South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics

South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Turin
Competitors	40 in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Lee Bo-ra (opening) Jeon Da-hye (closing)
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 6 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 11
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Athletes from South Korea marched with athletes from North Korea in the opening ceremonies under the Korean Unification Flag.

South Korea competed as Republic of Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. At the opening ceremony, the athletes of both North and South Korea entered the stadium together behind the Korean Unification Flag.

Medalists

• In terms of medal count, South Korea is the only Asian country in the top ten.
• Ten of the eleven medals were won in short track speed skating. Short track speedskaters Jin Sun-yu and Ahn Hyun-soo were the second and third people to win three gold medals each in Turin. Ahn also won a bronze.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ahn Hyun-soo	Short track speed skating	Men's 1000 m
Gold	Ahn Hyun-soo	Short track speed skating	Men's 1500 m
Gold	Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Oh Se-jong Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo	Short track speed skating	Men's 5000 m relay
Gold	Jin Sun-yu	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 m
Gold	Jin Sun-yu	Short track speed skating	Women's 1500 m
Gold	Byun Chun-sa Choi Eun-kyung Jeon Da-hye Jin Sun-yu Kang Yun-mi	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 m relay
Silver	Lee Ho-suk	Short track speed skating	Men's 1000 m
Silver	Lee Ho-suk	Short track speed skating	Men's 1500 m
Silver	Choi Eun-kyung	Short track speed skating	Women's 1500 m
Bronze	Ahn Hyun-soo	Short track speed skating	Men's 500 m
Bronze	Lee Kang-seok	Speed skating	Men's 500 m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Gang Min-hyeok	Men's giant slalom	did not finish
	Men's slalom	58.53	disqualified
Kim Hyeong-cheol	Men's giant slalom	1:26.09	1:26.37	n/a	2:52.46	28
Kim Woo-sung	Men's giant slalom	did not finish
O Jae-eun	Women's giant slalom	1:08.22	1:16.25	n/a	2:24.47	33
	Women's slalom	48.07	53.77	n/a	1:41.84	41

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Park Yun-bae	Men's sprint	31:29.5	3	80
	Men's individual	1:07:03.4	6	81

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Choi Im-heon	Men's 15 km classical	46:21.7	78
	Men's 30 km pursuit	did not finish
Jeong Ui-myeong	Men's 15 km classical	46:40.8	80
	Men's 30 km pursuit	did not finish
	Men's 50 km freestyle	did not finish
Lee Chae-won	Women's 10 km classical	32:57.8	62
	Women's 15 km pursuit	49:01.2	57
	Women's 30 km freestyle	did not finish
Park Byeong-ju	Men's 15 km classical	46:38.9	79
	Men's 30 km pursuit	did not finish

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Jeong Ui-myeong	Men's sprint	2:35.39	76	Did not advance					76
Lee Chae-won	Women's sprint	2:35.47	64 Q	Did not advance					64
Park Byeong-ju	Men's sprint	2:28.85	63	Did not advance					63
Choi Im-heon Park Byeong-ju	Men's team sprint	n/a				19:40.0	10	Did not advance	19

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yun Chae-rin	Women's moguls	7.07	30	did not advance	30

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Kim Min-kyu	Men's singles	53.748	54.961	53.528	53.344	3:35.581	29

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahn Hyun-soo	500 m	42.960	1 Q	42.213	1 Q	41.826	1 Q	42.089
	1000 m	1:27.372	1 Q	1:29.671	1 Q	1:27.909	1 Q	1:26.739 OR
	1500 m	2:29.808	1 Q	n/a		2:17.718	1 Q	2:25.341
Lee Ho-suk	500 m	42.676	1 Q	1:22.896	4	did not advance
	1000 m	1:35.634	1 Q	1:27.265	1 Q	1:29.150	1 Q	1:26.764
	1500 m	2:31.511	1	n/a		2:20.901	2	2:25.600
Seo Ho-jin	500 m	disqualified
Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Seo Ho-jin Oh Se-jong Song Suk-woo	5000 m relay	n/a				7:01.783	2	6:43.376 OR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jin Sun-yu	500 m	45.954	1 Q	46.428	3	did not advance
	1000 m	1:31.504	1 Q	1:33.351	1 Q	1:32.546	1 Q	1:32.859
	1500 m	2:29.731	1 Q	n/a		2:31.747	1 Q	2:23.494
Kang Yun-mi	500 m	45.755	2 Q	Disqualified
Choi Eun-kyung	1000 m	1:38.414	1 Q	1:32.875	1 Q	1:32.099	1 Q	Disqualified
	1500 m	2:37.862	2 Q	n/a		2:22.776	1 Q	2:24.069
Byun Chun-sa	1500 m	2:41.411	2 Q	n/a		2:26.915	1 Q	Disqualified
Jin Sun-yu Choi Eun-kyung Byun Chun-sa Kang Yun-mi Jeon Da-hye	3000 m relay	n/a				4:18.854	1st	4:17.040

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Kang Kwang-bae	Men's	1:00.41	59.88	2:00.29	23

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First Round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Choi Heung-chul	Normal hill	104.0	36	did not advance				36
	Large hill	85.4	23 Q	65.3	47	did not advance		47
Choi Yong-jik	Normal hill	104.0	36	did not advance				36
	Large hill	22.8	53	did not advance				53
Kang Chil-ku	Normal hill	96.5	44	did not advance				44
	Large hill	58.8	45	did not advance				45
Kim Hyun-ki	Normal hill	107.5	30 Q	104.5	43	did not advance		43
	Large hill	75.3	32 Q	84.4	39	did not advance		39
Choi Heung-chul Choi Yong-jik Kang Chil-ku Kim Hyun-ki	Team	n/a		321.15	13	did not advance		13

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Choi Jae-bong	500 m	35.61	35.43	1:11.04	8
	1000 m	n/a		1:10.23	17
Kwon Sun-chun	500 m	58.66	36.13	1:34.79	37
Lee Jin-woo	1500 m	n/a		1:49.85	28
Lee Jong-woo	1500 m	n/a		1:48.11	14
Lee Kang-seok	500 m	35.34	35.09	1:10.43
	1000 m	n/a		1:10.52	22
Lee Kyou-hyuk	500 m	35.76	35.62	1:11.38	17
	1000 m	n/a		1:09.37	4
Mun Jun	1000 m	n/a		1:10.66	24
	1500 m	n/a		1:48.38	16
Yeo Sang-yeop	5000 m	n/a		6:58.13	28

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Choi Seung-yong	500 m	39.65	39.37	1:19.02	18
Kim Yoo-rim	500 m	39.57	39.68	1:19.25	20
	1000 m	n/a		1:18.77	28
Lee Bo-ra	500 m	40.01	39.72	1:19.73	25
	1000 m	n/a		1:21.19	34
Lee Ju-yeon	1000 m	n/a		1:18.66	26
	1500 m	n/a		2:00.85	16
Lee Sang-hwa	500 m	38.35	38.69	1:17.04	5
	1000 m	n/a		1:17.78	19
Noh Seon-yeong	1500 m	n/a		2:03.35	32
	3000 m	n/a		4:15.68	19

References

• Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – South Korea at the Wayback Machine (archive index)