Short track speed skating at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia on 13–26 February 2010.

China dominated the competition, sweeping the women's events - winning gold in the 500 m, 1,000 m 1,500 m and 3000 m relay. Wang Meng won three gold medals, becoming the most accomplished female short track speed skater in Olympic history. Apolo Ohno became the most decorated Winter Olympian in United States history, with eight medals.

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 different disciplines on the same day. He competed in the 5000m and then raced across town to the 1500m event.Toronto Star, "Latvia's quick-change artist makes Olympic history", 14 February 2010 (accessed 18 February 2010)Washington Post, "Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty", Beth Harris, 13 February 2010 (accessed 18 February 2010)New York Times, "From Long Track to Short Track, an Unprecedented Journey", Karen Crouse', 13 February 2010 (accessed 18 February 2010)

The final of the women's 3000 metres relay event was controversially won by the Chinese team, which set a new world record. The South Korean team initially finished first but was disqualified due to illegal contact which was deemed to have impeded a Chinese skater.AP Associated Press, "China wins women's 3,000-meter relay after DQ " February 25, 2010.Chase, Chris, "Controversy: S. Korea DQ'd in short track relay, China gets gold", Yahoo! News, February 24, 2010. Australian referee James Hewish subsequently received abusing and threatening emails including personal death threats from angry South Korean fans.

Competition schedule All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Day Date Start Finish Event Phase Day 2 Saturday, 2010-02-13 17:00 19:30 500 m women Heats 3,000 m relay women Heats 1,500 m men Final Day 6 Wednesday 2010-02-17 17:00 19:15 1,000 m men Heats 5,000 m relay men Heats 500 m women Final Day 9 Saturday 2010-02-20 17:45 20:15 1,500 m women Final 1,000 m men Final Day 13 Wednesday 2010-02-24 17:00 18:45 1,000 m women Heats 500 m men Heats 3,000 m relay women Final Day 15 Friday 2010-02-26 18:00 20:15 500 m men Final 1,000 m women Final 5,000 m relay men Final

Medal summary Medal table

Men's events 500 metres 40.981 41.340 46.366 1000 metres 1:23.747 OR 1:23.801 1:24.128 1500 metres 2:17.611 2:17.976 2:18.053 5000 metre relay Charles Hamelin François Hamelin Olivier Jean François-Louis Tremblay Guillaume Bastille 6:44.224 Kwak Yoon-gy Lee Ho-suk Lee Jung-su Sung Si-bak Kim Seoung-il 6:44.446 J. R. Celski Travis Jayner Jordan Malone Apolo Ohno Simon Cho 6:44.498

Women's events

500 metres 43.048 43.707 43.804 1000 metres 1:29.213 1:29.324 1:29.379 1500 metres 2:16.993 OR 2:17.849 2:17.927 3000 metre relay Sun Linlin Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang 4:06.610 WR Jessica Gregg Kalyna Roberge Marianne St-Gelais Tania Vicent 4:09.137 Allison Baver Alyson Dudek Lana Gehring Katherine Reutter Kimberly Derrick 4:14.081

Records Event Date Round Name Nation Time OR WR Men's 1500 m February 13 Heat 3 Lee Jung-su 2:12.280 OR Women's 500 m February 13 Heat 3 Wang Meng 43.926 OR Men's 1500 m February 13 Semifinal 1 Lee Jung-su 2:10.949 OR Women's 3000 m relay February 13 Semifinal 2 Sun Linlin Wang Meng Zhang Hui Zhou Yang 4:08.797 OR Women's 500 m February 17 Quarterfinal 2 Wang Meng 43.284 OR Men's 1000 m February 17 Heat 3 Sung Si-bak 1:24.245 OR Women's 500 m February 17 Semifinal 2 Wang Meng 42.985 OR

Participating nations The quotas were announced on November 23, 2009.

Nations Men's 500m Men's 1000m Men's 1500m Men's relay Women's 500m Women's 1000m Women's 1500m Women's relay Athletes 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 X 3 3 3 X 10 3 3 3 X 3 3 3 X 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 X 2 1 1 7 2 2 3 X 1 1 1 6 2 2 2 X 2 1 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 X 7 3 3 3 X 3 2 3 X 10 2 2 3 2 3 3 X 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 0 X 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 5 3 3 3 X 3 2 3 X 10 3 3 3 X 2 3 3 X 10 Total: 23 NOCs 32 32 36 8 32 32 36 8 113

References

External links Qualification system Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12