United States Olympic Trials (track and field) fill out the field. Since 1972 there have been a minimum of 24 entries in any event, with the popular sprint events 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and 110 meter hurdles having a minimum of 32 entries. Since 1992, athletes achieving the "A" standard are funded to attend the Olympic Trials, while "B" standard athletes have to pay their own way to the meet. Unlike many other countries, who have a selection committee, the selection to the United States Olympic Team is exclusively by results on the track. It's "do or die" in the prescribed event. If two or
Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres held on 22 February 2018 at 20:15. Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres The men's 500 metres in short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on 20 and 22 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. Wu Dajing of China set an Olympic record (heat) and 2 world records (quarterfinal and final) while leading wire-to-wire in all 3 contests enroute to capturing the gold. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Three Olympic records and two world records were