Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Short track speed skating
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Short track speed skating pictogram
VenueCapital Indoor Stadium
Dates5–16 February
No. of events9 (4 men, 4 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors112 from 23 nations (58 men and 54 women)
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Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China. The events took place between 5 and 16 February 2022. A total of nine short track speed skating events were held.[1]

In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay held over a distance of 2000 metres, increasing the total number of events to nine.[2] Due to the addition of the event, the competition schedule was increased to six days from five.[3]

A total of 112 quota spots (56 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of eight from the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4] A total of nine events were contested, four for men, four for women and one mixed.[5]

  1. ^ "Beijing 2022 Schedule Short track speed skating". BOCOG. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (18 July 2018). "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics add seven new events". www.olympics.nbcsports.com/. NBC. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Beijing 2022 announces new competition schedule". Xinhua. Beijing, China. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 13 February 2022.