Speed skating
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
VenueHamar Olympic Hall
Dates13–25 February 1994
No. of events10
Competitors150 from 21 nations

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)3205
2 United States (USA)3003
3 Russia (RUS)2215
4 Germany (GER)1236
5 Austria (AUT)1102
6 Netherlands (NED)0134
7 Belarus (BLR)0101
 Canada (CAN)0101
9 Japan (JPN)0022
10 China (CHN)0011
Totals (10 entries)10101030

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

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

Women's events

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

Records

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

EventDateTeamTimeORWR
Men's 500 metres14 February Aleksandr Golubev (RUS)36.33OR
Men's 1000 metres18 February Dan Jansen (USA)1:12.43ORWR
Men's 1500 metres16 February Johann Olav Koss (NOR)1:51.29ORWR
Men's 5000 metres13 February Johann Olav Koss (NOR)6:34.96ORWR
Men's 10000 metres20 February Johann Olav Koss (NOR)13:30.55ORWR

Participating NOCs

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

References

  1. ↑ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report – Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. ↑ https://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/news/belarus-wins-18-winter-olympics-medals-as-independent-state_i_0000075293.html
  4. ↑ Clarey, Christopher (27 February 1994). "The Soviet Empire Is Dead, but Its Sports Legacy Is Still Alive in Russia". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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