| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | |
Speed skating at the1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 to 25 February. Ten events were contested atHamar Olympic Hall.[1][2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led byJohann 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]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres details | Aleksandr Golubev | 36.33 (OR) | Sergey Klevchenya | 36.39 | Manabu Horii | 36.53 |
| 1000 metres details | Dan Jansen | 1:12.43 WR | Igor Zhelezovski | 1:12.72 | Sergey Klevchenya | 1:12.85 |
| 1500 metres details | Johann Olav Koss | 1:51.29 WR | Rintje Ritsma | 1:51.99 | Falko Zandstra | 1:52.38 |
| 5000 metres details | Johann Olav Koss | 6:34.96 WR | Kjell Storelid | 6:42.68 | Rintje Ritsma | 6:43.94 |
| 10,000 metres details | Johann Olav Koss | 13:30.55 WR | Kjell Storelid | 13:49.25 | Bart Veldkamp | 13:56.73 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres details | Bonnie Blair | 39.25 | Susan Auch | 39.61 | Franziska Schenk | 39.70 |
| 1000 metres details | Bonnie Blair | 1:18.74 | Anke Baier | 1:20.12 | Ye Qiaobo | 1:20.22 |
| 1500 metres details | Emese Hunyady | 2:02.19 | Svetlana Fedotkina | 2:02.69 | Gunda Niemann | 2:03.41 |
| 3000 metres details | Svetlana Bazhanova | 4:17.43 | Emese Hunyady | 4:18.14 | Claudia Pechstein | 4:18.34 |
| 5000 metres details | Claudia Pechstein | 7:14.37 | Gunda Niemann | 7:14.88 | Hiromi Yamamoto | 7:19.68 |
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 | 36.33 | OR | ||
| Men's 1000 metres | 18 February | 1:12.43 | OR | WR | |
| Men's 1500 metres | 16 February | 1:51.29 | OR | WR | |
| Men's 5000 metres | 13 February | 6:34.96 | OR | WR | |
| Men's 10000 metres | 20 February | 13:30.55 | OR | WR |
Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.