Short Track Speed Skating

Information about Short Track Speed Skating

500 meters short track heat at the 2004 World Cup in Saguenay.

Short track speed skating (also Shorttrack speedskating) is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a circumference of 111.12 m. The rink itself is 60 m by 30 m, which is the same size as an international-sized hockey rink.

History

Skaters at the starting line.

Short track speed skating originates in the speed skating events held with mass starts. This form of speed skating was mainly practiced in the United States and Canada, as opposed to the international form, where skaters skated in pairs. At the 1932 Winter Olympics, speed skating events were conducted in the mass start form. Competitions in North America were also held indoors, for example in Madison Square Garden, New York, and therefore on shorter tracks than was usual for outdoor skating.

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 also received that status.

At the 1988 Winter Olympics, held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, short track was a demonstration sport. It was upgraded to a full Olympic sport in 1992 and has been part of the Winter Olympics since. The programme was expanded from 4 in 1992 to 8 in 2002. The events are the same for both men and women: 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the relay (5000 m (men)/3000 m (women)).

South Korea has been the dominant country in the sport, but currently the sport is also highly popular in many other Asian countries, notably The People's Republic of China. With smaller ice tracks and shorter, often spectacular competitions, short track speed skating has grown more popular than the older long track in many countries. In the 2006 Olympics, Republic of Korea won the most medals in short track speed skating.

Classes

In Canada, short track competitions are held either as all-points meets, where skaters are seeded based only on their times for a standard distance (usually the 500m), or an age class, where people are seeded by age and gender. All-points meets allow racing against skaters of all ages and genders, with the exception of the Masters age class (30+). All-points meets are usually held at the local level in only certain provinces. Age class meets are utilized at the provincial and national levels. Age classes are :

Peewee: 6-7
Bantam: 8-9
Midget: 10-11
Juvenile: 12-13
Junior: 14-15
Intermediate: 16-17
Senior: 18-29
Master1: 30-39
Master2: 40-49
Master3: 50-59
Master4: 60+

Ages are determined as of June 30th prior to competition. At international and Olympic competitions, skaters are placed by gender only.

Notable skaters

Males

Females

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The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating.
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The World Short Track Speed Skating Championships are a professional short track speed skating event and held once a year in a different country.

In 1967, the International Skating Union adopted short track speed skating, although it did not organise international
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Ahn Hyun-Soo (안현수)

Country South Korea
Date of birth November 23 1985 (age 23)
Place of birth Seoul, South Korea
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Bronze 1994 Lillehammer 1000 m
Gold 1998 Nagano 5000 m relay
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City 500 m
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City 5000 m relay
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 1500 m

Marc Gagnon
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Olympic medal record
Men’s Short track speed skating
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City 5000m relay
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City 500m
Silver 2006 Turin 5000m relay

Jonathan Guilmette
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Charles Hamelin

Country Canada
Date of birth March 14 1984 (age 23)
Place of birth LÃ©vis, Quebec
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Olympic medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Bronze 1992 Albertville 5000 m relay

Toshinobu Kawai (河合季信, born 19 December 1967 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese short track speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the 5000
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Olympic medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Gold 1998 Nagano 1000 m
Silver 1998 Nagano 5000 m relay

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Olympic medal record
Men's Short Track Speed Skating
Gold 1992 Albertville 1000m
Gold 1992 Albertville 5000m Relay
Gold 1994 Lillehammer 1000m Kim Ki-hoon (born 14 July 1967) is the first gold medalist in Winter Olympics for Korea.
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Olympic medal record
Men's Short track speed skating
Gold 2006 Turin 5000 meters relay
Silver 2006 Turin 1000 meters
Silver 2006 Turin 1500 meters

Lee Ho-Suk
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Apolo Anton Ohno

Country United States
Date of birth May 22 1982 (age 25)
Place of birth Seattle, Washington
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Wilf O'Reilly is a former British speed skater. He won two gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, but was denied full Olympic acclamation because short-track skating was just a demonstration event that year.
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Olympic medal record
Men's Short track speed skating
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City 5000 m relay
Silver 2006 Turin 5000 m relay
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 1000 m Mathieu Turcotte
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Olympic medal record
Women's Short Track Speed Skating
Gold 1994 Lillehammer 1000m
Gold 1994 Lillehammer 3000m Relay
Gold 1998 Nagano 1000m
Gold 1998 Nagano 3000m Relay
Bronze 1998 Nagano 500m Chun Lee-Kyung
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Sylvie Daigle (born on 1 December 1962 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian speed skater.

First competing in 1979, she has participated, and triumphed, in long-track events during the Canada Winter Games that year, winning gold in the 500-metre, 1000-metre and 1500-metre
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