Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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

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

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
	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.

Belarus won its first medal in speed skating, with the nation competing in the Winter Olympics for the first time. Russia competed not as the Soviet Union for the first time and clinched five medals, building on its huge speed skating tradition.^[3][4]

Men's events

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

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

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

Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, 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 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. "Belarus wins 18 Winter Olympics medals as independent state". Belarus.by. Minsk, Belarus. 2018. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018.
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.