Cika wannan jumla: A gasar Olympics ta 2018 ta hunturu, Lim Hyo-jun ya yi takara a
Gasar maza ta mita 1500, kuma ana sa ran zai yi gasa a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Koriya ta maza na mita 5000. A cikin zafin jiki na taron mutum na 1500 m, Lim ya zama na farko a tseren da ya ga Kazuki Yoshinaga na Japan da aka dakatar da shi bayan tuntuɓe; Shaoang Liu na Hungary, wanda ya zama na huɗu, ya cancanci tare da Lim zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe. A wasan kusa da na karshe, Lim ya sake zama na farko tare da ɗan Koriya Hwang Dae-heon, wanda ya zama na biyu a bayansa. A wasan karshe na zinare, Charles Hamelin na Kanada ya yi karo da Hwang tare da zagaye uku da suka rage a tseren, ya bar Lim dan Koriya na karshe a fagen. Duk da haka ya gama tseren bakwai na ɗari na biyu a gaban Sjinkie Knegt na Netherlands, mai riƙe da rikodin Duniya, don karɓar lambar zinare a cikin taron; karo na uku a tarihin taron da wani ɗan Koriya ta Kudu ya sanya na farko. Lim ya kuma yi ikirarin rikodin wasannin Olympic don taron, inda ya yi rikodin lokaci na 2:10.485 a wasan karshe, ya doke rikodin Lee Jung-su na 2:10.949 da aka kafa a wasannin Olympics na 2010 a Vancouver.