- South Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Infobox Olympics South Korea
games=2006 Winter
competitors=40
sports=
flagbearer=Bora Lee
gold=6
silver=3
bronze=2
total=11
rank=7South Korea competed as "Korea" at the2006 Winter Olympics , whileNorth 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 a white flag bearing a solid dark blue image of Korea.Medalists
* In terms of medal count, Korea is the only Asian country in the top ten.
* Ten of the eleven medals are from short track speed skating. Short track speedskatersJin Sun-Yu andAhn Hyun Soo were the second and third people to win three gold medals each in Turin. Of three people who won three gold medal, Ahn is the only one who won any other medal, winning an extra bronze medal.Gold
* Short track speed skating
** Men's 1000 m:Hyun-Soo Ahn in a time of 1:26.739
** Men's 1500 m:Hyun-Soo Ahn in a time of 2:25.341
** Men's 5000 m relay:Lee Ho-Suk ,Ahn Hyun-Soo ,Seo Ho-Jin ,Song Suk-Woo in a time of 6:43.376 "(Olympic record)"
** Women's 1000 m:Jin Sun-Yu in a time of 1:32.859
** Women's 1500 m:Jin Sun-Yu in a time of 2:23.494
** Women's 3000 m relay:Byun Chun-Sa ,Choi Eun-Kyung ,Jeon Da-Hye ,Jin Sun-Yu , Kang Yun-Miilver
* Short track speed skating
** Men's 1000 m:Lee Ho-Suk in a time of 1:26.764
** Men's 1500 m:Lee Ho-Suk in a time of 2:25.6
** Women's 1500 m:Choi Eun-Kyung in a time of 2:24.069Bronze
* Short track speed skating
** Men's 500 m:Ahn Hyun-Soo in a time of 42.089
* Speed skating
** Men's 500 m:Lee Kang-Seok in a time of 35.34 (1st heat) & 35.09 (2nd heat)Events
Alpine skiing
;Men's giant slalom:
;Women's slalom:
Bobsleigh
Men
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Cho In Ho
*Lee Ki Ro
*Lee Yong
*Kang Kwang Bae Cross-country skiing
Men
*
Choi Im Heon
*Jung Eui Myung
*Park Byung Joo Women
*
Lee Chae Won Freestyle skiing
Women's moguls
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Yoon Chae Rin :Qualification run - 7.07 (did not advance)Luge
Men's singles luge
Men's normal hill individual jump
Men's 1000 m
Women's 500 m
References
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/athletes?lname=all&country=kor&sport=all Yahoo! Sports – South Korea]
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