Short-track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the Olympics
Short Track Speed Skating at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | White Ring |
Dates | 17–21 February |
No. of events | 6 |
Competitors | 94 from 18 nations |
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Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held from 17 to 21 February. Six events were contested at the White Ring.[1][2]
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
South Korea led the medal table with six, including three golds. Chun Lee-kyung led the individual medal table, with two golds and one bronze. The top men's medalist was Kim Dong-sung, who won one gold and one silver.
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres details | Takafumi Nishitani![]() | 42.862 | An Yulong![]() | 43.022 | Hitoshi Uematsu![]() | 43.713 |
1000 metres details | Kim Dong-sung![]() | 1:32.375 | Li Jiajun![]() | 1:32.428 | Éric Bédard![]() | 1:32.661 |
5000 metre relay details | ![]() Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon | 7:06.075 | ![]() Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung | 7:06.776 | ![]() Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong | 7:11.559 |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres details | Annie Perreault![]() | 46.568 | Yang Yang (S)![]() | 46.627 | Chun Lee-kyung![]() | 46.335[a] |
1000 metres details | Chun Lee-kyung![]() | 1:42.776 | Yang Yang (S)![]() | 1:43.343 | Won Hye-kyung![]() | 1:43.361 |
3000 metre relay details | ![]() Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi | 4:16.260 | ![]() Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan | 4:16.383 | ![]() Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Annie Perreault Tania Vicent | 4:21.205 |
- ^ Jeon won a medal as the winner of the B Final, as the A final featured two skaters failing to finish.
Participating NOCs
Eighteen nations competed in the short track events at Nagano. Belarus, the Germany, Poland and Ukraine made their short track debuts.
Australia (5)
Bulgaria (2)
Canada (8)
China (8)
France (2)
Germany (5)
Great Britain (5)
Italy (9)
Japan (11)
South Korea (9)
Mongolia (2)
Netherlands (5)
Poland (1)
North Korea (6)
Russia (2)
Sweden (1)
Ukraine (2)
United States (11)