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
Governing body ISU
Events9 (men: 4; women: 4; mixed: 1)
Games
  • 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 teams from East Asia and North America, namely South Korea, China , Canada and the United States . Those four countries have won 147 of 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 and China 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
15 1988 10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
GamesYearEventsBest nation
16 1992 4Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
17 1994 6Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
18 1998 6Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
19 2002 8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
20 2006 8Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
21 2010 8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
22 2014 8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
23 2018 8Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
24 2022 9

Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

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.svg  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 nations)656565195

Notes

Number of athletes by nation

Nation2428323648525660646872768084 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)               655562228
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)               112
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)               11214
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)               5442126
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)               127135
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)               98810101010108
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)               588981010108
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)               111215
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)               61
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)               852467448
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)               57105226
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)               535547558
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)               21114
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)               26468106
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)               1113
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)               89910991078
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)               8511101088108
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)               11674
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)               6791010910108
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)               11124
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)               11
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)               1223
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)               55513710107
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)               44114
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)               152
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)               1113136
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea  (PRK)               36224
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)               1113
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)               11
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)               622351077
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SGP)               11
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)               1113
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)               1113
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)               11
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)               21114
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)               581181010888
Nations---------------1619182624232522
Athletes---------------868794111106109116115
Year2428323648525660646872768084 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22

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