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There were only four short-track events in the 1992 Winter Games, but the program was expanded to include six events in 1994 and 1998, and finally eight events in the 2002 Winter Games. The events are the same for both men and women: 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, plus the relay event (5000 meters for men, 3000 meters for women).
The majority of medals that South Korea and China have won at the Winter Olympics come from short-track speed skating. At the 2010 Winter Olympics , Haralds Silovs of Latvia became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two disciplines on ...
Short track speed skating is one of the sports featured at the Winter Youth Olympics. It has been part of the games since the inaugural edition in 2012.
A total of nine short track speed skating events were held. [ 1 ] In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay held over a distance of 2000 metres, increasing the total number of events to nine. [ 2 ]
The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". Long track speed skating takes place on a 400m ice track, while short track takes place on a 111m track. An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter ...
The 2024 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships were held from 15 to 17 March 2024 at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. [1] A total of 36 nations competed. [ 2 ]
The Short Track Speed Skating World Cup was a series of international short track speed skating competitions, organised yearly by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1998/1999. Every year during the winter, a number of competitions on a number of different distances are held.
In 1967, the International Skating Union adopted short track speed skating, although it did not organise international competitions until 1976. World Championships have been held since 1981, though earlier events later received that status.