Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics explained

Event:	Speed skating
Games:	1994 Winter
Num Events:	10
Venue:	Hamar Olympic Hall
Dates:	13–25 February 1994
Competitors:	150
Nations:	21
Prev:	1992
Next:	1998

Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall.^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Medal table

Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led by Johann Olav Koss, who won three gold medals. Bonnie Blair was the most successful woman, with a pair of gold medals. Germany won the most total medals, with six, though only a single gold.

Belarus won its first medal in speed skating, with the nation competing in the Winter Olympics for the first time. Russia competed not as the Soviet Union for the first time and clinched five medals, building on its huge speed skating tradition.^{[3] [4]}

Men's events

500 metres		36.33		36.39		36.53
1000 metres		1:12.43		1:12.72		1:12.85
1500 metres		1:51.29		1:51.99		1:52.38
5000 metres		6:34.96		6:42.68		6:43.94
10,000 metres		13:30.55		13:49.25		13:56.73

Women's events

500 metres		39.25		39.61		39.70
1000 metres		1:18.74		1:20.12		1:20.22
1500 metres		2:02.19		2:02.69		2:03.41
3000 metres		4:17.43		4:18.14		4:18.34
5000 metres		7:14.37		7:14.88		7:19.68

Records

Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.^{[5] [6]}

Event	Date	Team	Time	OR	WR
	14 February		36.33	OR
	18 February		1:12.43	OR	WR
	16 February		1:51.29	OR	WR
	13 February		6:34.96	OR	WR
	20 February		13:30.55	OR	WR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lillehammer 1994 Official Report – Volume 3 . LA84 Foundation . Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee . 1994 . 28 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417061529/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/SSK/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 4 November 2019.
3. News: . 2018. Belarus wins 18 Winter Olympics medals as independent state. Belarus.by. Minsk, Belarus. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303152655/http://www.belarus.by/en/press-center/news/belarus-wins-18-winter-olympics-medals-as-independent-state_i_0000075293.html. 3 March 2018.
4. News: Clarey . Christopher . The Soviet Empire Is Dead, but Its Sports Legacy Is Still Alive in Russia . 18 May 2020 . New York Times . 27 February 1994.
5. Web site: ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records . International Skating Union . 29 January 2014.
6. Web site: ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records . International Skating Union . 29 January 2014.