South Korea at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.

South Korea at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr
in Lausanne
Competitors40 in 13 sports
Medals
Gold
5
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
8
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea competed 13 sports and has 40 competitors. On the final day, the country brings home 8 medals (5 golds and 3 silver).

Gangwon was announced as the next Winter Youth Olympics host province,during the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold You Young Figure skating Girls' singles 13 January
  Gold Shin Seo-yoon Ice hockey Girls' 3x3 mixed tournament 15 January
  Gold Seo Whi-min Short track speed skating Girls' 1000 metres 18 January
  Gold Jang Sung-woo Short track speed skating Boys' 1000 metres 18 January
  Gold Seo Whi-min Short track speed skating Girls' 500 metres 20 January
  Gold Lee Jeong-min Short track speed skating Boys' 500 metres 20 January
  Silver Kim Chan-seo Short track speed skating Girls' 1000 metres 18 January
  Silver Lee Jeong-min Short track speed skating Boys' 1000 metres 18 January
  Silver Jang Sung-woo Short track speed skating Boys' 500 metres 20 January

Alpine skiing

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Boys
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Si-won Super-G 1:01.96 53
Combined 1:01.96 53 37.09 31 1:39.05 32
Giant slalom 1:08.30 32 1:09.56 30 2:17.86 28
Slalom DNF
Girls
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lee Ha-eun Super-G 1:01.61 39
Combined 1:01.61 39 DNF
Giant slalom 1:11.17 38 1:08.02 23 2:19.19 23
Slalom DNF

Biathlon

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Boys
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Cheon Yun-pil Sprint 23:33.5 4 (2+2) 71
Individual 44:24.7 10 (3+3+2+2) 86
Girls
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Choi Yoo-nah Sprint 21:53.8 2 (1+1) 64
Individual 39:07.2 4 (1+2+0+1) 48
Mixed
Athletes Event Time Misses Rank
Choi Yoo-nah
Cheon Yun-pil
Single mixed relay 50:41.1 4+18 25

Bobsleigh

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Ji-min Boys'
Joo Hyeon-gon Girls'

Cross-country skiing

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Boys
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jeon Sung-min 10 km classic
Free sprint
Cross-country cross
Lee Jin-bok 10 km classic
Free sprint
Cross-country cross
Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jeon Jae-eun 5 km classic
Free sprint
Cross-country cross
Maria Jeong 5 km classic
Free sprint
Cross-country cross

Curling

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South Korea qualified a mixed team of four athletes.[1]

Mixed team
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Park Sang-woo
Park You-been
Moon Si-woo
Kim Ji-yoon
Mixed team   Estonia (EST)
W 15 – 3
  Russia (RUS)
L 2 – 9
  Canada (CAN)
L 3 – 6
  Poland (POL)
W 5 – 3
  Spain (ESP)
W 10 – 2
3 Did not advance 12
Mixed doubles
Athletes Event Round of 48 Round of 24 Round of 12 Round of 6 Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
  Zuzana Pražáková (CZE)
  Moon Si-woo (KOR)
Mixed doubles   Kobayashi (JPN)
  Tuaz (FRA)
L 5 – 6
Did not advance

Figure skating

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One figure skaters achieved quota places for South Korea based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.[2]

Singles
Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Cha Young-hyun Boys' singles 69.61 5 129.51 5 199.12 5
You Young Girls' singles 73.51 1 140.49 1 214.00  
Mixed NOC team trophy
Athletes Event Free skate/Free dance
Ice dance Pairs Girls Boys Total
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points
Team points
Points Rank
Team Determination
  Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen (USA)
  Brooke McIntosh / Brandon Toste (CAN)
  Nella Pelkonen (FIN)
  Cha Young-hyun (KOR)
Team trophy 90.41
5
96.73
5
91.27
2
133.13
6
18 4

Freestyle skiing

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Slopestyle & Big Air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Her Seong-uk Boys' halfpipe
Hong Jae-won Boys' halfpipe

Ice hockey

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Boys
Girls

Short track speed skating

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Four skaters achieved quota places for South Korea based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships.[2]

Boys
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jang Sung-woo 500 m 1:27.573 2 1:34.626 1 1:45.114 1 1:33.531  
1000 m
Lee Jeong-min 500 m
1000 m 1:41.031 1 1:34.714 2 1:45.220 2 1:33.646  
Girls
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Chan-seo 500 m 1:49.254 1 1:59.433 3 1:27.833 2 1:29.538  
1000 m
Seo Whi-min 500 m
1000 m 1:53.546 1 1:31.586 1 1:27.692 1 1:29.439  

Skeleton

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Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lee Seo-hyuk Boys'

Ski mountaineering

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Boys
Athlete Event Time Rank
Kim Min-jun Individual 1:32:33.23 23
Girls
Athlete Event Time Rank
Lim Hyo-shin Individual DNF
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Min-jun Boys' sprint 4:29.97 24 4:41.24 6 Did not advance
Lim Hyo-shin Individual DNS

Snowboarding

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Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Group heats Semifinal Final
Points Rank Position Position
Seo Gy-yeong Boys' snowboard cross
Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Lee Hyun-jun Boys' halfpipe
Lee Joon-sik Boys' halfpipe
Lee Na-yoon Girls' halfpipe

Speed skating

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Three skaters achieved quota places for South Korea based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Speed Skating Championships.[2]

Boys
Athlete Event Time Rank
Park Sang-eon 500 m 38.56 15
1500 m 1:57.15 7
Yang Suk-hoon 500 m 37.66 7
1500 m 2:04.61 25
Girls
Athlete Event Time Rank
Kang Soo-min 500 m 42.99 15
1500 m 2:17.28 13
Kim Min-hui 500 m 41.60 5
1500 m 2:23.48 26
Mass Start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Park Sang-eon Boys' mass start 22 6:32.70 2 Q 0 6:31.18 11
Yang Suk-hoon 0 6:09.73 14 Did not advance
Kang Soo-min Girls' mass start 30 6:48.34 1 Q 2 6:51.18 6
Kim Min-hui 0 6:21.45 12 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Team 5
  Amalie Haugland (NOR)
  Kim Min-hui (KOR)
  Oddbjørn Mellemstrand (CZE)
  Jordan Stolz (NED)
Mixed team sprint Disqualified
Team 9
  Serena Pergher (ITA)
  Ilka Füzesy (ROU)
  Yang Suk-hoon (KOR)
  Nil Llop (ESP)
2:06.33 4
Team 10
  Marta Dobrowolska (POL)
  Yuka Takahashi (JPN)
  Michał Kopacz (POL)
  Park Sang-eon (KOR)
2:08.62 10
Team 15
  Hanna Bíró (HUN)
  Kang Soo-min (KOR)
  Yevgeniy Koshkin (KAZ)
  Pavel Taran (RUS)
2:07.27 6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "ISU Communication 2235 - Provisional Quota places Figure Skating & Speed Skating / Final Quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.