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 Country First Second Third Total
1 Netherlands 2 2 1 5
2 Great Britain 2 0 0 2
2 South Korea 2 0 0 2
4 Canada 1 6 3 10
5 Italy 1 1 2 4
6 Japan 1 1 1 3
7 China 1 0 2 3
8 France 0 0 1 1

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 R Suyten Netherlands 1:37.52
10 D Claeys Belgium 1:38.10
11 Orazio Fagone Italy 1:38.35
12 T 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 Y Akasaka Japan 2:38.88
10 Kawai Toshinobu Japan 2:39.93
11 T Kawasaki Japan 2:43.67
12 P 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 Y Akasaka
T Kawai
T Kawasaki
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
6 Great Britain R Blair
W O'Reilly
I Ellis
S 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 Scoilla Maria Christina Italy 49.75
7 Velzeboer ,S Netherlands DNF
7 Shishii,E 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

Final B

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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

Final B

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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

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
Marye Perreault 		4:49.77

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