Short track speed skating
Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...
was a
demonstration sport
A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition. This occurs commonly during the Olympic Games, but may also occur at other sporting events.
Demonstration spor ...
at the
1988 Winter Olympic Games
)
, nations = 57
, athletes = 1,423 (1,122 men, 301 women)
, events = 46 in 6 sports (10 disciplines)
, opening = February 13, 1988
, closing = February 28, 1988
, opened_by = Governor General Jeanne Sauvé
, cauldron ...
. Those competition events took place at the
Max Bell Arena in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
. This was the only time in the history of Olympic Games that the short track venue was shared with
curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...
.
Medal table
Men's events
500 m
Final A
February 23, 1988
Final B
1000 m
Final A
February 24, 1988
Final B
1500 m
Final A
February 22, 1988
Final B
3000 m
Final
February 25, 1988
5000 m relay
Final
February 25, 1988
Women's events
500 m
Final A
February 22, 1988
Final B
1000 m
Final A
February 25, 1988
Final B
1500 m
Final A
February 23, 1988
Final B
3000 m
February 24, 1988
3000 m relay
February 24, 1988
External links
*
''Olympic Review'' - March 1988Short Track Speed Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympicsat Olympedia.org
{{Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics
Olympic demonstration sports
1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, MohkÃnsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts†...
1988 Winter Olympics events
Olympics
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
Olympics, 1988
Men's events at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Women's events at the 1988 Winter Olympics