Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for speed skating
VenueM-Wave
DatesFebruary 8-20
Competitors169 from 25 nations
For the short track speed skating events, see Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, was held from 8 February to 20 February. Ten events were contested at M-Wave.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Netherlands (NED) 5 4 2 11
2  Germany (GER) 2 3 1 6
3  Canada (CAN) 1 2 2 5
4  Japan (JPN) 1 0 2 3
5  Norway (NOR) 1 0 0 1
6  United States (USA) 0 1 1 2
7  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 0 1 1
7  Belgium (BEL) 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 10 30

The Netherlands dominated the Nagano speed skating events, winning five gold medals and eleven medals overall, their highest total in any Winter games, as of 2010. Bart Veldkamp's bronze medal was the first in speed skating for Belgium, and the first at the Winter Games for the country in 50 years. Lyudmila Prokasheva's bronze medal for Kazakhstan was that country's first in the sport as well, and Prokasheva became the first woman from Kazakhstan to earn an Olympic medal.

Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer led the individual medal tables, with two gold each.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
 Hiroyasu Shimizu
Japan (JPN)
1:11.35  Jeremy Wotherspoon
Canada (CAN)
1:11.84  Kevin Overland
Canada (CAN)
1:11.86
1000 metres
 Ids Postma
Netherlands (NED)
1:10.64
(OR)
 Jan Bos
Netherlands (NED)
1:10.71  Hiroyasu Shimizu
Japan (JPN)
1:11.00
1500 metres
 Ådne Søndrål
Norway (NOR)
1:47.87 WR  Ids Postma
Netherlands (NED)
1:48.13  Rintje Ritsma
Netherlands (NED)
1:48.52
5000 metres
 Gianni Romme
Netherlands (NED)
6:22.20 WR  Rintje Ritsma
Netherlands (NED)
6:28.24  Bart Veldkamp
Belgium (BEL)
6:28.31
10000 metres
 Gianni Romme
Netherlands (NED)
13:15.33 WR  Bob de Jong
Netherlands (NED)
13:25.76  Rintje Ritsma
Netherlands (NED)
13:28.19

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
 Catriona Le May Doan
Canada (CAN)
1:16.60  Susan Auch
Canada (CAN)
1:16.93  Tomomi Okazaki
Japan (JPN)
1:17.10
1000 metres
 Marianne Timmer
Netherlands (NED)
1:16.51 WR  Chris Witty
United States (USA)
1:16.79  Catriona Le May Doan
Canada (CAN)
1:17.37
1500 metres
 Marianne Timmer
Netherlands (NED)
1:57.58 WR  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
Germany (GER)
1:58.66  Chris Witty
United States (USA)
1:58.97
3000 metres
 Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
Germany (GER)
4:07.29
(OR)
 Claudia Pechstein
Germany (GER)
4:08.47  Anni Friesinger-Postma
Germany (GER)
4:09.44
5000 metres
 Claudia Pechstein
Germany (GER)
6:59.61 WR  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
Germany (GER)
6:59.65  Lyudmila Prokasheva
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
7:11.14

Records

Five world records and twelve Olympic records were set in Nagano.[2][3]

Event Date Team Time OR WR
Men's 500 metres 9 February  Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 35.76 OR
11 February  Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 35.59 OR
Men's 1000 metres 15 February  Ids Postma (NED) 1:10.64 OR
Men's 1500 metres 12 February  Ådne Søndrål (NOR) 1:47.87 OR WR
Men's 5000 metres 8 February  Gianni Romme (NED) 6:22.20 OR WR
Men's 10000 metres 17 February  Gianni Romme (NED) 13:15.33 OR WR
Women's 500 metres 13 February  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.39 OR
14 February  Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.21 OR
Women's 1000 metres 19 February  Marianne Timmer (NED) 1:16.51 OR
Women's 1500 metres 16 February  Marianne Timmer (NED) 1:57.58 OR WR
Women's 3000 metres 11 February  Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) 4:07.29 OR
Women's 5000 metres 20 February  Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:59.61 OR WR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-five nations competed in the speed skating events at Nagano. New Zealand and Portugal made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

References

  1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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