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Short Track Speed Skating

The short track oval is 111 meters (364 feet).

Medal breakdown (6 events): Six medals— Korea (3-1-2) and China (0-5-1); Four— Canada (2-0-2); Two— Japan (1-0-1).

Men

500 meters

  Time 
1Takafumi Nishitani, JPN42.862 
2Yulong An, CHN43.022 
3Hitoshi Uematsu, JPN43.713 
Best USA: No Americans qualified for final.

1000 meters

  Time 
1Dong-Sung Kim, KOR1:32.375 
2Jiajun Li, CHN1:32.428 
3Eric Bedard, CAN1:32.661 
Best USA: 4th, Andrew Gabel (1:33.518).

5000M Relay

  Time 
1Canada7:06.075 
2Korea7:06.776 
3China7:11.559 
Best USA: No Americans qualified for the final.

Women

500 meters

  Time 
1Annie Perreault, CAN46.568 
2Yang S.Yang, CHN46.627 
Finalist #3 was disqualified and finalist #4 did not finish the race.
Best USA: No Americans qualified for the final.

1000 meters

  Time 
1Lee-Kyung Chun, KOR1:42.776 
2Yang S.Yang, CHN1:43.343 
3Hye-Kyung Won, KOR1:43.361 
Best USA: No Americans qualified for the final.

3000M Relay

  Time 
1Korea4:16.260WR
2China4:16.383 
3Canada4:21.205 
Best USA: The United States did not qualify for the final.

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