Speed skating has been featured as a sport in the Asian Winter Games since the first winter games in 1986.^[1]

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Best nation
I	1986	Sapporo, Japan	Japan
II	1990	Sapporo, Japan	Japan
III	1996	Harbin, China	Japan
IV	1999	Gangwon, South Korea	China
V	2003	Aomori, Japan	Japan
VI	2007	Changchun, China	China
VII	2011	Astana–Almaty, Kazakhstan	South Korea
VIII	2017	Sapporo, Japan	Japan

Events

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	40	32	37	109
2	South Korea (KOR)	23	23	21	67
3	China (CHN)	16	17	16	49
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	4	5	8	17
5	North Korea (PRK)	0	2	2	4
Totals (5 entries)		83	79	84	246

Participating nations

Nation	86	90	96	99	03	07	11	17	Years
Australia								1	1
China	9	16	15	10	15	17	14	20	8
Chinese Taipei								1	1
Hong Kong	1								1
India								3	1
Japan	18	18	18	18	20	14	13	19	8
Kazakhstan			9	6	7	12	12	10	6
Mongolia		2	1	1	4	6	3	4	7
New Zealand								1	1
North Korea	8	12				2	2		4
Qatar							4		1
South Korea	9	10	10	16	17	20	13	18	8
Thailand								1	1
Number of nations	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	10
Number of athletes	45	58	53	51	63	71	61	78

List of medalists

References