Short-track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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Short-track speed skating at the Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating pictogram.svg
IOC CodeSTK
Governing body ISU
Events9 (men: 4; women: 4; mixed: 1)
Winter Olympics
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

Short-track speed skating has been a contest at the Winter Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. Prior to that, it was a demonstration sport at the 1988 games. The results from the 1988 demonstration competition are not included in the official Olympic statistics. The sport has been dominated by South Korea] . That countries have won all 195 medals awarded since 1992. South Korea leads the medal tally, with 53 medals including 26 golds since 1992. The majority of medals that South Korea have won at the Winter Olympics come from short-track speed skating.

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At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Haralds Silovs of Latvia became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two disciplines on the same day. [1] [2] [3] [4] After winning the 500m event at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Viktor Ahn became the first short track speedskater to have won gold medals in all four short track disciplines (500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m-relay). He had won 3 golds in 2014 representing Russia, and 3 in 2006 representing South Korea. [5]

In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay held over a distance of 2000 metres, increasing the total number of events to nine. [6] Due to the addition of the event, the competition schedule was increased to six days from five. [7]

Summary

GamesYearEventsBest nation
114
15 1988 10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (1)
16 1992 4Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea (1)
17 1994 6Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea (2)
18 1998 6Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea (3)
19 2002 8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (1)
GamesYearEventsBest nation
20 2006 8Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea (4)
21 2010 8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (2)
22 2014 8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1)
23 2018 8Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (5)
24 2022 9Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (6)
25 9

Events

Men's

= official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event2428323648525660646872768084 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
500 metres (d) 8
1000 metres (d) 9
1500 metres (d) 6
3000 metres (d) 0
5000-metre relay (d) 9
Total events5233444444

Women's

= official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event2428323648525660646872768084 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
500 metres (d) 9
1000 metres (d) 8
1500 metres (d) 6
3000 metres (d) 0
3000-metre relay (d) 9
Total events5233444444

Mixed

= official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event2428323648525660646872768084 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
2000-metre relay 1
Total events1

Medal table

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics): [8]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)26161153
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1216937
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)10131437
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)47920
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)36615
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)3339
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)3115
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)2024
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1023
10Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1012
11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0213
12Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC (ROC)0112
13Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0011
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)0011
Olympic flag.svg  Olympic Athletes from Russia  (OAR)0011
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)0011
Totals (17 entries)656565195

Notes

Number of athletes by nation

Nation2428323648525660646872768084 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia                655562228
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria                112
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus                11214
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium                5442126
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria                127135
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada                98810101010108
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China                588981010108
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic                111215
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team                61
Flag of France.svg  France                852467448
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany                57105226
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain                535547558
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong                21114
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary                26468106
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel                1113
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy                89910991078
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan                8511101088108
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan                11674
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea                6791010910108
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia                11124
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania                11
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia                1223
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands                55513710107
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand                44114
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway                152
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland                1113136
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea                36224
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania                1113
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa                11
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia                622351077
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore                11
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia                1113
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden                1113
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei                11
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine                21114
Flag of the United States.svg  United States                581181010888
Nations---------------1619182624232522
Athletes---------------868794111106109116115
Year2428323648525660646872768084 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22

See also

References

  1. "Latvia's quick-change artist makes Olympic history". Toronto Star. 2010-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. Harris, Beth (2010-02-13). "Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-02-19.[ dead link ]
  3. CTV Olympics, "Latvian skater makes Olympic history" Archived March 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Agence France Press, 14 February 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  4. New York Times, "Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First" Archived February 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , Associated Press, 30 January 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  5. 1 2 AP (21 February 2014). "Russia's Ahn wins only short track gold that eluded him: 500m". Fox Sports.
  6. Zaccardi, Nick (18 July 2018). "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics add seven new events". www.olympics.nbcsports.com/. NBC . Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  7. "Beijing 2022 announces new competition schedule". Xinhua . Beijing, China. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  9. 1 2 Beth Harris (21 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn of Russia wins 2 short track golds". AP. Yahoo! Sports.
  10. Alex Weiner (20 February 2022). "2022 Olympic short track in review: Record-setting women's trio owns podium". NBC Universal.

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