South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation. It was represented by 122 competitors in all 15 disciplines (15 sports).
In January 2018, following inter-governmental talks, the teams representing South Korea and North Korea entered the Opening Ceremony marching under the Korean Unification Flag, while in women's ice hockey there was a single united Korean team.
South Korea won a total of seventeen medals – five gold, eight silver and four bronze – making these Games the most successful in South Korea's history in terms of total medals won, and earning the country 6th place in the overall medal table. Thirteen of the medals were won in long-track and short-track speed skating events. For the first time in their history, South Korean athletes also won medals in sliding sports (bobsleigh and skeleton), in a team event (curling) and in a snow event (snowboarding).
Medalists
The following South Korean competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Short track speed skating Men's 1500 metres Skeleton Men's Short track speed skating Women's 1500 metres Choi Min-jeongKim A-langKim Ye-jinLee Yu-binShim Suk-hee Short track speed skating Women's 3000 metre relay Speed skating Men's mass start Speed skating Women's 500 metres Speed skating Men's 500 metres Speed skating Men's team pursuit Short track speed skating Men's 500 metres Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom Speed skating Women's mass start Curling Women's tournament Bobsleigh Four-man Speed skating Men's 1500 metres Short track speed skating Men's 1000 metres Short track speed skating Men's 500 metres Speed skating Men's 1000 metres
Medals by sportSport TotalShort track speed skating3126Speed skating1427Skeleton1001Bobsleigh0101Curling0101Snowboarding0101Total58417
Medals by dateDayDate Total Day 1 10 February1001 Day 2 11 February0000 Day 3 12 February0000 Day 4 13 February0011 Day 5 14 February0000 Day 6 15 February0000 Day 7 16 February1001 Day 8 17 February1012 Day 9 18 February0101 Day 10 19 February0101 Day 11 20 February1001 Day 12 21 February0101 Day 13 22 February0112 Day 14 23 February0011 Day 15 24 February1203 Day 16 25 February0202Total58417
Medals by genderGender TotalMale35412Female2305 Total58417
Records
Sport Event Date Round Athlete Time Record RefShort track speed skating Men's 1500 metres 10 February Final A Lim Hyo-jun 2:10.485 OR Men's 5000 metre relay 13 February Semifinal 2 Hwang Dae-heonKim Do-kyoumKwak Yoon-gyLim Hyo-jun 6:34.510 OR Women's 500 metres 10 February Heat 8 Choi Min-jeong 42.870 OR 13 February Semifinal 1 Choi Min-jeong 42.422 OR
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing224Biathlon 1 5 6Bobsleigh 4 2 6Cross-country skiing224Curling 6 6 12Figure skating 3 4 7Freestyle skiing459Ice hockey 25 0$ 48Luge 3 2 5Nordic combined 1 0 1Short track speed skating 5 5 10Skeleton 2 1 3Ski jumping415Snowboarding7310Speed skating9716 Total 78 45 123 $ Additionally, 23 athletes of the women's ice hockey team formed part of a unified Korea women's team which competed under a different country code (COR).
Alpine skiing
South Korea qualified a total of two male and two female athletes for alpine skiing.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJung Dong-hyunMen's giant slalomMen's slalom51.793153.28281:45.0727Kim Dong-wooMen's downhillcolspan=4 1:47.9948Men's super-Gcolspan=4 1:31.6444Men's combined1:24.025653.02312:17.0433Men's giant slalom1:14.49431:15.56412:30.0539Men's slalomGim So-huiWomen's giant slalom1:19.13481:16.24452:35.3745Women's slalomKang Young-seoWomen's giant slalom1:19.67501:17.39482:37.0647Women's slalom
Mixed AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJung Dong-hyunKim Dong-wooGim So-huiKang Young-seoTeamL 0–4did not advance
Biathlon
Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, South Korea qualified five women and received one men spot. Women's Biathlon rankings
AthleteEventTimeMissesRankTimofey LapshinMen's sprint24:22.61 (0+1)16Men's pursuit35:50.74 (1+0+2+1)22Men's individual50:28.61 (0+1+0+0)20Men's mass start38:07.41 (0+1+0+0)25Ekaterina AvvakumovaWomen's sprint26:24.96 (3+3)87Women's individual44:25.31 (0+0+1+0)16Anna FrolinaWomen's sprint22:56.93 (2+1)32Women's pursuit36:14.28 (1+2+2+3)50Women's individual47:50.45 (1+0+1+3)61Jung Ju-miWomen's individual53:32.86 (2+2+0+2)86Ko Eun-jungWomen's sprint25:12.12 (1+1)78Mun Ji-heeWomen's sprint25:26.66 (2+4)82Women's individual50:21.57 (0+3+2+2)78Ekaterina AvvakumovaAnna FrolinaKo Eun-jungMun Ji-heeWomen's team relay1:20:20.622 (5+17)18
Bobsleigh
Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, South Korea qualified three sleds.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankWon Yun-jong*Seo Young-wooTwo-man49.501149.39449.15549.3653:17.406Jun Jung-linKim Dong-hyunSeo Young-wooWon Yun-jong*Four-man48.65249.19448.89349.65103:16.38Kim Min-seongKim Yoo-ran*Two-woman51.24=1551.201251.321351.55173:25.3115
* Denotes the driver of each sled
Cross-country skiing
South Korea qualified a total of two male and two female athletes for cross-country skiing.
Distance AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleTotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRankKim Eun-hoMen's 15 km freestylecolspan=4 39:07.9 +5:24.085Men's 30 km skiathlon48:29.966Men's 50 km classicalcolspan=4 Kim MagnusMen's 15 km freestylecolspan=4 36:39.0 +2:55.145Men's 50 km classicalcolspan=4 2:24:14.0 +15:51.947Ju Hye-riWomen's 10 km freestylecolspan=4 31:27.1 +6:26.679Lee Chae-wonWomen's 10 km freestylecolspan=4 28:37.5 +3:37.051Women's 15 km skiathlon25:05.55921:06.84246:44.5 +5:59.657
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKim MagnusMen's sprint3:22.3649did not advanceKim Eun-hoKim MagnusMen's team sprintcolspan=4 17:56.7113did not advanceJu Hye-riWomen's sprint4:11.9267did not advanceJu Hye-riLee Chae-wonWomen's team sprintcolspan=4 19:19.1711did not advance
Curling
South Korea qualified their men's team (five athletes), their women's team (five athletes), and their mixed doubles team (two athletes).
Summary TeamEventGroup StageTiebreakerSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKim Chang-minSeong Se-hyeonOh Eun-suLee Ki-bokKim Min-chanMen's tournament USAL 7–11 SWEL 2–7 NORL 5–7 CAN L 6–7 GBR W 11–5 DEN L 8–9 ITAW 8–6 SUI W 8–7 JPN W 10–47did not advanceKim Eun-jungKim Kyeong-aeKim Yeong-miKim Cho-hiWomen's tournament CANW 8–6 JPN L 5–7 SUI W 7–5 GBR W 7–4 CHN W 12–5 SWE W 7–6 USA W 9–6 OAR W 11–2 DEN W 9–3 1 Q JPNW 8–7 SWE L 3–8Jang Hye-jiLee Ki-jeongMixed doubles FIN W 9-4 CHN L 7-8 NOR L 3-8 USA W 9-1 OAR L 5-6 SUI L 4-6 CAN L 3-7colspan=2 5did not advance
Men's tournament
South Korea qualified a men's team as the host country.
Round-robin South Korea had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 11.
Draw 1 Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05
Draw 2 Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05
Draw 4 Friday, 16 February, 09:05
Draw 5 Friday, 16 February, 20:05
Draw 6 Saturday, 17 February, 14:05
Draw 8 Sunday, 18 February, 20:05
Draw 9 Monday, 19 February, 14:05
Draw 10 Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05
Draw 12 Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05
Women's tournament
South Korea qualified a women's team as the host country.
Round-robin South Korea had a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.
Draw 2 Thursday, 15 February, 09:05
Draw 3 Thursday, 15 February, 20:05
Draw 4 Friday, 16 February, 14:05
Draw 6 Saturday, 17 February, 20:05
Draw 7 Sunday, 18 February, 14:05
Draw 8 Monday, 19 February, 09:05
Draw 10 Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05
Draw 11 Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05
Draw 12 Wednesday, 21 February, 20:05
Semifinal Friday, 23 February, 20:05
Gold Medal Game Sunday, 25 February, 09:05
Mixed doubles
South Korea qualified a mixed doubles team as the host country.
Draw 1 Thursday, February 8, 9:05
Draw 2 Thursday, February 8, 20:04
Draw 3 Friday, February 9, 8:35
Draw 4 Friday, February 9, 13:35
Draw 5 Saturday, February 10, 9:05
Draw 6 Saturday, February 10, 20:04
Draw 7 Sunday, February 11, 9:05
Figure skating
South Korea qualified two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. They additionally qualified one male figure skater as well as an entry in ice dancing through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. As hosts, they were given a quota to compete in the pairs event.
Athlete Event / / Total Points Rank Points Rank Points RankCha Jun-hwanMen's singles83.4316 Q165.1614248.5915Choi Da-binLadies' singles67.778 Q131.498199.267Kim Ha-nul54.3321 Q121.3810175.7113Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan KamPairs42.9322did not advanceYura Min / Alexander GamelinIce dancing61.2216 Q86.5219147.7418
Team event AthleteEventShort program/Short danceFree skate/Free danceMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalMen'sLadies'PairsIce danceTotalPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPointsRankPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPoints Team pointsPointsRankCha Jun-hwan (M)Choi Da-bin (L)Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kam (P)Yura Min / (ID)Team event77.70565.73552.10151.972 13 9Did Not Advance
Freestyle skiing
Aerials AthleteEventQualificationFinalJump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankKim Kyoung-eunWomen's aerials35.672544.2019did not advance
Halfpipe AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankLee Kang-bokMen's halfpipe5.8013.0013.0027did not advanceJang Yu-jinWomen's halfpipe64.4060.0064.4018did not advance
Moguls AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankChoi Jae-wooMen's moguls24.9557.8572.952025.9367.4281.231 Q24.8663.0478.2610 Qdid not advanceKim Ji-hyon26.0556.2069.852426.6255.2769.8517did not advance25.0253.4468.452625.4165.0269.5118did not advanceSeo Jee-wonWomen's moguls30.7155.0768.461931.5552.1668.4614did not advanceSeo Jung-hwa41.8015.6716.573029.4566.7771.586 Q29.7767.8672.3114did not advance
Slopestyle AthleteEventQualificationFinalRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRankLee Mee-hyunWomen's slopestyle46.8072.8072.8013did not advance
Ice hockey
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQualificationplayoffQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSouth Korea men'sMen's tournamentL 1–2L 0–8L 0–44L 2–5 did not advance12
Men's tournament
South Korea men's national ice hockey team qualified as the host.
Team roster Men's team event – 1 team of 25 players
Preliminary round
Qualification playoff
Women's tournament
South Korea women's national ice hockey team qualified as the host. In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korean team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korean team in the tournament. In this team, at least three North Korean players were selected for each game.
Luge
Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, South Korea qualified four sleds.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLim Nam-kyuMen's singles49.4613148.5912848.62029did not advance2:26.67230Cho Jung-myungPark Jin-yongMen's doubles46.3961046.2768colspan=4 1:32.6729Aileen FrischWomen's singles46.350546.456946.7511346.843113:06.4008Sung Eun-ryung46.9181846.8512047.2051847.276183:08.25018
Mixed team relay