Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics

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Short track speed skating has been contested 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 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 81 of 96 medals awarded since 1998. Also, of the 33 total medals won by Korean athletes (both North and South) in Winter Olympics events, 30 have been won in short track speed skating events. Similarly, 20 of China's 33 Winter Olympics medals are from the sport.

[edit] Events

• = official event , (d) = demonstration event

Event	1988	1992	1994	1998	2002	2006
Men's 500 metres	(d)		•	•	•	•
Men's 1000 metres	(d)	•	•	•	•	•
Men's 1500 metres	(d)				•	•
Men's 3000 metres	(d)
Men's 5000 metre relay	(d)	•	•	•	•	•
Women's 500 metres	(d)	•	•	•	•	•
Women's 1000 metres	(d)		•	•	•	•
Women's 1500 metres	(d)				•	•
Women's 3000 metres	(d)
Women's 3000 metre relay	(d)	•	•	•	•	•

Total	10	4	6	6	8	8

[edit] Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in short track speed skating

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	17	7	5	29
2	Canada (CAN)	5	8	7	20
3	United States (USA)	4	3	5	12
4	China (CHN)	3	10	7	20
5	Italy (ITA)	1	2	1	4
6	Japan (JPN)	1	0	2	3
7	Australia (AUS)	1	0	1	2
8	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	2	1	3
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1
	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	1	1