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Short Track Speed Skating at the XVII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre |
Dates | 22–26 February |
Competitors | 87 from 19 nations |
Short track speed skating at the 1994 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 1994 Winter Olympics was held from 22 to 26 February. Six events were contested at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre. In short track speed skating's second Olympic appearance, two events were added, the 500 metres for the men and the 1000 metres for the women.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
South Korea led the medal table with six, including four golds. The medal for the Australian men's relay team was the country's first in the Winter Olympics. Chun Lee-kyung led the individual medal table, with two gold medals. The top men's medalists were Chae Ji-hoon and Mirko Vuillermin, who won one gold and one silver.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres |
Chae Ji-hoon South Korea |
43.45 | Mirko Vuillermin Italy |
43.47 | Nicky Gooch Great Britain |
43.68 |
1000 metres |
Kim Ki-hoon South Korea |
1:34.57 | Chae Ji-hoon South Korea |
1:34.92 | Marc Gagnon Canada |
1:33.03 |
5000 metre relay |
Italy (ITA) Maurizio Carnino Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Mirko Vuillermin |
7:11.74 | United States (USA) Randy Bartz John Coyle Eric Flaim Andy Gabel |
7:13.37 | Australia (AUS) Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski |
7:13.68 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres |
Cathy Turner United States |
45.98 | Zhang Yanmei China |
46.44 | Amy Peterson United States |
46.76 |
1000 metres |
Chun Lee-kyung South Korea |
1:36.87 | Nathalie Lambert Canada |
1:36.97 | Kim So-hee South Korea |
1:37.09 |
3000 metre relay |
South Korea (KOR) Chun Lee-kyung Kim So-hee Kim Yun-mi Won Hye-kyung |
4:26.64 | Canada (CAN) Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Sylvie Daigle Nathalie Lambert |
4:32.04 | United States (USA) Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer Karen Cashman |
4:39.34 |
Nineteen nations competed in the short track events at Lillehammer. Bulgaria, Mongolia, South Africa and Sweden made their short track debuts, while Russia and Kazakhstan competed for the first time as independent countries after having been part of the Unified Team in 1992.