:en:South Korea at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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| NOC = KOR

| NOCname = Korean Olympic Committee

| games = Winter Olympics

| year = 1948

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| location = St. Moritz

| competitors = 3

| sports = 1

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| rank =

| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

| officials = 2

| appearances = auto

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South Korea, as Korea, competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Speed skating

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! Athlete

! Event

! Record

! Rank

rowspan=2 align=left|Choi Yong-Jin

| 500m

| 45.7

| T21

1500m

| 2:29.8

| 31

rowspan=2 align=left|Lee Chong-Kook

| 1500m

| 2:30.9

| T36

5000m

| 9:36.7

| 38

rowspan=3 align=left|Lee Hyo-Chang

| 500m

| 45.9

| T23

1500m

| 2:23.3

| 19

5000m

| 9:05.4

| 25

References

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  • {{cite book |title=Rapport Général sur les Ves Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 |author=Comité Olympique Suisse |publisher=H. Jaunin |location=Lausanne |date=January 1951 |language=French |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/ORW1948.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-06-10}}

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{{Nations at the 1948 Winter Olympics}}

Korea, South

1948

Category:1948 in South Korean sport

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