List of Olympic medalists in short track speed skating

Short track speed skating is a sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. The first Winter Olympics, held in 1924, included speed skating, but the first official short track speed skating events were not held until the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. Before 1992, short track speed skating events were held at the 1988 Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport. At those games, events for both men and women were held in five disciplines: 500 metre, 1000 metre, 1500 metre, 3000 metre and the relay (3000 metres for women, 5000 metres for men). The Netherlands, United Kingdom and South Korea won two gold medals each, with Canada, Italy, Japan and China picking up a gold medal each. The results of those demonstration events are not considered official and are not included in this list. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, there were four medal events: men's 1000 metres, men's 5000 metre relay, women's 500 metres and women's 3000 metre relay. Men's 500 metres and women's 1000 metres was added in 1994. The men's and women's 1500 metres were added in 2002 and all eight events have been held at every Olympic Games since.

Viktor Ahn of Russia (born in Seoul, Korea) is the most decorated short-tracker in Olympics, having won six gold medals, and two bronze. South Korean Chun Lee-Kyung has also won four gold medals (the first one to have done so, in 1998), as well as a bronze medal. Viktor Ahn has the most Olympic medals of any short-track speed skater. Tania Vicent of Canada is the oldest athlete to medal; she was 34 in 2010 when she won a silver medal in the 3000 metre relay.Kim Yoon-Mi of South Korea is the youngest; she was 13 when she won a gold in the same event.

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