List of Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Albertville details Cathy Turner United States Li Yan China Hwang Ok-Sil North Korea
1994 Lillehammer details Cathy Turner United States Zhang Yanmei China Amy Peterson United States
1998 Nagano details Annie Perreault Canada Yang Yang ( S ) China Chun Lee-Kyung South Korea
2002 Salt Lake City details Yang Yang ( A ) China Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria Wang Chunlu China
2006 Turin details Wang Meng China Evgenia Radanova Bulgaria Anouk Leblanc-Boucher Canada
2010 Vancouver details Wang Meng China Marianne St-Gelais Canada Arianna Fontana Italy
2014 Sochi details Li Jianrou China Arianna Fontana Italy Park Seung-Hi South Korea
2018 PyeongChang details Arianna Fontana Italy Yara van Kerkhof Netherlands Kim Boutin Canada
Women -- 500 metres
Short track speed skating is a sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. The first Winter Olympics, held in 1924, included speed skating, but the first official short track speed skating events were not held until the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Before 1992, short track speed skating events were held at the 1988 Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport. At those games, events for both men and women were held in five disciplines: 500 metre, 1000 metre, 1500 metre, 3000 metre and the relay (3000 metres for women, 5000 metres for men). The Netherlands, United Kingdom and South Korea won two gold medals each, with Canada, Italy, Japan and China picking up a gold medal each. The results of those demonstration events are not considered official and are not included in this list. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, there were four medal events: men's 1000 metres, men's 5000 metre relay, women's 500 metres and women's 3000 metre relay. Men's 500 metres and women's 1000 metres was added in 1994. The men's and women's 1500 metres were added in 2002 and all eight events have been held at every Olympic Games since. Viktor Ahn of Russia, formerly of South Korea with his birth name of Ahn Hyun-soo, is the most decorated short-tracker in Olympics, having won eight medals including six gold medals, and two bronze. China's Wang Meng and South Korean Chun Lee-Kyung has won four gold medals each. With his eight medals Viktor Ahn has the most Olympic medals of any short-track speed skater, tied with Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States who won two gold, two silver and four bronze medals and Arianna Fontana of Italy who won one gold, two silver and five bronze medals.