Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics - wikipedia Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics Governing body ISU Events 8 ( men : 4 ; women : 4 ) Games 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Note : demonstration sport years indicated in italics Medalists Records Short track speed skating has been a contest at the Winter Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. Prior to that, it was a demonstration sport at the 1988 games. The results from the 1988 demonstration competition is not included in the official Olympic statistics. The sport has been dominated by teams from Asia and North America, namely South Korea ( IOC code KOR ), China ( CHN ), Canada ( CAN ) and the United States ( USA ). Those four countries have won 134 of 168 medals awarded since 1992. South Korea leads the medal tally ( and gold medal tally ), with 42 medals including 21 golds since 1992. The majority of medals that South Korea won at the Winter Olympics came from short - track speed skating. Similarly, most of the China 's Winter Olympics medals are from the sport. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Haralds Silovs of Latvia became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track ( 1500m ) and long track ( 5000m ) speed skating, and the first to compete in two disciplines on the same day. After winning the 500m event at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Viktor Ahn became the first short track speedskater to have won gold medals in all four short track disciplines ( 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m - relay ). He had won 3 golds in 2014 representing Russia, and 3 in 2006 representing South Korea. Contents 1 Events 1.1 Men 's 1.2 Women 's 2 Medal table 2.1 Notes 3 Number of athletes by nation 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Events Men 's = official event, ( d ) = demonstration event Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years 500 metres ( d ) 7 1000 metres ( d ) 8 1500 metres ( d ) 5 3000 metres ( d ) 0 5000 metre relay ( d ) 8 Total events 5 Women 's = official event, ( d ) = demonstration event Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years 500 metres ( d ) 8 1000 metres ( d ) 7 1500 metres ( d ) 5 3000 metres ( d ) 0 3000 metre relay ( d ) 8 Total events 5 Medal table See also : List of Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total South Korea ( KOR ) 24 13 11 48 China ( CHN ) 10 15 8 33 Canada ( CAN ) 9 12 12 33 United States ( USA ) 7 9 20 5 Russia ( RUS ) 5 6 Italy ( ITA ) 5 11 7 Netherlands ( NED ) 5 8 Japan ( JPN ) 0 9 Australia ( AUS ) 0 10 Hungary ( HUN ) 0 0 11 Bulgaria ( BUL ) 0 12 Great Britain ( GBR ) 0 0 North Korea ( PRK ) 0 0 Olympic Athletes from Russia ( OAR ) 0 0 Unified Team ( EUN ) 0 0 Total 56 56 56 168 Updated on Feb 22, 2018 Notes Viktor Ahn, with 6 gold medals, has the most Olympic golds in short track. Viktor Ahn, Apolo Anton Ohno and Arianna Fontana, with 8 medals each, have the most Olympic medals in short track. Number of athletes by nation Nation 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years Australia ( AUS ) 6 5 5 5 6 8 Austria ( AUT ) Belarus ( BLR ) Belgium ( BEL ) 5 6 Bulgaria ( BUL ) 7 5 Canada ( CAN ) 9 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 8 China ( CHN ) 5 8 8 9 8 10 10 10 8 Czech Republic ( CZE ) 5 Unified Team ( EUN ) 6 France ( FRA ) 8 5 6 7 8 Germany ( GER ) 5 7 10 5 6 Great Britain ( GBR ) 5 5 5 7 5 5 8 Hong Kong ( HKG ) Hungary ( HUN ) 6 6 8 10 6 Israel ( ISR ) Italy ( ITA ) 8 9 9 10 9 9 10 7 8 Japan ( JPN ) 8 5 11 10 10 8 8 10 8 Kazakhstan ( KAZ ) 6 7 South Korea ( KOR ) 6 7 9 10 10 9 10 10 8 Latvia ( LAT ) Lithuania ( LTU ) Mongolia ( MGL ) Netherlands ( NED ) 5 5 5 7 10 10 7 New Zealand ( NZL ) Norway ( NOR ) 5 Poland ( POL ) 6 North Korea ( PRK ) 6 Romania ( ROU ) South Africa ( RSA ) Russia ( RUS ) 6 5 10 7 7 Singapore ( SGP ) Slovakia ( SVK ) Sweden ( SWE ) Chinese Taipei ( TPE ) Ukraine ( UKR ) United States ( USA ) 5 8 11 8 10 10 8 8 8 Nations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 19 18 26 24 23 25 22 Athletes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 86 87 94 111 106 109 116 115 Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 See also List of Olympic venues in short track speed skating References Jump up ^ `` Latvia 's quick - change artist makes Olympic history ''. Toronto Star. 2010 - 02 - 14. Retrieved 2010 - 02 - 18. Jump up ^ Harris, Beth ( 2010 - 02 - 13 ). `` Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty ''. Washington Post. Retrieved 2010 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ CTV Olympics, `` Latvian skater makes Olympic history '' Archived March 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., Agence France Press, 14 February 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010. Jump up ^ New York Times, `` Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First '' Archived February 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., Associated Press, 30 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010. ^ Jump up to : AP ( 21 February 2014 ). `` Russia 's Ahn wins only short track gold that eluded him : 500m ''. Fox Sports. ^ Jump up to : Beth Harris ( 21 February 2014 ). `` Viktor Ahn of Russia wins 2 short track golds ''. AP. Yahoo ! Sports. 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Question: when did short track become an olympic sport
Answer: 1992