Speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skati ...
at the
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
, was held from 30 January to 7 February. Eight events were contested at the
Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck
The Olympia Eisschnellaufbahn is a speed skating venue located in Innsbruck, Austria. The outdoor venue hosted the Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics, speed Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics, skating events both for the 1964 Winter O ...
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Medal summary
Medal table
The Soviet Union led the medal table with five gold and twelve total, with four of the gold medals won by
Lidiya Skoblikova
Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (russian: Лидия Павловна Скобликова; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach. She represented the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968, ...
, who swept the women's events.
North Korea's
Han Pil-Hwa was the first medalist for her country in the Olympics, and the first Asian woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics.
Skoblikova easily led the individual medal table, while
Knut Johannesen was the most successful male skater with one gold and one bronze medal.
Men's events
Women's events
Records
Five new Olympic records were set in Innsbruck.
Participating NOCs
Twenty-two nations competed in the speed skating events at Innsbruck. Mongolia and North Korea made their Olympic speed skating debuts.
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1964 in speed skating
Olympics, 1964