# Short-track speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. Those competition events took place at the Max Bell Arena in Calgary. This was the only time in the history of Olympic Games that the short track venue was shared with curling.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Men's events
### 500 m
#### Final A

February 23, 1988
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Wilfred O'Reilly | Great Britain | 44.80 |
| 2 | Mario Vincent | Canada | 45.15 |
| 3 | Tatsuyoshi Ishihara | Japan | 45.37 |
| 4 | Robert Dubreuil | Canada | 45.38 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 5 | Michel Daignault | Canada | 45.10 |
| 6 | Orazio Fagone | Italy | 46.35 |
| 7 | Kim Ki-hoon | South Korea | 48.82 |
| 8 | Toshinobu Kawai | Japan | 49.12 |

### 1000 m
#### Final A

February 24, 1988
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Wilf O'Reilly | Great Britain | 1:33.44 |
| 2 | Michel Daignault | Canada | 1:33.66 |
| 3 | Marc Bella | France | 1:34.45 |
| 4 | Tatsuyoshi Ishihara | Japan | 1:35.72 |
| 5 | Louis Grenier | Canada | 1:37.17 |
| 6 | Roberto Peretti | Italy | 1:48.33 |
| 7 | Lee Joon-ho | South Korea | DQ |

#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 8 | Kim Ki-hoon | South Korea | 1:37.20 |
| 9 | Richard Suyten | Netherlands | 1:37.52 |
| 10 | Didier Claeys | Belgium | 1:38.10 |
| 11 | Orazio Fagone | Italy | 1:38.35 |
| 12 | Tsutomu Kawasaki | Japan | 1:38.40 |

### 1500 m
#### Final A

February 22, 1988
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Kim Ki-hoon | South Korea | 2:26.68 |
| 2 | Louis Grenier | Canada | 2:26.99 |
| 3 | Orazio Fagone | Italy | 2:27.16 |
| 4 | Roberto Peretti | Italy | 2:27.24 |
| 5 | Mario Vincent | Canada | 2:27.34 |
| 6 | Michel Daignault | Canada | 2:28.15 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 7 | Lee Joon-ho | South Korea | 2:38.19 |
| 8 | Tatsuyoshi Ishihara | Japan | 2:38.65 |
| 9 | Yuichi Akasaka | Japan | 2:38.88 |
| 10 | Kawai Toshinobu | Japan | 2:39.93 |
| 11 | Tsutomu Kawasaki | Japan | 2:43.67 |
| 12 | Pat Moore | United States | 2:51.21 |

### 3000 m
#### Final

February 25, 1988
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Lee Joon-ho | South Korea | 5:21.63 |
| 2 | Charles Veldhoven | Netherlands | 5:22.39 |
| 3 | Michel Daignault | Canada | 5:30.68 |
| 4 | Peter Van der Velde | Netherlands | 5:31.07 |
| 5 | Mario Vincent | Canada | 5:31.15 |
| 6 | Mo Ji-soo | South Korea | 5:32.24 |
| 7 | Tatsuyoshi Ishihara | Japan | 5:32.70 |
| 8 | Jaco Bos | Netherlands | 5:36.16 |

### 5000 m relay
#### Final

February 25, 1988
| Rank | Country | Name | Time |
| 1 | Netherlands | Charles Veldhoven Peter van der Velde Jaco Mos Richard Suyten | 7:29.05 |
| 2 | Italy | Roberto Peretti Enrico Peretti Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof | 7:30.39 |
| 3 | Canada | Louis Grenier Robert Dubreuil Mario Vincent Michel Daignault | 7:35.47 |
| 4 | United States | Andy Gabel Patrick Moore Brian Arseneau David Besteman | 7:47.59 |
| 5 | Japan | Yuichi Akasaka Tochinobu Kawai Tsutomu Kawasaki Tatsuyoshi Ishihara | |
| 6 | Great Britain | Robert Blair Wilf O'Reilly Ian Ellis Stuart Horsepool | |

## Women's events
### 500 m
#### Final A

February 22, 1988
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Monique Velzeboer | Netherlands | 48.28 |
| 2 | Eden Donatelli | Canada | 48.34 |
| 3 | Li Yan | China | 48.84 |
| 4 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 49.64 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 5 | Yumiko Yamada | Japan | 49.57 |
| 6 | Cristina Sciolla | Italy | 49.75 |
| 7 | Simone Velzeboer | Netherlands | DNF |
| 7 | Eiko Shishii | Japan | DNF |

### 1000 m
#### Final A

February 25, 1988
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Li Yan | China | 1:39.00 |
| 2 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 1:41.15 |
| 3 | Monique Velzeboer | Netherlands | 1:43.10 |
| 4 | Jing Qiao | China | 1:46.38 |
| 5 | Maryse Perreault | Canada | 2:25.50 |
| 6 | Jinyan Li | China | DQ |

#### Final B

| RANK | Name | Country | Time |
| 7 | Eden Donatelli | Canada | 1:40.06 |
| 8 | Maria Rosa Candido | Italy | 1:40.21 |
| 9 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 1:40.49 |
| 10 | Viktoriya Troytskaya | Soviet Union | 1:41.47 |
| 11 | Valérie Barizza | France | 1:43.12 |
| 12 | Yumiko Yamada | Japan | DNF |

### 1500 m
#### Final A

February 23, 1988
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 2:37.61 |
| 2 | Monique Velzeboer | Netherlands | 2:37.77 |
| 3 | Li Yan | China | 2:37.92 |
| 4 | Eiko Shishii | Japan | 2:38.19 |
| 5 | Yumiko Yamada | Japan | 2:39.49 |
| 6 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 2:44.77 |

#### Final B

| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 7 | Maria Rosa Candido | Italy | 2:43.64 |
| 8 | Maryse Perreault | Canada | 2:43.91 |
| 9 | Jinyan Li | China | 2:44.04 |
| 10 | Yoo Boo-won | South Korea | 2:44.28 |
| 11 | Jing Qiao | China | 2:48.89 |
| AC | Lee Yoon-sook | South Korea | – DNF |

### 3000 m

February 24, 1988
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
| 1 | Eiko Shishii | Japan | 5:25.44 |
| 2 | Sylvie Daigle | Canada | 5:25.82 |
| 3 | Maria Rosa Candido | Italy | 5:25.89 |
| 4 | Hiromi Takeuchi | Japan | 5:26.52 |
| 5 | Li Yan | China | 5:28.68 |
| 6 | Nathalie Lambert | Canada | 5:37.36 |
| 7 | Nobuko Yamada | Japan | 5:47.29 |
| 8 | Maryse Perreault | Canada | 5:51.97 |

### 3000 m relay

February 24, 1988
| Rank | Country | Name | Time |
| 1 | Italy | Maria Rosa Candido Gabriella Monteduro Barbara Mussio Maria Cristina Sciolla | 4:45.88 |
| 2 | Japan | Hiromi Takeuchi Eiko Shishii Yumiko Yamada Nobuko Yamada | 4:46.91 |
| 3 | Canada | Susan Auch Nathalie Lambert Eden Donatelli Maryse Perreault | 4:49.77 |