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 skatin ...
at the
1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...
, was held from 13 to 25 February. Ten events were contested at
Hamar Olympic Hall.
Medal summary
Medal table
Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led by
Johann Olav Koss
Johann Olav Koss, (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway. He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country.
Biography
Johann Olav Koss was born in Drammen, Buskerud County, N ...
, who won three gold medals.
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Kathleen Blair (born March 18, 1964) is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winnin ...
was the most successful woman, with a pair of gold medals. Germany won the most total medals, with six, though only a single gold.
Russia and Belarus, competing for the first time in the Winter Games as independent nations, won their first speed skating medals. The countries were previously part of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
, which had taken 60
speed skating medals over 9 Olympics.
Men's events
Women's events
Records
Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.
Participating NOCs
Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.
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References
{{Speed skating at the Winter Olympics
1994 Winter Olympics events
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...
1994 in speed skating
Olympics, 1994