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Speed skating
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating; at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates	13–25 February
No. of events	10
Competitors	150 from 21 nations
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Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 February to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norwegen (NOR)	3	2	0	5
2	Vereinigte Staaten (USA)	3	0	0	3
3	Russland (RUS)	2	2	1	5
4	Deutschland (GER)	1	2	3	6
5	Österreich (AUT)	1	1	0	2
6	Niederlande (NED)	0	1	3	4
7	Weißrussland (BLR)	0	1	0	1
7	Kanada (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 and Russia won their first medals in speed skating, with both nations competing in the Olympics for the first time.

Men's events

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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Bonnie Blair Vereinigte Staaten	39.25	Susan Auch Kanada	39.61	Franziska Schenk Deutschland	39.70
1000 metres details	Bonnie Blair Vereinigte Staaten	1:18.74	Anke Baier Deutschland	1:20.12	Ye Qiaobo China	1:20.22
1500 metres details	Emese Hunyady Österreich	2:02.19	Svetlana Fedotkina Russland	2:02.69	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Deutschland	2:03.41
3000 metres details	Svetlana Bazhanova Russland	4:17.43	Emese Hunyady Österreich	4:18.14	Claudia Pechstein Deutschland	4:18.34
5000 metres details	Claudia Pechstein Deutschland	7:14.37	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Deutschland	7:14.88	Hiromi Yamamoto Japan	7:19.68

Records

Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.^[2]^[3]

Event	Date	Team	Zeit	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, Russia and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

Australien (2)
Österreich (5)
Weißrussland (2)
Kanada (13)
China (6)
Deutschland (15)
Ungarn (1)

Italien (5)
Japan (17)
Kasachstan (8)
Südkorea (9)
Lettland (1)
Niederlande (13)
Norwegen (8)

Polen (5)
Rumänien (4)
Russland (12)
Schweiz (1)
Schweden (5)
Ukraine (2)
Vereinigte Staaten (16)

References

^ "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report – Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
^ "ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
^ "ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

Sports-Reference 1994 Olympics – Speed Skating

[OfficialReport-1] "Lillehammer 1994 Official Report – Volume 3" (PDF). Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1994. Retrieved January 28, 2014.

[ISUWR-2] "ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

[ISUOlyR-3] "ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved January 29, 2014.

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