Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games
# Speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games

Speed skating at the 1996 Winter Asian Games took place in Heilongjiang Indoor Rink Harbin-Nangang in the city of Harbin, China with nine events contested — five for men and four for women. The events were scheduled for February 5– February 9, 1996.

## Schedule

| ● | Race | ● | Last race | ● | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | 5th Mon | 6th Tue | 7th Wed | 8th Thu | 9th Fri |
| Men's 500 m | ● | ● | | | |
| Men's 1000 m | | | | F | |
| Men's 1500 m | | | F | | |
| Men's 5000 m | F | | | | |
| Men's 10000 m | | | | | F |
| Women's 500 m | ● | ● | | | |
| Women's 1000 m | | | | F | |
| Women's 1500 m | | | F | | |
| Women's 3000 m | F | | | | |

## Medalists

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | Jaegal Sung-yeol South Korea | Shared gold | Kim Yoon-man South Korea |
| 500 m details | Takahiro Hamamichi Japan | Shared gold | Kim Yoon-man South Korea |
| 1000 m details | Yusuke Imai Japan | Kim Yoon-man South Korea | Vadim Shakshakbayev Kazakhstan |
| 1500 m details | Yusuke Imai Japan | Shinya Tanaka Japan | Sergey Tsybenko Kazakhstan |
| 5000 m details | Mitsuru Watanabe Japan | Daigo Miyaki Japan | Yevgeniy Sanarov Kazakhstan |
| 10000 m details | Shigekazu Nemoto Japan | Radik Bikchentayev Kazakhstan | Yevgeniy Sanarov Kazakhstan |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 500 m details | Wang Manli China | Shared gold | Jin Hua China |
| 500 m details | Xue Ruihong China | Shared gold | Jin Hua China |
| 1000 m details | Chun Hee-joo South Korea | Aki Tonoike Japan | Chihiro Monda Japan |
| 1500 m details | Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan | Aki Tonoike Japan | Eriko Seo Japan |
| 3000 m details | Lyudmila Prokasheva Kazakhstan | Eriko Seo Japan | Saori Igami Japan |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 |

## Participating nations

A total of 53 athletes from 5 nations competed in speed skating at the 1996 Asian Winter Games:

* China (15)
* Japan (18)
* Kazakhstan (9)
* Mongolia (1)
* South Korea (10)
