Short Track Speed Skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Dates 17 – 21 February 1998
Medal Events 6

The 1998 Olympic short track competitions were held at the White Ring, where the figure skating contests were also held. In 1997, the rink had been used for the World Championships, a test event for the Games. After the Olympics, the White Ring became the home of Nagano’s ice hockey and basketball teams.

The short track program remained the same as in 1994, with three events for men and women each. Times were now recorded in thousands of seconds, in order to correctly reflect the often small differences at the finish line.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
500 metres, Men Olympic 19 – 21 February 1998 30 16
1,000 metres, Men Olympic 17 February 1998 30 16
5,000 metres Relay, Men Olympic 19 – 21 February 1998 34 8
500 metres, Women Olympic 19 February 1998 32 13
1,000 metres, Women Olympic 21 February 1998 31 13
3,000 metres Relay, Women Olympic 17 February 1998 33 8
94 (49/45) 18 (16/13)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres, Men Takafumi NishitaniJPN An YulongCHN Hitoshi UematsuJPN
1,000 metres, Men Kim Dong-SeongKOR Li JiajunCHN Éric BédardCAN
5,000 metres Relay, Men CanadaCAN Republic of KoreaKOR People's Republic of ChinaCHN
500 metres, Women Annie PerreaultCAN Yang Yang (S)CHN Jeon I-GyeongKOR
1,000 metres, Women Jeon I-GyeongKOR Yang Yang (S)CHN Won Hye-GyeongKOR
3,000 metres Relay, Women Republic of KoreaKOR People's Republic of ChinaCHN CanadaCAN

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Republic of Korea KOR 3 1 2 6
Canada CAN 2 0 2 4
Japan JPN 1 0 1 2
People's Republic of China CHN 0 5 1 6