Short track speed skating competition starts in September and culminates with the World Championships in March.
2006 Winter Olympics (in -826 days)
Athletes/Participants
Mens Entries
| Country | Total Entries | 1500m | 500m | 1000m | Relay |
| Korea | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| China 1. Jiajun Li 2. Ye Li 3. Baoku Sui 4. Baojian Wang 5. Haonan Li |
5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Canada 1. François-Louis Tremblay 2. Éric Bédard 3. Mathieu Turcotte 4. Charles Hamelin 5. Jonathan Guilmette |
5 | 2 (3,4) | 2 (1,2) | 2 (1,2) | 5 |
| USA 1. Apolo Ohno 2. Rusty Smith 3. J.P. Kepka 4. Alex Izykowski 5. Anthony Lobello |
5 | 2 (1,4) | 2 (1,5) | 2 (1,2) | 5 |
| Italy | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Japan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Australia 1. Mark McNee 2. Alex McEwan 3. Lachlan Hay 4. Elliot Shriane 5. Stephen Lee |
5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Great Britain 1. Jon Eley 2. Paul Stanley |
2 | 1 (1) | 2 (1,2) | 2 (1,2) | |
| Russia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Slovak Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 55 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 40 |
Ladies Entries
| Country | Total Entries | 1500m | 500m | 1000m | Relay |
| Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| China 1. Yang Yang 2. Meng Wang 3. Tianyu Fu 4. Mile Zhu 5. Xiaolei Cheng |
5 | 3 (1,?) | 2 (?,?) | 2 (1,?) | 5 |
| Canada 1. Alanna Kraus 2. Amanda Overland 3. Anouk Leblanc-Boucher 4. Kalyna Roberge 5. Tania Vicent |
5 | 2 (2,3) | 3 (1,3,4) | 2 (2,5) | 5 |
| USA 1. Hyo-Jung Kim 2. Allison Baver 3. Kimberly Derrick 4. Maria Garcia 5. Caroline Hallisey |
5 | 2 (1,2) | 2 (1,2) | 2 (1,3) | 5 |
| Italy | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Japan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Great Britain 1. Sarah Lindsay 2. Joanna Williams |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| D.P.R. Korea | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Australia 1. Emily Rosemond |
1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Belarus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 55 | 30 | 29 | 29 |