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Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

March 18, 2023

Speed skating has been featured as a sport in the Winter Olympics since the first winter games in 1924. Women's events were added to the Olympic program for the first time in 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics.

Speed skating at the Winter Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeSSK
Governing bodyISU
Events14 (men: 7; women: 7)
Games

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation
1 1924 5   Finland
2 1928 4   Norway
3 1932 4   United States
4 1936 4   Norway
7 1948 4   Norway
8 1952 4   Norway
9 1956 4   Soviet Union
10 1960 8   Soviet Union
11 1964 8   Soviet Union
12 1968 8   Netherlands
13 1972 8   Netherlands
14 1976 9   Soviet Union
15 1980 9   United States
16 1984 9   East Germany
17 1988 10   East Germany
18 1992 10   Germany
19 1994 10   Norway
20 1998 10   Netherlands
21 2002 10   Netherlands
22 2006 12   United States
23 2010 12   South Korea
24 2014 12   Netherlands
25 2018 14   Netherlands
26 2022 14   Netherlands

History

The governing body for speed skating, the International Skating Union (ISU), was included in the list of recognized federations when the International Olympic Committee was founded, but was first discussed seriously for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. No speed skating events were contested, although figure skating – also governed by the ISU – was on the programme. The preliminary calendar for the 1916 Summer Olympics, to be held in Berlin, listed a 3-event allround competition,[1] but these Games were cancelled because of World War I.

The International Winter Sports Week in Chamonix, retro-actively dubbed the 1924 Winter Olympics, contained five speed skating events. Uncommon for the time, it not only included an all-round competition, but also awarded medals for the individual distances: 500 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and 10000 m. The all-round event was dropped before the 1928 Games, even though it remained the only World Championship format in the sport until the 1970s; single distance World Championships were not established until 1996.

The 1932 speed skating events were held according to the North American rules, meaning the skaters competed in small packs of skaters (the format paved the way for the development of short track speed skating), instead of the common against-the-clock format. These Games in Lake Placid, New York also saw the first female speed skaters at the Olympics in a set of demonstration events, with all victories being achieved by North American athletes. Women's events were also set to be held at the 1940 Winter Olympics,[1] which were cancelled. After the war, they were withdrawn again by the decision of the IOC until the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, when the women skated 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and 3000 m.

Following the introduction of World Sprint Championships in the early 1970s, the 1000 m for men was added in Innsbruck 1976, while the women's 5000 m, reinstated by the ISU as an official distance in 1981, made its Olympic debut in 1988. The latest addition to the Olympic speed skating programme is the team pursuit, which was added for the 2006 Turin Games. Its inclusion was remarkable as it had not yet been contested at a senior World Championship in the form skated at the Olympics at the time of inclusion. It had however been contested at a senior World Championship, the Dutch team won the 2005 title in Inzell, but in that form they only had to skate once and be the fastest, while the Olympic form required three starts.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day.[2][3][4][5]

Events

Men's

The following table shows when events were contested at each Games. Women's events were demonstrated in 1932.

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
500 metres • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23
1000 metres • • • • • • • • • • • • 12
1500 metres • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23
5000 metres • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23
10000 metres • •[6] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23
all-round • 1
mass start • 1
team pursuit • • • • 4
Total events 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7

Women's

• = official event, (d) = demonstration event

Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
500 metres (d) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16
1000 metres (d) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16
1500 metres (d) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16
3000 metres • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16
5000 metres • • • • • • • • • 8
mass start • 1
team pursuit • • • • 4
Total events 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7

Medal table

See also: List of Olympic medalists in speed skating

Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics):[7]
Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands (NED)484441133
2  United States (USA)30221971
3  Norway (NOR)28293087
4  Soviet Union (URS)24171960
5  Germany (GER)13151038
6  Canada (CAN)10161642
7  Sweden (SWE)94518
8  East Germany (GDR)812929
9  Finland (FIN)78924
10  Japan (JPN)5101126
11  South Korea (KOR)510520
12  Russia (RUS)35513
13  Czech Republic (CZE)3238
14  West Germany (FRG)3003
15  China (CHN)2349
16  Italy (ITA)2147
17  Austria (AUT)1236
  Poland (POL)1236
19  Belgium (BEL)1113
20  United Team of Germany (EUA)1102
21  ROC0112
22  Belarus (BLR)0101
  North Korea (PRK)0101
24  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)0011
Totals (25 entries)204207200611

Number of speed skaters by country

     = Countries that did not participate in the Olympic Winter Games in that year or didn't exist at the time.
Country 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
  Australia (AUS) 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 15
  Austria (AUT) 3 8 3 3 4 2 7 3 1 4 4 3 3 5 4 1 1 1 2 2 20
  Belarus (BLR) 2 4 5 1 1 4 6
  Belgium (BEL) 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 12
  British Virgin Islands (IVB) 1 1
  Canada (CAN) 1 3 7 1 4 4 3 5 4 7 10 8 8 7 16 9 13 17 16 18 16 15 19 23
  China (CHN) 13 12 4 10 6 12 12 15 14 10 13 11
  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 1 3 2
  Colombia (COL) 2 1 2
  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 2 1 3 2 1 2 6
  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 1 2 2 3 5
  Denmark (DEN) 1 1 1 1 3 5
  Estonia (EST) 2 1 2 1 3
  Finland (FIN) 3 6 1 5 5 6 6 7 10 8 6 4 4 3 2 3 1 3 4 4 3 3 22
  France (FRA) 4 2 1 3 3 5 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 3 1 17
  Germany (GER) 3 2 1 14 15 14 13 13 13 14 9 5 12
  United Team of Germany (EUA) 4 12 13 3
  East Germany (GDR) 1 2 9 9 10 11 6
  West Germany (FRG) 9 7 3 4 7 5 6
  Great Britain (GBR) 4 3 5 3 3 2 3 5 2 2 6 1 2 1 2 15
  Hungary (HUN) 1 1 5 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 13
  Italy (ITA) 4 3 6 3 2 4 2 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 8 8 5 6 9 7 19
  Japan (JPN) 4 7 6 5 8 8 12 13 9 8 9 13 15 17 18 20 19 19 17 16 15 21
  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 8 7 8 4 5 6 6 5 8
  North Korea (PRK) 9 6 6 4 5 2 1 7
  South Korea (KOR) 3 4 5 4 2 4 2 5 6 6 5 9 13 12 14 16 15 16 18
  Latvia (LAT) 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
  Lithuania (LTU) 1 1
  Mongolia (MGL) 3 3 2 2 2 5
  Netherlands (NED) 2 5 4 7 6 5 5 9 10 7 9 11 11 14 13 16 17 20 19 20 20 21
  New Zealand (NZL) 1 1 1 3 4
  Norway (NOR) 5 8 6 7 12 12 11 6 9 14 14 9 11 8 7 8 8 10 8 10 9 9 9 23
  Poland (POL) 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 5 3 4 5 10 10 14 16
  Portugal (POR) 1 1
  Romania (ROU) 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 1 8
  Russia (RUS) 12 18 13 19 17 20 6
  Soviet Union (URS) 12 16 18 18 9 16 16 17 17 9
  Unified Team (EUN) 19 1
  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) 4 1
  Sweden (SWE) 2 1 1 1 6 9 7 9 10 11 11 9 10 6 7 8 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 23
  Switzerland (SUI) 5 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11
  Ukraine (UKR) 2 4 2 3
  United States (USA) 6 4 12 5 9 7 8 15 15 18 16 14 11 13 17 19 17 14 17 18 18 17 13 23
  Yugoslavia (YUG) 4 2 2 3
Countries 10 14 6 16 15 14 18 17 22 19 18 19 20 24 21 23 21 25 23 19 24 23 29
Speed skaters 31 40 31 52 68 67 88 103 137 137 118 122 127 139 142 155 151 171 166 175 180 179 184
Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kluge 1995, page ?.
  2. ^ "Latvia's quick-change artist makes Olympic history". Toronto Star. 2010-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. ^ Harris, Beth (2010-02-13). "Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-02-19.[dead link]
  4. ^ CTV Olympics, "Latvian skater makes Olympic history", Agence France Press, 14 February 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  5. ^ New York Times, "Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First", Associated Press, 30 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  6. ^ The 10000 m event at the 1928 Games was cancelled during the fifth heat due to thawing ice.
  7. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

Bibliography

  • Kluge, Volker. Olympische Winterspiele: Die Chronik - Chamonix 1924 - Lillehammer 1994. Berlin, Germany: Sportverlag, 2nd revised and updated edition, 1994. ISBN 3-328-00631-1

External links

  Media related to Speed skating at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

  • Speed skating at olympic.org

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Speed skating has been featured as a sport in the Winter Olympics since the first winter games in 1924 Women s events were added to the Olympic program for the first time in 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics Speed skating at the Winter OlympicsIOC Discipline CodeSSKGoverning bodyISUEvents14 men 7 women 7 Games1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 19521956 1960 1964 1968 1972 19761980 1984 1988 1992 1994 19982002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022Medalists Records Contents 1 Summary 2 History 3 Events 3 1 Men s 3 2 Women s 4 Medal table 5 Number of speed skaters by country 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Notes 7 2 Bibliography 8 External linksSummary EditGames Year Events Best Nation1 1924 5 Finland2 1928 4 Norway3 1932 4 United States4 1936 4 Norway7 1948 4 Norway8 1952 4 Norway9 1956 4 Soviet Union10 1960 8 Soviet Union11 1964 8 Soviet Union12 1968 8 Netherlands13 1972 8 Netherlands14 1976 9 Soviet Union15 1980 9 United States16 1984 9 East Germany17 1988 10 East Germany18 1992 10 Germany19 1994 10 Norway20 1998 10 Netherlands21 2002 10 Netherlands22 2006 12 United States23 2010 12 South Korea24 2014 12 Netherlands25 2018 14 Netherlands26 2022 14 NetherlandsHistory EditThe governing body for speed skating the International Skating Union ISU was included in the list of recognized federations when the International Olympic Committee was founded but was first discussed seriously for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London No speed skating events were contested although figure skating also governed by the ISU was on the programme The preliminary calendar for the 1916 Summer Olympics to be held in Berlin listed a 3 event allround competition 1 but these Games were cancelled because of World War I The International Winter Sports Week in Chamonix retro actively dubbed the 1924 Winter Olympics contained five speed skating events Uncommon for the time it not only included an all round competition but also awarded medals for the individual distances 500 m 1500 m 5000 m and 10000 m The all round event was dropped before the 1928 Games even though it remained the only World Championship format in the sport until the 1970s single distance World Championships were not established until 1996 The 1932 speed skating events were held according to the North American rules meaning the skaters competed in small packs of skaters the format paved the way for the development of short track speed skating instead of the common against the clock format These Games in Lake Placid New York also saw the first female speed skaters at the Olympics in a set of demonstration events with all victories being achieved by North American athletes Women s events were also set to be held at the 1940 Winter Olympics 1 which were cancelled After the war they were withdrawn again by the decision of the IOC until the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley when the women skated 500 m 1000 m 1500 m and 3000 m Following the introduction of World Sprint Championships in the early 1970s the 1000 m for men was added in Innsbruck 1976 while the women s 5000 m reinstated by the ISU as an official distance in 1981 made its Olympic debut in 1988 The latest addition to the Olympic speed skating programme is the team pursuit which was added for the 2006 Turin Games Its inclusion was remarkable as it had not yet been contested at a senior World Championship in the form skated at the Olympics at the time of inclusion It had however been contested at a senior World Championship the Dutch team won the 2005 title in Inzell but in that form they only had to skate once and be the fastest while the Olympic form required three starts At the 2010 Winter Olympics Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track 1500m and long track 5000m speed skating and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day 2 3 4 5 Events EditMen s Edit The following table shows when events were contested at each Games Women s events were demonstrated in 1932 official event d demonstration event Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years500 metres 231000 metres 121500 metres 235000 metres 2310000 metres 6 23all round 1mass start 1team pursuit 4Total events 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7Women s Edit official event d demonstration event Event 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years500 metres d 161000 metres d 161500 metres d 163000 metres 165000 metres 8mass start 1team pursuit 4Total events 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7Medal table EditSee also List of Olympic medalists in speed skating Sources after the 2022 Winter Olympics 7 Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Netherlands NED 4844411332 United States USA 302219713 Norway NOR 282930874 Soviet Union URS 241719605 Germany GER 131510386 Canada CAN 101616427 Sweden SWE 945188 East Germany GDR 8129299 Finland FIN 7892410 Japan JPN 510112611 South Korea KOR 51052012 Russia RUS 3551313 Czech Republic CZE 323814 West Germany FRG 300315 China CHN 234916 Italy ITA 214717 Austria AUT 1236 Poland POL 123619 Belgium BEL 111320 United Team of Germany EUA 110221 ROC011222 Belarus BLR 0101 North Korea PRK 010124 Kazakhstan KAZ 0011 Olympic Athletes from Russia OAR 0011Totals 25 entries 204207200611Number of speed skaters by country Edit Countries that did not participate in the Olympic Winter Games in that year or didn t exist at the time Country 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years Australia AUS 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 15 Austria AUT 3 8 3 3 4 2 7 3 1 4 4 3 3 5 4 1 1 1 2 2 20 Belarus BLR 2 4 5 1 1 4 6 Belgium BEL 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 12 British Virgin Islands IVB 1 1 Canada CAN 1 3 7 1 4 4 3 5 4 7 10 8 8 7 16 9 13 17 16 18 16 15 19 23 China CHN 13 12 4 10 6 12 12 15 14 10 13 11 Chinese Taipei TPE 1 3 2 Colombia COL 2 1 2 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 1 3 2 1 2 6 Czech Republic CZE 1 1 2 2 3 5 Denmark DEN 1 1 1 1 3 5 Estonia EST 2 1 2 1 3 Finland FIN 3 6 1 5 5 6 6 7 10 8 6 4 4 3 2 3 1 3 4 4 3 3 22 France FRA 4 2 1 3 3 5 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 3 1 17 Germany GER 3 2 1 14 15 14 13 13 13 14 9 5 12 United Team of Germany EUA 4 12 13 3 East Germany GDR 1 2 9 9 10 11 6 West Germany FRG 9 7 3 4 7 5 6 Great Britain GBR 4 3 5 3 3 2 3 5 2 2 6 1 2 1 2 15 Hungary HUN 1 1 5 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 13 Italy ITA 4 3 6 3 2 4 2 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 8 8 5 6 9 7 19 Japan JPN 4 7 6 5 8 8 12 13 9 8 9 13 15 17 18 20 19 19 17 16 15 21 Kazakhstan KAZ 8 7 8 4 5 6 6 5 8 North Korea PRK 9 6 6 4 5 2 1 7 South Korea KOR 3 4 5 4 2 4 2 5 6 6 5 9 13 12 14 16 15 16 18 Latvia LAT 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Lithuania LTU 1 1 Mongolia MGL 3 3 2 2 2 5 Netherlands NED 2 5 4 7 6 5 5 9 10 7 9 11 11 14 13 16 17 20 19 20 20 21 New Zealand NZL 1 1 1 3 4 Norway NOR 5 8 6 7 12 12 11 6 9 14 14 9 11 8 7 8 8 10 8 10 9 9 9 23 Poland POL 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 3 4 5 3 4 5 10 10 14 16 Portugal POR 1 1 Romania ROU 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 1 8 Russia RUS 12 18 13 19 17 20 6 Soviet Union URS 12 16 18 18 9 16 16 17 17 9 Unified Team EUN 19 1 Olympic Athletes from Russia OAR 4 1 Sweden SWE 2 1 1 1 6 9 7 9 10 11 11 9 10 6 7 8 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 23 Switzerland SUI 5 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11 Ukraine UKR 2 4 2 3 United States USA 6 4 12 5 9 7 8 15 15 18 16 14 11 13 17 19 17 14 17 18 18 17 13 23 Yugoslavia YUG 4 2 2 3Countries 10 14 6 16 15 14 18 17 22 19 18 19 20 24 21 23 21 25 23 19 24 23 29Speed skaters 31 40 31 52 68 67 88 103 137 137 118 122 127 139 142 155 151 171 166 175 180 179 184Year 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22See also EditIce sledge speed racing at the Winter Paralympics List of Olympic venues in speed skating List of Olympic medalists in speed skatingReferences EditNotes Edit a b Kluge 1995 page Latvia s quick change artist makes Olympic history Toronto Star 2010 02 14 Retrieved 2010 02 18 Harris Beth 2010 02 13 Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty Washington Post Retrieved 2010 02 19 dead link CTV Olympics Latvian skater makes Olympic history Agence France Press 14 February 2010 Retrieved 18 February 2010 New York Times Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First Associated Press 30 January 2010 Retrieved 18 February 2010 The 10000 m event at the 1928 Games was cancelled during the fifth heat due to thawing ice Olympic Analytics Medals by Countries olympanalyt com Retrieved 2022 02 20 Bibliography Edit Kluge Volker Olympische Winterspiele Die Chronik Chamonix 1924 Lillehammer 1994 Berlin Germany Sportverlag 2nd revised and updated edition 1994 ISBN 3 328 00631 1External links Edit Media related to Speed skating at the Olympics at Wikimedia Commons Speed skating at olympic org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Speed skating at the Winter Olympics amp oldid 1144973804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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