Short-track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Short Track Speed Skating

| games = 2002 Winter

| image = Delta-center.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = The Delta Center, venue of short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

| venue = Salt Lake Ice Center

| dates = 13–23 February 2002

| num_events = 8

| competitors = 106

| nations = 26

| prev = 1998

| next = 2006

}}

File:Apolo Ohno's speed skates.jpg National Museum of American History.]]

: For the long track speed skating events, see Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held from 13 to 23 February. Eight events were contested at Salt Lake Ice Center (normally called Delta Center). Two new events were added for these games, with the men's and women's 1500 metres making debuts.{{cite web | title = Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Volume 3 | url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2002/SLC2002Results3.pdf | publisher = LA84 Foundation | work = Salt Lake Organizing Committee | year = 2002 | access-date = 13 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/STK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/STK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Short Track Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=12 November 2019}}

Medal summary

=Medal table=

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| event = 2002 Winter

| team =

| gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 2 | bronze_CHN = 3

| gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 0

| gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 3

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 1

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 0

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 1

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0

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China led the overall table with seven medals, while Evgenia Radanova's two medals for Bulgaria were their first in the sport.

=Men's events=

500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Marc Gagnon|CAN|2002 Winter}}

41.802

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Jonathan Guilmette|CAN|2002 Winter}}

41.994

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Rusty Smith|USA|2002 Winter}}

42.027

1000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1000 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Steven Bradbury|AUS|2002 Winter}}

1:29.109

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Apolo Anton Ohno|USA|2002 Winter}}

1:30.160

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mathieu Turcotte|CAN|2002 Winter}}

1:30.563

1500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 1500 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Apolo Anton Ohno|USA|2002 Winter}}

2:18.541

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Li Jiajun|CHN|2002 Winter}}

2:18.731

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Marc Gagnon|CAN|2002 Winter}}

2:18.806

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| 5000 metre relay
{{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metre relay}}

| {{flagIOC|CAN|2002 Winter}}
Jonathan Guilmette
Marc Gagnon
François-Louis Tremblay
Mathieu Turcotte
Éric Bédard

6:51.579

| {{flagIOC|ITA|2002 Winter}}
Nicola Franceschina
Nicola Rodigari
Fabio Carta
Maurizio Carnino
Michele Antonioli

6:56.327

| {{flagIOC|CHN|2002 Winter}}
Li Jiajun
Feng Kai
Guo Wei
Li Ye
An Yulong

6:59.633

=Women's events=

500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Yang Yang (A)|CHN|2002 Winter}}

44.187

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Evgenia Radanova|BUL|2002 Winter}}

44.252

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Wang Chunlu|CHN|2002 Winter}}

44.272

1000 metres
{{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Yang Yang (A)|CHN|2002 Winter}}

1:36.391

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ko Gi-hyun|KOR|2002 Winter}}

1:36.427

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Yang Yang (S)|CHN|2002 Winter}}

1:37.008

1500 metres
{{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ko Gi-hyun|KOR|2002 Winter}}

2:31.581

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Choi Eun-kyung|KOR|2002 Winter}}

2:31.610

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Evgenia Radanova|BUL|2002 Winter}}

2:31.723

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| 3000 metre relay
{{DetailsLink|Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metre relay}}

| {{flagIOC|KOR|2002 Winter}}
Choi Eun-kyung
Choi Min-kyung
Park Hye-won
Joo Min-jin

4:12.793

| {{flagIOC|CHN|2002 Winter}}
Yang Yang (A)
Yang Yang (S)
Sun Dandan
Wang Chunlu

4:13.326

| {{flagIOC|CAN|2002 Winter}}
Isabelle Charest
Alanna Kraus
Amélie Goulet-Nadon
Marie-Ève Drolet
Tania Vicent

4:15.738

Records

Two world records and fifteen Olympic records were set in Salt Lake City.

Event	Date	Round	Team	Time	OR
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rowspan=3 \| Men's 500 metres	23 February	Heat 7	{{flagIOCathlete\|Jonathan Guilmette\|CAN\|2002 Winter}}	42.326	OR
23 February	Quarterfinal 3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Kim Dong-sung\|KOR\|2002 Winter}}	41.806	OR
23 February	A Final	{{flagIOCathlete\|Marc Gagnon\|CAN\|2002 Winter}}	41.802	OR
rowspan=2 \| Men's 1000 metres	13 February	Heat 7	{{flagIOCathlete\|Rusty Smith\|USA\|2002 Winter}}	1:28.183	OR
16 February	Quarterfinal 3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Mathieu Turcotte\|CAN\|2002 Winter}}	1:27.185	OR
rowspan=2 \| Men's 1500 metres	13 February	Heat 5	{{flagIOCathlete\|Guo Wei\|CHN\|2002 Winter}}	2:18.846	OR
16 February	Semifinal 1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Mathieu Turcotte\|CAN\|2002 Winter}}	2:15.942	OR
Men's 5000 metre relay	13 February	Heat 1	{{flagIOC\|CAN\|2002 Winter}} Éric Bédard Marc Gagnon François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte	6:45.455	OR
rowspan=2 \| Women's 500 metres	16 February	Heat 3	{{flagIOCathlete\|Wang Chunlu\|CHN\|2002 Winter}}	44.723	OR
16 February	Semifinal 1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Yang Yang (A)\|CHN\|2002 Winter}}	44.118	OR
Women's 1000 metres	23 February	Quarterfinal 1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Yang Yang (A)\|CHN\|2002 Winter}}	1:31.235	OR
rowspan=2 \| Women's 1500 metres	13 February	Heat 1	{{flagIOCathlete\|Yang Yang (S)\|CHN\|2002 Winter}}	2:26.943	OR
13 February	Semifinal 2	{{flagIOCathlete\|Choi Eun-kyung\|KOR\|2002 Winter}}	2:21.069	OR	WR
rowspan=2 \| Women's 3000 metre relay	13 February	Heat 1	{{flagIOC\|KOR\|2002 Winter}} Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin	4:14.977	OR
13 February	A Final	{{flagIOC\|KOR\|2002 Winter}} Choi Eun-kyung Choi Min-kyung Park Hye-won Joo Min-jin	4:12.793	OR	WR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-six nations competed in the short track events at Salt Lake City. Belarus, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Israel, Romania and Slovakia made their short track debuts.

{{flagIOC|AUS|2002 Winter|5}}
{{flagIOC|BLR|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|BEL|2002 Winter|4}}
{{flagIOC|BUL|2002 Winter|7}}
{{flagIOC|CAN|2002 Winter|10}}
{{flagIOC|CHN|2002 Winter|9}}
{{flagIOC|CZE|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|FRA|2002 Winter|4}}
{{flagIOC|GER|2002 Winter|7}}
{{flagIOC|GBR|2002 Winter|5}}
{{flagIOC|HKG|2002 Winter|2}}
{{flagIOC|HUN|2002 Winter|6}}
{{flagIOC|ISR|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|ITA|2002 Winter|10}}
{{flagIOC|JPN|2002 Winter|10}}
{{flagIOC|KOR|2002 Winter|10}}
{{flagIOC|MGL|2002 Winter|2}}
{{flagIOC|NED|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|NZL|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|POL|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|ROU|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|RUS|2002 Winter|2}}
{{flagIOC|SVK|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|SWE|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|UKR|2002 Winter|1}}
{{flagIOC|USA|2002 Winter|8}}

References

Category:Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002

Category:2002 in short-track speed skating