Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
# Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics, was held from 30 January to 7 February. Eight events were contested at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 11 | 6 | 25 |

The Soviet Union led the medal table with five gold and twelve total, with four of the gold medals won by Lidiya Skoblikova, who swept the women's events.

North Korea's Han Pil-Hwa was the first medalist for her country in the Olympics, and the first Asian woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics.

Skoblikova easily led the individual medal table, while Knut Johannesen was the most successful male skater with one gold and one bronze medal.

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres details | Terry McDermott United States | 40.1 (OR) | Alv Gjestvang Norway Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union Vladimir Orlov Soviet Union | 40.6 | none awarded | |
| 1500 metres details | Ants Antson Soviet Union | 2:10.3 | Kees Verkerk Netherlands | 2:10.6 | Villy Haugen Norway | 2:11.2 |
| 5000 metres details | Knut Johannesen Norway | 7:38.4 (OR) | Per Ivar Moe Norway | 7:38.6 | Fred Anton Maier Norway | 7:42.0 |
| 10,000 metres details | Jonny Nilsson Sweden | 15:50.1 | Fred Anton Maier Norway | 16:06.0 | Knut Johannesen Norway | 16:06.3 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 500 metres details | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 45.0 (OR) | Irina Yegorova Soviet Union | 45.4 | Tatyana Sidorova Soviet Union | 45.5 |
| 1000 metres details | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 1:33.2 (OR) | Irina Yegorova Soviet Union | 1:34.3 | Kaija Mustonen Finland | 1:34.8 |
| 1500 metres details | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 2:22.6 (OR) | Kaija Mustonen Finland | 2:25.5 | Berta Kolokoltseva Soviet Union | 2:27.1 |
| 3000 metres details | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 5:14.9 | Han Pil-Hwa North Korea Valentina Stenina Soviet Union | 5:18.5 | none awarded | |

## Records

Five new Olympic records were set in Innsbruck.

| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's 500 metres | 4 February | Terry McDermott (USA) | 40.1 | OR |
| Men's 5000 metres | 5 February | Knut Johannesen (NOR) | 7:38.4 | OR |
| Women's 500 metres | 30 January | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) | 45.0 | OR |
| Women's 1000 metres | 1 February | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) | 1:33.2 | OR |
| Women's 1500 metres | 31 January | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) | 2:22.6 | OR |

## Participating NOCs

Twenty-two nations competed in the speed skating events at Innsbruck. Mongolia and North Korea made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

* Austria (7)
* Belgium (1)
* Canada (4)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (10)
* France (3)
* Great Britain (3)
* United Team of Germany (13)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (8)
* North Korea (9)
* South Korea (4)
* Mongolia (3)
* Netherlands (5)
* Norway (9)
* Poland (3)
* Soviet Union (16)
* Sweden (10)
* Switzerland (3)
* United States (15)
