Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating; at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates	13–25 February 1994
No. of events	10
Competitors	150 from 21 nations
	← 1992 1998 →

Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit


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
Totals (10 entries)		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.

Russia and Belarus, competing for the first time in the Winter Games as independent nations, won their first speed skating medals. The countries were previously part of the Soviet Union, which had taken 60 speed skating medals over 9 Olympics.^[3]^[4]

Men's events edit

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Aleksandr Golubev Russia	36.33 (OR)	Sergey Klevchenya Russia	36.39	Manabu Horii Japan	36.53
1000 metres details	Dan Jansen United States	1:12.43 WR	Igor Zhelezovski Belarus	1:12.72	Sergey Klevchenya Russia	1:12.85
1500 metres details	Johann Olav Koss Norway	1:51.29 WR	Rintje Ritsma Netherlands	1:51.99	Falko Zandstra Netherlands	1:52.38
5000 metres details	Johann Olav Koss Norway	6:34.96 WR	Kjell Storelid Norway	6:42.68	Rintje Ritsma Netherlands	6:43.94
10,000 metres details	Johann Olav Koss Norway	13:30.55 WR	Kjell Storelid Norway	13:49.25	Bart Veldkamp Netherlands	13:56.73

Women's events edit

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

Records edit

Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.^[5]^[6]

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 edit

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