Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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 | ||
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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 February to 21 February. Six events were contested at the White Ring.[1]
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | 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 | |||
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500 metres |
Takafumi Nishitani | 42.862 | An Yulong | 43.022 | Hitoshi Uematsu | 43.713 |
1000 metres |
Kim Dong-sung | 1:32.375 | Li Jiajun | 1:32.428 | Éric Bédard | 1:32.661 |
5000 metre relay |
Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon | 7:06.075 | Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung | 7:06.776 | Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong | 7:11.559 |
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres |
Annie Perreault | 46.568 | Yang Yang (S) | 46.627 | Chun Lee-kyung | 46.335[lower-alpha 1] |
1000 metres |
Chun Lee-kyung | 1:42.776 | Yang Yang (S) | 1:43.343 | Won Hye-kyung | 1:43.361 |
3000 metre relay |
Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi | 4:16.260 | Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan | 4:16.383 | 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.
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References
- ↑ "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
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