Sporting event delegation
South Korea competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States. 6 competitors from South Korea (5 men and 1 woman) participated, all in the Alpine Skiing event.[1] Sang Min Han won the nation's only medal, clinching the silver in the Men's Giant Slalom LW12 event in Alpine Skiing.[2] Han would go on to represent South Korea at the 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Overall, South Korea finished 21st in the medal table.[3]
Results by Sport
Alpine Skiing
Sang Min Han won the only Korean medal in the Men's Giant Slalom (LW12), while Mi Jeong Kim narrowly missed out on a bronze, finishing 3.67 seconds behind 3rd place Austrian Gabriele Huemer in the Women's Downhill (B2-3). She also lost a bronze to France's Pascale Casanova in the Women's Super-G by 4.44 seconds.
| Athlete
|
Event
|
Time
|
Rank
|
| Young Jin Jeon
|
Men's Downhill LW3,5/7,9
|
1:37.63
|
9
|
| Men's Giant Slalom LW3,5/7,9
|
-
|
DNF
|
| Men's Super-G LW3,5/7,9
|
1:30.16
|
8
|
| Men's Slalom LW3,5/7,9
|
1:50.64
|
7
|
| Hongbin Kim
|
Men's Downhill LW3,5/7,9
|
-
|
DQ
|
| Men's Giant Slalom LW3,5/7,9
|
-
|
DNF
|
| Men's Super-G LW3,5/7,9
|
1:30.61
|
9
|
| Men's Slalom LW3,5/7,9
|
2:03.54
|
9
|
| Nam Je Kim
|
Men's Downhill LW11
|
1:48.39
|
9
|
| Men's Giant Slalom LW11
|
-
|
DNF
|
| Men's Super-G LW11
|
1:39.00
|
9
|
| Men's Slalom LW11
|
-
|
DNF
|
| Sang Min Han
|
Men's Downhill LW12
|
1:47.33
|
12
|
| Men's Giant Slalom LW12
|
2:52.31
|
2
|
| Men's Super-G LW12
|
1:34.58
|
7
|
| Men's Slalom LW12
|
2:16.04
|
7
|
| Hwan Kyung Lee
|
Men's Giant Slalom LW2
|
-
|
DNF
|
| Men's Slalom LW2
|
2:30.90
|
22
|
| Mi Jeong Kim
|
Women's Downhill B2-3
|
1:51.17
|
4
|
| Women's Giant Slalom B2-3
|
3:09.12
|
5
|
| Women's Super-G B2-3
|
1:37.22
|
4
|
| Women's Slalom B2-3
|
2:28.32
|
4
|
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