# Short-track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia on 13–26 February 2010.
China dominated the competition, sweeping the women's events - winning gold in the 500 m, 1,000 m 1,500 m and 3000 m relay. Wang Meng won three gold medals becoming the most accomplished female short track speed skater in Olympic history and Apolo Ohno became the most decorated Winter Olympian in United States history with eight medals.
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 different disciplines on the same day. He competed in the 5000m and then raced across town to the 1500m event.
The final of the women's 3000 metres relay event was controversially won by the Chinese team, which set a new world record. The South Korean team initially finished first but was disqualified due to illegal contact which was deemed to have impeded a Chinese skater. Australian referee James Hewish subsequently received abusing and threatening emails including personal death threats from angry South Korean fans.

## Competition schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).
| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Event | Phase |
| Day 2 | Saturday, 2010-02-13 | 17:00 | 19:30 | 500 m women | Heats |
| Day 2 | Saturday, 2010-02-13 | 17:00 | 19:30 | 3,000 m relay women | Heats |
| Day 2 | Saturday, 2010-02-13 | 17:00 | 19:30 | 1,500 m men | Final |
| Day 6 | Wednesday 2010-02-17 | 17:00 | 19:15 | 1,000 m men | Heats |
| Day 6 | Wednesday 2010-02-17 | 17:00 | 19:15 | 5,000 m relay men | Heats |
| Day 6 | Wednesday 2010-02-17 | 17:00 | 19:15 | 500 m women | Final |
| Day 9 | Saturday 2010-02-20 | 17:45 | 20:15 | 1,500 m women | Final |
| Day 9 | Saturday 2010-02-20 | 17:45 | 20:15 | 1,000 m men | Final |
| Day 13 | Wednesday 2010-02-24 | 17:00 | 18:45 | 1,000 m women | Heats |
| Day 13 | Wednesday 2010-02-24 | 17:00 | 18:45 | 500 m men | Heats |
| Day 13 | Wednesday 2010-02-24 | 17:00 | 18:45 | 3,000 m relay women | Final |
| Day 15 | Friday 2010-02-26 | 18:00 | 20:15 | 500 m men | Final |
| Day 15 | Friday 2010-02-26 | 18:00 | 20:15 | 1,000 m women | Final |
| Day 15 | Friday 2010-02-26 | 18:00 | 20:15 | 5,000 m relay men | Final |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | United States | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Charles Hamelin Canada | 40.981 | Sung Si-bak South Korea | 41.340 | François-Louis Tremblay Canada | 46.366 |
| 1000 metres details | Lee Jung-su South Korea | 1:23.747 OR | Lee Ho-suk South Korea | 1:23.801 | Apolo Ohno United States | 1:24.128 |
| 1500 metres details | Lee Jung-su South Korea | 2:17.611 | Apolo Ohno United States | 2:17.976 | J. R. Celski United States | 2:18.053 |
| 5000 metre relay details | Canada (CAN) Charles Hamelin François Hamelin Olivier Jean François-Louis Tremblay Guillaume Bastille | 6:44.224 | South Korea (KOR) Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Lee Jung-su Sung Si-bak Kim Seoung-il | 6:44.446 | United States (USA) J. R. Celski Travis Jayner Jordan Malone Apolo Ohno Simon Cho | 6:44.498 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Wang Meng China | 43.048 | Marianne St-Gelais Canada | 43.707 | Arianna Fontana Italy | 43.804 |
| 1000 metres details | Wang Meng China | 1:29.213 | Katherine Reutter United States | 1:29.324 | Park Seung-hi South Korea | 1:29.379 |
| 1500 metres details | Zhou Yang China | 2:16.993 OR | Lee Eun-byul South Korea | 2:17.849 | Park Seung-hi South Korea | 2:17.927 |
| 3000 metre relay details | China (CHN) Sun Linlin Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang | 4:06.610 WR | Canada (CAN) Jessica Gregg Kalyna Roberge Marianne St-Gelais Tania Vicent | 4:09.137 | United States (USA) Allison Baver Alyson Dudek Lana Gehring Katherine Reutter Kimberly Derrick | 4:14.081 |

## Records

| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | OR |
| Men's 1500 m | February 13 | Heat 3 | Lee Jung-su | South Korea | 2:12.280 | OR |
| Women's 500 m | February 13 | Heat 3 | Wang Meng | China | 43.926 | OR |
| Men's 1500 m | February 13 | Semifinal 1 | Lee Jung-su | South Korea | 2:10.949 | OR |
| Women's 3000 m relay | February 13 | Semifinal 2 | Sun Linlin Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang | China | 4:08.797 | OR |
| Women's 500 m | February 17 | Quarterfinal 2 | Wang Meng | China | 43.284 | OR |
| Men's 1000 m | February 17 | Heat 3 | Sung Si-bak | South Korea | 1:24.245 | OR |
| Women's 500 m | February 17 | Semifinal 2 | Wang Meng | China | 42.985 | OR |

## Participating nations

The quotas were announced on November 23, 2009.
| Nations | Men's 500m | Men's 1000m | Men's 1500m | Men's relay | Women's 500m | Women's 1000m | Women's 1500m | Women's relay | Athletes |
| Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 |
| China | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| France | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 7 |
| Germany | 2 | 2 | 3 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 6 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 2 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | 3 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 |
| Russia | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | 2 | 3 | X | 10 |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 2 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Total: 23 NOCs | 32 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 113 |