Canada have won a total of 5 gold medals in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, putting them second in the list of most gold medals in the event, behind South Korea, who have 17.
In the Winter Olympics, speed skating. In the Summer Olympics, athletics (track and field).
Canada won two gold medals at the Winter Olympics in the 1980s, both at the 1984 Games in Sarajevo and both won by Gaétan Boucher in men's 1000 meter speed skating and 1500 meter speed skating.
Canada won 14 gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Clara Hughes of Canada won 2 Bronze Medals in 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics for Time Trial and Road Cycling. In Winter Olympics, she also won a 1 Bronze Medal for 5000m Speed Skating at Salt Lake City, 1 Silver Medal for Speed Skating Team Pursuit at Turin 2006 and a Gold Medal for 5000m Speed Skating at Turin 2006. She won 6 medals overall at both Summer and Winter Olympics. 2 Summer medals and 4 Winter medals.
China won 11 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze) at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin. They won 5 medals in short track speed skating and 2 medals each in figure skating, freestyle skiing, and speed skating.
There were no Winter Olympics in 1990.
Canada won 5 medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary Alberta: 2 silver and 3 bronze.
Canada won 17 medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics: 7 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze.
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Clara Hughes of Canada won 2 bronze medals in cycling at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta and then won a bronze medal in speed skating at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics.
Canada won most gold medals (14) overall in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.