Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Short-track speed skating
at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
Short-track speed skating; at the XXV Olympic Winter Games
	Short-track speed skating pictogram
Venue	Milano Ice Skating Arena
Dates	10–20 February
No. of events	9 (4 men, 4 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	112
	← 2022 2030 →

Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held at the Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy. The races took place between 10 and 20 February 2026.^[1] A total of nine short-track speed skating competitions were held, the same as in 2022. Also the number of quota spots, a total of 112 (56 per gender) stayed the same.

Qualification

A total quota of 112 athletes are scheduled to compete (57 men and 55 women). Countries were assigned quotas using the results of the 2025–26 World Tour in the autumn of 2025.

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all nine events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold.

All times are (UTC+1).

Date	Time	Event	Round
10 February	10:30	Women's 500 metres	Heats
	11:08	Men's 1000 metres	Heats
	11:53	Mixed team relay	Quarterfinals
	12:23		Semifinals
	12:48		Finals
12 February	20:15	Women's 500 metres	Quarterfinals
	20:58		Semifinals
	21:16		Finals
	20:29	Men's 1000 metres	Quarterfinals
	21:05		Semifinals
	21:37		Finals
14 February	20:15	Men's 1500 metres	Quarterfinals
	21:44		Semifinals
	22:27		Finals
	20:59	Women's 1000 metres	Heats
	22:00	Women's 3000 metre relay	Semifinals
16 February	11:00	Women's 1000 metres	Quarterfinals
	11:55		Semifinals
	12:36		Finals
	11:18	Men's 500 metres	Heats
	12:04	Men's 5000 metre relay	Semifinals
18 February	20:15	Men's 500 metres	Quarterfinals
	20:42		Semifinals
	21:24		Finals
	20:50	Women's 3000 metre relay	Finals
20 February	20:15	Women's 1500 metres	Quarterfinals
	21:00		Semifinals
	21:56		Finals
	21:17	Men's 5000 metre relay	Finals

Participating nations

A total of 112 athletes qualified to participate, including 110 athletes representing 23 nations and two Individual Neutral Athletes.

The numbers in parentheses represents the number of participants entered.

Australia (1)
Austria (1)
Belgium (6)
Canada (10)
China (10)
Croatia (2)
Czech Republic (1)
France (6)
Great Britain (1)
Hong Kong (2)
Hungary (6)
Individual Neutral Athletes (2)
Italy (10)
Japan (9)
Kazakhstan (4)
Latvia (2)
Netherlands (10)
Poland (5)
Slovakia (1)
South Korea (10)
Turkey (2)
Ukraine (2)
United States (8)
Uzbekistan (1)

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Steven Dubois Canada	40.835	Melle van 't Wout Netherlands	40.912	Jens van 't Wout Netherlands	41.908
1000 metres details	Jens van 't Wout Netherlands	1:24.537	Sun Long China	1:24.565	Rim Jong-un South Korea	1:24.611
1500 metres details	Jens van 't Wout Netherlands	2:12.219	Hwang Dae-heon South Korea	2:12.304	Roberts Krūzbergs Latvia	2:12.376
5000 metre relay details	Netherlands Teun Boer Friso Emons Jens van 't Wout Melle van 't Wout Itzhak de Laat^[a]	6:51.847	South Korea Hwang Dae-heon Lee Jeong-min Lee June-seo Rim Jong-un Shin Dong-min^[a]	6:52.239	Italy Pietro Sighel Thomas Nadalini Luca Spechenhauser Andrea Cassinelli	6:52.335

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Xandra Velzeboer Netherlands	41.609	Arianna Fontana Italy	42.294	Courtney Sarault Canada	42.427
1000 metres details	Xandra Velzeboer Netherlands	1:28.437	Courtney Sarault Canada	1:28.523	Kim Gil-li South Korea	1:28.614
1500 metres details	Kim Gil-li South Korea	2:32.076	Choi Min-jeong South Korea	2:32.450	Corinne Stoddard United States	2:32.578
3000 metre relay details	South Korea Choi Min-jeong Kim Gil-li Shim Suk-hee Noh Do-hee Lee So-yeon^[a]	4:04.014	Italy Elisa Confortola Arianna Fontana Chiara Betti Arianna Sighel	4:04.107	Canada Danaé Blais Florence Brunelle Kim Boutin Courtney Sarault	4:04.314

Mixed event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2000 metre relay details	Italy Elisa Confortola Arianna Fontana Thomas Nadalini Pietro Sighel Chiara Betti^[a] Luca Spechenhauser^[a]	2.39.019	Canada Kim Boutin William Dandjinou Félix Roussel Courtney Sarault Florence Brunelle^[a] Steven Dubois^[a]	2.39.258	Belgium Hanne Desmet Stijn Desmet Tineke den Dulk Ward Pétré	2.39.353

^a Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.

Records

World records (WR) and Olympic records (OR) set during the competition.

Event	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record	Ref
Mixed 2000 metre relay	10 February	Final B	Xandra Velzeboer Michelle Velzeboer Teun Boer Jens van 't Wout	Netherlands	2:35.537	OR	^[2]
Women's 500 metres	12 February	Semifinal 1	Xandra Velzeboer	Netherlands	41.399	WR, OR	^[3]

References

^ "Olympic Short Track Basics: Events, Venue, Format and Milan Cortina 2026 Preview | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
^ "Short-track speed skating – Mixed 2000 metre relay – Results" (PDF). 10 February 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
^ "Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Semifinals – Results" (PDF). Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2026.

External links

[1] "Olympic Short Track Basics: Events, Venue, Format and Milan Cortina 2026 Preview | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 2026-01-28.

[2] "Short-track speed skating – Mixed 2000 metre relay – Results" (PDF). 10 February 2026. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.

[3] "Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500m – Semifinals – Results" (PDF). Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2026.

[1]

[2]

[3]