1998 Olympics: Short Track Speed Skating
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The short track oval is 111 meters (364 feet).
Medal breakdown (6 events): Six medals— Korea (3-1-2) and China (0-5-1); Four— Canada (2-0-2); Two— Japan (1-0-1).
Men
500 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takafumi Nishitani, JPN | 42.862 | |
| 2 | Yulong An, CHN | 43.022 | |
| 3 | Hitoshi Uematsu, JPN | 43.713 |
Best USA: No Americans qualified for final.
1000 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dong-Sung Kim, KOR | 1:32.375 | |
| 2 | Jiajun Li, CHN | 1:32.428 | |
| 3 | Eric Bedard, CAN | 1:32.661 |
Best USA: 4th, Andrew Gabel (1:33.518).
5000M Relay
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 7:06.075 | |
| 2 | Korea | 7:06.776 | |
| 3 | China | 7:11.559 |
Best USA: No Americans qualified for the final.
Women
500 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annie Perreault, CAN | 46.568 | |
| 2 | Yang S.Yang, CHN | 46.627 |
Finalist #3 was disqualified and finalist #4 did not finish the race.
Best USA: No Americans qualified for the final.
1000 meters
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee-Kyung Chun, KOR | 1:42.776 | |
| 2 | Yang S.Yang, CHN | 1:43.343 | |
| 3 | Hye-Kyung Won, KOR | 1:43.361 |
Best USA: No Americans qualified for the final.
3000M Relay
| Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korea | 4:16.260 | WR |
| 2 | China | 4:16.383 | |
| 3 | Canada | 4:21.205 |
Best USA: The United States did not qualify for the final.
