Short-track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Short Track Speed Skating
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueWhite Ring
Dates17–21 February
No. of events6
Competitors94 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

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea3126
2 Canada2024
3 Japan1012
4 China0516
Totals (4 entries)66618

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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
details
Takafumi Nishitani
 Japan
42.862 An Yulong
 China
43.022 Hitoshi Uematsu
 Japan
43.713
1000 metres
details
Kim Dong-sung
 South Korea
1:32.375 Li Jiajun
 China
1:32.428 Éric Bédard
 Canada
1:32.661
5000 metre relay
details
 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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
details
Annie Perreault
 Canada
46.568 Yang Yang (S)
 China
46.627 Chun Lee-kyung
 South Korea
46.335[a]
1000 metres
details
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
details
 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
  1. ^ Jeon won a medal as the winner of the B Final, as the A final featured two skaters failing to finish.

Participating NOCs

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Eighteen nations competed in the short track events at Nagano. Belarus, the Germany, Poland and Ukraine made their short track debuts.

References

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  1. ^ "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.