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 ...
at the
Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at the
Pacific Coliseum
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,
Vancouver
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British Columbia
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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 and
Apolo Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno (; born May 22, 1982) is an American retired short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist (two gold, two silver, four bronze) in the Winter Olympics. Ohno is the most decorated American at the Winter Olympics ...
became the most decorated Winter Olympian in United States history with eight medals.
Haralds Silovs
Haralds Silovs (born 7 April 1986) is a Latvian long track and former short track speed skater, who became the 2008 and 2011 European champion in short track. He has participated in three Winter Olympics. In 2018, he finished fourth at speed ...
of
Latvia
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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.
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. 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
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( UTC-8).
Medal summary
Medal table
Men's events
Women's events
Records
Participating nations
The quotas were announced on November 23, 2009.
References
External links
Qualification systemVancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12
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2010
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2010 Winter Olympics events
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