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 skat ...

at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

was held over fourteen days, from 9 to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the

Utah Olympic Oval The Utah Olympic Oval is an indoor speed skating oval located southwest of Salt Lake City, in Kearns, Utah. The Oval was built for the 2002 Winter Olympics and it hosted the Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, long-track speed skating ev ...

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events

Records

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's high altitude was a major contributing factor to the speed of the

's ice, as new Olympic records were set in all ten events, and new World records in eight.

Participating NOCs

Twenty-three nations competed in the speed skating events at Salt Lake City. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

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Official Results Book – Speed skating
{{DEFAULTSORT:Speed Skating At The 2002 Winter Olympics Events at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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