Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates	February 13-25
Competitors	150 from 21 nations

For the short track speed skating events, see Short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 February to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	3	2	0	5
2	United States (USA)	3	0	0	3
3	Russia (RUS)	2	2	1	5
4	Germany (GER)	1	2	3	6
5	Austria (AUT)	1	1	0	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	3	4
7	Belarus (BLR)	0	1	0	1
7	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
9	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
10	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Total	10	10	10	30

Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led by Johann Olav Koss, who won three gold medals. Bonnie Blair was the most successful woman, with a pair of gold medals. Germany won the most total medals, with six, though only a single gold.

Belarus and Russia won their first medals in speed skating, with both nations competing in the Olympics for the first time.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Aleksandr Golubev Russia (RUS)	36.33 (OR)	Sergey Klevchenya Russia (RUS)	36.39	Manabu Horii Japan (JPN)	36.53
1000 metres	Dan Jansen United States (USA)	1:12.43 WR	Igor Zhelezovski Belarus (BLR)	1:12.72	Sergey Klevchenya Russia (RUS)	1:12.85
1500 metres	Johann Olav Koss Norway (NOR)	1:51.29 WR	Rintje Ritsma Netherlands (NED)	1:51.99	Falko Zandstra Netherlands (NED)	1:52.38
5000 metres	Johann Olav Koss Norway (NOR)	6:34.96 WR	Kjell Storelid Norway (NOR)	6:42.68	Rintje Ritsma Netherlands (NED)	6:43.94
10000 metres	Johann Olav Koss Norway (NOR)	13:30.55 WR	Kjell Storelid Norway (NOR)	13:49.25	Bart Veldkamp Netherlands (NED)	13:56.73

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Bonnie Blair United States (USA)	39.25	Susan Auch Canada (CAN)	39.61	Franziska Schenk Germany (GER)	39.70
1000 metres	Bonnie Blair United States (USA)	1:18.74	Anke Baier Germany (GER)	1:20.12	Ye Qiaobo China (CHN)	1:20.22
1500 metres	Emese Hunyady Austria (AUT)	2:02.19	Svetlana Fedotkina Russia (RUS)	2:02.69	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany (GER)	2:03.41
3000 metres	Svetlana Bazhanova Russia (RUS)	4:17.43	Emese Hunyady Austria (AUT)	4:18.14	Claudia Pechstein Germany (GER)	4:18.34
5000 metres	Claudia Pechstein Germany (GER)	7:14.37	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany (GER)	7:14.88	Hiromi Yamamoto Japan (JPN)	7:19.68

Records

Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.^[2][3]

Event	Date	Team	Time	OR	WR
Men's 500 metres	14 February	Aleksandr Golubev (RUS)	36.33	OR
Men's 1000 metres	18 February	Dan Jansen (USA)	1:12.43	OR	WR
Men's 1500 metres	16 February	Johann Olav Koss (NOR)	1:51.29	OR	WR
Men's 5000 metres	13 February	Johann Olav Koss (NOR)	6:34.96	OR	WR
Men's 10000 metres	20 February	Johann Olav Koss (NOR)	13:30.55	OR	WR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

Australia (2) Austria (5) Belarus (2) Canada (13) China (6) Germany (15) Hungary (1)

Italy (5) Japan (17) Kazakhstan (8) South Korea (9) Latvia (1) Netherlands (13) Norway (8)

Poland (5) Romania (4) Russia (12) Switzerland (1) Sweden (5) Ukraine (2) United States (16)

References

1. "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. 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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