Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Event:	Speed skating
Games:	1998 Winter
Num Events:	10
Venue:	M-Wave
Dates:	8–20 February 1998
Competitors:	169
Nations:	25
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, was held from 8 to 20 February. Ten events were contested at M-Wave.^{[1] [2]} The Netherlands dominated the Nagano speed skating events, winning five gold medals and eleven medals overall, their highest total in any Winter games up until that point. Bart Veldkamp's bronze medal was the first in speed skating for Belgium, and the first at the Winter Games for the country in 50 years. Lyudmila Prokasheva's bronze medal for Kazakhstan was that country's first in the sport as well, and Prokasheva became the first woman from Kazakhstan to earn an Olympic medal.

Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer led the individual medal tables, with two gold each.

Medal summary

Men's events

500 metres		1:11.35		1:11.84		1:11.86
1000 metres		1:10.64		1:10.71		1:11.00
1500 metres		1:47.87		1:48.13		1:48.52
5000 metres		6:22.20		6:28.24		6:28.31
10,000 metres		13:15.33		13:25.76		13:28.19

Women's events

500 metres		1:16.60		1:16.93		1:17.10
1000 metres		1:16.51 (OR)		1:16.79		1:17.37
1500 metres		1:57.58		1:58.66		1:58.97
3000 metres		4:07.29 (OR)		4:08.47		4:09.44
5000 metres		6:59.61		6:59.65		7:11.14

Records

Five world records and twelve Olympic records were set in Nagano.^{[3] [4]}

Event	Date	Team	Time	OR	WR
	9 February		35.76	OR
	11 February		35.59	OR
	15 February		1:10.64	OR
	12 February		1:47.87	OR	WR
	8 February		6:22.20	OR	WR
	17 February		13:15.33	OR	WR
	13 February		38.39	OR
	14 February		38.21	OR
	19 February		1:16.51	OR
	16 February		1:57.58	OR	WR
	11 February		4:07.29	OR
	20 February		6:59.61	OR	WR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-five nations competed in the speed skating events at Nagano. New Zealand and Portugal made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3. LA84 Foundation. Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. 1998. 28 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041408/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/SSK/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 5 November 2019.
3. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.
4. Web site: ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.