Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating. All events were held at the Salt Lake Ice Center.

Men's events

500 m

Ohno actually finished second in the race to Kim Dong-Sung of South Korea, but was awarded gold after Kim was disqualified for cross-skating across him on the final lap. This controversial decision by the referee lead to the anger of many Koreans, and the sending of overly 16,000 threatening emails that overflooded the servers of the Olympics website. It took nearly nine hours to restore the site.

5,000 m relay

1,500 m

Choi set a new World Record in the semis, but compatriot Ko beat her to win the inaugural Olympic 1500 m.

3,000 m relay