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 MedalNameSportEvent Speed skating Women's 3000m

Cross-country skiing

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank30 kmKim Ko-Am1'55:11.065Yang Duk-Soon1'53:58.463

Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 kmRi Han-Soon53:21.833Kim Bong-Za52:18.632

Speed skating

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mRi Sung-Ryool43.030Kim Zin-Hook41.9191500 mKim Zin-Hook2:19.436Ri Sung-Ryool2:13.9145000 mKim Choon-Bong8:22.930Bak Sung-Wun8:20.22810,000 mKim Choon-Bong17:10.823

Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mHan Pil-Hwa58.528Ryoo Choon-Za48.4151000 mRyoo Choon-Za1:40.0161500 mAn Sen-Za2:44.730Han Pil-Hwa2:30.19Kim Song-Soon2:27.743000 mBak Wol-Ja5:30.813Kim Song-Soon5:25.97Han Pil-Hwa5:18.5

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