*   Host nation (Russia)At 31 years and 191 days, Vladimir Grigorev became the oldest man to win a short track Olympic medal, winning silver at the 1000m event.

[4] Viktor Ahn became the first short track speedskater to win all four Olympic golds (500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m relay).

[5][6] A total quota of 120 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games (60 men and 60 women).

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the four special Olympic Qualification classification that were held at two World cups in November 2013.

A nation may have entered a maximum of five athletes per gender if it had qualified a relay team and three if it does not.