Kim Dong-sung

Kim Dong-sung

Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing South Korea
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	1000 m
	1998 Nagano	5000 m relay
World Championships
	2002 Montréal	Overall
	2002 Montréal	500 m
	2002 Montréal	1000 m
	2002 Montréal	1500 m
	2002 Montréal	3000 m
	2002 Montréal	5000 m relay
	1998 Vienna	3000 m
	1997 Nagano	Overall
	1997 Nagano	1000 m
	1997 Nagano	3000 m
	1997 Nagano	5000 m relay
	1997 Seoul	Team
	1999 Sofia	1000 m
	1999 Sofia	5000 m relay
	1998 Vienna	5000 m relay
	1997 Nagano	500 m
	2000 The Hague	Team
	1998 Bormio	Team
	1996 Lake Placid	Team
	1998 Vienna	Overall
	1998 Vienna	1500 m
	1996 The Hague	5000 m relay
	2002 Milwaukee	Team

Template:Korean name Kim Dong-Sung (Hangul: 김동성, Hanja: 金東聖) (born 9 February 1980 in Seoul, South Korea) is a former South Korean short track speed skater. He won a gold medal in 1000m race and silver medal in 5000m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. He has been a two-time Overall World Champion in 1997 and in 2002 and two-time Overall World Cup Champion (1999-2000, 2001-2002).

After winning his first World Championship in 1997 when he was 17, Kim entered 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as a favorite. While he met disappointment in 500m race, he won the gold medal in 1000m. After trailing Li Jiajun at the final corner of the last lap, Kim stuck out his foot to get his blade to cross the line first, catching Li off-guard by 0.053 seconds. He helped the Korean team to win the silver medal in 5000m relay.

Kim was injured in 2000 during a race and took much of 2000-2001 season off, but he made a good recovery in 2001 in lead up to 2002 Winter Olympics. However, despite being a favourite to win multiple medals (ranked first the World for every Olympic disciplines), Kim ended up being shut out of medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Controversy surrounded his disqualification at the 1500m race, where it was originally thought that he won the 1500m gold medal after crossing the line first in the final but was disqualified for blocking Apolo Anton Ohno.

A month later, Kim won all possible six gold medals in the men's category at the 2002 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships (Overall, 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m relay), a feat achieved by no other man in the history of the competition. Canada's Sylvie Daigle achieved the same feat in the ladies category in 1983, but no World Championship title was awarded for relays that year. In particular, he astounded spectators and competitors alike when he sprinted ahead during the 1500m race and retained his speed throughout, eventually winning the gold by finishing one and a half lap before his competitors. He also showed a remarkable comeback in the 5000m relay, after Ahn Hyun-Soo fell over with four laps to go, by regaining a 20m gap between the Canadian team and the Korean team to seize the gold medal by 0.005 seconds. Kim retired soon afterwards.

Kim Dong Sung now lives in Korea.

External links

• Database Olympics