Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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2002 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating. All events were held at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

Contents 1 Men's events 1.1 500 m 1.2 1,000 m 1.3 1,500 m 1.4 5,000 m relay 2 Women's events 2.1 500 m 2.2 1,000 m 2.3 1,500 m 2.4 3,000 m relay

[edit] Men's events

[edit] 500 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Marc Gagnon (CAN)	49.802
Silver	Jonathan Guilmette (CAN)	49.994
Bronze	Rusty Smith (USA)	50.027

[edit] 1,000 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Steven Bradbury (AUS)	1:29.109
Silver	Apolo Anton Ohno (USA)	1:30.160
Bronze	Mathieu Turcotte (CAN)	1:30.563

Bradbury's very presence in the final was a result of incredible luck. In his first heat, he finished third, outside the qualifying places, but was elevated to second via the disqualification of Gagnon. In the semifinal, he was in fifth place on the final lap and well behind the pack, only to see three of the other four competitors crash out, allowing him to advance as the second-place finisher in the semifinal.

In the final, Bradbury was far behind in 5th place, but all the other finalists collided and fell while turning the last corner. He crossed the line first to win the first Olympic winter gold medal for Australia, or for any Southern Hemisphere country. Favorite Ohno, who led before getting hit, suffered a cut in his thigh in the fall but scrambled across the ice to cross the line second. Turcotte, who fell at the same time, likewise recovered to take third. This upset has been coined "pulling a Bradbury". [1]

[edit] 1,500 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Apolo Anton Ohno (USA)	2:18.541
Silver	Li Jiajun (CHN)	2:18.731
Bronze	Marc Gagnon (CAN)	2:18.806

Ohno actually finished second in the race to Kim Dong-Sung of South Korea, but was awarded gold after Kim was disqualified for blocking him on the final lap.

[edit] 5,000 m relay

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Canada (Éric Bédard, Marc Gagnon, Jonathan Guilmette, François-Louis Tremblay, Mathieu Turcotte)	6:51.579
Silver	Italy (Michele Antonioli, Maurizio Carnino, Fabio Carta, Nicola Franceschina, Nicola Rodigari)	6:56.327
Bronze	China (Li Jiajun, An Yulong, Li Ye, Feng Kai, Guo Wei)	6:59.633

[edit] Women's events

[edit] 500 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Yang Yang (A) (CHN)	41.187
Silver	Evgenia Radanova (BUL)	42.252
Bronze	Wang Chunlu (CHN)	43.272

Yang Yang (A) - the A is to distinguish from Yang Yang (S) - won the People's Republic of China's first Olympic winter gold medal.

[edit] 1,000 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Yang Yang (A) (CHN)	1:36.391
Silver	Ko Gi-Hyun (KOR)	1:36.427
Bronze	Yang Yang (S) (CHN)	1:42.320

[edit] 1,500 m

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Ko Gi-Hyun (KOR)	2:31.581
Silver	Choi Eun-Kyung (KOR)	2:31.610
Bronze	Evgenia Radanova (BUL)	2:31.793

Choi set a new World Record in the semis, but compatriot Ko beat her to win the inaugural Olympic 1500 m.

[edit] 3,000 m relay

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	South Korea (Choi Min-Kyung, Joo Min-Jin, Park Hye-Won, Choi Eun-Kyung)	4:12.793
Silver	China (Yang Yang (A), Yang Yang (S), Wang Chunlu, Sun Dandan)	4:13.236
Bronze	Canada (Isabelle Charest, Marie-Eve Drolet, Amelie Goulet-Nadon, Alanna Kraus, Tania Vicent)	4:15.738

Short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics
1988 (demonstration) • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 See also: List of Olympic medalists in short track speed skating

Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City)
Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Curling • Figure skating • Freestyle skiing • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Short track speed skating • Skeleton • Ski jumping • Snowboarding • Speed skating