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[PyeongChang 2018] South Korea places 7th with 5 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze medals
By Lim Jeong-yeoPublished : Feb. 25, 2018 - 15:50
South Korea set its own record for the 2018 Winter Olympics with 17 medals in total: five gold, eight silver and four bronze.
It was the only Asian nation to rank in the top 10. For Korean spectators, the best part of the games in the past two weeks were the unexpected wins in previously little-known disciplines, such as the gold in men’s skeleton and the silver in women’s curling. This was the first Winter Games in which Korea scored medals in disciplines other than ice skating.
The country also clinched surprise silver medals in men’s parallel giant slaslom snowboarding and 4-man bobsleighing.
This was the first time for any Asian to score a medal in skeleton and snowboarding.
Korea ranked seventh in the number of gold medals and sixth in the combined total for all medals.
Gold (5)
- Men’s 1,500-meter short track speedskating: Lim Hyo-jun
It was the only Asian nation to rank in the top 10. For Korean spectators, the best part of the games in the past two weeks were the unexpected wins in previously little-known disciplines, such as the gold in men’s skeleton and the silver in women’s curling. This was the first Winter Games in which Korea scored medals in disciplines other than ice skating.
The country also clinched surprise silver medals in men’s parallel giant slaslom snowboarding and 4-man bobsleighing.
This was the first time for any Asian to score a medal in skeleton and snowboarding.
Korea ranked seventh in the number of gold medals and sixth in the combined total for all medals.
Gold (5)
- Men’s 1,500-meter short track speedskating: Lim Hyo-jun
- Women’s 1,500-meter short track speedskating: Choi Min-jeong
- Women’s 3,000-meter short track relay: Shim Suk-hee, Choi Min-jeong, Kim Ye-jin and Kim Alang (Lee Yu-bin)
- Skeleton: Yun Sung-bin
- Men’s mass start speedskating: Lee Seung-hoon
Silver (8)
- Women’s mass start speedskating: Kim Bo-reum
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- Men’s 500-meter speedskating: Cha Min-kyu
- Men’s 500-meter short track speedskating: Hwang Dae-heon
- Men’s team pursuit speedskating: Lee Seung-hoon, Kim Min-seok and Chung Jae-won
- Women’s 500-meter speedskating: Lee Sang-hwa
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- Men’s parallel giant slalom (alpine snowboarding): Lee Sang-ho
- Women’s curling: Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Yeong-mi and Kim Seon-yeong (Kim Cho-hi)
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- 4-man bobsleigh: Won Yun-jong, Seo Young-woo, Kim Dong-hyun and Jun Jung-lin
Bronze (4)
- Men’s 1,500-meter speedskating: Kim Min-seok
- Men’s 1,000-meter speedskating: Kim Tae-yun
- Men’s 500-meter short track speedskating: Lim Hyo-jun
- Men’s 1,000-meter short track speedskating: Seo Yi-ra
By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
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