short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

E333415

Olympic short track speed skating competition sporting event

Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was the Olympic short track competition held in Nagano, Japan, featuring multiple men’s and women’s events contested on a 111.12 m oval track.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics canonical	4
1998 Winter Olympics short track speed skating events	1
men's 1000 m short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics	1
men's 500 m short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics	1
men's 5000 m relay short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics	1
women's 1000 m short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3157130 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Context triple: [short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, nextEdition, short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics]

A. short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics was the second Olympic appearance of the sport, featuring men’s and women’s individual and relay events contested on an indoor rink in Lillehammer, Norway.
B. short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics was the inaugural full-medal Olympic competition in the sport, held in Albertville, France.
C. speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
D. 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
E. 1000 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The 1000 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a long-track speed skating event held in Nagano, Japan, featuring top international skaters competing over a distance of one kilometer for Olympic medals.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Target entity description: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was the Olympic short track competition held in Nagano, Japan, featuring multiple men’s and women’s events contested on a 111.12 m oval track.

A. short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics was the second Olympic appearance of the sport, featuring men’s and women’s individual and relay events contested on an indoor rink in Lillehammer, Norway.
B. short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics was the inaugural full-medal Olympic competition in the sport, held in Albertville, France.
C. speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
D. 500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
500 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a short-distance speed skating event in Nagano where Canadian skater Catriona Le May Doan captured the gold medal.
E. 1000 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The 1000 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a long-track speed skating event held in Nagano, Japan, featuring top international skaters competing over a distance of one kilometer for Olympic medals.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic short track speed skating competition ⓘ sporting event ⓘ
competitionLevel	international ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
endDate	1998-02-21 ⓘ
governingBody	International Skating Union ⓘ linked to: international federation of skating sports
hostCity	Nagano ⓘ
hostedBy	Nagano Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games ⓘ linked to: Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee
hostNation	Japan ⓘ
lapDirection	counterclockwise ⓘ
location	Nagano ⓘ
medalsAwarded	bronze ⓘ gold ⓘ silver ⓘ
menEvent	men's 1000 m short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ linked to: short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics men's 500 m short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ linked to: short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics men's 5000 m relay short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ linked to: short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
nextEdition	short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics ⓘ
notableAthlete	Chun Lee-kyung ⓘ Isabelle Charest ⓘ Kim Dong-sung ⓘ Li Jiajun ⓘ
notableNation	Canada ⓘ China ⓘ Italy ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
numberOfEvents	6 ⓘ
numberOfMenEvents	3 ⓘ
partOf	1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ
partOfDiscipline	skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ
partOfProgramme	Olympic Winter Games ⓘ linked to: Winter Olympics
previousEdition	short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics ⓘ
season	winter ⓘ
sport	short track speed skating ⓘ
startDate	1998-02-17 ⓘ
surface	ice ⓘ
timePeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
trackLength	111.12 m ⓘ
trackShape	oval ⓘ
venue	White Ring ⓘ
womenEvent	women's 1000 m short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ linked to: short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics women's 3000 m relay short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ linked to: women's 3000 metre relay women's 500 m short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics → nextEdition → short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ

M-Wave speed skating rink → hostedEvent → short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ

White Ring Arena → hostedEvent → short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ

short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics → menEvent → men's 500 m short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics ⓘ