Short-track speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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 edit

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 edit

500 m edit

Final A edit

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 edit

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 edit

Final A edit

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 edit

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 edit

Final A edit

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 edit

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 edit

Final edit

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 edit

Final edit

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 edit

500 m edit

Final A edit

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 edit

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 edit

Final A edit

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 edit

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 edit

Final A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • "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