South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics
South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, from 9 to 25 February 2018, as the host nation. It was represented by 122 competitors in all 15 disciplines (15 sports). In January 2018, following inter-governmental talks, the teams representing South Korea and North Korea entered the Opening Ceremony marching under the Korean Unification Flag, while in women's ice hockey there was a single united Korean team. South Korea won a total of seventeen medals – five gold, eight silver and four bronze – making these Games the most successful in South  Korea's history in terms of total medals won, and earning the country 7th place in the overall medal table. Thirteen of the medals were won in long-track and short-track speed skating events. For the first time in their history, South Korean athletes also won medals in sliding sports (bobsleigh and skeleton), in a team event (curling) and in a snow event (snowboarding). Medalists. The following South Korean competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. Competitors. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games  per sport/discipline. Alpine skiing. South Korea qualified a total of two male and two female athletes for alpine skiing. Biathlon. Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, South Korea qualified five women and received one men spot. Bobsleigh. Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, South Korea qualified three sleds. Cross-country skiing. South Korea qualified a total of two male and two female athletes for cross-country skiing. Curling. South Korea qualified their men's team (five athletes), their women's team (five athletes), and their mixed doubles team (two  athletes). Men's tournament. South Korea qualified a men's team as the host country. South Korea had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 11. "Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05" "Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05" "Friday, 16 February, 09:05" "Friday, 16 February, 20:05" "Saturday, 17 February, 14:05" "Sunday, 18 February, 20:05" "Monday, 19 February, 14:05" "Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05" "Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05" Women's tournament. South Korea qualified a women's team as the host country. South Korea had a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9. "Thursday, 15 February, 09:05" "Thursday, 15 February, 20:05" "Friday, 16 February, 14:05" "Saturday , 17 February, 20:05" "Sunday, 18 February, 14:05" "Monday, 19 February, 09:05" "Tuesday, 20 February, 14:05" "Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05" "Wednesday, 21 February, 20:05" "Friday, 23 February, 20:05" "Sunday, 25 February, 09:05" Mixed doubles. South Korea qualified a mixed doubles team as the host country. "Thursday, February 8, 9:05" "Thursday, February 8, 20:04" "Friday, February 9, 8:35" "Friday, February 9, 13:35" "Saturday, February 10, 9:05" "Saturday, February 10, 20:04" "Sunday, February 11, 9:05" Figure skating. South Korea qualified two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. They additionally qualified one male  figure skater as well as an entry in ice dancing through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. As hosts, they were given a quota to compete in the pairs event. Team event Ice hockey. Men's tournament. South Korea men's national ice hockey team qualified as the host. Women's tournament. South Korea women's national ice hockey team qualified as the host. In January 2018, it was announced that the South Korean team would be amalgamated with a group of North Korean players to form a single Korean team in the tournament. In this team, at least three North  Korean players were selected for each game. Luge. Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, South Korea qualified four sleds. Short track speed skating. According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, South Korea qualified a full squad of five men and five women each. Skeleton. Based on the world rankings, South Korea qualified three sleds. Notes. Park Je-un took part in two sports: nordic combined and ski jumping. South Korea did not march at the Parade of Nations. Its delegates marched in the opening ceremony, together with North Korea's  delegates, as a unified "Korea" team. South Korean bobsleigher Won Yun-jong along with North Korean ice hockey player Hwang Chung-gum were the flagbearers of this unified Korea team.