North Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics

North Korea at the
1998 Winter Olympics
North Korea at the; 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	PRK
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Nagano
Competitors	8 (2 men, 6 women) in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Yun Chol (short track speed skating)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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	Korea (2018)

North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Short track speed skating	2	4	6
Speed skating	0	2	2
Total	2	6	8

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Han Sang-Guk	500 m	44.206	4	did not advance
Yun Chol	500 m	45.014	4	did not advance
Yun Chol	1000 m	1:33.133	4	did not advance
Han Sang-Guk	1000 m	1:34.220	3	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Jong Ok-Myong	500 m	46.835	2 Q	DSQ	–	did not advance
Han Ryon-Hui		DNF	–	did not advance
Hwang Ok-Sil		46.987	3	did not advance
Han Ryon-Hui	1000 m	1:34.493	2 Q	1:34.405	4	did not advance
Jon Ok-Myong		DSQ	–	did not advance
Ho Jong-Hae		1:44.256	2 Q	1:38.546	4	did not advance
Jong Ok-Myong Ho Jong-Hae Hwang Ok-Sil Han Ryon-Hui	3000 m relay					4:25.126	3 QB	4:27.030	7

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Kim Jong-Hui	42.17	35	41.57	36	83.74	35
1000 m	Kin Jong-Hui					1:23.88	37
1000 m	Kim Ok-hui					1:23.37	36

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