Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The eight events were scheduled to take place between 10 and 22 February 2018.
Qualification
A total quota of 120 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the results of the entire 2017–18 World Cup in the autumn of 2017. Each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of five athletes per gender if it qualified a relay team and three if it did not. There were a maximum of thirty-two qualifiers for the 500m and 1000m events; thirty-six for the 1500m events; and eight for the relays.Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for all eight events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold.All times are.
| Date | Time | Event |
| 10 February | 19:00 | Women's 3000 metre relay |
| 10 February | 19:00 | Women's 500 metres |
| 10 February | 19:00 | Men's 1500 metres |
| 13 February | 19:00 | Men's 5000 metre relay |
| 13 February | 19:00 | Men's 1000 metres |
| 13 February | 19:00 | Women's 500 metres |
| 17 February | 19:00 | Women's 1500 metres |
| 17 February | 19:00 | Men's 1000 metres |
| 20 February | 19:00 | Women's 1000 metres |
| 20 February | 19:00 | Men's 500 metres |
| 20 February | 19:00 | Women's 3000 metre relay |
| 22 February | 19:00 | Women's 1000 metres |
| 22 February | 19:00 | Men's 500 metres |
| 22 February | 19:00 | Men's 5000 metre relay |
Medal summary
Medal table
Men's events
Women's events
Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.Netherlands set a world record despite not winning gold. They won bronze by default when Canada and China were both disqualified from the medal round leaving only two teams to take gold and silver ; Netherlands had already won the previous race, the classification round, in world record time.
Records
Twelve Olympic records and three world records were set during the competition.| Event | Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | Ref |
| Men's 500 metres | 20 February | Heat 1 | Wu Dajing | 40.264 | OR | ||
| Men's 500 metres | 22 February | Quarterfinal 2 | Wu Dajing | 39.800 | OR, WR | ||
| Men's 500 metres | 22 February | Final A | Wu Dajing | 39.584 | OR, WR | ||
| Men's 1000 metres | 13 February | Heat 5 | Charles Hamelin | 1:23.407 | OR | ||
| Men's 1500 metres | 10 February | Final A | Lim Hyo-jun | 2:10.485 | OR | ||
| Men's 5000 metre relay | 13 February | Semifinal 2 | Hwang Dae-heon Kim Do-kyoum Kwak Yoon-gy Lim Hyo-jun | 6:34.510 | OR | ||
| Men's 5000 metre relay | 22 February | Final A | Shaoang Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu Viktor Knoch Csaba Burján | 6:31.971 | OR | ||
| Women's 500 metres | 10 February | Heat 8 | Choi Min-jeong | 42.870 | OR | ||
| Women's 500 metres | 13 February | Quarterfinal 2 | Elise Christie | 42.703 | OR | ||
| Women's 500 metres | 13 February | Semifinal 1 | Choi Min-jeong | 42.422 | OR | ||
| Women's 3000 metre relay | 10 February | Semifinal 2 | Fan Kexin Han Yutong Qu Chunyu Zhou Yang | 4:05.315 | OR | ||
| Women's 3000 metre relay | 20 February | Final B | Suzanne Schulting Jorien ter Mors Lara van Ruijven Yara van Kerkhof | 4:03.471 | OR, WR |