Short-track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics was held from 18 to 22 February. Four events were contested at La halle de glace Olympique, located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies, a couple of kilometers west of downtown Albertville. This was the first time short track speed skating was contested at the Winter Olympics.^[1][2]

Short track speed skating at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for short track speed skating
Venue	La halle de glace Olympique
Dates	18–22 February
Competitors	86 from 16 nations
1994 →

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	2	0	1	3
2	Canada	1	2	0	3
3	United States	1	1	0	2
4	China	0	1	0	1
5	Japan	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
	Unified Team	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		4	4	4	12

South Korea led the medal table with three, including two golds. Kim Ki-hoon's gold medal in the men's 1000 metre was the first Winter gold medal for South Korea. Kim also led the individual medal table, with two gold medals. The top women's medalist was American Cathy Turner, who won one gold and one silver.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1000 metres details	Kim Ki-hoon  South Korea	1:30.76	Frédéric Blackburn  Canada	1:31.11	Lee Joon-ho  South Korea	1:31.16
5000 metre relay details	South Korea (KOR) Song Jae-kun Kim Ki-hoon Lee Joon-ho Mo Ji-soo	7:14.02	Canada (CAN) Mark Lackie Frédéric Blackburn Michel Daignault Laurent Daignault Sylvain Gagnon	7:14.06	Japan (JPN) Yuichi Akasaka Tatsuyoshi Ishihara Toshinobu Kawai Tsutomu Kawasaki	7:18.18

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Cathy Turner  United States	47.04	Li Yan  China	47.08	Hwang Ok-Sil  North Korea	47.23
3000 metre relay details	Canada (CAN) Angela Cutrone Sylvie Daigle Nathalie Lambert Annie Perreault	4:36.62	United States (USA) Darcie Dohnal Amy Peterson Cathy Turner Nikki Ziegelmeyer	4:39.34	Unified Team (EUN) Yuliya Allagulova Nataliya Isakova Viktoriya Troitskaya-Taranina Yuliya Vlasova	4:42.69

Participating NOCs

Sixteen nations competed in the short track events at Albertville.

•  Australia (6)
•  Belgium (5)
•  Canada (9)
•  China (5)
•  Unified Team (6)
•  France (8)
•  Great Britain (5)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (8)
•  Japan (8)
•  South Korea (6)
•  Netherlands (5)
•  New Zealand (5)
•  Norway (1)
•  North Korea (3)
•  United States (5)