Battle of Honey Springs

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[a] 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.[3]

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 7th 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.

Records

Sport Event Date Round Athlete Time Record Ref
Short track speed skating Men's 1500 metres 10 February Final A Lim Hyo-jun 2:10.485 OR [4]
Men's 5000 metre relay 13 February Semifinal 2 Hwang Dae-heon
Kim Do-kyoum
Kwak Yoon-gy
Lim Hyo-jun
6:34.510 OR [5]
Women's 500 metres 10 February Heat 8 Choi Min-jeong 42.870 OR [6]
13 February Semifinal 1 Choi Min-jeong 42.422 OR [7]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[8]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 2 2 4
Biathlon 1 5 6
Bobsleigh 4 2 6
Cross-country skiing 2 2 4
Curling 6 6 12
Figure skating 3 4 7
Freestyle skiing 4 5 9
Ice hockey 25 0$ 48
Luge 3 2 5
Nordic combined 1 0 1
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Skeleton 2 1 3
Ski jumping 4 1 5
Snowboarding 7 3 10
Speed skating 9 7 16
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).[9]

Alpine skiing

South Korea qualified a total of two male and two female athletes for alpine skiing.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jung Dong-hyun Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom 51.79 31 53.28 28 1:45.07 27
Kim Dong-woo Men's downhill 1:47.99 48
Men's super-G 1:31.64 44
Men's combined 1:24.02 56 53.02 31 2:17.04 33
Men's giant slalom 1:14.49 43 1:15.56 41 2:30.05 39
Men's slalom DNF
Gim So-hui Women's giant slalom 1:19.13 48 1:16.24 45 2:35.37 45
Women's slalom DNF
Kang Young-seo Women's giant slalom 1:19.67 50 1:17.39 48 2:37.06 47
Women's slalom DNF
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jung Dong-hyun
Kim Dong-woo
Gim So-hui
Kang Young-seo
Team  Austria (AUT)
L 0–4
did 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. [10]

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Timofey Lapshin Men's sprint 24:22.6 1 (0+1) 16
Men's pursuit 35:50.7 4 (1+0+2+1) 22
Men's individual 50:28.6 1 (0+1+0+0) 20
Men's mass start 38:07.4 1 (0+1+0+0) 25
Ekaterina Avvakumova Women's sprint 26:24.9 6 (3+3) 87
Women's individual 44:25.3 1 (0+0+1+0) 16
Anna Frolina Women's sprint 22:56.9 3 (2+1) 32
Women's pursuit 36:14.2 8 (1+2+2+3) 50
Women's individual 47:50.4 5 (1+0+1+3) 61
Jung Ju-mi Women's individual 53:32.8 6 (2+2+0+2) 86
Ko Eun-jung Women's sprint 25:12.1 2 (1+1) 78
Mun Ji-hee Women's sprint 25:26.6 6 (2+4) 82
Women's individual 50:21.5 7 (0+3+2+2) 78
Ekaterina Avvakumova
Anna Frolina
Ko Eun-jung
Mun Ji-hee
Women's team relay 1:20:20.6 22 (5+17) 18

Bobsleigh

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, South Korea qualified three sleds.[11][12][13]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Won Yun-jong*
Seo Young-woo
Two-man 49.50 11 49.39 4 49.15 5 49.36 5 3:17.40 6
Jun Jung-lin
Kim Dong-hyun
Seo Young-woo
Won Yun-jong
*
Four-man 48.65 2 49.19 4 48.89 3 49.65 10 3:16.38 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Min-seong
Kim Yoo-ran*
Two-woman 51.24 =15 51.20 12 51.32 13 51.55 17 3:25.31 15

* 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
Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Kim Eun-ho Men's 15 km freestyle 39:07.9 +5:24.0 85
Men's 30 km skiathlon 48:29.9 66 LAP
Men's 50 km classical LAP
Kim Magnus Men's 15 km freestyle 36:39.0 +2:55.1 45
Men's 50 km classical 2:24:14.0 +15:51.9 47
Ju Hye-ri Women's 10 km freestyle 31:27.1 +6:26.6 79
Lee Chae-won Women's 10 km freestyle 28:37.5 +3:37.0 51
Women's 15 km skiathlon 25:05.5 59 21:06.8 42 46:44.5 +5:59.6 57
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Magnus Men's sprint 3:22.36 49 did not advance
Kim Eun-ho
Kim Magnus
Men's team sprint 17:56.71 13 did not advance
Ju Hye-ri Women's sprint 4:11.92 67 did not advance
Ju Hye-ri
Lee Chae-won
Women's team sprint 19:19.17 11 did 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).[14]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Tiebreaker Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kim Chang-min
Seong Se-hyeon
Oh Eun-su
Lee Ki-bok
Kim Min-chan
Men's tournament United States USA
L 7–11
Sweden SWE
L 2–7
Norway NOR
L 5–7
Canada CAN
L 6–7
United Kingdom GBR
W 11–5
Denmark DEN
L 8–9
Italy ITA
W 8–6
Switzerland SUI
W 8–7
Japan JPN
W 10–4
7 did not advance
Kim Eun-jung
Kim Kyeong-ae
Kim Seon-yeong
Kim Yeong-mi
Kim Cho-hi
Women's tournament Canada CAN
W 8–6
Japan JPN
L 5–7
Switzerland SUI
W 7–5
United Kingdom GBR
W 7–4
China CHN
W 12–5
Sweden SWE
W 7–6
United States USA
W 9–6
International Olympic Committee OAR
W 11–2
Denmark DEN
W 9–3
1 Q BYE Japan JPN
W 8–7
Sweden SWE
L 3–8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jang Hye-ji
Lee Ki-jeong
Mixed doubles Finland FIN
W 9-4
China CHN
L 7-8
Norway NOR
L 3-8
United States USA
W 9-1
International Olympic Committee OAR
L 5-6
Switzerland SUI
L 4-6
Canada CAN
L 3-7
5 did not advance

Men's tournament

South Korea qualified a men's team as the host country.

Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Sweden Niklas Edin 9 7 2 62 43 34 28 13 8 87% Playoffs
 Canada Kevin Koe 9 6 3 56 46 36 34 14 8 87%
 United States John Shuster 9 5 4 67 63 37 39 4 6 80%
 Great Britain Kyle Smith 9 5 4 55 60 40 37 8 7 82% Tiebreaker
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 9 5 4 60 55 39 37 10 6 83%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 4 5 52 56 34 39 7 8 82%
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 9 4 5 65 63 39 39 8 8 82%
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 9 4 5 48 56 33 35 13 5 81%
 Italy Joël Retornaz 9 3 6 50 56 37 38 15 7 81%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 9 2 7 53 70 36 39 12 5 83%
Source: [citation needed]
Round-robin

South Korea had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 11.

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 X 11
Draw 2

Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 X 7
Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Koe) 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 7
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6
Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 X 11
 Great Britain (Smith) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Draw 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 8
Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8
Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 7
Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 X X 10
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 4

Women's tournament

South Korea qualified a women's team as the host country.

Final round robin standings
Team Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 9 8 1 75 44 41 34 5 15 79% Playoffs
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 9 7 2 64 48 42 34 14 13 83%
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 9 6 3 61 56 39 38 12 6 79%
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 9 5 4 59 55 38 36 10 13 75%
 China Wang Bingyu 9 4 5 57 65 35 38 12 5 78%
 Canada Rachel Homan 9 4 5 68 59 40 36 10 12 81%
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 9 4 5 60 55 34 37 12 7 78%
 United States Nina Roth 9 4 5 56 65 38 39 7 6 78%
 Olympic Athletes from Russia Victoria Moiseeva 9 2 7 45 76 34 40 8 6 76%
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 9 1 8 50 72 32 41 10 6 73%
Source: [citation needed]
Round-robin

South Korea had a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.

Draw 2

Thursday, 15 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Homan) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 6
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 8
Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
 Japan (Fujisawa) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 7
Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 7
 Great Britain (Muirhead) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 X X 5
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 2 X X 12
Draw 8

Monday, 19 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
Draw 10

Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Roth) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 X 9
Draw 11

Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 3 3 3 0 2 0 X X X X 11
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Moiseeva) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 X X X X 2
Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 X X X 9
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X X 3
Semifinal

Friday, 23 February, 20:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
 Japan (Fujisawa) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7
Gold Medal Game

Sunday, 25 February, 09:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 X 8

Mixed doubles

South Korea qualified a mixed doubles team as the host country.

Final round robin standings
Team Athletes Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Canada Kaitlyn Lawes / John Morris 7 6 1 52 26 28 20 0 9 80% Playoffs
 Switzerland Jenny Perret / Martin Rios 7 5 2 45 40 29 26 0 10 71%
 Olympic Athletes from Russia Anastasia Bryzgalova / Alexander Krushelnitskiy 7 4 3 36 44 26 27 1 7 67%
 Norway Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten 7 4 3 39 43 26 25 1 8 74% Tiebreaker
 China Wang Rui / Ba Dexin 7 4 3 47 42 27 27 1 6 72%
 South Korea Jang Hye-ji / Lee Ki-jeong 7 2 5 40 40 23 29 1 7 67%
 United States Rebecca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton 7 2 5 37 43 26 25 0 9 74%
 Finland Oona Kauste / Tomi Rantamäki 7 1 6 35 53 23 29 0 6 67%
Source: [citation needed]
Draw 1

Thursday, February 8, 9:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 X 9
 Finland (Kauste / Rantamäki) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 X 4
Draw 2

Thursday, February 8, 20:04

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 7
 China (Wang / Ba) (has hammer) 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 8
Draw 3

Friday, February 9, 8:35

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
 Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten) (has hammer) 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 X 8
Draw 4

Friday, February 9, 13:35

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 United States (R. Hamilton / M. Hamilton) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) (has hammer) 2 0 2 3 1 1 X X 9
Draw 5

Saturday, February 10, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Bryzgalova / Krushelnitskiy) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 6
Draw 6

Saturday, February 10, 20:04

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Perret / Rios) (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4
Draw 7

Sunday, February 11, 9:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Lawes / Morris) 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 X 7
 South Korea (Jang / Lee) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3

Figure skating

South Korea qualified two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[15] 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.[16]

Athlete Event SP / SD FS / FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Cha Jun-hwan Men's singles 83.43 16 Q 165.16 14 248.59 15
Choi Da-bin Ladies' singles 67.77 8 Q 131.49 8 199.26 7
Kim Ha-nul 54.33 21 Q 121.38 10 175.71 13
Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kang-chan Kam Pairs 42.93 22 did not advance
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin Ice dancing 61.22 16 Q 86.52 19 147.74 18

Team event

Athlete Event Short program/Short dance Free skate/Free dance
Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dance Total Men's Ladies' Pairs Ice dance Total
Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points Rank Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points

Team points

Points Rank
Cha Jun-hwan (M)
Choi Da-bin (L)
Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kam (P)
Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin (ID)
Team event 77.70
5
65.73
5
52.10
1
51.97
2
13 9 Did Not Advance

Freestyle skiing

Aerials
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kim Kyoung-eun Women's aerials 35.67 25 44.20 19 did not advance
Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Lee Kang-bok Men's halfpipe 5.80 13.00 13.00 27 did not advance
Jang Yu-jin Women's halfpipe 64.40 60.00 64.40 18 did not advance
Moguls
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3
Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank Time Points Total Rank
Choi Jae-woo Men's moguls 24.95 57.85 72.95 20 25.93 67.42 81.23 1 Q 24.86 63.04 78.26 10 Q DNF did not advance
Kim Ji-hyon 26.05 56.20 69.85 24 26.62 55.27 69.85 17 did not advance
Seo Myung-joon 25.02 53.44 68.45 26 25.41 65.02 69.51 18 did not advance
Seo Jee-won Women's moguls 30.71 55.07 68.46 19 31.55 52.16 68.46 14 did not advance
Seo Jung-hwa 41.80 15.67 16.57 30 29.45 66.77 71.58 6 Q 29.77 67.86 72.31 14 did not advance
Slopestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Lee Mee-hyun Women's slopestyle 46.80 72.80 72.80 13 did not advance

Ice hockey

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Qualification
playoff
Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
South Korea men's Men's tournament  Czech Republic
L 1–2
  Switzerland
L 0–8
 Canada
L 0–4
4  Finland
L 2–5
did not advance 12

Men's tournament

South Korea men's national ice hockey team qualified as the host.[17]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 25 players
Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 0 9 4 +5 8 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 0 11 4 +7 7
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 10 9 +1 3 Qualification playoffs
4  South Korea (H) 3 0 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
15 February 2018
21:10
Czech Republic 2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,025
Game reference
Pavel FrancouzGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
United States Mark Lemelin
Sweden Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–107:34 – Cho M.H. (Radunske, Swift)
Kovář (Řepík, Sekáč) (PP) – 11:591–1
Řepík (Birner, Francouz) (SH) – 16:182–1
8 minPenalties6 min
40Shots18

17 February 2018
16:40
South Korea 0–8
(0–1, 0–2, 0–5)
  SwitzerlandGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,568
Game reference
Matt Dalton
Park Sung-je
GoaliesJonas HillerReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
United States Fraser McIntyre
0–110:23 – Hollenstein (Haas, Loeffel)
0–227:36 – Du Bois
0–335:55 – Suter (Herzog)
0–443:50 – Rüfenacht (Untersander, Almond)
0–545:17 – Suter (Ambühl, Moser)
0–646:45 – Schäppi (Almond, Geering)
0–751:24 – Suter (Geering, Ambühl)
0–855:10 – Corvi (Hofmann, Du Bois)
8 minPenalties10 min
25Shots34

18 February 2018
21:10
Canada 4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 6,038
Game reference
Kevin PoulinGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
Switzerland Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Czech Republic Vít Lederer
Thomas (Genoway, Wolski) – 07:361–0
O'Dell (Gragnani, Noreau) – 34:222–0
Lapierre (Roy) – 45:433–0
Brulé (Lee, Roy) (PP) – 58:024–0
8 minPenalties8 min
49Shots19
Qualification playoff
20 February 2018
21:10
Finland 5–2
(1–0, 2–2, 2–0)
 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 5,409
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
Russia Roman Gofman
United States Timothy Mayer
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Russia Gleb Lazarev
Kontiola (Tolvanen, Kemppainen) (PP) – 04:421–0
Kontiola (Lepistö, Tolvanen) (PP) – 23:442–0
Heiskanen (Tolvanen) – 26:233–0
3–130:06 – Radunske (Regan, Kim S.W.)
3–232:09 – Ahn J.H. (Shin S.H.)
Hietanen (Osala, Savinainen) (PP) – 47:204–2
Manninen (Hietanen, Koskiranta) (ENG) – 59:535–2
2 minPenalties8 min
36Shots19

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.[18]

Luge

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, South Korea qualified four sleds.[19]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lim Nam-kyu Men's singles 49.461 31 48.591 28 48.620 29 did not advance 2:26.672 30
Cho Jung-myung
Park Jin-yong
Men's doubles 46.396 10 46.276 8 1:32.672 9
Aileen Frisch Women's singles 46.350 5 46.456 9 46.751 13 46.843 11 3:06.400 8
Sung Eun-ryung 46.918 18 46.851 20 47.205 18 47.276 18 3:08.250 18
Mixed team relay
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aileen Frisch
Lim Nam-kyu
Cho Jung-myung
Park Jin-yong
Team relay 47.211 6 49.854 13 49.478 8 2:26.543 9

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Park Je-un Normal hill/10 km 86.0 73.3 42 27:07.5 47 30:56.5 46
Large hill/10 km 104.5 60.4 48 26:14.8 45 31:28.8 47

Short track speed skating

According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, South Korea qualified a full squad of five men and five women each.[20]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hwang Dae-heon 500 m 40.758 1 Q 40.861 2 Q 40.108 1 FA 39.854 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1000 m 1:24.457 1 Q PEN did not advance
1500 m 2:15.561 1 Q 2:11.469 2 FA DNF 14
Lim Hyo-jun 500 m 40.418 1 Q 40.400 1 Q 40.132 2 FA 39.919 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1000 m 1:23.971 1 Q 1:24.095 1 Q 1:26.463 1 FA 1:33.312 4
1500 m 2:13.891 1 Q 2:11.389 1 FA 2:10.485 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Seo Yi-ra 500 m 40.438 1 Q 1:17.779 4 did not advance
1000 m 1:24.734 2 Q 1:24.053 1 Q 1:24.252 2 FA 1:31.619 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m 2:18.750 1 Q 2:11.126 3 FB 2:26.346 9
Hwang Dae-heon
Kim Do-kyoum
Kwak Yoon-gy
Lim Hyo-jun
Seo Yi-ra
5000 m relay 6:34.510 OR 1 FA 6:42.118 4
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Choi Min-jeong 500 m 42.870 OR 1 Q 42.996 2 Q 42.442 OR 1 FA PEN 6
1000 m 1:31.190 1 Q 1:30.940 1 Q 1:31.131 3 AA 1:42.434 4
1500 m 2:24.595 1 Q 2:22.295 1 FA 2:24.948 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim A-lang 500 m 43.724 3 did not advance
1000 m 1:30.459 1 Q 1:30.137 2 Q 1:29.212 3 FB 5
1500 m 2:20.891 1 Q 2:22.691 1 FA 2:25.941 4
Shim Suk-hee 500 m 43.048 3 did not advance
1000 m 1:34.940 1 Q 1:29.159 1 Q 1:30.974 2 FA PEN 6
1500 m 2:39.984 3 did not advance
Choi Min-jeong
Kim A-lang
Kim Ye-jin
Lee Yu-bin
Shim Suk-hee
3000 m relay 4:06.387 OR 1 FA 4:07.361 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Key: AA – Advanced to medal round due to being impeded by another skater; ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualified to medal round; FB – Qualified to consolation round

Skeleton

Based on the world rankings, South Korea qualified three sleds.[21][22]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Ji-soo Men's 50.80 4 50.86 6 50.51 4 50.81 6 3:22.98 6
Yun Sung-bin 50.28 1 50.07 1 50.18 1 50.02 1 3:20.55 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jeong Sophia Women's 52.47 13 52.67 15 52.47 15 52.28 12 3:29.89 15

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Choi Seo-u Men's normal hill 89.0 94.7 39 Q 93.5 83.9 41 did not advance
Men's large hill 114.5 73.5 46 Q 114.0 93.2 45 did not advance
Kim Hyun-ki Men's normal hill 84.0 83.1 52 did not advance
Men's large hill 101.5 46.4 55 did not advance
Kim Hyun-ki
Park Je-un
Choi Heung-chul
Choi Seo-u
Men's team large hill 409.5 274.5 12 did not advance
Park Guy-lim Women's normal hill 56.0 14.2 35 Did Not Advance

Snowboarding

Freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Lee Min-sik Men's big air 68.75 72.25 72.25 14 did not advance
Men's slopestyle DNS
Kim Ho-jun Men's halfpipe 54.50 10.25 54.50 24 did not advance
Kweon Lee-jun 58.50 62.75 62.75 21 did not advance
Lee Kwang-ki 75.00 72.00 75.00 14 did not advance
Kwon Sun-oo Women's halfpipe 19.25 35.00 35.00 20 did not advance
Parallel
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Choi Bo-gun Men's giant slalom 1:26.78 26 did not advance
Kim Sang-kyum 1:25.88 15 Q  Košir (SLO)
L +1.14
did not advance
Lee Sang-ho 1:25.06 3 Q  Sarsembaev (OAR)
W –0.54
 Karl (AUT)
W –0.94
 Košir (SLO)
W –0.01
 Galmarini (SUI)
L +0.43
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jeong Hae-rim Women's giant slalom 1:34.11 20 did not advance
Shin Da-hae 1:36.04 25 did not advance

Speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Cha Min-kyu 500 m 34.42 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1000 m 1:09.27 12
Chung Jae-woong 1000 m 1:09.43 13
Joo Hyong-jun 1500 m 1:46.65 17
Kim Jun-ho 500 m 35.01 12
Kim Min-seok 1500 m 1:44.93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kim Tae-yun 1000 m 1:08.22 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lee Seung-hoon 5000 m 6:14.15 5
10,000 m 12:55.54 4
Mo Tae-bum 500 m 35.154 16
Women
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Kim Bo-reum 3000 m 4:12.79 18
Kim Hyun-yung 500 m 38.251 12
1000 m 1:16.366 18
Kim Min-sun 500 m 38.534 16
Lee Sang-hwa 500 m 37.33 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Noh Seon-yeong 1500 m 1:58.75 14
Park Seung-hi 1000 m 1:16.11 16
Mass start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Chung Jae-won Men's mass start 5 8:17.02 6 Q 1 8:32.71 8
Lee Seung-hoon 5 8:45.37 6 Q 60 7:43.97 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kim Bo-reum Women's mass start 4 9:22.21 6 Q 40 8:32.99 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Park Ji-woo 1 8:33.43 9 did not advance
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank Opposition
Time
Rank
Chung Jae-won
Kim Min-seok
Lee Seung-hoon

Joo Hyong-jun **
Men's team pursuit  Italy (ITA)
W 3:39.29
1 Q  New Zealand (NZL)
W 3:38.82
1 FA  Norway (NOR)
L 3:38.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kim Bo-reum
Noh Seon-yeong
Park Ji-woo
Park Seung-hi **
Women's team pursuit  Netherlands (NED)
L 3:03.76
7 FD did not advance  Poland (POL)
L 3:07.30
8

** Did not play.

Notes

a Park Je-un took part in two sports: nordic combined and ski jumping.

b South Korea did not march at the Parade of Nations. Its delegates marched in the opening ceremony, together with North Korea's delegates, as a unified "Korea" team. South Korean bobsleigher Won Yun-jong along with North Korean ice hockey player Hwang Chung-gum were the flagbearers of this unified Korea team.[1]

See also

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