Short-track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Short Track Speed Skating at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Dates	22–26 February
Competitors	87 from 19 nations
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Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics was held from 22 to 26 February. Six events were contested at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre. In short track speed skating's second Olympic appearance, two events were added, the 500 metres for the men and the 1000 metres for the women. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	4	1	1	6
2	United States	1	1	2	4
3	Italy	1	1	0	2
4	Canada	0	2	1	3
5	China	0	1	0	1
6	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

South Korea led the medal table with six, including four golds. The medal for the Australian men's relay team was the country's first in the Winter Olympics. Chun Lee-kyung led the individual medal table, with two gold medals. The top men's medalists were Chae Ji-hoon and Mirko Vuillermin, who won one gold and one silver.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Chae Ji-hoon   South Korea	43.45	Mirko Vuillermin   Italy	43.47	Nicky Gooch   Great Britain	43.68
1000 metres details	Kim Ki-hoon   South Korea	1:34.57	Chae Ji-hoon   South Korea	1:34.92	Marc Gagnon   Canada [a]	1:33.03
5000 metre relay details	Italy Maurizio Carnino Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Mirko Vuillermin	7:11.74	United States Randy Bartz John Coyle Eric Flaim Andy Gabel	7:13.37	Australia Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski	7:13.68

1. Derrick Campbell of Canada was obstructed by the Briton Nicky Gooch, who was disqualified. Campbell got up and thought he finished the race, and was celebrating his bronze medal with a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter live on television when he discovered he hadn't completed the race. He had miscounted and left the track one lap short of the finish line, and was classified as a non-finisher. This meant that Marc Gagnon was a surprise bronze medalist, even though he wasn't even in the A final.

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Cathy Turner   United States	45.98	Zhang Yanmei   China	46.44	Amy Peterson   United States	46.76
1000 metres details	Chun Lee-kyung   South Korea	1:36.87	Nathalie Lambert   Canada	1:36.97	Kim So-hee   South Korea	1:37.09
3000 metre relay details	South Korea Chun Lee-kyung Kim So-hee Kim Yun-mi Won Hye-kyung	4:26.64	Canada Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Sylvie Daigle Nathalie Lambert	4:32.04	United States Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer Karen Cashman	4:39.34

Participating NOCs

Nineteen nations competed in the short track events at Lillehammer. Bulgaria, Mongolia, South Africa and Sweden made their short track debuts, while Russia and Kazakhstan competed for the first time as independent countries after having been part of the Unified Team in 1992.

•   Australia  (5)
•   Belgium  (4)
•   Bulgaria  (3)
•   Canada  (10)
•   China  (8)
•   France  (5)
•   Great Britain  (3)
•   Italy  (9)
•   Japan  (5)
•   Kazakhstan  (1)
•   South Korea  (7)
•   Mongolia  (1)
•   Netherlands  (5)
•   New Zealand  (5)
•   Norway  (4)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   Russia  (6)
•   Sweden  (1)
•   United States  (8)

References

1. "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
2. "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2019.