Short-track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{short description|Speed skating at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Short Track Speed Skating
| games = 1994 Winter
| image = Short track speed skating Olympics 1994.png
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| venue = Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre
| dates = 22–26 February
| competitors = 87
| nations = 19
| prev = 1992
| next = 1998
}}
{{Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics}}
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.{{cite web | title = Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3 | url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1994/E_BOOK4.PDF| publisher = LA84 Foundation | work = Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee | year = 1994 | accessdate = 16 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061534/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/STK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=9 November 2019}}
Medal summary
=Medal table=
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOC
| event = 1994 Winter
| team =
| gold_KOR = 4 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 1
| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 2
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 1
| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1
| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 1
}}
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.
=Men's events=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 500 metres {{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Chae Ji-hoon|KOR|1994 Winter}} | 43.45
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mirko Vuillermin|ITA|1994 Winter}} | 43.47
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Nicky Gooch|GBR|1994 Winter}} | 43.68 |
| 1000 metres {{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Kim Ki-hoon|KOR|1994 Winter}} | 1:34.57
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Chae Ji-hoon|KOR|1994 Winter}} | 1:34.92
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Marc Gagnon|CAN|1994 Winter}}{{efn| Derrick Campbell of Canada was obstructed by the Briton Nicky Gooch, who was disqualified. Campbell got up and thought he finished the race, and was celebrating his bronze medal with a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter live on television when he discovered he hadn't completed the race. He had miscounted and left the track one lap short of the finish line, and was classified as a non-finisher. This meant that Marc Gagnon was a surprise bronze medalist, even though he wasn't even in the A final.}} | 1:33.03 |
| valign="top"
| 5000 metre relay | {{flagIOCteam|ITA|1994 Winter}} | 7:11.74
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1994 Winter}} | 7:13.37
| {{flagIOCteam|AUS|1994 Winter}} | 7:13.68 |
{{notelist}}
=Women's events=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 500 metres {{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Cathy Turner|USA|1994 Winter}} | 45.98
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Zhang Yanmei|CHN|1994 Winter}} | 46.44
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Amy Peterson|USA|1994 Winter}} | 46.76 |
| 1000 metres {{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Chun Lee-kyung|KOR|1994 Winter}} | 1:36.87
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Nathalie Lambert|CAN|1994 Winter}} | 1:36.97
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kim So-hee|KOR|1994 Winter}} | 1:37.09 |
| valign="top"
| 3000 metre relay | {{flagIOCteam|KOR|1994 Winter}} | 4:26.64
| {{flagIOCteam|CAN|1994 Winter}} | 4:32.04
| {{flagIOCteam|USA|1994 Winter}} | 4:39.34 |
Participating NOCs
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.
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagIOC|AUS|1994 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|1994 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|BUL|1994 Winter|3}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|1994 Winter|10}}
- {{flagIOC|CHN|1994 Winter|8}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|1994 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1994 Winter|3}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1994 Winter|9}}
- {{flagIOC|JPN|1994 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|KAZ|1994 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|KOR|1994 Winter|7}}
- {{flagIOC|MGL|1994 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|1994 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|NZL|1994 Winter|5}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|1994 Winter|4}}
- {{flagIOC|RSA|1994 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|RUS|1994 Winter|6}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|1994 Winter|1}}
- {{flagIOC|USA|1994 Winter|8}}
{{div col end}}
References
{{reflist}}
{{Events at the 1994 Winter Olympics}}
{{Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics}}