Short-track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held from 17 to 21 February. Six events were contested at the White Ring.

Medal summary Medal table

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.

Men's events 500 metres 42.862 43.022 43.713 1000 metres 1:32.375 1:32.428 1:32.661 5000 metre relay Éric Bédard Derrick Campbell François Drolet Marc Gagnon 7:06.075 Chae Ji-hoon Lee Jun-hwan Lee Ho-eung Kim Dong-sung 7:06.776 Li Jiajun Feng Kai Yuan Ye An Yulong 7:11.559

Women's events 500 metres 46.568 46.627 46.335 1000 metres 1:42.776 1:43.343 1:43.361 3000 metre relay Chun Lee-kyung Won Hye-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi 4:16.260 Yang Yang (A) Yang Yang (S) Wang Chunlu Sun Dandan 4:16.383 Christine Boudrias Isabelle Charest Annie Perreault Tania Vicent 4:21.205

Participating NOCs 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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