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
2018 Winter Olympics
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was held at the
Gangneung Oval
The Gangneung Oval () is a speed skating rink, speed skating oval in South Korea, which was used for the Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics, speed skating competitions at the 2018 Winter Olympics. The building of the oval was started in Se ...
in
Gangneung
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,
South Korea
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between 10 and 24 February 2018.
Qualification
A total quota of 180 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games (maximum 100 men and 80 women). Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of the entire
2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in the autumn of 2017. Each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of three athletes per gender for all events apart from the 5000m, 10,000m and mass start events, for which they could enter a maximum of two athletes per event.
Competition schedule
The following was the competition schedule for all speed skating events.
With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.
All times are ( UTC+9).
Medal summary
Medal table
Men's events
Women's events
Skaters who did not participate in the final of the team pursuit event, but received medals as part of the team, having taken part in an earlier round.
Records
World & Olympic records
Eight
Olympic record
Olympic records are the best performances in a specific event in that event's history in either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games.
Summer Olympics
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s (OR) and five
Sea level world bests (WB) were set during the competition.
Other records
The Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the
women's 3000m event, making it a Dutch
podium sweep.
Participating nations
A total of 184 athletes from 29 nations (including the
IOC
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's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Colombia was scheduled to make its debut in the sport. A record number of nations qualified to compete in these games, with the previous high being 25 at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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References
External links
Official Results Book – Speed Skating
{{Speed skating at the Winter Olympics
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Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held i ...
Events at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympics, 2018