South Korea at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr  (in Korean)
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	71 (36 men and 35 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Cha Jun-hwan & Park Ji-woo [1]
Flag bearer (closing)	TBA
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Korea (2018)

South Korea will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Contents

• Competitors
• Medalists
• Alpine skiing
• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
• Cross-country skiing
• Curling
• Women's tournament
• Mixed doubles tournament
• Figure skating
• Freestyle skiing
• Luge
• Short-track speed skating
• Skeleton
• Snowboarding
• Speed skating
• Disqualifications
• See also
• References

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Choi Ga-on Snowboarding Women's halfpipe 12 February  Silver Kim Sang-kyum Snowboarding Men's parallel giant slalom 8 February  Silver Hwang Dae-heon Short-track speed skating Men's 1500 metres 14 February  Bronze Yu Seung-eun Snowboarding Women's big air 9 February  Bronze Rim Jong-un Short-track speed skating Men's 1000m 12 February

Medals by date Day Date Total 2 8 February 0 1 0 1 3 9 February 0 0 1 1 6 12 February 1 0 1 2 8 14 February 0 1 0 1 Total 1 2 2 5 Medals by sport Sport Total Snowboarding 1 1 1 3 Short-track speed skating 0 1 1 2 Total 1 2 2 5 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 2 1 3 Female 1 0 1 2 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 1 2 2 5

Alpine skiing

South Korea qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota. ^[2]

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

South Korea qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota. ^[3] Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, South Korea qualified a further one female athlete. ^[3]

Distance

Men

Women

Sprint

Curling

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gim Eun-ji Kim Min-ji Kim Su-ji Seol Ye-eun Seol Ye-ji	Women's tournament	USA L 4–8	ITA W 7–2	GBR W 9–3	DEN L 3–6	JPN	CHN	SUI	SWE	CAN
Kim Seon-yeong Jeong Yeong-seok	Mixed doubles tournament	SWE L 3–10	ITA L 4–8	SUI L 5–8	GBR L 2–8	CZE L 4–9	USA W 6–5	EST W 9–3	CAN W 9–5	NOR L 5–8	9	Did not advance

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

South Korea qualified a women's team by finishing in the top seven based on the combined points at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. ^[4] Team Gim Eun-ji qualified as Korean representatives by winning the 2025 Korean Curling Championships, finishing 9–2 through the event and defeating Team Ha Seung-youn 7–4 in the championship game. ^[5]

After Draw 5

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	4	4	0	–	31	19	22	14	3	6	83.5%	18.800	Playoffs
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	4	3	1	–	27	23	17	19	3	2	85.0%	17.117
United States	Tabitha Peterson	4	3	1	–	28	25	17	16	2	4	84.1%	37.950
China	Wang Rui	3	2	1	–	20	18	14	11	0	3	84.8%	13.000
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	4	2	2	1–0	25	26	19	17	0	6	75.6%	29.783
South Korea	Gim Eun-ji	4	2	2	0–1	23	19	15	15	5	4	79.8%	12.267
Great Britain	Sophie Jackson	3	1	2	–	14	22	9	14	4	1	81.0%	12.150
Canada	Rachel Homan	4	1	3	–	31	28	19	16	1	3	78.8%	9.817
Japan	Sayaka Yoshimura	4	1	3	–	22	30	16	19	3	3	78.4%	22.050
Italy	Stefania Constantini	4	0	4	–	19	30	14	20	1	0	76.3%	20.883

Source: Official website

Round robin
South Korea had a bye in draws 4, 7 and 11. ^[6]

Draw 1
Thursday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
United States (Peterson)	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	2	8

Draw 2
Thursday, 12 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	2
South Korea (Gim)	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	X	X	X	7

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	3
South Korea (Gim)	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	2	X	X	9

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
Denmark (Dupont)	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	6

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Yoshimura)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
China (Wang)											0

Draw 9
Tuesday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
South Korea (Gim)											0
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)											0

Draw 10
Wednesday, 18 February, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Hasselborg)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Homan)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Mixed doubles tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

South Korea qualified a mixed doubles team by finishing second at the Olympic Qualification Event. ^[7] Kim Seon-yeong and Jeong Yeong-seok qualified as Korean representatives by winning the 2025 Korean Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, finishing 9–1 through the event and defeating the pair of Kim Hye-rin and Yoo Min-hyeon 12–6 in the championship game. ^[5]

Final Round Robin Standings

Team v t e	Athletes	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Great Britain	Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat	9	8	1	–	69	46	37	30	0	11	79.6%	20.931	Playoffs
Italy	Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner	9	6	3	1–0	60	50	32	31	1	11	78.3%	27.931
United States	Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin	9	6	3	0–1	58	45	36	33	0	12	83.1%	25.900
Sweden	Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå	9	5	4	–	62	55	31	34	0	9	80.1%	19.413
Canada	Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant	9	4	5	2–0	58	52	35	31	0	10	78.5%	36.050
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	9	4	5	1–1	52	47	37	33	0	12	77.1%	24.444
Switzerland	Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller	9	4	5	0–2	56	67	32	35	0	6	74.5%	24.000
Czech Republic	Julie Zelingrová / Vít Chabičovský	9	3	6	1–0	45	62	30	34	0	6	69.1%	16.019
South Korea	Kim Seon-yeong / Jeong Yeong-seok	9	3	6	0–1	47	64	32	34	0	9	75.1%	42.425
Estonia	Marie Kaldvee / Harri Lill	9	2	7	–	46	65	32	39	0	7	71.6%	19.300

Source: Official website

Round robin
South Korea had a bye in draws 3, 5, 7, and 11. ^[6]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 4 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Sweden (Wranå / Wranå)	0	2	0	3	4	1	X	X	10
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	3

Draw 2
Thursday, 5 February, 10:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	4
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	X	8

Draw 4
Thursday, 5 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller-Hürlimann / Schwaller)	1	0	4	0	1	0	2	X	8
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 6
Friday, 6 February, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)	2	1	0	2	2	1	0	X	8

Draw 8
Saturday, 7 February, 14:35

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	X	4
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)	2	0	0	2	2	0	3	X	9

Draw 9
Saturday, 7 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	6
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	5

Draw 10
Sunday, 8 February, 10:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Estonia (Kaldvee / Lill)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	3
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	3	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	9

Draw 12
Sunday, 8 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Canada (Peterman / Gallant)	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	5
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	1	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	9

Draw 13
Monday, 9 February, 10:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	1	8
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	5

Figure skating

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, South Korea secured one quota in each of the men's singles, two quota in each of the women's singles, and one quota in each of the ice dance. ^[8] South Korea earned one quota in men's singles at the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 in Beijing, China. ^{[9] [10]} Furthermore, South Korea qualified to the team event. ^[11]

Team event

Freestyle skiing

Moguls

Dual moguls

Park & Pipe

Luge

Short-track speed skating

South Korea qualified the maximum team size of ten short-track speed skaters (five per gender) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. ^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	500 m
Hwang Dae-heon	1000 m	1:24.133	2 Q	PEN		Did not advance
Rim Jong-un		1:25.558	2 Q	1:25.213	2 Q	1:24.025	1 QA	1:24.611
Shin Dong-min		1:24.870	2 Q	1:23.971	2 Q	1:24.327	5 QB	1:27.453	8
Hwang Dae-heon	1500 m	—N/a		2:23.283	1 Q	2:15.823	2 QA	2:12.304
Rim Jong-un				2:38.452	6	Did not advance
Shin Dong-min				2:17.365	3 Q	2:17.192	2 QA	2:12.556	4
Hwang Dae-heon Lee Jeong-min Lee June-seo Rim Jong-un Shin Dong-min	5000 m relay	—N/a

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; ADV A - Advanced to medal final on referee decision; FB - Qualify to consolation final
* - Athlete skated in a preliminary round but not the final.

Women

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final; ADV - Advanced on referee decision

Mixed

Qualification legend: Q - Qualify based on position in heat; q - Qualify based on time in field; FA - Qualify to medal final; FB - Qualify to consolation final
* - Athlete skated in a preliminary round but not the final.

Skeleton

Snowboarding

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Cho Wan-hee	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:27.76	T18	Did not advance
Kim Sang-kyum		1:27.18	8 Q	Kosir  (SLO) W DNF	Fischnaller  (ITA) W DNF	Zamfirov  (BUL) W -0.23	Karl  (AUT) L +0.19
Lee Sang-ho		1:26.74	6 Q	Prommegger  (AUT) L +0.17	Did not advance
Jeong Hae-rim	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:40.55	31	Did not advance

Cross

Park & Pipe

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kim Geon-hui	Men's halfpipe	8.00	8.50	—N/a	8.50	23	Did not advance
Lee Chae-un		82.00	DNI	—N/a	82.00	9 Q	24.75	24.75	87.50	87.50	6
Lee Ji-o		17.75	74.00	—N/a	74.00	13	Did not advance
Choi Ga-on	Women's halfpipe	82.25	DNI	—N/a	82.25	6 Q	10.00	DNI	90.25	90.25
Lee Na-yoon		35.00	DNS	—N/a	35.00	22	Did not advance
Yu Seung-eun	Women's big air	80.75	77.75	88.75	166.50	4 Q	87.75	83.25	20.75	171.0
	Women's slopestyle			—N/a

Speed skating

South Korea qualified eight speed skaters (four men and four women) through performances at the 2025-26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. ^[13]

Men

Women

Mass start

Disqualifications

Women's cross country skiers Han Dasom and Lee Eui-jin were disqualified from the Women's 50 kilometre classical race for allegedly using fluorinated wax, which is banned, on their skies. South Korea denied the allegations. ^[14]

See also

• South Korea at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

References