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{{Infobox speed skater
| name          = Lee Kang-seok
| image         = Lee Kang-Seok (2006) crop.jpg
| caption       = Lee Kang-seok at the 2006 World Cup
| headercolor   = #d7ecff
| country       = {{KOR}}
| sport         = [[Speed skating]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1985|2|28|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Uijeongbu]], [[South Korea]]
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height        = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight        = {{convert|71|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| pb            = 
| website       =  
| titles        = no
| worlds        = 2006 (500&nbsp;m) <br> 2009 ([[2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m]])
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[speed skating]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{KOR}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]]|[[Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres|500&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Salt Lake City|500 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Vancouver|500 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2010 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|2010 Obihiro]]|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Winter Universiade|Winter Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 Winter Universiade|2007 Torino]]|500 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 Winter Universiade|2009 Harbin]]|100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|2009 Harbin|500 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|2007 Torino|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2005 Winter Universiade|2005 Innsbruck]]|500 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2009 Harbin|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Speed skating at the Asian Winter Games|Asian Winter Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 Asian Winter Games|2007 Changchun]]|[[Speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|[[Speed skating at the 2011 Asian Winter Games – Men's 500 metres|500 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2007 Changchun|[[Speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games|100 m]]}}
| show-medals   = yes
}}

{{Korean name|[[Lee (Korean name)|Lee]]}}

'''Lee Kang-seok''' ([[Korean language|Korean]]: 이강석, [[Hanja]]: 李康奭, born 28 February 1985) is a South Korean [[Speed skating|speed skater]]. He is the 2007 and 2009 [[World Single Distance Championships for Men#500m|World Champion for 500&nbsp;m]]. At the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], he won a bronze medal in the 500&nbsp;m.  He is the second South Korean person to win a medal in an event outside of short track speedskating, and he has become a representative to show that South Korea is expanding towards cultivating their athletes to excel in sports other than short track speed skating.

On 5 March 2006, Lee won his first [[ISU Speed Skating World Cup|World Cup]] title, winning the 2005–06 World Cup on the 500&nbsp;m. A year later, Lee won gold at the [[World Single Distance Championships]] in the [[Utah Olympic Oval]], setting a world record time of 34.25 seconds in the second race. The record has been broken since then by [[Jeremy Wotherspoon]] on 9 November 2007, with a time of 34.03 seconds. At the [[2009 Winter Universiade]] in [[Harbin]], [[China]], Lee won the 500&nbsp;m, beating [[Yu Fengtong]] with times of 35.00 and 34.82.

== Controversies ==
Lee had his South Korean driving license revoked for driving while intoxicated on 16 June 2012. He had a [[blood alcohol content]] of 0.12%.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:이강석 음주운전, 빙상 국가대표 워크샵 이후 ‘면허 취소’|url=http://www.fnnews.com/view?ra=Sent1301m_View&corp=fnnews&arcid=12072322011091&cDateYear=2012&cDateMonth=07&cDateDay=23|language=korean|work=파이낸셜뉴스|accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref>

== World record ==
{| class='wikitable'
|-
!Event!!Time!!Date!!Venue
|-
|[[World record progression 500 m speed skating men|500 m]]||34.25||9 March 2007||align=left|[[Utah Olympic Oval]], Salt Lake City
|}

<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref name=stats>
{{cite web|title=Lee Kang-seok
|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1985022801
|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com
|accessdate=29 August 2012}}</ref></small>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1985022801 Lee Kang-seok at SpeedSkatingStats.com]
* [http://www.fotos.desg.de/athletes.php?showAthletes=all&id=1126 Photos of Lee Kang-seok]
* {{cite web|title=Lee Kang-seok|url=http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=2698|publisher=SpeedskatingResults.com|accessdate=29 August 2012}}
* {{cyworld|id=39097762}}
{{commons category|Lee Kang-Seok}}
{{Footer World Single Distance Champions 500m Speed Skating Men}}


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[[Category:People from Uijeongbu]]
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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in speed skating]]
[[Category:Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games]]
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