Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating:

500 m Men:

1. Gagnon (CAN)
2. Guilmette (CAN)
3. Smith (USA)

1000 m Men:

1. Steven Bradbury (AUS)
2. Apolo Anton Ohno (USA)
3. Mathieu Turcotte (CAN)

Bradbury was way behind in 5th place, but all the other finalists collided and fell while turning the last corner. He crossed the line first to win Australia's first Olympic winter gold medal. Favorite Ohno, who led before getting hit, suffered a cut in his thigh in the fall but scrambled across the ice to cross the line second. Turcotte, felled at the same time, likewise recovered to take third.

Bradbury returned to Australia to several endorsement opportunities, including a "drive-slow auto safety" campaign.

1500 m Men:

1. Ohno (USA)
2. Li (CHN)
3. Gagnon (CAN)

Relay Men:

1. Canada
2. Italy
3. China

500 m Women:

1. Yang Yang (A) (CHN)
2. Yevgenia Radanova (BUL)
3. Wang Chunlu (CHN)

Yang Yang (A) - the A is to distinguish from Yang Yang (S) - won the People's Republic of China's first Olympic winter gold medal.

1000m Women:

1. Yang Yang (A) (CHN)
2. Ko Gi-Hyun (KOR)
3. Yang Yang (S) (CHN)

1500 m Women:

1. Ko Gi-Hyun (KOR)
2. Choi Eun-Kyung (KOR)
3. Yevgenia Radanova (BUL)

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

Relay Women:

1. South Korea
2. China
3. Canada