Short track at the Olympic Games

Shorttrack has beenpart of the program of the Winter Olympics since the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville . Before that, it was held as a demonstrationat the 1988 Winter Olympics .

The Olympic disciplines for men and women include the 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the relay. The relay is held over 3000 m for women and 5000 m for men. The 3000 m for women and men were only held as a demonstration competition in 1988.

The sport is dominated by teams from Asia and North America, with South Korea being by far the most successful. Of the 70 South Korean medals at the Winter Olympics so far, 48 medals have been won in the short track. Similarly, 33 of the 62 medals won so far in China come from the short track.

Competitions

• = official competition , D = held as a demonstration

discipline		1988	1992	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	total
Men	500 meters	D.		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th
	1000 meters	D.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th
	1500 meters	D.				•	•	•	•	•	5
	3000 meters	D.									0
	5000 meter relay	D.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th
Women	500 meters	D.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th
	1000 meters	D.		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7th
	1500 meters	D.				•	•	•	•	•	5
	3000 meters	D.									0
	3000 meter relay	D.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8th
Total (without D)		0	4th	6th	6th	8th	8th	8th	8th	8th	56

Medal table

rank	country				Total
1.	South Korea	24	13	11	48
2.	People's Republic of China	10	15th	8th	33
3.	Canada	9	12	12	33
4th	United States	4th	7th	9	20th
5.	Russia	3	1	1	5
6th	Italy	2	4th	5	11
7th	Netherlands	1	2	2	5
8th.	Japan	1	0	2	3
9.	Australia	1	0	1	2
10.	Hungary	1	0	0	1
11.	Bulgaria	0	2	1	3
12.	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
	United team	0	0	1	1
	Olympic athletes from Russia	0	0	1	1
total		56	56	56	168