Short-track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the Olympics
Short Track Speed Skating at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | White Ring |
Dates | 17–21 February |
No. of events | 6 |
Competitors | 94 from 18 nations |
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Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held from 17 to 21 February. Six events were contested at the White Ring.[1][2]
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | China | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
South Korea led the medal table with six, including three golds. Chun Lee-kyung led the individual medal table, with two golds and one bronze. The top men's medalist was Kim Dong-sung, who won one gold and one silver.
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres details | Takafumi Nishitani Japan | 42.862 | An Yulong China | 43.022 | Hitoshi Uematsu Japan | 43.713 |
1000 metres details | Kim Dong-sung South Korea | 1:32.375 | Li Jiajun China | 1:32.428 | Éric Bédard Canada | 1:32.661 |
5000 metre relay details | Canada (CAN) Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon | 7:06.075 | South Korea (KOR) Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung | 7:06.776 | China (CHN) Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong | 7:11.559 |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres details | Annie Perreault Canada | 46.568 | Yang Yang (S) China | 46.627 | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea | 46.335[a] |
1000 metres details | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea | 1:42.776 | Yang Yang (S) China | 1:43.343 | Won Hye-kyung South Korea | 1:43.361 |
3000 metre relay details | South Korea (KOR) Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi | 4:16.260 | China (CHN) Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan | 4:16.383 | Canada (CAN) Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Annie Perreault Tania Vicent | 4:21.205 |
- ^ Jeon won a medal as the winner of the B Final, as the A final featured two skaters failing to finish.
Participating NOCs
Eighteen nations competed in the short track events at Nagano. Belarus, the Germany, Poland and Ukraine made their short track debuts.
- Australia (5)
- Bulgaria (2)
- Canada (8)
- China (8)
- France (2)
- Germany (5)
- Great Britain (5)
- Italy (9)
- Japan (11)
- South Korea (9)
- Mongolia (2)
- Netherlands (5)
- Poland (1)
- North Korea (6)
- Russia (2)
- Sweden (1)
- Ukraine (2)
- United States (11)