Short-track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
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Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics was held from 22 to 26 February. Six events were contested at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre. In short track speed skating's second Olympic appearance, two events were added, the 500 metres for the men and the 1000 metres for the women.[1][2]
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| Venue | Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre |
| Dates | 22–26 February |
| Competitors | 87 from 19 nations |
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Canada | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
South Korea led the medal table with six, including four golds. The medal for the Australian men's relay team was the country's first in the Winter Olympics. Chun Lee-kyung led the individual medal table, with two gold medals. The top men's medalists were Chae Ji-hoon and Mirko Vuillermin, who won one gold and one silver.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres |
Chae Ji-hoon South Korea | 43.45 | Mirko Vuillermin Italy | 43.47 | Nicky Gooch Great Britain | 43.68 |
| 1000 metres |
Kim Ki-hoon South Korea | 1:34.57 | Chae Ji-hoon South Korea | 1:34.92 | Marc Gagnon Canada[a] | 1:33.03 |
| 5000 metre relay |
Italy Maurizio Carnino Orazio Fagone Hugo Herrnhof Mirko Vuillermin | 7:11.74 | United States Randy Bartz John Coyle Eric Flaim Andy Gabel | 7:13.37 | Australia Steven Bradbury Kieran Hansen Andrew Murtha Richard Nizielski | 7:13.68 |
- Derrick Campbell of Canada was obstructed by the Briton Nicky Gooch, who was disqualified. Campbell got up and thought he finished the race, and was celebrating his bronze medal with a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter live on television when he discovered he hadn't completed the race. He had miscounted and left the track one lap short of the finish line, and was classified as a non-finisher. This meant that Marc Gagnon was a surprise bronze medalist, even though he wasn't even in the A final.
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres |
Cathy Turner United States | 45.98 | Zhang Yanmei China | 46.44 | Amy Peterson United States | 46.76 |
| 1000 metres |
Chun Lee-kyung South Korea | 1:36.87 | Nathalie Lambert Canada | 1:36.97 | Kim So-hee South Korea | 1:37.09 |
| 3000 metre relay |
South Korea Chun Lee-kyung Kim So-hee Kim Yun-mi Won Hye-kyung | 4:26.64 | Canada Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Sylvie Daigle Nathalie Lambert | 4:32.04 | United States Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer Karen Cashman | 4:39.34 |
Participating NOCs
Nineteen nations competed in the short track events at Lillehammer. Bulgaria, Mongolia, South Africa and Sweden made their short track debuts, while Russia and Kazakhstan competed for the first time as independent countries after having been part of the Unified Team in 1992.
Australia (5)
Belgium (4)
Bulgaria (3)
Canada (10)
China (8)
France (5)
Great Britain (3)
Italy (9)
Japan (5)
Kazakhstan (1)
South Korea (7)
Mongolia (1)
Netherlands (5)
New Zealand (5)
Norway (4)
South Africa (1)
Russia (6)
Sweden (1)
United States (8)
