Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was held from 17 to 21 February. Six events were contested at the White Ring.
Medal summary
Medal table
South Korea led the medal table with six, including three golds. Chun Lee-kyung led the individual medal table, with two golds and one bronze. The top men's medalist was Kim Dong-sung, who won one gold and one silver.
Men's events
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| 500 metres <br />
| || 42.862
| || 43.022
| || 43.713
|-
| 1000 metres <br />
| || 1:32.375
| || 1:32.428
| || 1:32.661
|-valign="top"
| 5000 metre relay <br />
| <br /> Éric Bédard <br /> Derrick Campbell <br /> François Drolet <br /> Marc Gagnon || 7:06.075
| <br /> Chae Ji-hoon <br /> Lee Jun-hwan <br /> Lee Ho-eung <br /> Kim Dong-sung || 7:06.776
| <br /> Li Jiajun <br /> Feng Kai <br /> Yuan Ye <br /> An Yulong || 7:11.559
|}
Women's events
{|
|-
| 500 metres <br />
| || 46.568
| || 46.627
| || 46.335
|-
| 1000 metres <br />
| || 1:42.776
| || 1:43.343
| || 1:43.361
|-valign="top"
| 3000 metre relay <br />
| <br /> Chun Lee-kyung <br /> Won Hye-kyung <br /> An Sang-mi <br /> Kim Yun-mi || 4:16.260
| <br /> Yang Yang (A) <br /> Yang Yang (S) <br /> Wang Chunlu <br /> Sun Dandan || 4:16.383
| <br /> Christine Boudrias <br /> Isabelle Charest <br /> Annie Perreault <br /> Tania Vicent || 4:21.205
|}
Participating NOCs
Eighteen nations competed in the short track events at Nagano. Belarus, the Germany, Poland and Ukraine made their short track debuts.