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Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Dates 22 – 26 February 1994
Medal Events 6

After the sport’s debut in 1992, the Lillehammer Games saw the introduction of two new short track events. Both the men and women gained one individual event (500 m for men, 1000 m for women), making the programmes equal for both sexes. Like all 1994 Olympic skating events, the short track speed skating competitions were held in the town of Hamar.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
500 metres, Men Olympic 24 – 26 February 1994 31 16
1,000 metres, Men Olympic 22 February 1994 31 16
5,000 metres Relay, Men Olympic 24 – 26 February 1994 33 8
500 metres, Women Olympic 24 February 1994 30 15
1,000 metres, Women Olympic 26 February 1994 30 15
3,000 metres Relay, Women Olympic 22 February 1994 33 8
87 (46/41) 19 (16/15)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres, Men Chae Ji-HunKOR Mirko VuillerminITA Nicky GoochGBR
1,000 metres, Men Kim Gi-HunKOR Chae Ji-HunKOR Marc GagnonCAN
5,000 metres Relay, Men ItalyITA United StatesUSA AustraliaAUS
500 metres, Women Cathy TurnerUSA Zhang YanmeiCHN Amy PetersonUSA
1,000 metres, Women Jeon I-GyeongKOR Nathalie LambertCAN Kim So-HuiKOR
3,000 metres Relay, Women Republic of KoreaKOR CanadaCAN United StatesUSA

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Republic of Korea KOR 4 1 1 6
United States USA 1 1 2 4
Italy ITA 1 1 0 2
Canada CAN 0 2 1 3
People's Republic of China CHN 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1