Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the IX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Eisschnellaufbahn
Dates	January 30-February 7
Competitors	134 from 22 nations

Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics, was held from 30 January to 7 February. Eight events were contested at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	5	5	2	12
2	Norway (NOR)	1	3	3	7
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
3	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
5	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
6	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
	Total	8	11	6	25

The Soviet Union led the medal table with five gold and twelve total, with four of the gold medals won by Lidiya Skoblikova, who swept the women's events.

North Korea's Han Pil-Hwa was the first medalist for her country in the Olympics, and the first Asian woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics.

Skoblikova easily led the individual medal table, while Knut Johannesen was the most successful male skater with one gold and one bronze medal.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Terry McDermott United States (USA)	40.1 (OR)	Alv Gjestvang Norway (NOR) Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Orlov Soviet Union (URS)	40.6
1500 metres	Ants Antson Soviet Union (URS)	2:10.3	Kees Verkerk Netherlands (NED)	2:10.6	Villy Haugen Norway (NOR)	2:11.2
5000 metres	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)	7:38.4 (OR)	Per Ivar Moe Norway (NOR)	7:38.6	Fred Anton Maier Norway (NOR)	7:42.0
10000 metres	Jonny Nilsson Sweden (SWE)	15:50.1	Fred Anton Maier Norway (NOR)	16:06.0	Knut Johannesen Norway (NOR)	16:06.3

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	45.0 (OR)	Irina Yegorova Soviet Union (URS)	45.4	Tatyana Sidorova Soviet Union (URS)	45.5
1000 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	1:33.2 (OR)	Irina Yegorova Soviet Union (URS)	1:34.3	Kaija Mustonen Finland (FIN)	1:34.8
1500 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	2:22.6 (OR)	Kaija Mustonen Finland (FIN)	2:25.5	Berta Kolokoltseva Soviet Union (URS)	2:27.1
3000 metres	Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union (URS)	5:14.9	Han Pil-Hwa North Korea (PRK) Valentina Stenina Soviet Union (URS)	5:18.5

Records

Five new Olympic records were set in Innsbruck.^[2]^[3]

Event	Date	Team	Time	OR
Men's 500 metres	4 February	Terry McDermott (USA)	40.1	OR
Men's 5000 metres	5 February	Knut Johannesen (NOR)	7:38.4	OR
Women's 500 metres	30 January	Lidiya Skoblikova (URS)	45.0	OR
Women's 1000 metres	1 February	Lidiya Skoblikova (URS)	1:33.2	OR
Women's 1500 metres	31 January	Lidiya Skoblikova (URS)	2:22.6	OR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-two nations competed in the speed skating events at Innsbruck. Mongolia and North Korea made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

Austria (7)
Belgium (1)
Canada (4)
Denmark (1)
Germany (13)
Finland (10)
France (3)
Great Britain (3)

Hungary (3)
Italy (2)
Japan (8)
South Korea (4)
Mongolia (3)
Netherlands (5)
Norway (9)

References

↑ "Offizieller Bericht der IX. Olympischen Winterspiele Innsbruck 1964" (PDF). Austrian Federal Publishing House for Instruction, Science and Art, Vienna and Munich. LA84 Foundation. 1964. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
↑ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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