North Korea at the 2011 Asian Winter Games

North Korea at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	PRK
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Astana and Almaty
Competitors	32 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Ri Song Chol
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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North Korea participated in the 2011 Asian Winter Games in Almaty and Astana, Kazakhstan from January 30, 2011, to February 6, 2011. The team is less than half the size that was sent to the 2007 games in Changchun.

Medal summary

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Figure skating	0	0	1	1
Totals (1 entries)	0	0	1	1

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/SP		FS/LP		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ri Song Chol	Men's	56.25	7	109.17	8	165.42	8

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/SP		FS/FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thae Won-hyok & Ri Ji-hyang	Pairs	53.60	3	89.44	3	143.04

Ice dance

Athlete(s)	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hong Ye-gyong & Choe Min	Ice dancing	31.43	5	49.32	5	80.75	5

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games

Women

North Korea will send a women's team. The team consists of 20 athletes.

Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Kazakhstan	4	3	1	0	0	21	3	+18	11
	Japan	4	2	1	1	0	22	6	+16	9
	China	4	2	0	1	1	22	9	+13	7
4	North Korea	4	1	0	0	3	7	18	−11	3
5	South Korea	4	0	0	0	4	1	37	−36	0

All times are local (UTC+6).

January 28 19:00

North Korea

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Kazakhstan

Baluan Sholak Palace, Almaty Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Hong Kum-Sil (out 52:40) Ri Hye-Yong (in 52:40)	Goalies	Darya Obydennova	Referee: Kotoe Umemura (JPN)
	0–1 07:56 – Yakovchuk (Sazonova, Shu) (PP) 0–2 42:51 – Konysheva (Sviridova) 0–3 52:40 – Tukhtiyeva (Potapova)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	50

January 29 14:30

China

8–1 (1–1, 4–0, 3–0)

North Korea

Baluan Sholak Palace, Almaty Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Ri Hye-Yong (out 25:36, in 50:02) Hong Kum-Sil (in 25:36, out 50:02)	Referee: Erin Blair (USA)
	Ma R. (Tang L.) – 11:07 1–0 1–1 15:18 – Kim N.G. (Ri S.G.) (PP) Qi X.T. (Jin F.L.) (PP) – 25:06 2–1 Sun R. (Zhang B.) – 25:18 3–1 Jin F.L. (Qi X.T.) (PP) – 35:24 4–1 Qi X.T. (Sun R., Zhang S.) (PP) – 36:45 5–1 Ma R. – 46:39 6–1 Ma R. – 50:02 7–1 Zhang B. (Jin F.L., Sun R.) – 57:40 8–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	51	Shots	15

February 1 14:30

North Korea

6–1 (2–1, 2–0, 2–0)

South Korea

Baluan Sholak Palace, Almaty Attendance: 551

Game reference
	Hong Kum-Sil	Goalies	Shin So-Jung	Referee: Kotoe Umemura (JPN)
	O C.O. (Kim S.H., Kim N.G.) – 08:24 1–0 1–1 09:57 – Lee K.S. (Hwango Y.) (PP) Ri Y.S. (Ri S.G.) (PP) – 11:20 2–1 Won C.S. (Kim S.H.) – 27:28 3–1 O C.O. (Ri Y.S.) – 37:10 4–1 Ro S.B. (Kim K.B., Ri S.G.) – 48:11 5–1 Ryu H.M. (Ri S.G.) – 52:17 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	70	Shots	14

February 3 11:30

Japan

6–0 (2–0, 3–0, 1–0)

North Korea

Baluan Sholak Palace, Almaty Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Azusa Nakaoku (out 40:00) Shizuka Takahashi (in 40:00)	Goalies	Hong Kum-Sil (out 26:18, in 40:00) Ri Hye-Yong (in 26:18, out 40:00)	Referee: Arina Ustinova (RUS)
	Hirano (Aoki) (PP) – 08:58 1–0 Shimozawa (Hirano) (PP) – 15:37 2–0 Yoneyama – 20:46 3–0 Kondo (Yoneyama) – 26:18 4–0 Hirano (Adachi) – 26:34 5–0 Sakagami – 55:42 6–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	21

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Jong-mi	500m	46.151	3	Did not qualify
Hwang Hye-jong	500m	47.029	4	Did not qualify
Ri Won-hyang	1000m	1:48.853	3	Did not qualify
Ju Yun-Mi	1500m	2:41.122	4 QB			3:00.522	8
Kim Mi-Hyang	1500m	3:15.862	4 QB			3:00.662	9

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Ko Hyon-suk	500 m	96.34	10
	1500 m	2:02.93	8
Hwang Sung-hui	1500 m	2:07.15	10
	Mass start	18:12.45	10