South Korea at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea at the
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
South Korea at the; 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr
in Lausanne
Competitors	40 in 13 sports
Medals	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 8
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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

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

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

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Cheon Yun-pil	Sprint	23:33.5	4 (2+2)	71
Cheon Yun-pil	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
Choi Yoo-nah	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

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

Cross-country skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

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

Mixed team

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	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
Athletes	Event	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

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
Athlete	Event	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

Slopestyle & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	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

Boys

Girls

Short track speed skating

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
Athlete	Event	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
Jang Sung-woo	1000 m
Lee Jeong-min	500 m
Lee Jeong-min	1000 m	1:41.031	1	1:34.714	2	1:45.220	2	1:33.646

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Kim Chan-seo	1000 m
Seo Whi-min	500 m
Seo Whi-min	1000 m	1:53.546	1	1:31.586	1	1:27.692	1	1:29.439

Skeleton

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

Ski mountaineering

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
Athlete	Event	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

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Seo Gy-yeong	Boys' snowboard cross

Halfpipe, Slopestyle, & Big Air

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	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

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
Park Sang-eon	1500 m	1:57.15	7
Yang Suk-hoon	500 m	37.66	7
Yang Suk-hoon	1500 m	2:04.61	25

Girls

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kang Soo-min	500 m	42.99	15
Kang Soo-min	1500 m	2:17.28	13
Kim Min-hui	500 m	41.60	5
Kim Min-hui	1500 m	2:23.48	26

Mass Start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	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	Boys' mass start	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	Girls' mass start	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

References

^ Pavitt, Michael (22 May 2019). "World Curling Federation announce 24 nations to compete at Lausanne 2020". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ ^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.

[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.

[ISU-2235-2] "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.

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