Venue Salt Lake Ice Center No. of events 8 | Dates February 13–23 Competitors 106 from 24 nations | |
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At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah
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For the long track speed skating events, see Speed skating at the 2002 Winter OlympicsShort track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 February to 23 February. Eight events were contested at Salt Lake Ice Center (normally called Delta Center (now Vivint Smart Home Arena)). Two new events were added for these games, with the men's and women's 1500 metres making debuts.
Medal table
China led the medal table with seven, while Evgenia Radanova's two medals for Bulgaria were their first in the sport.
Records
Two world records and fifteen Olympic records were set in Salt Lake City.
Participating NOCs
Twenty-six nations competed in the short track events at Salt Lake City. Belarus, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Israel, Romania and Slovakia made their short track debuts.
References
Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA