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South Korea at the Olympic Games

Flag of South Korea
IOC code  KOR
NOC Korean Olympic Committee
external link (Korean) (English)
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors 41 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Lee Bo-Ra (opening)
Jeon Da-Hye(closing)[1][2]
Medals
Rank: 7		 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 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.

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Medalists

  • In terms of medal count, Korea is the only Asian country in the top ten.
  • Ten of the eleven medals are from 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. Of three people who won three gold medal, Ahn is the only one who won any other medal, winning an extra bronze medal.
Medal Name Sport Event
11 Gold Ahn Hyun-Soo Short track speed skating Men's 1000 m
11 Gold Ahn Hyun-Soo Short track speed skating Men's 1500 m
11 Gold Lee Ho-Suk
Ahn Hyun-Soo
Seo Ho-Jin
Song Suk-Woo		 Short track speed skating Men's 5000 m relay
11 Gold Jin Sun-Yu Short track speed skating Women's 1000 m
11 Gold Jin Sun-Yu Short track speed skating Women's 1500 m
11 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
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Ho-Suk Short track speed skating Men's 1000 m
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lee Ho-Suk Short track speed skating Men's 1500 m
2Silver medal icon.svg Silver Choi Eun-Kyung Short track speed skating Women's 1500 m
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ahn Hyun-Soo Short track speed skating Men's 500 m
3Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Lee Kang-Seok Speed skating Men's 500 m

Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Rank
Min Heuk Kang Men's giant slalom Did not finish
Men's slalom 58.53 Disqualified
Hyung Chul Kim Men's giant slalom 1:26.09 1:26.37 n/a 2:52.46 28
Woo-Sung Kim Men's giant slalom Did not finish
Min Heuk Kang 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 pictogram.svg Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Yoon Bae Park Men's sprint 31:29.5 3 80
Men's individual 1:07:03.4 6 81

Cross country skiing pictogram.svg 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
Jung Eui Myung 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 Byung Joo 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
Jung Eui Myung Men's sprint 2:35.39 76 Did not advance 76
Jung Eui Myung Women's sprint 2:35.47 64 Q Did not advance 64
Park Byung Joo Men's sprint 2:28.85 63 Did not advance 63

Freestyle skiing pictogram.svg Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yoon Chae Rin Women's moguls 7.07 30 Did not advance 30

Luge pictogram.svg Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Min-Kyu Kim Men's singles 53.748 54.961 53.528 53.344 3:35.581 29

Short track speed skating pictogram.svg 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 Bronze
1000 m 1:27.372 1 Q 1:29.671 1 Q 1:27.909 1 Q 1:26.739 OR Gold
1500 m 2:29.808 1 Q n/a 2:17.718 1 Q 2:25.341 Gold
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 Silver
1500 m 2:31.511 1 n/a 2:20.901 2 2:25.600 Silver
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 Gold
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 Gold
1500 m 2:29.731 1 Q n/a 2:31.747 1 Q 2:23.494 Gold
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 Silver
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 Gold

Skeleton pictogram.svg Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Kwang Bae Kang Men's 1:00.41 59.88 2:00.29 23

Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Qualifying First Round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Heung-Chul Choi Normal hill 104.0 36 Did not advance 36
Large hill 85.4 23 Q 65.3 47 Did not advance 47
Yong-Jik Choi Normal hill 104.0 36 Did not advance 36
Large hill 22.8 53 Did not advance 53
Chil Ku Kang Normal hill 96.5 44 Did not advance 44
Large hill 58.8 45 Did not advance 45
Hyun-Ki Kim 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
Heung-Chul Choi
Yong-Jik Choi
Chil Ku Kang
Hyun-Ki Kim		 Team n/a 321.15 13 Did not advance 13

Speed skating pictogram.svg 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
Jin Woo Lee 1000 m n/a 1:49.85 28
Jong Woo Lee 1500 m n/a 1:48.11 14
Lee Kang-Seok 500 m 35.34 35.09 1:10.43 Bronze medal icon.svg
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
Joon Mun 1000 m n/a 1:10.66 24
1500 m n/a 1:48.38 16
Yeo Sang Yeop 1500 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 You Lim 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

  1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Cermony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1664. Retrieved Mar. 30th, 2009.  
  2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726. Retrieved Mar. 30th, 2009.  







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