North Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics

North Korea at the
2018 Winter Olympics
IOC codePRK
NOCOlympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9โ€“25 February 2018
Competitors10 in 4 sports
Flag bearer None[note 1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Korea (2018)

North Korea competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Pair skaters Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik qualified for the Games, but the North Korean National Olympic Committee failed to enter them by the 30 October 2017 deadline. On 9 January 2018, North Korea agreed in negotiations with South Korea to send both athletes and a delegation to the Winter Olympics.[2]

The teams representing North Korea and South 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]

  1. ^ "Kim Jong Un's sister shakes hands with South Korean president Moon Jae In at opening ceremony". News.com.au. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ^ Sang-Hun, Choe (8 January 2018). "North Korea to Send Olympic Athletes to South Korea, in Breakthrough". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. ^ Sang-hun, Choe (17 January 2018). "North and South Korean Teams to March as One at Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 January 2018.


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