South Korea at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

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South Korea competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States. 6 competitors from South Korea (5 men and 1 woman) participated, all in the Alpine Skiing event.{{Cite web |title=Salt Lake City 2002 - alpine-skiing - ParticipantNumbers |url=https://www.paralympic.org/salt-lake-city-2002/results/alpine-skiing/participants |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}} Sang Min Han won the nation's only medal, clinching the silver in the Men's Giant Slalom LW12 event in Alpine Skiing.{{Cite web |title=Sang Min Han - Alpine Skiing {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/sang-min-han |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}} Han would go on to represent South Korea at the 2006, 2010, 2018, and 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Overall, South Korea finished 21st in the medal table.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/republic-korea|title=Republic of Korea - National Paralympic Committee|website=www.paralympic.org|access-date=2016-06-14}}

Results by Sport

= Alpine Skiing =

Sang Min Han won the only Korean medal in the Men's Giant Slalom (LW12), while Mi Jeong Kim narrowly missed out on a bronze, finishing 3.67 seconds behind 3rd place Austrian Gabriele Huemer in the Women's Downhill (B2-3). She also lost a bronze to France's Pascale Casanova in the Women's Super-G by 4.44 seconds.

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!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

rowspan="4" |Young Jin Jeon

|Men's Downhill LW3,5/7,9

|1:37.63

|9

Men's Giant Slalom LW3,5/7,9

| -

|DNF

Men's Super-G LW3,5/7,9

|1:30.16

|8

Men's Slalom LW3,5/7,9

|1:50.64

|7

rowspan="4" |Hongbin Kim

|Men's Downhill LW3,5/7,9

| -

|DQ

Men's Giant Slalom LW3,5/7,9

| -

|DNF

Men's Super-G LW3,5/7,9

|1:30.61

|9

Men's Slalom LW3,5/7,9

|2:03.54

|9

rowspan="4" |Nam Je Kim

|Men's Downhill LW11

|1:48.39

|9

Men's Giant Slalom LW11

| -

|DNF

Men's Super-G LW11

|1:39.00

|9

Men's Slalom LW11

| -

|DNF

rowspan="4" |Sang Min Han

|Men's Downhill LW12

|1:47.33

|12

Men's Giant Slalom LW12

|2:52.31

|2

Men's Super-G LW12

|1:34.58

|7

Men's Slalom LW12

|2:16.04

|7

rowspan="2" |Hwan Kyung Lee

|Men's Giant Slalom LW2

| -

|DNF

Men's Slalom LW2

|2:30.90

|22

rowspan="4" |Mi Jeong Kim

|Women's Downhill B2-3

|1:51.17

|4

Women's Giant Slalom B2-3

|3:09.12

|5

Women's Super-G B2-3

|1:37.22

|4

Women's Slalom B2-3

|2:28.32

|4

See also

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