Short-track speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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Short track speed skating was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. Those competition events took place at the Max Bell Arena in Calgary. This was the only time in the history of Olympic Games that the short track venue was shared with curling.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)2215
2 Great Britain (GBR)2002
 South Korea (KOR)2002
4 Canada (CAN)16310
5 Italy (ITA)1124
6 Japan (JPN)1113
7 China (CHN)1023
8 France (FRA)0011
Totals (8 entries)10101030

Men's events

500 m

Final A

February 23, 1988

Rank Name Country Time
1 Wilfred O'Reilly  Great Britain 44.80
2 Mario Vincent  Canada 45.15
3 Tatsuyoshi Ishihara  Japan 45.37
4 Robert Dubreuil  Canada 45.38

Final B

Rank Name Country Time
5 Michel Daignault  Canada 45.10
6 Orazio Fagone  Italy 46.35
7 Kim Ki-hoon  South Korea 48.82
8 Toshinobu Kawai  Japan 49.12

1000 m

Final A

February 24, 1988

Rank Name Country Time
1 Wilf O'Reilly  Great Britain 1:33.44
2 Michel Daignault  Canada 1:33.66
3 Marc Bella  France 1:34.45
4 Tatsuyoshi Ishihara  Japan 1:35.72
5 Louis Grenier  Canada 1:37.17
6 Roberto Peretti  Italy 1:48.33
7 Lee Joon-ho  South Korea DQ

Final B

Rank Name Country Time
8 Kim Ki-hoon  South Korea 1:37.20
9 Richard Suyten  Netherlands 1:37.52
10 Didier Claeys  Belgium 1:38.10
11 Orazio Fagone  Italy 1:38.35
12 Tsutomu Kawasaki  Japan 1:38.40

1500 m

Final A

February 22, 1988

Rank Name Country Time
1 Kim Ki-hoon  South Korea 2:26.68
2 Louis Grenier  Canada 2:26.99
3 Orazio Fagone  Italy 2:27.16
4 Roberto Peretti  Italy 2:27.24
5 Mario Vincent  Canada 2:27.34
6 Michel Daignault  Canada 2:28.15

Final B

Rank Name Country Time
7 Lee Joon-ho  South Korea 2:38.19
8 Tatsuyoshi Ishihara  Japan 2:38.65
9 Yuichi Akasaka  Japan 2:38.88
10 Kawai Toshinobu  Japan 2:39.93
11 Tsutomu Kawasaki  Japan 2:43.67
12 Pat Moore  United States 2:51.21

3000 m

Final

February 25, 1988

Rank Name Country Time
1 Lee Joon-ho  South Korea 5:21.63
2 Charles Veldhoven  Netherlands 5:22.39
3 Michel Daignault  Canada 5:30.68
4 Peter Van der Velde  Netherlands 5:31.07
5 Mario Vincent  Canada 5:31.15
6 Mo Ji-soo  South Korea 5:32.24
7 Tatsuyoshi Ishihara  Japan 5:32.70
8 Jaco Bos  Netherlands 5:36.16

5000 m relay

Final

February 25, 1988

Rank Country Name Time
1  Netherlands Charles Veldhoven
Peter van der Velde
Jaco Mos
Richard Suyten
7:29.05
2  Italy Roberto Peretti
Enrico Peretti
Orazio Fagone
Hugo Herrnhof
7:30.39
3  Canada Louis Grenier
Robert Dubreuil
Mario Vincent
Michel Daignault
7:35.47
4  United States Andy Gabel
Patrick Moore
Brian Arseneau
David Besteman
7:47.59
5  Japan Yuichi Akasaka
Tochinobu Kawai
Tsutomu Kawasaki
Tatsuyoshi Ishihara
6  Great Britain Robert Blair
Wilf O'Reilly
Ian Ellis
Stuart Horsepool

Women's events

500 m

Final A

February 22, 1988

Rank Name Country Time
1 Monique Velzeboer  Netherlands 48.28
2 Eden Donatelli  Canada 48.34
3 Li Yan  China 48.84
4 Sylvie Daigle  Canada 49.64

Final B

Rank Name Country Time
5 Yumiko Yamada  Japan 49.57
6 Cristina Sciolla  Italy 49.75
7 Simone Velzeboer  Netherlands DNF
7 Eiko Shishii  Japan DNF

1000 m

Final A

February 25, 1988

Rank Name Country Time
1 Li Yan  China 1:39.00
2 Sylvie Daigle  Canada 1:41.15
3 Monique Velzeboer  Netherlands 1:43.10
4 Jing Qiao  China 1:46.38
5 Maryse Perreault  Canada 2:25.50
6 Jinyan Li  China DQ

Final B

RANK Name Country Time
7 Eden Donatelli  Canada 1:40.06
8 Maria Rosa Candido  Italy 1:40.21
9 Nathalie Lambert  Canada 1:40.49
10 Viktoriya Troytskaya  Soviet Union 1:41.47
11 Valérie Barizza  France 1:43.12
12 Yumiko Yamada  Japan DNF

1500 m

Final A

February 23, 1988

Rank Name Country Time
1 Sylvie Daigle  Canada 2:37.61
2 Monique Velzeboer  Netherlands 2:37.77
3 Li Yan  China 2:37.92
4 Eiko Shishii  Japan 2:38.19
5 Yumiko Yamada  Japan 2:39.49
6 Nathalie Lambert  Canada 2:44.77

Final B

Rank Name Country Time
7 Maria Rosa Candido  Italy 2:43.64
8 Maryse Perreault  Canada 2:43.91
9 Jinyan Li  China 2:44.04
10 Yoo Boo-won  South Korea 2:44.28
11 Jing Qiao  China 2:48.89
AC Lee Yoon-sook  South Korea – DNF

3000 m

February 24, 1988

Rank Name Country Time
1 Eiko Shishii  Japan 5:25.44
2 Sylvie Daigle  Canada 5:25.82
3 Maria Rosa Candido  Italy 5:25.89
4 Hiromi Takeuchi  Japan 5:26.52
5 Li Yan  China 5:28.68
6 Nathalie Lambert  Canada 5:37.36
7 Nobuko Yamada  Japan 5:47.29
8 Maryse Perreault  Canada 5:51.97

3000 m relay

February 24, 1988

Rank Country Name Time
1  Italy Maria Rosa Candido
Gabriella Monteduro
Barbara Mussio
Maria Cristina Sciolla
4:45.88
2  Japan Hiromi Takeuchi
Eiko Shishii
Yumiko Yamada
Nobuko Yamada
4:46.91
3  Canada Susan Auch
Nathalie Lambert
Eden Donatelli
Maryse Perreault
4:49.77

External links

  • "List of international results". Packstyle.de. 19 October 2003. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
  • Olympic Review - March 1988
  • Short Track Speed Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics at Olympedia.org