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
2014 Winter Olympics was held at the
Adler Arena,
Sochi,
Russia
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, between 8 and 22 February 2014.
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for all twelve events.
With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.
All times are (UTC+4
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As standard time (year-round)
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Medal summary
Netherlands
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dominated in speed skating, winning a total of 23 medals including eight out of the twelve gold medals and medals in all events.
There were four Dutch
podium sweep
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s where the Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medal, making the Netherlands the first country in Olympic speed skating history to achieve this. The events were the:
Men's 5000m,
Men's 500m,
Women's 1500m and
Men's 10,000m. In the women's 1,500 metres, Dutch athletes placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; the first such result in Olympic speed skating history by athletes from a single nation.
On 24 November 2017 the silver medal of
Olga Fatkulina was disqualified as part of the
Russian team doping case. On 1 February 2018, Olga Fatkulina successfully appealed against IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. As a result, her silver medal was reinstated.
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Medal table
Men's events
Women's events
* On 24 November 2017, silver medalist from Russia
Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping violation. On 1 February 2018, her results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.
Olympic records broken
Other records
*A total of four
podium sweep
A podium sweep is where a team or nation comes in first, second and third, such as at the Olympics, and wins all available medals, which are recognized by a podium ceremony. The word Whitewash (sport), sweep is commonly used in North American sport ...
s were recorded in speed skating, where one nation won the gold, silver and bronze medals in a single event. This was the highest number of podium sweeps to have occurred in speed skating in Olympic history. Every one of these four podium sweeps was won by the Netherlands team.
Qualification
Each NOC was allowed to delegate a maximal number of ten men and ten women speed skaters who reached the qualification criteria. A proposal of the Dutch skating association (KNSB) to add an extra athlete, especially for the team pursuit event, was rejected at the congress of the international federation ISU in
Kuala Lumpur
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in June 2012.
Qualification times
The qualification times were released in July 2013. The women's times stayed the same from Vancouver except for a more stringent standard in the 3000 m, while the men's qualification times have all slightly decreased.
Participating nations
A total of 181 athletes from 23 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).
Chinese Taipei made its debut in the sport.
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References
External links
Official Results Book – Speed Skating
{{Speed skating at the Winter Olympics
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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 ...
Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
Winter Olympics,2014