The following is a list of notable ice speed skaters. The list is sorted by speed skating discipline (long-track or short-track), gender and competing nationality.
Long-track edit
Male edit
American edit
- Ryan Bedford
- K. C. Boutiette
- Kip Carpenter
- Joey Cheek
- Shani Davis
- John Farrell
- Casey FitzRandolph
- Eric Flaim
- Tucker Fredricks
- Chad Hedrick
- Eric Heiden
- Ken Henry
- Irving Jaffee
- Dan Jansen
- Charles Jewtraw
- Jonathan Kuck
- Charles Ryan Leveille
- Trevor Marsicano
- Terry McDermott
- Peter Mueller
- Apolo Ohno
- Derek Parra
- Tom Plant
- Andy Roesch
- Jack Shea
- Nick Thometz
Australian edit
Austrian edit
Belarusian edit
- Igor Zhelezovski (also competed for Soviet Union)
Belgian edit
- Bart Veldkamp (also competed in the Netherlands)
- Bart Swings
British edit
Canadian edit
- Andrew Barron
- Gaétan Boucher
- Sylvain Bouchard
- Arne Dankers
- Steven Elm
- Mike Ireland
- Patrick Kelly
- Neal Marshall
- Denny Morrison
- Jason Parker
- Kevin Scott
- Justin Warsylewicz
- Jeremy Wotherspoon
Colombian edit
Czech edit
Dutch edit
- Henk Angenent
- Jan Bazen
- Jeen van den Berg
- Jelmer Beulenkamp
- Ted-Jan Bloemen (also competed for Canada)
- Jan Blokhuijsen
- Lieuwe de Boer
- Jan Bols
- Jan Bos
- Thomas Bos
- Kees Broekman
- Ben van der Burg
- Jappie van Dijk
- Hilbert van der Duim
- Jaap Eden
- Henk van der Grift
- Stefan Groothuis
- Hans van Helden (also competed for France)
- Martin Hersman
- Wouter olde Heuvel
- Bob de Jong
- Jorrit Jorritsma
- Gerard Kemkers
- Piet Kleine
- Coen de Koning
- Sven Kramer
- Yep Kramer
- Harm Kuipers
- Simon Kuipers
- Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
- Rudie Liebrechts
- Michel Mulder
- Ronald Mulder
- Beorn Nijenhuis
- Tom Prinsen
- Ids Postma
- Rintje Ritsma
- Gianni Romme
- Frits Schalij
- Ard Schenk
- Jan Smeekens
- Mark Tuitert
- Jochem Uytdehaage
- Gerard van Velde
- Bart Veldkamp (also competed for Belgium)
- Hein Vergeer
- Carl Verheijen
- Kees Verkerk
- Koen Verweij
- Leo Visser
- Erben Wennemars
- Jan Ykema
- Falko Zandstra
Finnish edit
- Janne Hänninen
- Juhani Järvinen
- Pekka Koskela
- Pertti Niittylä
- Urpo Pikkupeura
- Mika Poutala
- Jukka Salmela
- Toivo Salonen
- Julius Skutnabb
- Clas Thunberg
- Jarmo Valtonen
- Jouko Vesterlund
French edit
- Alexis Contin
- Jean-Noël Fagot
- Hans van Helden (also competed for the Netherlands)
- Thierry Lamberton
- Emmanuel Michon
- Tonny Monari (also competed for the Netherlands)
German edit
- Frank Dittrich (also competed for DDR)
- Jens Boden
- Uwe-Jens Mey (also competed for DDR)
- Samuel Schwarz
- Olaf Zinke (also competed for DDR)
DDR (East German) edit
BRD (West German) edit
Japanese edit
- Toru Aoyanagi
- Manabu Horii
- Junichi Inoue
- Joji Kato
- Yoshihiro Kitazawa
- Akira Kuroiwa
- Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
- Yasunori Miyabe
- Yukinori Miyabe
- Hiroyasu Shimizu
- Keiichi Suzuki
Korean edit
DPRK (North Korean) edit
ROK (South Korean) edit
- Joo Hyong-jun (also competes short-track)
- Kim Cheol-min (also competes short-track)
- Lee Kang-seok
- Lee Kyou-hyuk
- Mo Tae-bum
Italian edit
Kazakh edit
- Vadim Sayutin (also competed for Russia)
Mexican edit
Norwegian edit
- Nils Aaness
- Roald Aas
- Hjalmar Andersen
- Petter Andersen
- Terje Andersen
- Ivar Ballangrud
- Håvard Bøkko
- Thomas Byberg
- Armand Carlsen
- Jørn Didriksen
- Lasse Efskind
- Kai Arne Engelstad
- Ivar Eriksen
- Eskil Ervik
- Bernt Evensen
- Rolf Falk-Larssen
- Sverre Farstad
- Dag Fornæss
- Alv Gjestvang
- Øystein Grødum
- Roar Grønvold
- Rudolf Gundersen
- Per Willy Guttormsen
- Villy Haugen
- Sverre Ingolf Haugli
- Finn Helgesen
- Knut Johannesen
- Arne Johansen
- Geir Karlstad
- Johann Olav Koss
- Roald Larsen
- Reidar Liaklev
- Odd Lundberg
- Fred Anton Maier
- Charles Mathiesen
- Oscar Mathisen
- Per Ivar Moe
- Alfred Næss
- Peder Østlund
- Tom Erik Oxholm
- Frode Rønning
- Lasse Sætre
- Amund Sjøbrend
- Ådne Søndrål
- Michael Staksrud
- Sten Stensen
- Kay Arne Stenshjemmet
- Rune Stordal
- Kjell Storelid
- Jan Egil Storholt
- Harald Strøm
- Kristian Strøm
- Roger Strøm
- Arnulf Sunde
- Magne Thomassen
- Erik Vea
- Even Wetten
Polish edit
Russian edit
- Dmitry Dorofeyev
- Aleksandr Golubev (also competed for Soviet Union)
- Dmitry Lobkov
- Dmitry Shepel
- Ivan Skobrev
- Aleksey Yesin
- Denis Yuskov
Soviet edit
- Ants Antson
- Andrey Bobrov
- Dmitry Bochkaryov
- Oleg Bozhev
- Sergey Fokichev
- Oleg Goncharenko
- Yevgeny Grishin
- Nikolay Gulyayev
- Vasily Ippolitov
- Sergey Klevchenya
- Sergey Khlebnikov
- Viktor Kosichkin
- Yevgeny Kulikov
- Vladimir Lobanov
- Viktor Lyoskin
- Igor Malkov
- Sergey Marchuk
- Eduard Matusevich
- Yuri Mikhaylov
- Valery Muratov
- Dmitry Ogloblin
- Pavel Pegov
- Viktor Shasherin
- Boris Shilkov
- Vladimir Shilykovsky
- Boris Stenin
- Nikolay Strunnikov
Swedish edit
- Nils van der Poel
- Per Bengtsson
- Göran Claeson
- Sigvard Ericsson
- Tomas Gustafson
- Johnny Höglin
- Hans Markström
- Jonny Nilsson
- Johan Röjler
- Örjan Sandler
- Jonas Schön
- Åke Seyffarth
- Mats Wallberg
Swiss edit
Female edit
American edit
- Chantal Bailey
- Bonnie Blair
- Rebekah Bradford
- Beth Heiden
- Anne Henning
- Dianne Holum
- Kit Klein
- Maria Lamb
- Leah Poulos-Mueller
- Jennifer Rodriguez
- Chris Witty
- Sheila Young
- Ellie Ochowicz
- Catherine Raney
- Heather Richardson-Bergsma
- Nancy Swider
- Christine Witty
Austrian edit
- Emese Antal (born in Romania)
- Emese Hunyady (also competed for Hungary)
Canadian edit
- Susan Auch
- Ivanie Blondin
- Lela Brooks
- Sylvia Burka
- Sylvie Daigle
- Eden Donatelli
- Kristina Groves
- Clara Hughes
- Gilmore Junio
- Cindy Klassen
- Catriona Le May Doan
- Christine Nesbitt
- Shannon Rempel
- Brittany Schussler
Czech edit
Danish edit
Dutch edit
- Margot Boer
- Annie Borckink
- Wieteke Cramer
- Paulien van Deutekom
- Carry Geijssen
- Yvonne van Gennip
- Annette Gerritsen
- Renate Groenewold
- Tonny de Jong
- Stien Kaiser
- Atje Keulen-Deelstra
- Marrit Leenstra
- Barbara de Loor
- Jorien ter Mors
- Laurine van Riessen
- Ans Schut
- Gretha Smit
- Marianne Timmer
- Diane Valkenburg
- Lotte van Beek
- Renske Vellinga
- Marja Vis
- Ria Visser
- Elma de Vries
- Linda de Vries
- Ireen Wüst
Finnish edit
German edit
- Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
- Stephanie Beckert
- Jacqueline Börner (also competed for DDR)
- Anni Friesinger-Postma
- Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (also competed for DDR)
- Bente Kraus
- Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (also competed for DDR)
- Claudia Pechstein (also competed for DDR)
- Christa Luding-Rothenburger (also competed for DDR)
- Franziska Schenk (also competed for DDR)
- Sabine Völker (also competed for DDR)
- Jenny Wolf
DDR (East German) edit
BRD (West German) edit
Japanese edit
Korean edit
DPRK (North Korean) edit
ROK (South Korean) edit
Norwegian edit
Russian edit
Soviet edit
- Inga Artamonova
- Tatyana Averina
- Vera Bryndzei
- Maria Isakova
- Natalya Petrusyova
- Tamara Rylova
- Lidia Skoblikova
- Nina Statkevich
- Valentina Stenina
- Galina Stepanskaya
- Lyudmila Titova
- Rimma Zhukova
Swedish edit
Swiss edit
Short-track edit
Male edit
American edit
- Apolo Anton Ohno
- JR Celski
- Dan Weinstein
- Anthony Lobello Jr
- Jordan Malone
- Simon Cho
- Rusty Smith
- Alex Izykowski
- Ryan Bedford
- Travis Jayner
- J. P. Kepka
- Kyle Uyehara
- Charles King
- Keith King
Australian edit
British edit
Canadian edit
- Eric Bedard
- Gaétan Boucher
- Marc Gagnon
- Michael Gilday
- Jonathan Guilmette
- Charles Hamelin
- François Hamelin
- François-Louis Tremblay
- Mathieu Turcotte
- Guillaume Bastille
- Olivier Jean
- Gilmore Junio
Chinese edit
Dutch edit
Korean edit
DPRK (North Korean) edit
ROK (South Korean) edit
- Ahn Hyun Soo
- Ahn Viktor (also competed for Russia)
- Chae Ji-hoon
- Hwang Dae-heon
- Joo Hyong-jun (also competes long-track)
- Kim Byeong-jun
- Kim Cheol-min (also competes long-track)
- Kim Do-kyoum
- Kim Dong-sung
- Kim Hwan-ee
- Kim Hyun-kon
- Kim Ki-hoon
- Kim Seoung-il
- Kim Tae-hoon
- Kim Yun-jae
- Kwak Yoon-gy
- Lee Han-bin
- Lee Ho-eung
- Lee Ho-Suk
- Lee Joon-ho
- Lee Jun-hwan
- Lee June-seo
- Lee Jung-Su
- Lee Seung-hoon
- Lim Hyo-jun
- Min Ryoung
- Mo Ji-soo
- Noh Jin-kyu
- Oh Se-jong
- Park Ji-won
- Park Se-yeong
- Seo Ho-Jin
- Seo Yi-ra
- Sin Da-woon
- Song Jae-kun
- Song Kyung-taek
- Song Suk-Woo
- Sung Si-Bak
- Um Cheon-ho
New Zealand edit
Female edit
American edit
- Katherine Reutter
- Allison Baver
- Kimberly Derrick
- Carly Wilson
- Lana Gehring
- Alyson Dudek
- Cathy Turner
Bulgarian edit
Canadian edit
- Susan Auch
- Sylvie Daigle
- Eden Donatelli
- Marie-Ève Drolet
- Jessica Gregg
- Alanna Kraus
- Anouk Leblanc-Boucher
- Valérie Maltais
- Amanda Overland
- Kalyna Roberge
- Marianne St-Gelais
- Tania Vicent