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Facts about Speed Skating in the Olympics

Olympics	Speed Skating has been part of the $games_typen program 23 times (including this year).

Medals	A total of 188 Speed Skating events have been held all-time in $games_typen (including planned events this year).

Events	There has been 15 different events in Olympic Speed Skating.


Medal table for Speed Skating in the Olympics


		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total

1.	NED	48	44	41	133



2.	USA	30	22	19	71



3.	NOR	28	29	30	87



4.	URS	24	17	19	60



5.	GER	14	16	10	40




			All-time Olympic Speed Skating Medal table



Speed Skating in the Olympic Programme


Olympic Games	Venue	Events
			Women	Men

Chamonix 1924	Stade Olympique		0	5
St. Moritz 1928	Badrutts Park		0	4
Lake Placid 1932	Olympic Stadium, Ice Stadium		0	4
Garmisch Partenkirchen 1936	Olympia Eissportplatz Riessersee		0	4
St. Moritz 1948	Kulm Rink, Badrutts Park		0	4
Oslo 1952	Bisslet Stadion		0	4
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956	Lago Misurina		0	4
Squaw Valley 1960	Blyth Memorial Arena		4	4
Innsbruck 1964	Olympiaeisschnelllaufbahn		4	4
Grenoble 1968	Anneau de Vitesse, Parc Paul Mistral		4	4
Sapporo 1972	Makomanai Speed Skating Rink		4	4
Innsbruck 1976	Olympiaeisschnelllaufbahn		4	5
Lake Placid 1980	James B. Sheffield Stadium		4	5
Sarajevo 1984	Zetra		4	5
Calgary 1988	Olympic Oval		5	5
Albertville 1992	Parc Olympique, Albertville		5	5
Lillehammer 1994	Olympiahall, Hamar		5	5
Nagano 1998	Kita Nagaike, Nagano		5	5
Salt Lake City 2002	Utah Olympic Oval		5	5
Torino 2006	Oval Lingotto		6	6
Vancouver 2010	Richmond Olympic Oval		6	6
Sochi 2014	Adler Arena		6	6
PyeongChang 2018	Gangneung Speed Skating Oval		7	7


International Speed Skating Federation

The Olympic competitions in Speed Skating is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU) in cooperation with the host city of the specific games. Follow the link for more information about world championships, the international organization, general history of

These facts about Speed Skating in the Olympics is based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database

Speed Skating at the OlympicsAll-time