| Short Track Speed Skating at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | White Ring |
| Dates | 17–21 February 1998 |
| No. of events | 6 |
| Competitors | 94 from 18 nations |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  China | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Takafumi Nishitani Japan | 42.862 | An Yulong China | 43.022 | Hitoshi Uematsu Japan | 43.713 |
| 1000 metres | Kim Dong-sung.svg.png){kind=small} 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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Eighteen nations competed in the short track events at Nagano. Belarus, the Germany, Poland and Ukraine made their short track debuts.
References
- ^ "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.