View source for South Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics

{{infobox country at games
| NOC = KOR
| NOCname = [[Korean Olympic Committee]]
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 1998
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = {{url|www.sports.or.kr }}&nbsp;{{in lang|ko|en}}
| location = [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]]
| competitors = 37
| competitors_men = 26
| competitors_women = 11
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = [[Hur Seung-Wook]]
| rank = 9
| gold = 3
| silver = 1
| bronze = 2
| officials = 25
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = 
}}

'''[[South Korea]]''', as ''Republic of Korea'', competed at the '''[[1998 Winter Olympics]]''' in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], [[Japan]].

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Medal
!style="width:10em"| Name
!style="width:14em"| Sport
!style="width:14em"| Event
!style="width:8em"| Date
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Kim Dong-Sung]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres|Men's 1000 metres]] || 17 February
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Chun Lee-Kyung]] <br> [[Won Hye-Kyung]] <br> [[An Sang-Mi]] <br> [[Kim Yun-Mi (speed skater)|Kim Yoon-Mi]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay|Women's 3000 metre relay]] || 17 February
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Chun Lee-Kyung]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|Women's 1000 metres]] || 21 February
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Chae Ji-Hoon]] <br> [[Lee Jun-Hwan]] <br> [[Lee Ho-Eung]] <br> [[Kim Dong-Sung]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay|Men's 5000 metre relay]] || 21 February
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Chun Lee-Kyung]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres|Women's 500 metres]] || 19 February
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Won Hye-Kyung]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]] || [[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres|Women's 1000 metres]] || 21 February
|}

==Competitors==
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/KOR/editions/46 Republic of Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|[[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align=left|[[Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Biathlon]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]
| 4 || 0 || 4
|-
| align=left|[[Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Luge]]
| 3 || 0 || 3
|-
| align=left|[[Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Short track speed skating]]
| 4 || 5 || 9
|-
| align=left|[[Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]]
| 4 || – || 4
|-
| align=left|[[Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Speed skating]]
| 7 || 6 || 13
|-
! Total !! 26 !! 11 !! 37
|}

== Alpine skiing==
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:40%"
! Athlete
! Event
! Record
! Rank
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Hur Sung-Wook]] 
| Giant Slalom
| 2:52.27
| 33
|-
| Slalom
| 1:58.01
| 23
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Byun Jong-Moon]] 
| Giant Slalom
| ''Did not finish''
| -
|-
| Slalom
| ''Did not finish''
| -
|}

== Biathlon==
{{main|Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:40%"
! Athlete
! Event
! Record
! Penalty
! Rank
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Jeon Jae-Won]] 
| 10&nbsp;km
| 35:09.5
| 6
| 70
|-
| 20&nbsp;km
| 1:15:17.8
| 13
| 71
|}

==Cross-country skiing==
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:40%"
! Athlete
! Event
! Record
! Rank
|-
| rowspan=3 align=left|[[Park Byeong-ju (skier)|Park Byeong-ju]] 
| 10&nbsp;km
| 30:42.1
| 53
|-
| 15&nbsp;km
| ''Did not finish''
| -
|-
| 30&nbsp;km
| 1:47:41.5
| 55
|-
| rowspan=3 align=left|[[An Jin-Soo]] 
| 10&nbsp;km
| 31:55.5
| 74
|-
| 15&nbsp;km
| 1:18:51.4
| 66
|-
| 30&nbsp;km
| 1:54:12.2
| 63
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Park Byung-Joo]] 
| 10&nbsp;km
| 32:46.1
| 79
|-
| 15&nbsp;km
| 1:19:19.8
| 67
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Shin Doo-Sun]] 
| 50&nbsp;km
| 2:33:27.3
| 61
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Park Byeong-ju (skier)|Park Byeong-ju]]<br>[[An Jin-Soo]] <br> [[Shin Doo-Sun]] <br> [[Park Byung-Joo]] 
| 4 × 10&nbsp;km Relay
| 1:55:17.1
| 20
|}

==Figure skating==
{{main|Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:40%"
! Athlete
! Event
! TFP
! Rank
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Lee Kyu-Hyun]] 
| Single
| 35.5
| 24
|}

==Luge==
{{main|Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:40%"
! Athlete
! Event
! Record
! Rank
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Lee Gi-Ro]] 
| Single
| 3:34.721
| 29
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Kang Kwang-Bae]] 
| Single
| 3:35.958
| 31
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Lee Yong (luger)|Lee Yong]] 
| Single
| 3:40.407
| 32
|}

==Short track speed skating==
{{main|Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:60%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time 
!Rank
|-
|align=left rowspan=2| [[Kim Dong-Sung]]
|align=left| 500 metres
|43.653
|2nd
|43.810
|2nd
|43.096
|3rd
|43.090 
|8th 
|-
|align=left| 1000 metres
|1:33.039
|2nd
|1:32.423
|2nd
|1:32.036
|1st
|1:32.375 
|{{gold1}}
|-
|align=left rowspan=2| [[Lee Jun-Hwan]]
|align=left| 500 metres
|43.840
|1st
|44.417 
|4th
|colspan=3|''Ranking Round''
|12th 
|-
|align=left| 1000 metres
|1:32.879
|1st
|1:38.115
|3rd
|1:32.634
|4th
|1:33.131 
|7th 
|-
|align=left rowspan=2| [[Chae Ji-Hoon]]
|align=left| 500 metres
|43.011
|2nd
|43.622
|2nd
|43.864
|4th
|42.832 
|5th
|-
|align=left| 1000 metres
|1:35.240
|1st
|1:34.902
|2nd
|''DQ''
| -
|''Ranking Round''
|10th 
|-
|align=left rowspan=1| [[Chae Ji-Hoon]] <br> [[Kim Dong-Sung]] <br> [[Lee Jun-Hwan]] <br> [[Lee Ho-Eung]]
|align=left| 5000 metres Relay
|colspan=4| 
|7:07.457
|1st
|7:06.776 
|{{silver2}}
|}

'''Women'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:60%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time 
!Rank
|-
|align=left rowspan=2| [[Chun Lee-Kyung]]
|align=left| 500 metres
|48.024
|1st
|46.163
|2nd
|46.168
|4th
|46.335
|{{bronze3}}
|-
|align=left| 1000 metres
|1:39.107
|1st
|1:38.068
|1st
|1:34.789
|2nd
|1:42.776
|{{gold1}}
|-
|align=left rowspan=2| [[Kim Yun-Mi (speed skater)|Kim Yoon-Mi]]
|align=left| 500 metres
|48.184
|2nd
|46.640
|2nd
|47.337
|5th
|''Ranking Round''
|10th
|-
|align=left| 1000 metres
|1:39.042
|1st
|1:32.097
|2nd
|1:38.420
|4th
|1:37.777
|6th 
|-
|align=left rowspan=1| [[Choi Min-Kyung]]
|align=left| 500 metres
|46.126
|2nd
|46.033
|1st
|46.000
|3rd
|46.504
|4th
|-
|align=left rowspan=1| [[Won Hye-Kyung]]
|align=left| 1000 metres
|1:44.005
|1st
|1:36.210
|1st
|1:35.606
|1st
|1:43,361 
|{{bronze3}}
|-
|align=left rowspan=1| [[An Sang-Mi]] <br> [[Chun Lee-Kyung]] <br> [[Kim Yun-Mi (speed skater)|Kim Yoon-Mi]] <br> [[Won Hye-Kyung]]
|align=left| 3000 metres Relay
|colspan=4| 
|4:21.510
|1st
|4:16.260 
|{{gold1}}
|}

==Ski jumping==
{{main|Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:40%"
! Athlete
! Event
! Record
! Rank
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Choi Heung-Chul]] 
| K90 Individual
| 77.5
| 46
|-
| K120 Individual
| 89.1
| 40
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Kim Hyun-Ki]] 
| K90 Individual
| 61.5
| 59
|-
| K120 Individual
| 72.9
| 51
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Kim Heung-Soo]] 
| K90 Individual
| 59.5
| 61
|-
| K120 Individual
| 9.9
| 62
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Choi Yong-Jik]] 
| K90 Individual
| 69.0
| 53
|-
| K120 Individual
| 66.6
| 53
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Choi Heung-Chul]]<br>[[Kim Hyun-Ki]] <br> [[Kim Heung-Soo]] <br> [[Choi Yong-Jik]] 
| K120 Team
| 373.8
| 13
|}

==Speed skating==
{{main|Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:40%"
! Athlete
! Event
! Record
! Rank
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Kim Yoon-Man]] 
| 500 m
| 1:12.36
| 7
|-
| 1000 m
| 1:12.50
| 20
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Lee Kyou-hyuk|Lee Kyu-Hyuk]] 
| 500 m
| 1:12.55
| 8
|-
| 1000 m
| 1:12.05
| 13
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Jegal Seong-Ryeol]] 
| 500 m
| 1:12.97
| T16
|-
| 1000 m
| 1:13.09
| 30
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Kim Jin-Soo]] 
| 500 m
| 1:14.32
| 34
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Chun Joo-Hyun]] 
| 1000 m
| 1:12.55
| T21
|-
| 1500 m
| 1:51.65
| 15
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Choi Jae-Bong]] 
| 1500 m
| 1:51.47
| 12
|-
| 5000 m
| 6:54.62
| 29
|-
| rowspan=1 align=left|[[Jeong Jin-Wook]] 
| 1500 m
| 1:55.02
| 39
|}

'''Women'''
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:40%"
! Athlete
! Event
! Record
! Rank
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Choi Seung-Yong]] 
| 500 m
| 1:20.79
| T24
|-
| 1000 m
| 1:21.28
| 24
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Chun Hee-Joo]] 
| 500 m
| 1:21.62
| 29
|-
| 1000 m
| 1:22.06
| 30
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Kang Mi-Young]] 
| 500 m
| 1:22.25
| 30
|-
| 1000 m
| 1:24.18
| 38
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Kim Ju-hyeon (speed skater)|Kim Ju-Hyun]] 
| 500 m
| 1:22.79
| T33
|-
| 1000 m
| 1:23.18
| 35
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Baek Eun-Bi]] 
| 1500 m
| 2:05.23
| 25
|-
| 3000 m
| 4:24.50
| 23
|-
| rowspan=2 align=left|[[Lee Kyeong-Nam]] 
| 1500 m
| 2:05.59
| 26
|-
| 3000 m
| 4:21.10
| 20
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]

{{Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

[[Category:Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Korea, South]]
[[Category:South Korea at the Winter Olympics by year|1998]]
[[Category:1998 in South Korean sport|Winter Olympics]]


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