<P> Short track speed skating has been a contest at the Winter Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville , France . Prior to that , it was a demonstration sport at the 1988 games . The results from the 1988 demonstration competition is not included in the official Olympic statistics . The sport has been dominated by teams from Asia and North America , namely South Korea ( IOC code KOR ) , China ( CHN ) , Canada ( CAN ) and the United States ( USA ) . Those four countries have won 134 of 168 medals awarded since 1992 . South Korea leads the medal tally ( and gold medal tally ) , with 42 medals including 21 golds since 1992 . The majority of medals that South Korea won at the Winter Olympics came from short - track speed skating . Similarly , most of the China 's Winter Olympics medals are from the sport . </P>
<P> Short track speed skating has been a contest at the Winter Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville , France . Prior to that , it was a demonstration sport at the 1988 games . The results from the 1988 demonstration competition is not included in the official Olympic statistics . The sport has been dominated by teams from Asia and North America , namely South Korea ( IOC code KOR ) , China ( CHN ) , Canada ( CAN ) and the United States ( USA ) . Those four countries have won 134 of 168 medals awarded since 1992 . South Korea leads the medal tally ( and gold medal tally ) , with 42 medals including 21 golds since 1992 . The majority of medals that South Korea won at the Winter Olympics came from short - track speed skating . Similarly , most of the China 's Winter Olympics medals are from the sport . </P>
when did short track become an olympic sport
when did short track become an olympic sport
1992
1992