| Event: | Speed skating |
| Games: | 1964 Winter |
| Venue: | Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck |
| Date: | 30 January – 7 February 1964 |
| Num Events: | 8 |
| Competitors: | 134 |
| Nations: | 22 |
| Next: | 1968 |
Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics, was held from 30 January to 7 February. Eight events were contested at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.[1] [2]
The Soviet Union led the medal table with five gold and twelve total, with four of the gold medals won by Lidiya Skoblikova, 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.
| 500 metres | 40.1 (OR) | | 40.6 | none awarded | |||
| 1500 metres | 2:10.3 | 2:10.6 | 2:11.2 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 7:38.4 (OR) | 7:38.6 | 7:42.0 | ||||
| 10,000 metres | 15:50.1 | 16:06.0 | 16:06.3 |
| 500 metres | 45.0 (OR) | 45.4 | 45.5 | ||||
| 1000 metres | 1:33.2 (OR) | 1:34.3 | 1:34.8 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 2:22.6 (OR) | 2:25.5 | 2:27.1 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 5:14.9 | | 5:18.5 | none awarded |
Five new Olympic records were set in Innsbruck.[3] [4]
| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR | WR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 February | 40.1 | OR | ||||
| 5 February | 7:38.4 | OR | ||||
| 30 January | 45.0 | OR | ||||
| 1 February | 1:33.2 | OR | ||||
| 31 January | 2:22.6 | OR |
Twenty-two nations competed in the speed skating events at Innsbruck. Mongolia and North Korea made their Olympic speed skating debuts.