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
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...
was held at the
Richmond Olympic Oval,
Richmond, British Columbia
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, between 13 and 27 February 2010.
Notes
Haralds Silovs
Haralds Silovs (born 7 April 1986) is a Latvian long track and former short track speed skater, who became the 2008 and 2011 European champion in short track. He has participated in three Winter Olympics. In 2018, he finished fourth at speed ...
became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both
short track (1500 m) and long track (5000 m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day. He competed in the 5000 m and then raced across town to the 1500 m event. The low altitude of
Vancouver
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and high humidity inside the
Richmond Olympic Oval, set just 3 metres above the sea, contributed to the fact that no world records in speed skating were set at these Games.
Medal summary
Medal table
Men's events
* Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.
Women's events
* Skater who did not participate in the final, but received a medal.
Events
A total of twelve speed skating events were held at Vancouver 2010:
Competition schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time
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( UTC-8).
Qualification times
Participating nations
A total of 177 athletes from 24 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).
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References
External links
Qualification SystemQualification timesVancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule v12
{{Speed skating at the Winter Olympics
2010
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Events at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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