Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Dates 13 – 23 February 2002
Medal Events 8

The Olympic short track competitions where held in the Delta Center, which was renamed to the Salt Lake Ice Center during the Games to remove the sponsor name. The arena had been home to the NBA’s Utah Jazz since 1991, but hosted figure skating and short track during the 2002 Winter Games.

The short track program was extended with two new events, the 1,500 m for both men and women. The men’s competitions garnered more attention than in previous Games, due to the final races in the 1,000 and 1,500 m. Result-wise, the Games were dominated by Yang [A] Yang, who reached all the women’s finals and won two gold medals and a silver. In the men’s events, Canada’s Marc Gagnon won three medals, including two golds.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
500 metres, Men Olympic 23 February 2002 32 20
1,000 metres, Men Olympic 13 – 16 February 2002 32 20
1,500 metres, Men Olympic 20 February 2002 31 19
5,000 metres Relay, Men Olympic 13 – 23 February 2002 36 8
500 metres, Women Olympic 16 February 2002 29 17
1,000 metres, Women Olympic 20 – 23 February 2002 28 16
1,500 metres, Women Olympic 13 February 2002 28 17
3,000 metres Relay, Women Olympic 16 – 20 February 2002 35 8
111 (60/51) 26 (20/17)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres, Men Marc GagnonCAN Jonathan GuilmetteCAN Rusty SmithUSA
1,000 metres, Men Steven BradburyAUS Apolo Anton OhnoUSA Mathieu TurcotteCAN
1,500 metres, Men Apolo Anton OhnoUSA Li JiajunCHN Marc GagnonCAN
5,000 metres Relay, Men CanadaCAN ItalyITA People's Republic of ChinaCHN
500 metres, Women Yang Yang (A)CHN Evgeniya RadanovaBUL Wang ChunluCHN
1,000 metres, Women Yang Yang (A)CHN Go Gi-HyeonKOR Yang Yang (S)CHN
1,500 metres, Women Go Gi-HyeonKOR Choi Eun-GyeongKOR Evgeniya RadanovaBUL
3,000 metres Relay, Women Republic of KoreaKOR People's Republic of ChinaCHN CanadaCAN

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
People's Republic of China CHN 2 2 3 7
Republic of Korea KOR 2 2 0 4
Canada CAN 2 1 3 6
United States USA 1 1 1 3
Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 1 2
Italy ITA 0 1 0 1