List of historical short track world records

The Italian Fabio Carta was the world record holder over 1000 meters in 1999

The list of historical short track world records includes all of the International Skating Union (ISU) officially recognized world records in the adult sector.

The list goes from 1981, when the first short track world records were set, to today (as of early 2015). During this time, 74 men and 70 women (including the relay world record holder) set a total of 170 world records. Of these, 83 are in the men's and 87 in the women's area. The Chinese Wang Meng set the most records with nine best times , followed by the South Korean Chun Lee-kyung , who was seven times faster than the existing record. Sylvie Daigle from Canada together with Wang Meng set the most individual world records, six in total. Daigle was also the only athlete to hold the best mark on all four individual distances. The longest-running world record was set by the South Korean Chun Lee-kyung, who held the 3000-meter world record for women for 13 years between March 1995 and March 2008. 124 of the 170 world records were set by athletes from three countries - Canada (48 records), South Korea (46 records) and China (30 records). The track on which the most world records have been run is the Olympic Oval in Calgary , which has been the scene of a world record 30 times so far.

Hints:

• The exact regulations and a list of the current world best performances can be found in the main article Short track world records .
• The status of all lists is February 8, 2015.
• The list can be sorted: by clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any desired combination can be achieved by clicking two columns in a row.

Men

500 meters

date	place	athlete	country	time
29 Mar 1981	The Hague (Netherlands)	Michael Richmond	Australia	46.39 0s
0Apr 4, 1982	Moncton (Canada)	Gaétan Boucher	Canada	45.47 0s
0Apr 9, 1983	Tokyo (Japan)	Louis Grenier	Canada	45.37 0s
16. Mar. 1985	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Louis Grenier	Canada	45.08 0s
Jan. 16, 1988	Budapest (Hungary)	Orazio Fagone	Italy	44.46 0s
0Apr 3, 1992	Denver (United States)	Mark Lackie	Canada	43.43 0s
27 Mar 1993	Beijing (China)	Mirko Vuillermin	Italy	43.08 0s
0Dec 9, 1995	Bormio (Italy)	Maurizio Carnino	Italy	42.85 0s
29 Mar 1996	Lake Placid (United States)	Mirko Vuillermin	Italy	42.68 0s
Jan. 24, 1998	Budapest (Hungary)	Dave Versteeg	Netherlands	42.648 s
21 Mar 1998	Vienna (Austria)	Kai Feng	People's Republic of China	42,458 s
29 Mar 1998	Bormio (Italy)	Nicola Franceschina	Italy	41.938 s
04th Mar 2000	Calgary (Canada)	Jeffrey Scholten	Canada	41.742 s
Oct 13, 2001	Calgary (Canada)	Jeffrey Scholten	Canada	41.514 s
0March 8 2003	Calgary (Canada)	Jeffrey Scholten	Canada	41.289 s
Oct 18, 2003	Calgary (Canada)	Jean-François Monette	Canada	41.184 s
Oct 13, 2007	Calgary (Canada)	François Hamelin	Canada	41.066 s
Feb 10, 2008	Salt Lake City (United States)	Sung Si-bak	South Korea	41.051 s
Nov 14, 2009	Marquette (United States)	Sung Si-bak	South Korea	40.651 s
Oct 21, 2012	Calgary (Canada)	John Celski	United States	39.937 s

1000 meters

date	place	athlete	country	time
28 Mar 1981	The Hague (Netherlands)	Michael Richmond	Australia	1: 38.72 0min
0Apr 4, 1982	Moncton (Canada)	Guy Daignault	Canada	1: 37.91 0min
17th Mar 1985	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Louis Grenier	Canada	1: 36.55 0min
0Apr 6, 1986	Chamonix (France)	Guy Daignault	Canada	1: 34.79 0min
Jan. 16, 1988	Budapest (Hungary)	Peter Van der Velde	Netherlands	1: 32.83 0min
18 Mar 1990	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Tsutomu Kawasaki	Japan	1: 31.80 0min
Feb 20, 1992	Albertville (France)	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1: 30.76 0min
0Apr 4, 1992	Denver (United States)	Michael McMillen	New Zealand	1: 28.47 0min
0Apr 4, 1997	Seoul (South Korea)	Marc Gagnon	Canada	1: 28.230 min
Jan. 24, 1999	Oberstdorf (Germany)	Fabio Carta	Italy	1: 27.454 min
0Dec 5, 1999	Changchun (China)	Kim Dong-sung	South Korea	1: 27.307 min
05th Mar 2000	Calgary (Canada)	Jeffrey Scholten	Canada	1: 26.970 min
Oct 14, 2001	Calgary (Canada)	Steve Robillard	Canada	1: 25.985 min
09 Mar 2003	Calgary (Canada)	Jean-François Monette	Canada	1: 25.662 min
Feb 14, 2004	Bormio (Italy)	Li Jiajun	People's Republic of China	1: 24.674 min
Oct 14, 2007	Calgary (Canada)	Michael Gilday	Canada	1: 23.815 min
Jan. 18, 2009	Montreal (Canada)	Charles Hamelin	Canada	1: 23.454 min
Oct 21, 2012	Calgary (Canada)	Kwak Yoon-gy	South Korea	1: 23.007 min

1500 meters

date	place	athlete	country	time
28 Mar 1981	The Hague (Netherlands)	Tatsuysoshi Ishihara	Japan	2: 27.27 0min
Feb 22, 1988	Calgary (Canada)	Michel Daignault	Canada	2: 25.25 0min
Nov 30, 1991	Harbin (China)	Tatsuysoshi Ishihara	Japan	2: 23.38 0min
07th Mar 1992	Nobeyama (Japan)	Andrew Nicholson	New Zealand	2: 22.71 0min
21 Mar 1993	Beijing (China)	Eric Flaim	United States	2: 22.36 0min
0Feb 7, 1995	Guildford (United Kingdom)	Marc Gagnon	Canada	2: 18.61 0min
01st Mar 1996	The Hague (Netherlands)	Marc Gagnon	Canada	2: 18.16 0min
Nov 11, 1997	Groningen (Netherlands)	Kai Feng	People's Republic of China	2: 15.50 0min
04th Mar 2000	Calgary (Canada)	Andrew Quinn	Canada	2: 15.495 min
03rd Mar 2001	Edmonton (Canada)	Éric Bédard	Canada	2: 15.393 min
Oct 12, 2001	Calgary (Canada)	Steve Robillard	Canada	2: 15.383 min
Dec 15, 2001	Salt Lake City (United States)	Apolo Anton Ohno	United States	2: 13.728 min
Oct 11, 2002	Calgary (Canada)	Steve Robillard	Canada	2: 12.234 min
Oct. 24, 2003	Marquette (United States)	Ahn Hyun-soo	South Korea	2: 10.639 min
Dec 10, 2011	Shanghai (China)	Noh Jin-kyu	South Korea	2: 09.041 min
Nov 13, 2016	Salt Lake City (United States)	Sjinkie Knegt	Netherlands	2: 07.943 min

3000 meters

date	place	athlete	country	time
Apr 10, 1983	Tokyo (Japan)	Louis Grenier	Canada	5: 33.33 0min
Apr. 14, 1983	Nagoya (Japan)	Tatsuysoshi Ishihara	Japan	5: 08.15 0min
17th Mar 1985	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Tatsuysoshi Ishihara	Japan	5: 04.24 0min
Jan 16, 1993	Lake Placid (United States)	Chae Ji-hoon	South Korea	5: 00.83 0min
05th Mar 1995	The Hague (Netherlands)	Marc Velzeboer	Netherlands	5: 00.24 0min
19 Mar 1995	Gjøvik (Norway)	Chae Ji-hoon	South Korea	4: 56.29 0min
Nov 23, 1997	Beijing (China)	Lee Seung-chan	South Korea	4: 53.43 0min
0Nov 8, 1998	Székesfehérvár (Hungary)	Kim Dong-sung	South Korea	4: 46.727 min
Oct 13, 2002	Calgary (Canada)	Steve Robillard	Canada	4: 38.061 min
0Dec 7, 2003	Beijing (China)	Ahn Hyun-soo	South Korea	4: 32.646 min
19 Mar 2011	Warsaw (Poland)	Noh Jin-kyu	South Korea	4: 31.891 min

5000 meter relay

date	place	Season	time
Jan. 17, 1988	Budapest (Hungary)	Netherlands Jaco Mos Richard Suyten Peter van der Velde Charles Veldhoven	7: 22.12 0min
0Dec 1, 1991	Harbin (China)	South Korea Li Joo-ho Kim Ki-hoon Song Jae-kun Mo Ji-soo	7: 20.63 0min
Feb 22, 1992	Albertville (France)	South Korea Li Joo-ho Kim Ki-hoon Song Jae-kun Mo Ji-soo	7: 14.02 0min
Dec 13, 1992	Beijing (China)	South Korea Song Tael-keun Kim Ki-hoon Lee Sung-wook Chae Ji-hoon	7: 11.57 0min
28 Mar 1993	Beijing (China)	New Zealand Michael McMillen Christopher Nicholson Andrew Nicholson Matthew Briggs	7: 10.95 0min
19 Mar 1995	Gjøvik (Norway)	Canada Marc Gagnon Sylvain Gagnon Frédéric Blackburn Bryce Holbech	7: 09.76 0min
Oct 29, 1995	Montreal (Canada)	Canada Marc Gagnon Sylvain Gagnon Frédéric Blackburn Derick Campbell	7: 02.48 0min
0Dec 8, 1996	Beijing (China)	South Korea Kim Dong-sung Kim Tun-sae Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung	7: 00.330 min
30th Mar 1997	Nagano (Japan)	South Korea Kim Dong-sung Kim Tun-sae Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung	7: 00.042 min
0Dec 6, 1998	Beijing (China)	People's Republic of China Li Jiajun An Yunlong Feng Kai Li Bingzhe	6: 51.930 min
0Dec 5, 1999	Changchun (China)	South Korea Kim Dong-sung Lee Seung-jae Seo Ho-jin Min Ryoung	6: 49.618 min
Oct 14, 2001	Calgary (Canada)	Canada Marc Gagnon Jean-François Monette Éric Bédard Mathieu Turcotte	6: 43.730 min
Oct 17, 2003	Calgary (Canada)	Canada Jonathan Guilmette Jeffrey Scholten Éric Bédard Mathieu Turcotte	6: 43.667 min
Oct 18, 2003	Calgary (Canada)	South Korea Song Suk-woo Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Seung-jae Cho Nam-kyu	6: 42.893 min
13 Mar 2005	Beijing (China)	Canada Charles Hamelin Steve Robillard François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte	6: 39.990 min
Oct 19, 2008	Salt Lake City (United States)	South Korea Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Lee Jung-su Sung Si-bak	6: 38.486 min
Feb. 20, 2011	Dresden (Germany)	United Kingdom Jon Eley Richard Shoebridge Paul Stanley Jack Whelbourne	6: 37.877 min
Dec 11, 2011	Shanghai (China)	South Korea Lee Ho-suk Kwak Yoon-gy Sin Da-woon Noh Jin-kyu	6: 35.884 min
Oct 19, 2012	Calgary (Canada)	Canada Charles Hamelin Olivier Jean François Hamelin Michael Gilday	6: 30.958 min

Women

500 meters

date	place	athlete	country	time
29 Mar 1981	The Hague (Netherlands)	Miyoshi Kato	Japan	52.42 0s
0Apr 3, 1982	Moncton (Canada)	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	50.44 0s
0Apr 9, 1983	Tokyo (Japan)	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	49.49 0s
16. Mar. 1985	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Eiko Shishii	Japan	48.49 0s
0Apr 5, 1986	Chamonix (France)	Bonnie Blair	United States	48.12 0s
Jan. 16, 1988	Budapest (Hungary)	Cristina Sciolla	Italy	47.77 0s
23 Mar 1991	Sydney (Australia)	Zhang Yanmei	People's Republic of China	47.08 0s
Nov 16, 1991	Albertville (France)	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	46.72 0s
0Apr 3, 1992	Denver (United States)	Kim So-hee	South Korea	46.72 0s
27 Mar 1993	Beijing (China)	Zhang Yanmei	People's Republic of China	45.60 0s
18 Mar 1995	Gjøvik (Norway)	Kim Yun-mi	South Korea	45.53 0s
02nd Mar 1996	The Hague (Netherlands)	Isabelle Charest	Canada	45.25 0s
Nov. 30, 1996	Beijing (China)	Yang Yang (A)	People's Republic of China	45.180 s
29 Mar 1997	Nagano (Japan)	Isabelle Charest	Canada	44,867 s
0Nov 7, 1998	Székesfehérvár (Hungary)	Evgenia Radanova	Bulgaria	44.690 s
Jan. 23, 1999	Oberstdorf (Germany)	Marinella Canclini	Italy	44.620 s
Feb. 18, 2000	Lake Placid (United States)	Evgenia Radanova	Bulgaria	43,873 s
Oct 19, 2001	Calgary (Canada)	Evgenia Radanova	Bulgaria	43.671 s
0Feb 9, 2008	Salt Lake City (United States)	Wang Meng	People's Republic of China	43.216 s
Oct 19, 2008	Salt Lake City (United States)	Wang Meng	People's Republic of China	43.125 s
Nov 29, 2008	Beijing (China)	Wang Meng	People's Republic of China	42.609 s
Feb 10, 2013	Dresden (Germany)	Wang Meng	People's Republic of China	42.597 s
0Nov 9, 2014	Salt Lake City (United States)	Fan Kexin	People's Republic of China	42.504 s

1000 meters

date	place	athlete	country	time
29 Mar 1981	The Hague (Netherlands)	Miyoshi Kato	Japan	1: 46.29 0min
0Apr 3, 1982	Moncton (Canada)	Maryse Perreault	Canada	1: 44.68 0min
Apr 10, 1983	Tokyo (Japan)	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	1: 43.66 0min
17th Mar 1985	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Hiromi Takeuchi	Japan	1: 43.58 0min
17th Mar 1985	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	1: 43.58 0min
0Apr 6, 1986	Chamonix (France)	Maryse Perreault	Canada	1: 41.80 0min
Jan. 16, 1988	Budapest (Hungary)	Monique Velzeboer	Netherlands	1: 39.24 0min
Feb 25, 1988	Calgary (Canada)	Li Yan	People's Republic of China	1: 39.00 0min
Nov 17, 1991	Albertville (France)	Kim Yan-hee	South Korea	1: 38.93 0min
26th Mar 1993	Beijing (China)	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	1: 37.19 0min
0Nov 7, 1993	Hamar (Norway)	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	1: 34.07 0min
Oct 18, 1996	Lake Placid (United States)	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	1: 32.340 min
Feb 21, 1998	Nagano (Japan)	Yang Yang (A)	People's Republic of China	1: 31.991 min
Oct. 20, 2001	Calgary (Canada)	Yang Yang (A)	People's Republic of China	1: 31.871 min
0Feb 3, 2002	Calgary (Canada)	Yang Yang (A)	People's Republic of China	1: 31.191 min
Jan. 12, 2003	Budapest (Hungary)	Byun Chun-sa	South Korea	1: 30.483 min
0Oct 2, 2005	Hangzhou (China)	Wang Meng	People's Republic of China	1: 30.216 min
Nov 11, 2005	Bormio (Italy)	Jin Sun-yu	South Korea	1: 30.037 min
15th Mar 2008	Harbin (China)	Wang Meng	People's Republic of China	1: 29.495 min
Feb. 26, 2010	Vancouver (Canada)	Zhou Yang	People's Republic of China	1: 29.049 min
Oct 21, 2012	Calgary (Canada)	Shim Suk-hee	South Korea	1: 26.661 min

1500 meters

date	place	athlete	country	time
0Apr 2, 1982	Moncton (Canada)	Louise Begin	Canada	2: 42.13 0min
Apr 16, 1983	Kobe (Japan)	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	2: 41.75 0min
07th Mar 1987	Aviemore (United Kingdom)	Esmeralda Ossendrijever	Netherlands	2: 40.74 0min
0Apr 3, 1987	Montreal (Canada)	Eiko Shishii	Japan	2: 36.92 0min
Feb. 23, 1988	Calgary (Canada)	Li Yan	People's Republic of China	2: 34.85 0min
Jan 15, 1994	Seoul (South Korea)	Kim So-hee	South Korea	2: 31.36 0min
Feb 23, 1995	Jaca (Spain)	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	2: 27.38 0min
0Dec 2, 1995	Harbin (China)	Kim Yoon-mi	South Korea	2: 25.17 0min
0Nov 6, 1998	Székesfehérvár (Hungary)	Evgenia Radanova	Bulgaria	2: 25.146 min
Jan. 17, 1999	Montreal (Canada)	Kim Moon-young	South Korea	2: 21.844 min
Feb 13, 2002	Salt Lake City (United States)	Choi Eun-kyung	South Korea	2: 21.069 min
Jan. 11, 2004	Beijing (China)	Jung Eun-ju	South Korea	2: 18.861 min
0Feb 9, 2008	Beijing (China)	Zhou Yang	People's Republic of China	2: 16.729 min

3000 meters

date	place	athlete	country	time
29 Mar 1981	The Hague (Netherlands)	Miyoshi Kato	Japan	5: 40.73 0min
Apr. 14, 1983	Nagoya (Japan)	Hiromi Takeuchi	Japan	5: 37.47 0min
Apr 17, 1983	Kobe (Japan)	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	5: 32.31 0min
0Apr 5, 1987	Montreal (Canada)	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	5: 31.65 0min
Jan. 17, 1988	Budapest (Hungary)	Maria Rosa Candido	Italy	5: 18.33 0min
Feb. 24, 1995	Jaca (Spain)	Kim So-hee	South Korea	5: 11.76 0min
19 Mar 1995	Gjøvik (Norway)	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	5: 02.18 0min
Oct. 22, 2000 1	Calgary (Canada)	Choi Eun-kyung	South Korea	5: 01.976 min
15th Mar 2008	Harbin (China)	Jung Eun-ju	South Korea	4: 46.983 min

¹This world record is listed as a world record on some websites, but the ISU does not include it in their full list of world records . Therefore, this best performance is not included in the statistics below.

3000 meter relay

date	place	Season	time
Jan. 17, 1988	Budapest (Hungary)	Italy Maria Rosa Candido Barbara Mussio Gabriella Monteduro Cristina Sciolla	4: 47.23 0min
Feb. 24, 1988	Calgary (Canada)	Italy Maria Rosa Candido Barbara Mussio Gabriella Monteduro Cristina Sciolla	4: 45.88 0min
Oct 10, 1988	Nobeyama (Japan)	Japan Hiromi Takeuchi Mariko Konishita Yumiko Yamada Nobuko Yamada	4: 42.23 0min
0Feb 3, 1991	Budapest (Hungary)	Italy Cristina Sciolla Marinella Canclini Gabriella Monteduro Letty LaTorre	4: 41.09 0min
Nov 16, 1991	Albertville (France)	People's Republic of China Li Yan Wang Xiulan Li Changxiang Zhang Yanmei	4: 33.82 0min
Nov 17, 1991	Albertville (France)	People's Republic of China Li Yan Wang Xiulan Li Changxiang Zhang Yanmei	4: 33.49 0min
Dec 13, 1992	Beijing (China)	People's Republic of China Li Yan Wang Xiulan Zhen Cun Yang Zhang Jie	4: 32.40 0min
28 Mar 1993	Beijing (China)	Canada Nathalie Lambert Angela Cutrone Isabelle Charest Christine Boudrias	4: 26.56 0min
19 Mar 1995	Gjøvik (Norway)	People's Republic of China Wang Chunlu Zhang Yanmei Yang Yang (S) Zhang Dongxiang	4: 24.68 0min
0Feb 6, 1996	Harbin (China)	People's Republic of China Wang Chunlu Yang Yang (S) Sun Dandan Yang Yang (A)	4: 23.13 0min
03rd Mar 1996	The Hague (Netherlands)	Italy Marinella Canclini Katia Colturi Mara Urbani Barbara Baldissera	4: 21.50 0min
0Dec. 1, 1996	Beijing (China)	South Korea Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung Kim Sun-mi An Sang-mi	4: 18.080 min
0Dec 8, 1996	Beijing (China)	South Korea Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung Kim Sun-mi An Sang-mi	4: 17.630 min
Feb. 17, 1998	Nagano (Japan)	South Korea To Sang-mi Chun Lee-kyung Kim Yoon-mi Won Hye-kyung	4: 16.260 min
Oct 19, 2001	Calgary (Canada)	People's Republic of China Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan	4: 13.541 min
Feb. 20, 2002	Salt Lake City (United States)	South Korea Choi Min-kyung Joo Min-jin Park Hye-won Choi Eun-kyung	4: 12.793 min
Oct 18, 2003	Calgary (Canada)	People's Republic of China Wang Wei Fu Tianyu Wang Meng Cheng Xiaolei	4: 11.802 min
Oct 19, 2003	Calgary (Canada)	South Korea Choi Eun-kyung Kim Min-jee Byun Chun-sa Ko Gi-hyun	4: 11.742 min
Feb 10, 2008	Salt Lake City (United States)	South Korea Jung Eun-ju Park Seung-hi Shin Sae-bom Yang Shin-young	4: 09.938 min
Oct 18, 2008	Salt Lake City (United States)	People's Republic of China Liu Qiuhong Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang	4: 07.179 min
Feb. 24, 2010	Vancouver (Canada)	People's Republic of China Sun Linlin Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang	4: 06.610 min
Nov 17, 2013	Kolomna (Russia)	South Korea Cho Ha-ri Park Seung-hi Shim Suk-hee Kim A-lang	4: 06.215 min

Evaluations

Athletes

Zhou Yang set two individual world records and two relay world records between 2008 and 2010

So far 83 world records have been set in the men's short track, and 87 in women . Wang Meng from China set the highest number of records, nine in total . The Canadian Sylvie Daigle was the only runner who managed to set a new world record at least once on all individual routes. She achieved a total of six individual records and thus tops the list of most individual world records together with Wang Meng. In addition to Daigle, two other short trackers undercut the existing world record six times, the Chinese Yang Yang (A) and Daigle's compatriot Marc Gagnon . This makes Gagnon the best of the Canadian men who make the most athletes on the list. In the men's area, not a single athlete like Daigle has managed to hold a world record on all individual distances. The Canadians Louis Grenier and Steve Robillard came closest, each running a record on three courses. Robillard was also successful with the relay.

So far, no athlete has managed to set five world records on one track. Only Wang Meng achieved four consecutive bests on a track, who between 2008 and 2013 undercut the existing best performance on the 500-meter distance four times, three times her own. The length of time between the first and last world record of an athlete is ten years. In 1981, the Japanese Tatsuyoshi Ishihara set a 1500 meter world record, ran two 3000 meter world records and improved the 1500 meter record again in 1991.

The following two tables list the athletes who have set the most world records. The length of the validity of the records does not matter.

Men

space	athlete	country	First WR	Last WR	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m	Season	total
1.	Marc Gagnon	Canada	1995	2001	-	1	2	-	3	6th
2.	Jeffrey Scholten	Canada	2000	2003	3	1	-	-	1	5
2.	Steve Robillard	Canada	2001	2005	-	1	2	1	1	5
2.	Kim Dong-sung	South Korea	1996	1999	-	1	-	1	3	5
2.	Louis Grenier	Canada	1983	1985	2	1	-	1	-	5
6th	Tatsuyoshi Ishihara	Japan	1981	1991	-	-	2	2	-	4th
6th	Kim Ki-hoon	South Korea	1991	1992	-	1	-	-	3	4th
8th.	Kai Feng	People's Republic of China	1997	1998	1	-	1	-	1	3
8th.	Jean-François Monette	Canada	2001	2003	1	1	-	-	1	3
8th.	Ahn Hyun-soo	South Korea	2003	2003	-	-	1	1	1	3
8th.	Sung Si-bak	South Korea	2008	2009	2	-	-	-	1	3
8th.	Noh Jin-kyu	South Korea	2011	2011	-	-	1	1	1	3
8th.	Chae Ji-hoon	South Korea	1992	1995	-	-	-	1	2	3
8th.	Éric Bédard	Canada	2001	2003	-	-	1	-	2	3
8th.	Charles Hamelin	Canada	2005	2012	-	1	-	-	2	3
8th.	Kwak Yoon-gy	South Korea	2008	2012	-	1	-	-	2	3
8th.	Mathieu Turcotte	Canada	2001	2005	-	-	-	-	3	3
18th	Mirko Vuillermin	Italy	1993	1996	2	-	-	-	-	2
18th	Michael Richmond	Australia	1981	1981	1	1	-	-	-	2
18th	Guy Daignault	Canada	1982	1986	-	2	-	-	-	2
18th	Peter Van der Velde	Netherlands	1988	1988	-	1	-	-	1	2
18th	Michael McMillen	New Zealand	1992	1993	-	1	-	-	1	2
18th	Andrew Nicholson	New Zealand	1992	1993	-	-	1	-	1	2
18th	Li Jiajun	People's Republic of China	1998	2004	-	1	-	-	1	2
18th	François Hamelin	Canada	2007	2012	1	-	-	-	1	2
18th	Michael Gilday	Canada	2007	2012	-	1	-	-	1	2
18th	Li Joo-hoo	South Korea	1991	1992	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Song Jae-kun	South Korea	1991	1992	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Mo Ji-soo	South Korea	1991	1992	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Sylvain Gagnon	Canada	1995	1995	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Frédéric Blackburn	Canada	1995	1995	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Kim Tun-sae	South Korea	1996	1997	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Lee Jun-hwan	South Korea	1996	1997	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Lee Ho-eung	South Korea	1996	1997	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Lee Seung-jae	South Korea	1999	2003	-	-	-	-	2	2
18th	Lee Ho-suk	South Korea	2008	2011	-	-	-	-	2	2

Women

space	Athlete	country	First WR	Last WR	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m	Season	total
1.	Wang Meng	People's Republic of China	2003	2013	4th	2	-	-	3	9
2.	Chun Lee-kyung	South Korea	1993	1998	-	2	1	1	3	7th
3.	Yang Yang (A)	People's Republic of China	1996	2002	1	3	-	-	2	6th
3.	Sylvie Daigle	Canada	1982	1991	3	1	1	1	-	6th
5.	Li Yan	People's Republic of China	1988	1992	-	1	1	-	3	5
5.	Zhang Yanmei	People's Republic of China	1991	1995	2	-	-	-	3	5
7th	Nathalie Lambert	Canada	1985	1993	-	2	-	1	1	4th
7th	Zhou Yang	People's Republic of China	2008	2010	-	1	1	-	2	4th
7th	Cristina Sciolla	Italy	1988	1991	1	-	-	-	3	4th
7th	Evgenia Radanova	Bulgaria	1998	2001	3	-	1	-	-	4th
11.	Hiromi Takeuchi	Japan	1983	1988	-	1	-	1	1	3
11.	Isabelle Charest	Canada	1993	1997	2	-	-	-	1	3
11.	Kim Yoon-mi	South Korea	1995	1998	1	-	1	-	1	3
11.	Jung Eun-ju	South Korea	2004	2008	-	-	1	1	1	3
11.	Maria Rosa Candido	Italy	1988	1988	-	-	-	1	2	3
11.	Marinella Canclini	Italy	1991	1999	1	-	-	-	2	3
11.	Choi Eun-kyung	South Korea	2002	2003	-	-	1	-	2	3
11.	Gabriella Monteduro	Italy	1988	1991	-	-	-	-	3	3
11.	Wang Xiulan	People's Republic of China	1991	1992	-	-	-	-	3	3
11.	Won Hye-kung	South Korea	1996	1998	-	-	-	-	3	3
11.	To Sang-mi	South Korea	1996	1998	-	-	-	-	3	3
11.	Wang Chunlu	People's Republic of China	1995	2001	-	-	-	-	3	3
11.	Yang Yang (S)	People's Republic of China	1995	2001	-	-	-	-	3	3
11.	Miyoshi Kato	Japan	1981	1981	1	1	-	1	-	3
11.	Kim So-hee	South Korea	1992	1995	1	-	1	1	-	3
26th	Byun Chun-sa	South Korea	2003	2003	-	1	-	-	1	2
26th	Barbara Mussio	Italy	1988	1988	-	-	-	-	2	2
26th	Li Changxiang	People's Republic of China	1991	1991	-	-	-	-	2	2
26th	Kim Sun-mi	South Korea	1996	1996	-	-	-	-	2	2
26th	Sun Dandan	People's Republic of China	1996	2001	-	-	-	-	2	2
26th	Maryse Perreault	Canada	1982	1986	-	2	-	-	-	2
26th	Eiko Shishii	Japan	1985	1987	1	-	1	-	-	2
26th	Shim Suk-hee	South Korea	2012	2013	-	1	-	-	1	2
26th	Zhang Hui	People's Republic of China	2008	2010	-	-	-	-	2	2
26th	Park Seung-hi	South Korea	2008	2013	-	-	-	-	2	2

countries

The country ranking of the established world records is led by three nations by a large margin: Canada, South Korea and China. In the last decade in particular, these three countries dominated; since 2001 almost all world record runners have come from them. First place in the list is Canada with 48 world records - this corresponds to 28.3 percent of all records - which is particularly strong in the men's short track, but has been waiting for a new world record for women since 1997. Only two fewer world records were set by the South Korean athletes, whose balance between the sexes is largely balanced. China has a little more distance to these two nations. Although it is most successful with women with 26 world records, it only has four best marks for men.

Of the remaining nations, Italy and Japan are the best, the athletes from both countries have so far set 13 records each. The other nations drop even more clearly. In seventh place is Bulgaria, which achieved all four world records with Evgenia Radanova . One place ahead is the Netherlands, where the six best marks were set by eight different athletes - including the relay record holder.

space	country	WR men	WR women	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	3000 m	Season	WR total
1.	Canada	33	15th	14th	14th	9	4th	7th	48
2.	South Korea	22nd	24	4th	9	8th	9	16	46
3.	People's Republic of China	4th	26th	9	8th	3	-	10	30th
4th	Italy	6th	7th	7th	1	-	1	4th	13
4th	Japan	5	8th	2	3	3	4th	1	13
6th	Netherlands	4th	2	1	2	1	1	1	6th
7th	Bulgaria	-	4th	3	-	1	-	-	4th
7th	United States	3	1	2	-	2	-	-	4th
9.	New Zealand	3	-	-	1	1	-	1	3
10.	Australia	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
10.	United Kingdom	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

places

The Olympic Oval in Calgary , Canada has set a world record 26 times

Most of the world records were set in Calgary on the Olympic Oval , a total of 30. Beijing was the second most frequent venue for a new world record, with an athlete in the Chinese capital beating the existing time 19 times. A total of 49 of the 170 world records were run on one of these two tracks, which corresponds to around 28.8 percent. While two-thirds men's world records were set in Calgary, the balance between the sexes in Beijing is balanced. The difference in Calgary is made especially by the Canadian men, who between 2000 and 2010 set ten world records on their home track.

Of the 34 tracks on which one or more world records were set, 18 are in Europe (61 world records in total), eleven in Asia (46 world records), nine in North America (62 world records) and one in Australia (one world record). 17 countries hosted races that set records, including Germany (with Dresden and Oberstdorf) and Austria (with Vienna).

In the early days of the short track in particular - i.e. in the 1980s and early 1990s - most world records were set at major events, as there was no World Cup at that time . For example, a total of seven world bests were run in Amsterdam, six of them at the 1985 World Cup . In other places such as Gjøvik or Moncton, all the world records run on the tracks come from a single world championship. Twelve world records were set at the Winter Olympics, four of them at the Calgary demonstration competitions in 1988.

The following table lists all the places in which at least three world record times have been run. In addition, the year numbers of the first and so far last world records are given. The individually listed world best marks for men and women are added up in the WR column with a gray background . Finally, the last column shows the major events that have taken place in the location and - in brackets - the number of world records set there.

place	country	First WR	Last WR	WR men	WR women	WR total	Major events
Calgary	Canada	1988	2012	20th	10	30th	OS 1988 (4)
Beijing	People's Republic of China	1992	2008	9	10	19th	WM 1993 (6), WM 2005 (1)
Budapest	Hungary	1988	2003	4th	6th	10	TWM 1993 , TWM 2003 (1), TWM 2007
The hague	Netherlands	1981	1996	5	5	10	WM 1996 (3), TWM 2000
Salt Lake City	United States	2001	2014	3	7th	10	OS 2002 (2)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	1985	1990	4th	3	7th	WM 1985 (6), WM 1990 (1)
Albertville	France	1991	1992	2	4th	6th	OS 1992 (2)
Harbin	People's Republic of China	1991	2008	2	4th	6th	TWM 2008 (2)
Gjøvik	Norway	1995	1995	2	3	5	World Cup 1995 (5)
Moncton	Canada	1982	1982	2	3	5	World Cup 1982 (5)
Montreal	Canada	1987	2009	2	3	5	WM 1987 (2), WM 2002 , TWM 2006 , WM 2014
Bormio	Italy	1995	2005	3	1	4th	TWM 1998 (1)
Lake Placid	United States	1993	2000	2	2	4th	TWM 1996 (2)
Nagano	Japan	1997	1998	1	3	4th	WM 1997 (2), OS 1998 (2)
Tokyo	Japan	1983	1983	2	2	4th	World Cup 1983 (4)
Chamonix	France	1986	1986	1	2	3	World Cup 1986 (3)
Denver	United States	1992	1992	2	1	3	World Cup 1992 (3)
Székesfehérvár	Hungary	1998	1998	1	2	3

Web links

• Current world records on isu.org. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
• COMPLETE LIST OF WORLD RECORDS recognized by the ISU as of May, 2005 ( Memento from April 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Records on isu.org. Historical world records staggered by season (from 2001/02).
• World Records in Short Track on recordi.info-mix.info. World record lists up to the end of 2008 (excluding 3000 meters) with a graphic representation of the development of the world record.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Great Britain World Record Holders ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on gbshorttrack.org. Retrieved February 8, 2015. 
2. ↑ Men - 5000m Relay - 19 Oct-21 Oct 2012 - Calgary ( January 22, 2017 memento in the Internet Archive ) on isu.org. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
3. ↑ CURRENT WORLD RECORDS ( Memento from May 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 10 kB) on shorttrack.ch.
4. ↑ ISU World Cup 2013/2014, Kolomna (RUS) on shorttrack.sportresult.com. Retrieved February 8, 2015.

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