South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of South Korea
IOC code	KOR
NOC	Korean Olympic Committee
Website	www.sports.or.kr (in Korean)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea February 9–25, 2018
Competitors	122[a] in 15 sports
Flag bearers	None (opening)[b][1] and Lee Seung-hoon (closing)[2]
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 5 Silver 8 Bronze 4 Total 17
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Korea (2018)

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^[a] 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.^[3]

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).