North Korea at the 1992 Winter Olympics

North Korea at the 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	PRK
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Albertville
Competitors	20 (9 men, 11 women) in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Hwang Ok-sil	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	20 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Cross-country skiing	2	2	4
Figure skating	3	3	6
Short track speed skating	1	2	3
Speed skating	2	3	5
Total	9	11	20

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kim Chol-ryong	Giant Slalom	1:23.24	1:22.02	2:45.26	67

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Choi Mi-ok	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Choi Mi-ok	Slalom	1:09.00	1:02.05	2:11.05	38

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Son Chol-U	36:08.6	89
	Chang Song-Rok	34:34.9	78
15 km pursuit^1 F	Chang Song-Rok	52:43.4	76
	Son Chol-U	52:35.5	73
30 km C	Son Chol-U	1'43:14.9	75
	Chang Song-Rok	1'42:23.4	72

^1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Li Gyong-Ae	18:54.1	61
	Li Gyong-Hui	16:26.7	51
10 km pursuit^2 F	Li Gyong-Hui	33:58.8	53
15 km C	Li Gyong-Hui	47:10.5	30

^2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Su-Min Li	28	DNF	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Gyong-Ok Li	27	DNF	DNF	–

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Ok Ran Ko Gwang Ho Kim	18	18	27.0	18

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD1	CD2	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Gwang Ho Ryu Un Sil Pak	19	19	19	19	38.0	19

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Li Won-Ho	1000 m	DSQ	–	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Hwang Ok-Sil	500 m	48.70	1 Q	47.95	2 Q	47.74	1 QA	47.23
Kim Chun-Hwa		49.10	3	did not advance

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Choi In-Chol	39.59	35
	Li Yong-Chol	38.38	24
1000 m	Li Yong-Chol	1:18.17	37
	Choi In-Chol	1:16.50	18
1500 m	Choi In-Chol	2:00.36	27

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Kim Chun-Wol	42.47	28
	Chong Chang-Suk	42.45	27
	Song Hwa-Son	42.23	25
1000 m	Kim Chun-Wol	1:26.49	33
	Song Hwa-Son	1:25.80	30
	Chong Chang-Suk	1:25.10	26
1500 m	Song Hwa-Son	2:15.87	31
	Kim Chun-Wol	2:14.87	29
	Chong Chang-Suk	2:11.06	22

References

1. Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1992 Winter Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com