| Short-track speed skating at the Winter World University Games | |
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| Events | 9 (men: 4; women: 4; mixed: 1) |
| Games | |
Short track speed skating events have been contested at the Universiade since 1985 as an optional sport. Starting in 1991, it has been a mandatory sport.
| Event | 85 | 89 | 91 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 01 | 03 | 05 | 07 | 09 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 23 | Years |
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| Men's 500 metres | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Men's 1000 metres | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Men's 1500 metres | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Men's 3000 metres | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | ||||||
| Men's 5000 metres relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17 | |
| Women's 500 metres | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Women's 1000 metres | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Women's 1500 metres | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 |
| Women's 3000 metres | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | ||||||
| Women's 3000 metres relay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17 | |
| Mixed team 2000 metres relay | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  Danny Kah |  Louis Grenier | Michel Daignault |
| 1987 | not included in the program | ||
| 1989 |  Kim Kihoon | Lee Joonho | Mo Jisoo |
| 1991 | Kim Kihoon |  Roberto Peretti | Mo Jisoo |
| 1993 | Lee Joonho |  Kim Changhwan | Park Saewoo |
| 1995 | Chae Ji Hoon |  Eric Flaim |  Satoru Terao |
| 1997 | Lee Ho Eung | Satoru Terao |  Li Jiajun |
| 1999 |  Bruno Loscos | Takafumi Nishitani | Yuno Shinohara |
| 2001 | Lee Seung-Jae | Min Ryoung | Li Haonan |
| 2003 | Yunfeng Ma | Marc-André Monette | Yoshiharu Arino |
| 2005 | Ahn Hyun-Soo | Seo Ho-Jin | Sui Bao Ku |
| 2007 | Sung Si-Bak | Lee Seung-hoon | Lee Hyeon-sung |
| 2009 | Lee Seung-hoon | Kim Seoung-il | Yun Tae-sik |
| 2011-2023 | not included in the program | ||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-1987 | not included in the program | ||
| 1989 | South Korea | China | United States |
| 1991 | Italy | United States | Canada |
| 1993 | South Korea | North Korea | United States |
| 1995 | South Korea | Japan | China |
| 1997 | South Korea | Japan | United States |
| 1999 | Japan | United States | China |
| 2001 | South Korea | Italy | Japan |
| 2003 | South Korea | Italy | China |
| 2005 | South Korea | China | Japan |
| 2007 | South Korea | China | Italy |
| 2009 | China | Canada | South Korea |
| 2011 | China | Canada | France |
| 2013 |  Hungary | Canada |  Russia |
| 2015 | China | Russia | France |
| 2017 | China | Russia |  Kazakhstan |
| 2019 | South Korea | Russia | Kazakhstan |
| 2023 | South Korea | Kazakhstan |  Netherlands |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Huanli Zhan | Lydia Rosa Stephans | Susan Auch |
| 1987 | not included in the program | ||
| 1989 | Li Jinyan | Maria Rosa Candido | Keiko Asai |
| 1991 | Oksil Hwang | Li Gyong-hui | Kim Chunhwa |
| 1993 | Zhang Chun Yang | Zhang Jing | Li Gyong-hui |
| 1995 | Kim So Hee | Chun Lee Kyun | Shin So Ja |
| 1997 | Chun Lee Kyung | Marinella Canclini | Shin So Ja |
| 1999 | Liu Xiao Ying | Sachi Ozawa | Fu Tian Yu |
| 2001 | An Sang-Mi |  Evgenia Radanova | Choi Min-Kyung |
| 2003 | Zhu Mi Lei | Hye-Kyung Kim | Marta Capurso |
| 2005 | Choi Eun-Kyung | Kim Min-Jung | Cho Ha-Ri |
| 2007 | Kang Yun-mi | Sun Linlin | Hur Hee-been |
| 2009 | Choi Jung-won | Liu Qiuhong | Kim Hye-kyung |
| 2011-2023 | not included in the program | ||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-1987 | not included in the program | ||
| 1989 | China | United States | North Korea |
| 1991 | China |  Soviet Union | South Korea |
| 1993 | China | North Korea | United States |
| 1995 | China | South Korea | United States |
| 1997 | China | South Korea | Russia |
| 1999 | Bulgaria | China | Japan |
| 2001 | South Korea | China | Japan |
| 2003 | South Korea | China | Japan |
| 2005 | South Korea | Japan | China |
| 2007 | China | Japan | South Korea |
| 2009 | China | South Korea | Canada |
| 2011 | South Korea | China | Hungary |
| 2013 | South Korea | Russia | Hungary |
| 2015 | China | South Korea | Canada |
| 2017 | South Korea | China | Kazakhstan |
| 2019 | Russia | Japan | Kazakhstan |
| 2023 | South Korea | China | United States |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | France | Kazakhstan | Japan |
Last updated after the 2023 Winter Universiade
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 88 | 52 | 46 | 186 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 47 | 35 | 38 | 120 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 6 | 18 | 16 | 40 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 9 | North Korea (PRK) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 15 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (19 entries) | 167 | 167 | 167 | 501 | |
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