# Short-track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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 are not included in the official Olympic statistics. The sport has been dominated by teams from East Asia and North America, namely South Korea, China, Canada and the United States . Those four countries have won 147 of 195 medals awarded since 1992. South Korea leads the medal tally, with 53 medals including 26 golds since 1992. The majority of medals that South Korea and China have won at the Winter Olympics come from short-track speed skating.
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.
In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay held over a distance of 2000 metres, increasing the total number of events to nine. Due to the addition of the event, the competition schedule was increased to six days from five.

## Summary

| Games | Year | Events | Best nation |
| 1 → 14 | | | |
| 15 | 1988 | 10 | Netherlands (1) |
| 16 | 1992 | 4 | South Korea (1) |
| 17 | 1994 | 6 | South Korea (2) |
| 18 | 1998 | 6 | South Korea (3) |
| 19 | 2002 | 8 | China (1) |
| Games | Year | Events | Best nation |
| 20 | 2006 | 8 | South Korea (4) |
| 21 | 2010 | 8 | China (2) |
| 22 | 2014 | 8 | Russia (1) |
| 23 | 2018 | 8 | South Korea (5) |
| 24 | 2022 | 9 | South Korea (6) |
| 25 | | 9 | |

## Events
### Men's

* = official event, (d) = demonstration event
| Event | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
| 500 metres | (d) | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 |
| 1000 metres | (d) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 |
| 1500 metres | (d) | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
| 3000 metres | (d) | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 5000-metre relay | (d) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 |
| Total events | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |

### Women's

* = official event, (d) = demonstration event
| Event | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | Years |
| 500 metres | (d) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 |
| 1000 metres | (d) | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 |
| 1500 metres | (d) | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
| 3000 metres | (d) | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 3000-metre relay | (d) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 |
| Total events | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |

### Mixed

* = 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 | 22 | Years |
| 2000-metre relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | • | 1 |
| Total events | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |

## Medal table

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics): Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 26 | 16 | 11 | 53 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 12 | 16 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 10 | 13 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | ROC (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 65 | 65 | 65 | 195 |