Editing 1998 Winter Olympics (section)

====Short track speed skating====
{{main| Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}
Six [[short track speed skating]] events took place at the [[White Ring (arena)]] from 17 to 21 February. A total of 18 nations were representing among the skaters. Four countries won medals. [[South Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics|South Korea]] won six medals, including three gold. [[Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Canada]] won four medals, including two gold. Host [[Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Japan]] won one gold and one silver; and [[China at the 1998 Winter Olympics|China]] won five silver and one bronze medal.

The 14th ranked [[Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Japanese]] skater [[Takafumi Nishitani]] beat the [[Olympic record]] in the 500m semi-finals. In the final, he led from the start and won the gold medal with a time of 42.862 seconds. The [[Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] [[Marc Gagnon]], who was in second place, fell with two laps remaining. The [[China at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Chinese]] skater [[An Yulong]] won the silver with a time of 43.022, 0.5 seconds of the Japanese skater [[Hitoshi Uematsu]]. In the 1000 meters, world record holder Marc Gagnon was disqualified for obstruction in the quarter-finals. The Chinese skater [[Li Jiajun]], who led for most of the final, was passed by the [[South Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics|South Korean]] skater, [[Kim Dong-sung]], in the final corner. Kim won with a time of 1:32.375, 0.053 seconds ahead of the silver medalist. The Canadian [[Éric Bédard]] won the bronze, .223 seconds further behind. In the 5000m relays, world-title holders from [[Italy at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Italy]] led at the beginning of the relay but were passed by the Canadians, and fell. With about one-quarter of the race left, a Chinese skater fell, bringing down with him a South Korean skater, allowing the Canadians to easily win the gold, with a time of 7:06.075. The South Koreans were .701 seconds behind, with the Chinese finishing with the bronze a further 4 seconds back. The Japanese team won the B-Final with a time that was five seconds faster than the gold medalists.

In the women's 500m final, the [[Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Canadian]] [[Isabelle Charest]] collided with the [[China at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Chinese]] [[Wang Chunlu]], and both fell. Charest was disqualified and Wang, angry, never finished the race.  The Canadian [[Annie Perreault]] won the gold with a time of 46.568 seconds, 0.059 seconds ahead of [[Yang Yang (S)]] of China. Because these were the only two to finish the race, the bronze medal went to the winner of the B-Final, the [[South Korea at the 1998 Winter Olympics|South Korean]] [[Chun Lee-kyung]]. In the 1000m race, the Chinese skater [[Yang Yang (A)]] led the race but was passed by the 500m bronze medalist, Chun, in the last straight away to the finish line. Chun won the race with a time of 1:42.776 seconds. Yang Yang (A) was disqualified for using her elbow to try to block Chun. Yang Yang (S) won the silver, 0.567 seconds behind the gold medalist from South Korea. [[Won Hye-kyung]], also of South Korea, won the bronze a further 0.18 seconds behind. In the 3000m relay, the Chinese team led for most of the race but the South Korean skater [[Kim Yun-mi (speed skater)|Kim Yun-mi]] passed Yang Yang (A) in the last changeover. Both teams beat the [[World Record]], with the South Koreans finishing with a time of 4:16.260, and the Chinese were 0.123 seconds behind. The Canadian team won bronze with a time of 4:21.205.