Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
# Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led by Johann Olav Koss, who won three gold medals. Bonnie Blair was the most successful woman, with a pair of gold medals. Germany won the most total medals, with six, though only a single gold.

Russia and Belarus, competing for the first time in the Winter Games as independent nations, won their first speed skating medals. The countries were previously part of the Soviet Union, which had taken 60 speed skating medals over 9 Olympics.

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres details | Aleksandr Golubev Russia | 36.33 (OR) | Sergey Klevchenya Russia | 36.39 | Manabu Horii Japan | 36.53 |
| 1000 metres details | Dan Jansen United States | 1:12.43 WR | Igor Zhelezovski Belarus | 1:12.72 | Sergey Klevchenya Russia | 1:12.85 |
| 1500 metres details | Johann Olav Koss Norway | 1:51.29 WR | Rintje Ritsma Netherlands | 1:51.99 | Falko Zandstra Netherlands | 1:52.38 |
| 5000 metres details | Johann Olav Koss Norway | 6:34.96 WR | Kjell Storelid Norway | 6:42.68 | Rintje Ritsma Netherlands | 6:43.94 |
| 10,000 metres details | Johann Olav Koss Norway | 13:30.55 WR | Kjell Storelid Norway | 13:49.25 | Bart Veldkamp Netherlands | 13:56.73 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres details | Bonnie Blair United States | 39.25 | Susan Auch Canada | 39.61 | Franziska Schenk Germany | 39.70 |
| 1000 metres details | Bonnie Blair United States | 1:18.74 | Anke Baier Germany | 1:20.12 | Ye Qiaobo China | 1:20.22 |
| 1500 metres details | Emese Hunyady Austria | 2:02.19 | Svetlana Fedotkina Russia | 2:02.69 | Gunda Niemann Germany | 2:03.41 |
| 3000 metres details | Svetlana Bazhanova Russia | 4:17.43 | Emese Hunyady Austria | 4:18.14 | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 4:18.34 |
| 5000 metres details | Claudia Pechstein Germany | 7:14.37 | Gunda Niemann Germany | 7:14.88 | Hiromi Yamamoto Japan | 7:19.68 |

## Records

Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.

| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR | WR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's 500 metres | 14 February | Aleksandr Golubev (RUS) | 36.33 | OR | |
| Men's 1000 metres | 18 February | Dan Jansen (USA) | 1:12.43 | OR | WR |
| Men's 1500 metres | 16 February | Johann Olav Koss (NOR) | 1:51.29 | OR | WR |
| Men's 5000 metres | 13 February | Johann Olav Koss (NOR) | 6:34.96 | OR | WR |
| Men's 10000 metres | 20 February | Johann Olav Koss (NOR) | 13:30.55 | OR | WR |

## Participating NOCs

Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

* Australia (2)
* Austria (5)
* Belarus (2)
* Canada (13)
* China (6)
* Germany (15)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (17)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* South Korea (9)
* Latvia (1)
* Netherlands (13)
* Norway (8)
* Poland (5)
* Romania (4)
* Russia (12)
* Switzerland (1)
* Sweden (5)
* Ukraine (2)
* United States (16)
