Short-track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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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.

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

Games Year Events Best nation
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15 1988 10  Netherlands
Games Year Events Best nation
16 1992 4  South Korea
17 1994 6  South Korea
18 1998 6  South Korea
19 2002 8  China
20 2006 8  South Korea
21 2010 8  China
22 2014 8  Russia
23 2018 8  South Korea
24 2022 9

 South Korea

Events

Men's

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 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 events 5 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Women's

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 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 events 5 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Mixed

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
2000-metre relay • 1
Total events 1

Medal table

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[8]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)26161153
2 China (CHN)1216937
3 Canada (CAN)10131437
4 United States (USA)47920
5 Italy (ITA)36615
6 Netherlands (NED)3339
7 Russia (RUS)3115
8 Hungary (HUN)2024
9 Japan (JPN)1023
10 Australia (AUS)1012
11 Bulgaria (BUL)0213
12 ROC0112
13 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 North Korea (PRK)0011
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)0011
 Unified Team (EUN)0011
Totals (17 entries)656565195

Notes

Number of athletes by nation

Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
 Australia (AUS)                               6 5 5 5 6 2 2 2 8
 Austria (AUT)                               1 1 2
 Belarus (BLR)                               1 1 2 1 4
 Belgium (BEL)                               5 4 4 2 1 2 6
 Bulgaria (BUL)                               1 2 7 1 3 5
 Canada (CAN)                               9 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 8
 China (CHN)                               5 8 8 9 8 10 10 10 8
 Czech Republic (CZE)                               1 1 1 2 1 5
 Unified Team (EUN)                               6 1
 France (FRA)                               8 5 2 4 6 7 4 4 8
 Germany (GER)                               5 7 10 5 2 2 6
 Great Britain (GBR)                               5 3 5 5 4 7 5 5 8
 Hong Kong (HKG)                               2 1 1 1 4
 Hungary (HUN)                               2 6 4 6 8 10 6
 Israel (ISR)                               1 1 1 3
 Italy (ITA)                               8 9 9 10 9 9 10 7 8
 Japan (JPN)                               8 5 11 10 10 8 8 10 8
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)                               1 1 6 7 4
 South Korea (KOR)                               6 7 9 10 10 9 10 10 8
 Latvia (LAT)                               1 1 1 2 4
 Lithuania (LTU)                               1 1
 Mongolia (MGL)                               1 2 2 3
 Netherlands (NED)                               5 5 5 1 3 7 10 10 7
 New Zealand (NZL)                               4 4 1 1 4
 Norway (NOR)                               1 5 2
 Poland (POL)                               1 1 1 3 1 3 6
 North Korea (PRK)                               3 6 2 2 4
 Romania (ROU)                               1 1 1 3
 South Africa (RSA)                               1 1
 Russia (RUS)                               6 2 2 3 5 10 7 7
 Singapore (SGP)                               1 1
 Slovakia (SVK)                               1 1 1 3
 Sweden (SWE)                               1 1 1 3
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)                               1 1
 Ukraine (UKR)                               2 1 1 1 4
 United States (USA)                               5 8 11 8 10 10 8 8 8
Nations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 19 18 26 24 23 25 22
Athletes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 86 87 94 111 106 109 116 115
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22

See also

References

  1. ^ "Latvia's quick-change artist makes Olympic history". Toronto Star. 2010-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. ^ Harris, Beth (2010-02-13). "Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-02-19.[dead link]
  3. ^ CTV Olympics, "Latvian skater makes Olympic history" Archived March 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Agence France Press, 14 February 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  4. ^ New York Times, "Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First" Archived February 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press, 30 January 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  5. ^ a b AP (21 February 2014). "Russia's Ahn wins only short track gold that eluded him: 500m". Fox Sports.
  6. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (18 July 2018). "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics add seven new events". www.olympics.nbcsports.com/. NBC. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Beijing 2022 announces new competition schedule". Xinhua. Beijing, China. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  9. ^ a b Beth Harris (21 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn of Russia wins 2 short track golds". AP. Yahoo! Sports.
  10. ^ Alex Weiner (20 February 2022). "2022 Olympic short track in review: Record-setting women's trio owns podium". NBC Universal.

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