The 2010 Olympic Short Track competition was held at the Pacific Colesium in Vancouver, British Columbia on five days (from February 13 through February 26), 2010.http://www.nbcolympics.com/short-track/resultsandschedules/index.html The event takes place every four years on the site of the Winter Olympics. Events include men's and women's 500, 1000 and 1500 meter races as well as men's 5,000 meter relay and women's 3,000 meter relay.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/additional-information/about-the-sport_146076Zz.html Women contenders include Katherine Reutter and Kimberly Derrick of the United States and Wang Meng and Fu Tianyu of China. Featured men include Simon Cho, Travis Jayner , Apollo Ohno and J.R. Celski of the United States and Ho-Suk Lee of Korea.http://www.nbcolympics.com/short-track/athletes/index.html

Short track speed skating started in Canada and the United States in 1905, and became part of the International Skating Union in 1967. In 1988 it was a demonstration event in the Winter Olympics at Calgary, and became a medal event in 1992. The events take place within the confines of a hockey rink with competitors racing against each other as opposed to the clock. The outcome of events are determined by heats of four to six, with the top-tow finishers moving on to the next round.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/additional-information/about-the-sport_146076Zz.html Notable short track speed skaters include Hyun-Soo Ahn and Lee-Kyung Chun of South Korea and Yang Yang of China.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/athletes/legendary-athletes/

February 13

The first heat of the men's 1500 meter took place at 5:00 pm. There were six races of six skaters each. Twenty one skaters advanced to the semifinal round. Setting an Olympic record was Jung-Su Lee of Korea with a time of 2:12.380. Teammate Ho-Suk Lee also advanced with a time of 2:14.324 . Apollo Ohno of the United States qualified with a time of 2:17.653 and teammate J.R. Celski advanced with a time of 2:12.460.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-1500-m-heats_stm015900pi.html

The semifinals of the men's 1500 meter took place at 6:18 pm. There were three races of six skaters each. Lee Jung-Su set an Olympic record with a time of 2:10.949. Apollo Ohno finished second with a time of 2:11.072 and Charles Hamelin of Canada finished third at 2:11.225. A total of 13 skaters advanced to the finals.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-1500-m-semifinals_stm015200Pp.html

The first heat of the ladies' 500 meter took place at 5:42 pm. There were eight races of four skaters and 16 skaters advanced to the quarterfinals. Meng Wang of China set an Olympic record with a time of 43.926 seconds. Katherine Reutter of the United States qualified with a time of 44.187 seconds in the first race.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-500-m-heats_stw005900jB.html

The semifinals of the ladies' 3000 m relay took place at 6:50 pm. There were two races of four teams each. The top two teams in each race advanced to Final A and the bottom two of each race advanced to Final B. China set an Olympic record in the second race with a time of 4:08.797. Korea, United States and Canada also advanced to Final A and Netherlands, Hungary, Japan and Italy advanced to Final B.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-3000-m-relay-semifinals_stw430200lC.html

The men's 1500 m final took place at 7:18 pm. In Final A, seven skaters were racing for the gold, silver and bronze medals. Lee Jung-Su won the gold medal with a time of 2:17.611. It appeared Korea would sweep the medals until Sung Si-Bak and Lee Ho-Suk collided on the final turn allowing Apollo Ohno to win the silver with a time of 2:17.976. J.R. Celski finished third to win the bronze with a time of 2:18.053.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-1500-m-finals_stm015100DK.html

February 17

The ladies' 500 m quarterfinals were held at 5:00 pm. There were four heats of four competitors in each heat. The top two in each heat advanced to the semifinals. Katherine Reutter of the United States and Kalyna Roberge of Canada advanced from heat one. Meng Wang of China set an Olympic record with a time of 43.284 in heat two. Jessica Gregg from Canada also advanced from heat two. In the third heat, Yang Zhou of China and Arianna Fontana of Italy advanced and in heat four, Marianne St-Gelais of Canada and Eun-Byul Lee of Korea advanced.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-500-m-quarterfinals_stw005300Nv.html

The men's 1000 m heats were held at 5:25 pm. Thirty two skaters in eight heats of four competed. The top two in each heat advanced to the next round. Si-Bak Sung of Korea set an Olympic record with a time of 1:24.245.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-1000-m-heats_stm010900LA.html

The ladies' 500 m semifinals were held at 6:10 pm. Two heats of four determined those who competed in Final A and those who competed in Final B. Meng Wang set another Olympic record with a time of 42.985 seconds. Jessica Gregg, Arianna Fontana and Marianne St-Gelais all advanced to Final A.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-500-m-semifinals_stw005200Lg.html

The men's 5000 m semifinals were held at 6:32 pm. Eight teams of four competed in two heats of four. The top two teams moved to Final A. Korea and United States finished first and second in the first heat. China and Canada finished first in the second heat. Italy was disqualified in the first heat.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-5000-m-relay-semifinals_stm450200yp.html

The ladies' 500 m finals were held at 7:07 pm. Weng Mang won the gold medal with a time of 43:048 seconds. She defeated silver medal winner Marianne St-Gelais by .659 seconds. Arianna Fontana held off Jessica Gregg for the bronze.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-500-m-finals_stw005100cN.html

February 20

The ladies' 1500 m heats were held at 5:45 pm. There were six heats of six skaters. Nineteen skaters advanced to the semifinals and four were disqualified. Ha-Ri Cho of Korea had the fastest time of 2:22.928. Kalyna Roberge of Canada had the second fastest time of 2:23.619. Notables that advanced were Meng Wang of China, Katherine Reutter and Allison Baver of the United States and Tania Vicent of Canada.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1500-m-heats_stw015900Mv.html

The men's 1000 m quarterfinals were held at 6:29 pm. There were three heats of four skaters and one heat of five skaters. Eight competitors advanced to the semifinals. Charles Hamelin and Francois Hamelin of Canada, Apollo Ohno and J.R. Celski of the United States, Jung-Su Lee, Si-Bak Sung and Ho-Suk Lee of Korea and Jialiang Han of China all advanced.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-1000-m-quarterfinals_stm010300YC.html

The ladies' 1500 m semifinals were held at 6:58 pm. There were two heats of six skaters and one heat of seven skaters. Meng Wang of China and Katerina Novotna of the Czech Republic were disqualified. Twelve competitors advanced to the final round. Sueng-Hi Park of Korea set an Olympic record with a time of 2:20.859.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1500-m-semifinals_stw015200t7-Ry.html

The men's 1000 m semifinals were held at 7:28 pm. J.R. Celski was disqualified in the first heat. Ho-Suk Lee and Jung-Su Lee qualified for Final A from the first heat. Apollo Ohno and Charles Hamelin advanced to Final A from the second heat.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-1000-m-semifinals_stm010200t7-bn.html

The ladies' 1500 m finals were held at 7:51 pm. Yang Zhou of China won the gold with an Olympic record time of 2:16.993. Eun-Byul Lee of Korea won the silver with a time of 2:17.849. Her teammate Seung-Hi Park won the bronze with a time of 2:17.927. Katherine Reutter of the United States finished fourth.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1500-m-finals_stw015100t7-In.html

The men's 1000 m finals were held at 8:05 pm. Jung-Su Lee set an Olympic record with a time of 1:23.747 to win the gold medal. Teammate Ho-Suk Lee won the silver with a time of 1:23.801. Apollo Ohno won the bronze with a time of 1:24.128. That was Ohno's seventh career Olympic medal, the most ever for a United States athlete.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-1000-m-finals_stm010100PA.html

February 24

The heats of the ladies' 1000 m were held at 5:00 pm. There were eight heats of four skaters each. Katherine Reutter of the United States set an Olympic record with a time of 1:30.508. Four skaters were disqualified and seventeen advanced to the quarterfinals.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1000-m-heats_stw010900iN.html

The heats of the men's 500 m were held at 5:47 pm. There were eight heats of four skaters each. Francois-Louis Tremblay of Canada set an Olympic record with a time of 41.397 seconds. Two competitors were disqualified and sixteen advanced to the quarterfinals.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-500-m-heats_stm005900Wc.html

The finals of the ladies' 3000 m relay were held at 6:26 pm. The team of Lin Lin Sun, Meng Wang, Hui Zhang and Yang Zhou of China won the gold with an Olympic record time of 4:06.610. The team of Jessica Gregg, Kalyna Roberge, Marianne St-Gelias and Tania Vincent won the silver with a time of 4:09.137. The United States team of Allsion Baver, Alyson Dudek, Lana Gehring and Katherine Reutter won the bronze with a time of 4:14.081.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-3000-m-relay-finals_stw430100jr.html

February 26

The quarterfinals of the men's 500 m were held at 6:00 pm. There were four heats of four skaters each. Nine advanced to the semifinals. Charles Hamelin set an Olympic record with a time of 40.770 seconds. Si-Bak Sung, Jon Eley of Great Britain, Apolo Ohno of the United States, Ho-Suk Lee and Yoon-Gy Kwak of Korea, Tyson Heung of Germany and Olivier Jean and Francois-Louis Tremblay of Canada advanced.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-500-m-quarterfinals_stm005300TO.html

The quarterfinals of the ladies' 1000 m were held at 6:14 pm. Seventeen skaters competed in four heats. Tania Vincent of Canada was disqualified in the third heat. Yang Zhou of China set an Olympic record with a time of 1:29.849. A total of eight competitors advanced to the semifinals.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1000-m-quarterfinals_stw010300dX.html

The semifinals of the men's 500 m were held at 6:43 pm. Olivier Jean of Canada was disqualified in the first heat. Charles Hamelin, Si-Bak Sung, Apolo Ohno and Francois-Louis Tremblay advanced to Final A to compete for the gold medal.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-500-m-semifinals_stm005200xP.html

The semifinals of the ladies' 1000 m were held at 6:52 pm. There were two heats of four skaters per heat. Yang Zhou set an world record with a time of 1:29.049. Seung-Hi Park, Katherine Reutter and Meng Wang also advanced to Final A to compete for the gold medal.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1000-m-semifinals_stw010200SM.html

The finals of the men's 500 m were held at 7:14 pm. Apolo Ohno finished second in Final A but was disqualified. Charles Hamelin won the gold with a time of 40.981 seconds. Si-Bak Sung won the silver with a time of 41.340 and Francois-Louis Tremblay of Canada won the bronze.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-500-m-finals_stm005100FA.html

The finals of the ladies' 1000 m were held at 7:24 pm. Four skaters participated in Final A to skate for the medals. Yang Zhou was disqualified in Final A. Meng Wang won the gold with a time of 1:29.213. Katherine Reutter of the United States won the silver with a time of 1:29.324 and Seung-Hi Park won the bronze with a time of 1:29.379.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/ladies-1000-m-finals_stw010100xB.html

The finals of the men's 5000 m relay were held at 7:51 pm. Five teams of four skaters competed in Final A for the gold medal. Canada won the gold with a time of 6:44.224. Korea won the silver medal with a time of 6:44.446 and the United States won the bronze with a time of 6:44.498.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-short-track-speed-skating/schedule-and-results/mens-5000-m-relay-finals_stm450100uK.html

• Watch Olympic Short Track Online
• February 13, 2010
  
  
• 5:00 pm - Olympic Short Track Men's 1500m Heats
• 5:42 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 500m Heats
• 6:18 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 1500m Semifinals
• 6:50 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 3000m Relay Semifinals
• 7:18 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 1500m Finals Medal Event
  
  

February 17, 2010

• 5:00 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 500m Quarterfinals
• 5:25 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 1000m Heats
• 6:10 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 500m Semifinals
• 6:32 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 5000m Relay Semifinals
• 7:07 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 500m Finals Medal Event
  
  

February 20, 2010

• 5:45 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 1500m Heats
• 6:29 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 1000m Quarterfinals
• 6:58 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 1500m Semifinals
• 7:28 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 1000m Semifinals
• 7:51 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 1500m Finals Medal Event
• 8:05 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 1000m Finals Medal Event
  
  

February 24, 2010

• 5:00 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 1000m Heats
• 5:47 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 500m Heats
• 6:26 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 3000m Relay Finals Medal Event
  
  

February 26, 2010

• 6:00 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 500m Quarterfinals
• 6:14 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 1000m Quarterfinals
• 6:43 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 500m Semifinals
• 6:52 pm- Olympic Short Track ladies' 1000m Semifinals
• 7:14 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 500m Finals Medal Event
• 7:24 pm- Olympic Short Track Ladies' 1000m Finals Medal Event
• 7:51 pm- Olympic Short Track Men's 5000m Relay Finals Medal Event

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