The 2018 Winter Olympics,officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as PyeongChang 2018,were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang,South Korea,with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February,a day before the opening ceremony.
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.
Arianna Fontana OMRI is an Italian short track speed skater,who has won eleven Olympic medals among these two gold medals in the 500m short track,one at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the second one at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Her medal haul following the 2022 Games made her the short track skater with the most Olympic medals. It also made her the Italian sportswoman with the highest number of Winter Olympic medals,one more than Stefania Belmondo. She specializes in the 500 m event.
John Robert "J. R." Celski is a retired American short track speed skater,three-time Olympian,and three-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. Celski has held a total of five combined Short Track World and Junior World Records throughout his career including the 500m and 5000m relay World Records as well as the 500m,1000m and 3000m relay Junior World Records. Celski was a part of the team that broke and currently holds the World Record in the 5000m relay established in Shanghai,China on November 12,2017.
Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Adler Arena,Sochi,Russia,between 8 and 22 February 2014.
Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung,South Korea between 10 and 24 February 2018.
South Korea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang,from 9 to 25 February 2018,as the host nation. It was represented by 122 competitors in all 15 disciplines.
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 18–21 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi,Russia.
Abzal Azhgaliyev is a Kazakh male short-track speed skater. He has competed in three Winter Olympic Games and is the first short-track skater from Kazakhstan to win a World Cup event. Holding eight World Cup podiums,he is the most decorated Kazakh skater.
Yara van Kerkhof is a Dutch short track speed skater. She won the silver medal in the 500 m event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang,South Korea.
Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung,South Korea. The eight events were scheduled to take place between 10 and 22 February 2018.
China competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang,South Korea,from 9 to 25 February 2018. China competed in 12 sports,participating in bobsleigh,skeleton,and ski jumping for the first time. China won 9 medals in total.
Cheyenne Goh is a Singaporean short track speed skater.
Erin Jackson is an American speed skater,roller derby player,and Olympic gold medalist. Jackson is the first Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual sport. She qualified for The World Games 2017 in Wroclaw,Poland,where she competed in inline speed skating in various distances on road and track. She also qualified to compete in the 500 meters long track speed skating event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 20 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung,South Korea. Wu Dajing of China set an Olympic record (heat) and 2 world records while leading wire-to-wire in all 3 contests en route to capturing the gold.
The Women’s 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place from 10 to 13 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung,South Korea.
Shaoang Liu is a Hungarian-born Olympic gold medalist short track speed skater. He is the younger brother of teammate Shaolin Sándor Liu,and has won two golds and two bronzes represent Hungary at the Winter Olympics in 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics in short track speed skating. The gold medals were the first ever team gold,and the first ever individual gold at the Winter Olympics for Hungary. He changed his nationality and may represent China after 2023.
Lin Xiaojun,born Lim Hyo-jun,is a South Korean-born Chinese short track speed skater. He is the 2018 champion of the Men's 1500 m event in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics,and also set the new Olympic record for the event. Originally starting as a swimmer,Lim took up skating at a young age. Despite multiple injuries early on in his career,he notably won gold at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics upon his international debut in the Boys' 1000 m event. He would later win the 1000 m and 1500 m events in the Budapest leg of the 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup and earn selection for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Upon his Olympic debut,Lim won the gold medal,setting a new Olympic record of 2:10.485 in the process,beating Lee Jung-su's previous record set at the 2010 games.
The men's 500 metres competition in short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February (heats) and 13 February (finals),at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Shaoang Liu of Hungary won the event,his first individual Olympic gold. Konstantin Ivliev,representing the Russian Olympic committee,won silver,his first Olympic medal. Steven Dubois of Canada won the bronze medal.
