South Korea at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of South Korea
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Sport & Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors102 in 14 sports
Flag bearer (opening)So Jaehwan & Jang Hyeonjeong
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
7
Silver
6
Bronze
4
Total
17
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This will be South Korea's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012. South Korea served as host nation for this edition.

The South Korean delegation is the largest among all 79 participating nations and comprises 102 athletes competing in 14 sports.[1] [2] Bobsledder So Jaehwan and ice hockey player Jang Hyeonjeong were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 3 3 6
Biathlon 3 3 6
Bobsleigh 1 1 2
Cross-country skiing 3 3 6
Curling 3 3 6
Figure skating 2 3 6
Freestyle skiing 8 3 11
Ice hockey 18 13 31
Luge 3 2 5
Short track speed skating 2 2 4
Skeleton 1 2 3
Ski jumping 2 0 2
Snowboarding 6 5 11
Speed skating 2 2 4
Total 57 45 102

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Joo Jae-hee Short track speed skating Men's 1500 metres 20 January
 Gold So Jae-hwan Bobsleigh Men's monobob 23 January
 Gold Lee Chae-un Snowboarding Men's slopestyle 25 January
 Gold Lee Yoon-seung Freestyle skiing Men's dual moguls 27 January
 Gold Kim Hyun-gyeom Figure skating Men's singles 29 January
 Gold Kim Hyun-gyeom
Kim Jin-ny
Lee Na-mu
Shin Ji-a		 Figure skating Team event 1 February
 Gold Lee Chae-un Snowboarding Men's halfpipe 1 February
 Silver Kang Min-ji Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 22 January
 Silver Jung Hui-dan Speed skating Women's 500 metres 22 January
 Silver Lim Jee-won
Heo Se-ok		 Speed skating Mixed relay 25 January
 Silver South Korea women's national under-16 ice hockey team Ice hockey Women's 3x3 tournament 25 January
 Silver Yun Shin-ee
Lee Yoon-seung		 Freestyle skiing Mixed team dual moguls 26 January
 Silver Shin Ji-a Figure skating Women's singles 29 January
 Bronze Kim You-sung Short track speed skating Men's 1500 metres 20 January
 Bronze Shin Seo-nung Speed skating Men's 500 metres 22 January
 Bronze Chung Jae-hee Short track speed skating Women's 500 metres 22 January
 Bronze Shin Yeon-su Skeleton Men's 23 January

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea, as host nation qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender) automatically.[4]

Men
Women

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea, as host nation, qualified six biathletes (three per gender).

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea, as host nation qualified six cross-country skiers (three per gender).[5]

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea as host nation, automatically qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[6][7]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kim Dae-hyun
Lee So-won
Kwon Juni
Jang Yu-bin 		Mixed team  Brazil
W 17–1 		 Italy
L 5–6 		 Switzerland
L 4–8 		 Great Britain
L 2–3 		 Denmark
W 5–4 		 Canada
W 9–7 		 Germany
W 6–4 		5 Did not advance 10
Lee Chae-won
Lee Ji-hun 		Mixed doubles  Canada
L 5–9 		 Great Britain
W 11–2 		 Hungary
L 4–7 		 Nigeria
W 17–1 		 Czech Republic
L 5–7 		— 5 Did not advance 17

Mixed tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team
Group B Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 Great Britain Logan Carson 6 1 – 44 30 26 21 4 7 51.75
 Denmark Jacob Schmidt 5 2 – 48 28 27 20 2 9 34.70
 Switzerland Nathan Dryburgh 4 3 2–0 52 35 25 23 5 7 39.96
 Italy Andrea Gilli 4 3 1–1 46 38 29 23 3 7 50.58
 South Korea Kim Dae-hyun 4 3 0–2 48 33 24 22 3 8 109.88
 Canada Nathan Gray 3 4 – 40 34 24 20 3 11 35.43
 Brazil Pedro Ribeiro 1 6 1–0 17 81 13 31 0 2 103.39
 Germany Lukas Jäger 1 6 0–1 30 46 19 27 2 5 68.51
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Brazil (Ribeiro) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 6 1 3 6 1 0 X X 17
Draw 2

Sunday, January 21, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
 Italy (Gilli) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 6
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 18:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Switzerland (Dryburgh) (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 8
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Great Britain (Carson) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
 South Korea (Kim) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Draw 5

Tuesday, January 23, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Denmark (Schmidt) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
 South Korea (Kim) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 18:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 9
 Canada (Gray) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 7
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 13:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 X 6
 Germany (Jäger) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 4

Mixed doubles

Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles
Group A W L W–L DSC
 Great Britain 4 1 1–0 40.06
 Czech Republic 4 1 0–1 42.84
 Canada 3 2 – 54.69
 Hungary 2 3 1–0 89.06
 South Korea 2 3 0–1 38.09
 Nigeria 0 5 – 168.42
Round robin
Draw 2

Saturday, January 27, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Canada (Locke / Perry) (has hammer) 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 X 9
 South Korea (Lee / Lee) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 5
Draw 7

Sunday, January 28, 18:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Lee / Lee) (has hammer) 1 2 2 1 0 3 2 X 11
 Great Britain (Soutar / Brewster) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 2
Draw 9

Monday, January 29, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Hungary (Nagy / Kárász) 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 7
 South Korea (Lee / Lee) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4
Draw 11

Tuesday, January 30, 10:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Lee / Lee) (has hammer) 1 3 3 4 0 6 X X 17
 Nigeria (Akinsanya / Daniel) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 1
Draw 14

Wednesday, January 31, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Bláha) 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 7
 South Korea (Lee / Lee) (has hammer) 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified a team of thirteen ice hockey players for the women's 3-on-3 tournament and a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the men's tournament.[8]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank
South Korea women Women's 3-on-3 tournament  China
L 3–6 		 Australia
W 12–2 		 Mexico
W 7–0 		 Turkey
W 1–4 		 Italy
W 6–5 GWS 		 Hungary
L 0–16 		 Netherlands
W 16–0 		3  China
W 6–4 		 Hungary
L 2–10 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
South Korea men Men's tournament  Australia
0 		 Finland
0 		—

Women's 3-on-3 tournament

Roster

Kim Doyun served as head coach.[9]

Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 7 7 0 0 0 130 5 +125 21 Semifinals
2  China 7 6 0 0 1 70 25 +45 18
3  South Korea (H) 7 4 1 0 2 48 30 +18 14
4  Italy 7 4 0 1 2 67 31 +36 13
5  Turkey 7 3 0 0 4 36 41 −5 9
6  Australia 7 2 0 0 5 23 75 −52 6
7  Mexico 7 1 0 0 6 18 71 −53 3
8  Netherlands 7 0 0 0 7 5 119 −114 0
Source: IOC[10][11]
(H) Host
20 January 2024
16:00		South Korea 3–6
(1–3, 0–3, 2–0)		 ChinaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Finland Ilona Silander
Malaysia Mei Wah Wan
21 January 2024
13:30		Australia 2–12
(0–3, 0–5, 2–4)		 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Mexico María Chávez
Ukraine Anhelina Maifeld
21 January 2024
20:30		South Korea 7–0
(3–0, 0–0, 4–0)		 MexicoGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Ukraine Anhelina Maifeld
Finland Ilona Silander
22 January 2024
12:00		Turkey 1–4
(0–3, 1–0, 0–1)		 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Mexico María Chávez
Malaysia Wan Mei Wah
22 January 2024
19:00		Italy 5–6 GWS
(2–3, 2–0, 1–2)
(SO: 0–1)		 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Canada Beatrice Fortin
Finland Ilona Silander
23 January 2024
13:30		South Korea 0–16
(0–7, 0–5, 0–4)		 HungaryGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Mexico María Chávez
Malaysia Wan Mei Wah
23 January 2024
20:30		South Korea 16–0
(4–0, 5–0, 7–0)		 NetherlandsGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Canada Beatrice Fortin
Finland Ilona Silander
Semifinal
24 January 2024
13:30		China 4–6
(3–3, 0–2, 1–1)		 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Mexico María Chávez
Malaysia Wan Mei Wah
Final
25 January 2024
14:00		Hungary 10–2
(2–0, 5–1, 3–1)		 South KoreaGangneung Hockey Centre
Game reference
Referees:
Canada Beatrice Fortin
Ukraine Anhelina Maifeld

Men's tournament

Roster
Preliminary round

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified two male ski jumpers.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Asia will be represented by 18 NOCs at Winter YOG Gangwon 2024". www.oca.asia. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ Yoon Min-sik (19 January 2024). "Gangwon gets ready for 2024 Winter Youth Olympics". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  7. ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 3-on-3 Tournament – Team Roster: KOR - Korea" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 3-on-3 Tournament – Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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