Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held from 13 to 23 February. Eight events were contested at Salt Lake Ice Center (normally called Delta Center). Two new events were added for these games, with the men's and women's 1500 metres making debuts.
China led the overall table with seven medals, while Evgenia Radanova's two medals for Bulgaria were their first in the sport.
Two world records and fifteen Olympic records were set in Salt Lake City.
Twenty-six nations competed in the short track events at Salt Lake City. Belarus, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Israel, Romania and Slovakia made their short track debuts.