Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval
Dates	9–23 February 2002
Competitors	166 from 23 nations

For the short track speed skating events, see Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held over fourteen days, from 9 to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the Utah Olympic Oval.

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	3	5	0	8
2	Germany (GER)	3	3	2	8
3	United States (USA)	3	1	4	8
4	Canada (CAN)	1	0	2	3
5	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
6	Norway (NOR)	0	0	2	2
	Total	10	10	10	30

Men's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Casey FitzRandolph United States (USA)	69.23	Hiroyasu Shimizu Japan (JPN)	69.26	Kip Carpenter United States (USA)	69.47
1000 metres	Gerard van Velde Netherlands (NED)	1:07.18 WR	Jan Bos Netherlands (NED)	1:07.53	Joey Cheek United States (USA)	1:07.89
1500 metres	Derek Parra United States (USA)	1:43.95 WR	Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands (NED)	1:44.57	Ådne Søndrål Norway (NOR)	1:45.26
5000 metres	Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands (NED)	6:14.66 WR	Derek Parra United States (USA)	6:17.98	Jens Boden Germany (GER)	6:21.73
10000 metres	Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands (NED)	12:58.92 WR	Gianni Romme Netherlands (NED)	13:10.03	Lasse Sætre Norway (NOR)	13:16.92

Women's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Catriona Le May Doan Canada (CAN)	74.75	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt Germany (GER)	74.94	Sabine Völker Germany (GER)	75.19
1000 metres	Chris Witty United States (USA)	1:13.83 WR	Sabine Völker Germany (GER)	1:13.96	Jennifer Rodriguez United States (USA)	1:14.24
1500 metres	Anni Friesinger Germany (GER)	1:54.02 WR	Sabine Völker Germany (GER)	1:54.97	Jennifer Rodriguez United States (USA)	1:55.32
3000 metres	Claudia Pechstein Germany (GER)	3:57.70 WR	Renate Groenewold Netherlands (NED)	3:58.94	Cindy Klassen Canada (CAN)	3:58.97
5000 metres	Claudia Pechstein Germany (GER)	6:46.91 WR	Gretha Smit Netherlands (NED)	6:49.22	Clara Hughes Canada (CAN)	6:53.53

Records

Salt Lake City's high altitude was a major contributing factor to the speed of the Utah Olympic Oval's ice, as new Olympic records were set in all ten events, and new World records in eight.^[2]

Event[1]	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
Men's 500 metres	11 February	Heat 1	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42	OR
Men's 1000 metres	16 February		Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1:07.18	OR	WR
Men's 1500 metres	19 February		Derek Parra	United States	1:43.95	OR	WR
Men's 5000 metres	9 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	6:14.66	OR	WR
Men's 10000 metres	22 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	12:58.92	OR	WR
Women's 500 metres	13 February	Heat 1	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	37.30	OR
Women's 1000 metres	16 February		Chris Witty	United States	1:13.83	OR	WR
Women's 1500 metres	16 February		Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:54.02	OR	WR
Women's 3000 metres	16 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70	OR	WR
Women's 5000 metres	16 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:46.91	OR	WR

Participating NOCs

Austria (1) Belarus (5) Belgium (1) Canada (15) China (12) Czech Republic (1) Finland (3) France (1) Germany (13) Hungary (2) Italy (8) Japan (20)

Kazakhstan (8) South Korea (12) Latvia (1) Netherlands (17) Norway (7) Poland (4) Romania (2) Russia (13) Sweden (1) Ukraine (2) United States (17)

References

1. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
2. "Slow Italian oval keeps speedskating records on ice". ESPN. Associated Press. February 24, 2006. Retrieved February 5, 2010.

• "Results of the 2002 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
• "Results of the 2002 Olympic Games Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.