 30 1000 m 1:24.18 38Kim Ju-Hyun 500 m 1:22.79 T33 1000 m 1:23.18 35Baek Eun-Bi 1500 m 2:05.23 25 3000 m 4:24.50 23Lee Kyeong-Nam 1500 m 2:05.59 26 3000 m 4:21.10 20
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database