North Korea at the 1964 Winter Olympics

North Korea at the 1964 Winter Olympics
IOC code	PRK (NKO used at these Games)
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Innsbruck
Competitors	13 (6 men, 7 women) in 2 sports
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1964 1968 1972 1976–1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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Korea (2018)

North Korea competed as North Korea at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the first time that the nation was represented at any Olympic Games. Han Pil-hwa is the first Winter Olympic medalist from either Korea before South Korea won its first winter medals in 1992 starting with Kim Ki-hoon.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Han Pil-Hwa	Speed skating	Women's 3000m

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
30 km	Kim Ko-Am	1'55:11.0	65
	Yang Duk-Soon	1'53:58.4	63

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Ri Han-Soon	53:21.8	33
	Kim Bong-Za	52:18.6	32

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Ri Sung-Ryool	43.0	30
	Kim Zin-Hook	41.9	19
1500 m	Kim Zin-Hook	2:19.4	36
	Ri Sung-Ryool	2:13.9	14
5000 m	Kim Choon-Bong	8:22.9	30
	Bak Sung-Wun	8:20.2	28
10,000 m	Kim Choon-Bong	17:10.8	23

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Han Pil-Hwa	58.5	28
	Ryoo Choon-Za	48.4	15
1000 m	Ryoo Choon-Za	1:40.0	16
1500 m	An Sen-Za	2:44.7	30
	Han Pil-Hwa	2:30.1	9
	Kim Song-Soon	2:27.7	4
3000 m	Bak Wol-Ja	5:30.8	13
	Kim Song-Soon	5:25.9	7
	Han Pil-Hwa	5:18.5

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1964, full results by sports-reference.com