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Speed skating at the Olympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held from 17 to 21 February. Six events were contested at the White Ring.[1][2]
Short Track Speed Skating at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | White Ring |
Dates | 17–21 February |
No. of events | 6 |
Competitors | 94 from 18 nations |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | China | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
South Korea led the medal table with six, including three golds. Chun Lee-kyung led the individual medal table, with two golds and one bronze. The top men's medalist was Kim Dong-sung, who won one gold and one silver.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres |
Takafumi Nishitani Japan | 42.862 | An Yulong China | 43.022 | Hitoshi Uematsu Japan | 43.713 |
1000 metres |
Kim Dong-sung South Korea | 1:32.375 | Li Jiajun China | 1:32.428 | Éric Bédard Canada | 1:32.661 |
5000 metre relay |
Canada (CAN) Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon | 7:06.075 | South Korea (KOR) Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung | 7:06.776 | China (CHN) Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong | 7:11.559 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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500 metres |
Annie Perreault Canada | 46.568 | Yang Yang (S) China | 46.627 | Chun Lee-kyung South Korea | 46.335[lower-alpha 1] |
1000 metres |
Chun Lee-kyung South Korea | 1:42.776 | Yang Yang (S) China | 1:43.343 | Won Hye-kyung South Korea | 1:43.361 |
3000 metre relay |
South Korea (KOR) Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi | 4:16.260 | China (CHN) Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan | 4:16.383 | Canada (CAN) Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Annie Perreault Tania Vicent | 4:21.205 |
Eighteen nations competed in the short track events at Nagano. Belarus, the Germany, Poland and Ukraine made their short track debuts.
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