South Korea at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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South Korea at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea.svg
Flag of South Korea
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean)
in Beijing, China
February 4–20, 2022
Competitors64 (34 men and 30 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearers Kim Min-sun
Kwak Yoon-gy
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Korea (2018)

South Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1]

On January 25, 2022, the Korean team of 63 athletes (34 men and 29 women) competing in 13 sports was announced. South Korea will not have any athletes in ice hockey or ski jumping.[2]

On January 28, 2022 long track speed skater Kim Min-sun and short track speed skater Kwak Yoon-gy were named as the Korean flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[3]

Competitors[edit]

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

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 2 3
Biathlon 2 1 3
Bobsleigh 8 1 9
Cross-country skiing 2 3 5
Curling 0 5 5
Figure skating 2 2 4
Freestyle skiing 1 2 3
Luge 3 1 4
Nordic combined 1 0 1
Short track speed skating 5 5 10
Skeleton 2 1 3
Snowboarding 2 2 4
Speed skating 6 4 10
Total 34 30 64

Alpine skiing[edit]

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards South Korea qualified one male and one female alpine skier.[4]

Biathlon[edit]

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified two male and one female biathletes.[5][6]

Bobsleigh[edit]

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified two sleds in each of the two man and four man events, along with one quota in the women's monobob. This means South Korea can enter 9 athletes (eight men and one woman).[7]

Cross-country skiing[edit]

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified two male and three female cross-country skiers.[8]

Curling[edit]

Main articles: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification
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 Eun-jung
Kim Kyeong-ae
Kim Cho-hi
Kim Seon-yeong
Kim Yeong-mi 		Women's tournament  CAN  GBR  ROC  CHN  USA  JPN  SUI  DEN  SWE

Women's tournament[edit]

Main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

South Korea qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing third in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event.[9] Team Kim Eun-jung qualified as South Korean representatives by winning the 2021 Korean Curling Championships, finishing the tournament with an unmatched 11–1 record.[10]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Country
 Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% DSC
 Canada Jennifer Jones 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 China Han Yu 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 ROC Alina Kovaleva 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
 United States Tabitha Peterson 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 % 0.00
Round robin

South Korea had a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.[11]

Figure skating[edit]

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, South Korea secured one quota in the men's and two quotas in the ladies competitions.[12] A second men's quota was secured at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Cha Jun-hwan Men's singles
Lee Si-hyeong
Kim Ye-lim Women's singles
You Young

Luge[edit]

Main articles: Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified one sled in each event, and a spot in the mixed relay. This means South Korea can enter three men and one woman.[13][14][15][16]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men's singles
Open doubles N/A
Women's singles

Mixed relay

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
 Team relay

Nordic combined[edit]

Main articles: Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Skeleton[edit]

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Canada qualified three athletes in skeleton (two male and one female).[17][18][19]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men's
Women's

Snowboarding[edit]

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Short track speed skating[edit]

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified in all three relays with the maximum of five athletes in both genders.[20]

Speed skating[edit]

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

South Korea qualified four men and six women.[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (25 January 2022). "S. Korea to send its 3rd-largest Winter Olympics team to Beijing 2022". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul, South Korea. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ Yoo, Jee-ho (28 January 2022). "Short tracker, speed skater named S. Korean flag bearers at Beijing 2022 opening ceremony". Yonhap News Agency. Seoul, South Korea. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ^ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Quota allocation list men" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Quota allocation list women" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Bobsleigh - Participation" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ^ "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  9. ^ Céline Stucki (18 December 2021). "Korea women qualify for Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  10. ^ "2021-2022시즌 대한민국 여자컬링 국가대표팀". Instagram (in Korean). curling1spoon. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  11. ^ Céline Stucki (22 December 2021). "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games playing schedules released". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Communication No. 2388 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Standing - quota places OWG Men" (PDF). International Luge Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Standing - quota places OWG Doubles" (PDF). International Luge Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Standing - quota places OWG Women" (PDF). International Luge Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  16. ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing - Quota places luge" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  17. ^ "IBSF Ranking Men´s Skeleton (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  18. ^ "IBSF Ranking Women´s Skeleton (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  19. ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Skeleton – Participation" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  20. ^ "Communication No. 2452: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing". International Skating Union. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Communication No. 2452 XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Entries Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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