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Short-track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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Speed skating at the Olympics
Short Track Speed Skating
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueHamar Olympic Amphitheatre
Dates22–26 February
Competitors87 from 19 nations
← 19921998 →
Short-track speed skating at the
1994 Winter Olympics
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
3000 m relaywomen
5000 m relaymen

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.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea4116
2 United States1124
3 Italy1102
4 Canada0213
5 China0101
6 Australia0011
 Great Britain0011
Totals (7 entries)66618

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
details 		Chae Ji-hoon
 South Korea		 43.45 Mirko Vuillermin
 Italy		 43.47 Nicky Gooch
 Great Britain		 43.68
1000 metres
details 		Kim Ki-hoon
 South Korea		 1:34.57 Chae Ji-hoon
 South Korea		 1:34.92 Marc Gagnon
 Canada		 1:33.03
5000 metre relay
details 		 Italy (ITA)
Maurizio Carnino
Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
Mirko Vuillermin		 7:11.74  United States (USA)
Randy Bartz
John Coyle
Eric Flaim
Andy Gabel		 7:13.37  Australia (AUS)
Steven Bradbury
Kieran Hansen
Andrew Murtha
Richard Nizielski		 7:13.68
  1. 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
details 		Cathy Turner
 United States		 45.98 Zhang Yanmei
 China		 46.44 Amy Peterson
 United States		 46.76
1000 metres
details 		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
details 		 South Korea (KOR)
Chun Lee-kyung
Kim So-hee
Kim Yun-mi
Won Hye-kyung		 4:26.64  Canada (CAN)
Christine Boudrias
Isabelle Charest
Sylvie Daigle
Nathalie Lambert		 4:32.04  United States (USA)
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.

References

  1. "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  2. "Short Track Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
Events at the 1994 Winter Olympics (Lillehammer)
Short-track speed skating at the Winter Olympics
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