Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics
Governing body ISU
Events 8 (men: 4; women: 4)
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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 is not included in the official Olympic statistics. The sport has been dominated by teams from Asia and North America, namely South Korea (IOC code KOR), China (CHN), Canada (CAN) and the United States (USA). Those four countries have won 104 of 120 medals awarded since 1992. South Korea leads the medal tally (and gold medal tally), with 37 medals including 19 golds since 1992. All but 8 medals (including 4 golds) that South Korea won at the Winter Olympics came from Short-track speed skating. Similarly, 24 of China's 44 Winter Olympics medals are from the sport.

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 different disciplines on the same day.[1][2][3][4]

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[edit] Events

• = 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 Years
Men's 500 metres (d)   • • • • • 5
Men's 1000 metres (d) • • • • • • 6
Men's 1500 metres (d)       • • • 3
Men's 3000 metres (d)              
Men's 5000 metre relay (d) • • • • • • 6
Women's 500 metres (d) • • • • • • 6
Women's 1000 metres (d)   • • • • • 5
Women's 1500 metres (d)       • • • 3
Women's 3000 metres (d)              
Women's 3000 metre relay (d) • • • • • • 6
Total events 10 4 6 6 8 8 8

[edit] Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea (KOR) 19 11 7 37
2  Canada (CAN) 7 10 8 25
3  China (CHN) 7 10 7 24
4  United States (USA) 4 5 9 18
5  Italy (ITA) 1 2 2 5
6  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 2 1 3
 Japan (JPN) 1 0 2 3
8  Australia (AUS) 1 0 1 2
9  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
 North Korea (PRK) 0 0 1 1
 Unified Team (EUN) 0 0 1 1

Updated after the 2010 Winter Olympics.

[edit] 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 Years
 Australia (AUS)                               6 5 5 5 6 2 6
 Austria (AUT)                               1 1
 Belarus (BLR)                               1 1 2
 Belgium (BEL)                               5 4 4 2 1 5
 Bulgaria (BUL)                               1 2 7 1 3 5
 Canada (CAN)                               9 8 8 10 10 10 6
 China (CHN)                               5 8 8 9 8 10 6
 Czech Republic (CZE)                               1 1 1 3
 France (FRA)                               8 5 2 4 6 7 6
 Germany (GER)                               5 7 10 5 4
 Great Britain (GBR)                               5 3 5 5 4 7 6
 Hong Kong (HKG)                               2 1 1 3
 Hungary (HUN)                               2 6 4 6 4
 Israel (ISR)                               1 1
 Italy (ITA)                               8 9 9 10 9 9 6
 Japan (JPN)                               8 5 11 10 10 8 6
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)                               1 1 2
 Latvia (LAT)                               1 1 2
 Mongolia (MGL)                               1 2 2 3
 Netherlands (NED)                               5 5 5 1 3 7 6
 New Zealand (NZL)                               4 4 1 1 4
 North Korea (PRK)                               3 6 2 3
 Norway (NOR)                               1 5 2
 Poland (POL)                               1 1 1 3 4
 Romania (ROU)                               1 1 1 3
 Russia (RUS)                               6 2 2 3 5 5
 Slovakia (SVK)                               1 1 2
 South Africa (RSA)                               1 1
 South Korea (KOR)                               6 7 9 10 10 9 6
 Sweden (SWE)                               1 1 1 3
 Ukraine (UKR)                               2 1 1 3
 Unified Team (EUN)                               6 1
 United States (USA)                               5 8 11 8 10 10 6
Nations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 19 18 26 24 23 33
Athletes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 86 87 94 111 106 109 389
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 6

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Latvia's quick-change artist makes Olympic history". Toronto Star. 2010-02-14. http://olympics.thestar.com/2010/article/765257--latvia-s-quick-change-artist-makes-olympic-history. Retrieved 2010-02-18. 
  2. ^ Harris, Beth (2010-02-13). "Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/13/AR2010021303005.html. Retrieved 2010-02-19. [dead link]
  3. ^ CTV Olympics, "Latvian skater makes Olympic history", Agence France Press, 14 February 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  4. ^ New York Times, "Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First", Associated Press, 30 January 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.
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