| 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 |
| Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 3000 m relay | women | |
| 5000 m relay | men | |
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[edit]
Medal table[edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  China | 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[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres |
Takafumi Nishitani Japan |
42.862 | An Yulong China |
43.022 | Hitoshi Uematsu Japan |
43.713 |
| 1000 metres |
Kim Dong-sung South Korea |
1:32.375 | Li Jiajun China |
1:32.428 | Éric Bédard Canada |
1:32.661 |
| 5000 metre relay |
Canada (CAN) Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon |
7:06.075 | South Korea (KOR) Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung |
7:06.776 | China (CHN) Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong |
7:11.559 |
Women's events[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Annie Perreault Canada |
46.568 | Yang Yang (S) China |
46.627 | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea |
46.335[a] |
| 1000 metres |
Chun Lee-kyung South Korea |
1:42.776 | Yang Yang (S) China |
1:43.343 | Won Hye-kyung South Korea |
1:43.361 |
| 3000 metre relay |
South Korea (KOR) Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi |
4:16.260 | China (CHN) Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan |
4:16.383 | Canada (CAN) 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[edit]
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)
References[edit]
- ^ "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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