# South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics

South Korea competed as Republic of Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics, while North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. At the opening ceremony, the athletes of both North and South Korea entered the stadium together behind the Korean Unification Flag.

## Medalists

* In terms of medal count, South Korea is the only Asian country in the top ten.
* Ten of the eleven medals were won in short track speed skating. Short track speedskaters Jin Sun-yu and Ahn Hyun-soo were the second and third people to win three gold medals each in Turin. Ahn also won a bronze.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Ahn Hyun-soo | Short track speed skating | Men's 1000 m |
| Gold | Ahn Hyun-soo | Short track speed skating | Men's 1500 m |
| Gold | Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Oh Se-jong Seo Ho-jin Song Suk-woo | Short track speed skating | Men's 5000 m relay |
| Gold | Jin Sun-yu | Short track speed skating | Women's 1000 m |
| Gold | Jin Sun-yu | Short track speed skating | Women's 1500 m |
| Gold | Byun Chun-sa Choi Eun-kyung Jeon Da-hye Jin Sun-yu Kang Yun-mi | Short track speed skating | Women's 3000 m relay |
| Silver | Lee Ho-suk | Short track speed skating | Men's 1000 m |
| Silver | Lee Ho-suk | Short track speed skating | Men's 1500 m |
| Silver | Choi Eun-kyung | Short track speed skating | Women's 1500 m |
| Bronze | Ahn Hyun-soo | Short track speed skating | Men's 500 m |
| Bronze | Lee Kang-seok | Speed skating | Men's 500 m |

## Alpine skiing

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank |
| Gang Min-hyeok | Men's giant slalom | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| Gang Min-hyeok | Men's slalom | 58.53 | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified |
| Kim Hyeong-cheol | Men's giant slalom | 1:26.09 | 1:26.37 | n/a | 2:52.46 | 28 |
| Kim Woo-sung | Men's giant slalom | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish | did not finish |
| O Jae-eun | Women's giant slalom | 1:08.22 | 1:16.25 | n/a | 2:24.47 | 33 |
| O Jae-eun | Women's slalom | 48.07 | 53.77 | n/a | 1:41.84 | 41 |

## Biathlon

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| Park Yun-bae | Men's sprint | 31:29.5 | 3 | 80 |
| Park Yun-bae | Men's individual | 1:07:03.4 | 6 | 81 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Distance

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank |
| Choi Im-heon | Men's 15 km classical | 46:21.7 | 78 |
| Choi Im-heon | Men's 30 km pursuit | did not finish | did not finish |
| Jeong Ui-myeong | Men's 15 km classical | 46:40.8 | 80 |
| Jeong Ui-myeong | Men's 30 km pursuit | did not finish | did not finish |
| Jeong Ui-myeong | Men's 50 km freestyle | did not finish | did not finish |
| Lee Chae-won | Women's 10 km classical | 32:57.8 | 62 |
| Lee Chae-won | Women's 15 km pursuit | 49:01.2 | 57 |
| Lee Chae-won | Women's 30 km freestyle | did not finish | did not finish |
| Park Byeong-ju | Men's 15 km classical | 46:38.9 | 79 |
| Park Byeong-ju | Men's 30 km pursuit | did not finish | did not finish |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Jeong Ui-myeong | Men's sprint | 2:35.39 | 76 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 76 |
| Lee Chae-won | Women's sprint | 2:35.47 | 64 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 64 |
| Park Byeong-ju | Men's sprint | 2:28.85 | 63 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 63 |
| Choi Im-heon Park Byeong-ju | Men's team sprint | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 19:40.0 | 10 | Did not advance | 19 |

## Freestyle skiing

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yun Chae-rin | Women's moguls | 7.07 | 30 | did not advance | 30 |

## Luge

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank |
| Kim Min-kyu | Men's singles | 53.748 | 54.961 | 53.528 | 53.344 | 3:35.581 | 29 |

## Short track speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ahn Hyun-soo | 500 m | 42.960 | 1 Q | 42.213 | 1 Q | 41.826 | 1 Q | 42.089 | |
| Ahn Hyun-soo | 1000 m | 1:27.372 | 1 Q | 1:29.671 | 1 Q | 1:27.909 | 1 Q | 1:26.739 OR | |
| Ahn Hyun-soo | 1500 m | 2:29.808 | 1 Q | n/a | n/a | 2:17.718 | 1 Q | 2:25.341 | |
| Lee Ho-suk | 500 m | 42.676 | 1 Q | 1:22.896 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lee Ho-suk | 1000 m | 1:35.634 | 1 Q | 1:27.265 | 1 Q | 1:29.150 | 1 Q | 1:26.764 | |
| Lee Ho-suk | 1500 m | 2:31.511 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 2:20.901 | 2 | 2:25.600 | |
| Seo Ho-jin | 500 m | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified | disqualified |
| Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Ho-suk Seo Ho-jin Oh Se-jong Song Suk-woo | 5000 m relay | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 7:01.783 | 2 | 6:43.376 OR | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jin Sun-yu | 500 m | 45.954 | 1 Q | 46.428 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jin Sun-yu | 1000 m | 1:31.504 | 1 Q | 1:33.351 | 1 Q | 1:32.546 | 1 Q | 1:32.859 | |
| Jin Sun-yu | 1500 m | 2:29.731 | 1 Q | n/a | n/a | 2:31.747 | 1 Q | 2:23.494 | |
| Kang Yun-mi | 500 m | 45.755 | 2 Q | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Choi Eun-kyung | 1000 m | 1:38.414 | 1 Q | 1:32.875 | 1 Q | 1:32.099 | 1 Q | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Choi Eun-kyung | 1500 m | 2:37.862 | 2 Q | n/a | n/a | 2:22.776 | 1 Q | 2:24.069 | |
| Byun Chun-sa | 1500 m | 2:41.411 | 2 Q | n/a | n/a | 2:26.915 | 1 Q | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| Jin Sun-yu Choi Eun-kyung Byun Chun-sa Kang Yun-mi Jeon Da-hye | 3000 m relay | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4:18.854 | 1st | 4:17.040 | |

## Skeleton

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
| Kang Kwang-bae | Men's | 1:00.41 | 59.88 | 2:00.29 | 23 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | First Round | First Round | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank |
| Choi Heung-chul | Normal hill | 104.0 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 36 |
| Choi Heung-chul | Large hill | 85.4 | 23 Q | 65.3 | 47 | did not advance | did not advance | 47 |
| Choi Yong-jik | Normal hill | 104.0 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 36 |
| Choi Yong-jik | Large hill | 22.8 | 53 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 53 |
| Kang Chil-ku | Normal hill | 96.5 | 44 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 44 |
| Kang Chil-ku | Large hill | 58.8 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 45 |
| Kim Hyun-ki | Normal hill | 107.5 | 30 Q | 104.5 | 43 | did not advance | did not advance | 43 |
| Kim Hyun-ki | Large hill | 75.3 | 32 Q | 84.4 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | 39 |
| Choi Heung-chul Choi Yong-jik Kang Chil-ku Kim Hyun-ki | Team | n/a | n/a | 321.15 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | 13 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Choi Jae-bong | 500 m | 35.61 | 35.43 | 1:11.04 | 8 |
| Choi Jae-bong | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:10.23 | 17 |
| Kwon Sun-chun | 500 m | 58.66 | 36.13 | 1:34.79 | 37 |
| Lee Jin-woo | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:49.85 | 28 |
| Lee Jong-woo | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:48.11 | 14 |
| Lee Kang-seok | 500 m | 35.34 | 35.09 | 1:10.43 | |
| Lee Kang-seok | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:10.52 | 22 |
| Lee Kyou-hyuk | 500 m | 35.76 | 35.62 | 1:11.38 | 17 |
| Lee Kyou-hyuk | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:09.37 | 4 |
| Mun Jun | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:10.66 | 24 |
| Mun Jun | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 1:48.38 | 16 |
| Yeo Sang-yeop | 5000 m | n/a | n/a | 6:58.13 | 28 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Choi Seung-yong | 500 m | 39.65 | 39.37 | 1:19.02 | 18 |
| Kim Yoo-rim | 500 m | 39.57 | 39.68 | 1:19.25 | 20 |
| Kim Yoo-rim | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:18.77 | 28 |
| Lee Bo-ra | 500 m | 40.01 | 39.72 | 1:19.73 | 25 |
| Lee Bo-ra | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:21.19 | 34 |
| Lee Ju-yeon | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:18.66 | 26 |
| Lee Ju-yeon | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 2:00.85 | 16 |
| Lee Sang-hwa | 500 m | 38.35 | 38.69 | 1:17.04 | 5 |
| Lee Sang-hwa | 1000 m | n/a | n/a | 1:17.78 | 19 |
| Noh Seon-yeong | 1500 m | n/a | n/a | 2:03.35 | 32 |
| Noh Seon-yeong | 3000 m | n/a | n/a | 4:15.68 | 19 |