South Korea at the 1948 Winter Olympics

South Korea at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr Template:Ko icon Template:En icon
in St. Moritz
Competitors	3 in 1 sport
Officials	2
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Korea (2018)

South Korea, as Korea, competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Record	Rank
Choi Yong-Jin	500m	45.7	T21
	1500m	2:29.8	31
Lee Chong-Kook	1500m	2:30.9	T36
	5000m	9:36.7	38
Lee Hyo-Chang	500m	45.9	T23
	1500m	2:23.3	19
	5000m	9:05.4	25

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Retrieved 2008-06-10.