Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, was held from 8 to 20 February. Ten events were contested at M-Wave.[1][2] The Netherlands dominated the Nagano speed skating events, winning five gold medals and eleven medals overall, their highest total in any Winter games up until that point. Bart Veldkamp's bronze medal was the first in speed skating for Belgium, and the first at the Winter Games for the country in 50 years. Lyudmila Prokasheva's bronze medal for Kazakhstan was that country's first in the sport as well, and Prokasheva became the first woman from Kazakhstan to earn an Olympic medal.

Speed skating
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueM-Wave
Dates8–20 February 1998
No. of events10
Competitors169 from 25 nations
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Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer led the individual medal tables, with two gold each.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands (NED)54211
2  Germany (GER)2316
3  Canada (CAN)1225
4  Japan (JPN)1023
5  Norway (NOR)1001
6  United States (USA)0112
7  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
Totals (8 entries)10101030

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
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Hiroyasu Shimizu
  Japan
1:11.35 Jeremy Wotherspoon
  Canada
1:11.84 Kevin Overland
  Canada
1:11.86
1000 metres
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Ids Postma
  Netherlands
1:10.64
(OR)
Jan Bos
  Netherlands
1:10.71 Hiroyasu Shimizu
  Japan
1:11.00
1500 metres
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Ådne Søndrål
  Norway
1:47.87
WR
Ids Postma
  Netherlands
1:48.13 Rintje Ritsma
  Netherlands
1:48.52
5000 metres
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Gianni Romme
  Netherlands
6:22.20
WR
Rintje Ritsma
  Netherlands
6:28.24 Bart Veldkamp
  Belgium
6:28.31
10,000 metres
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Gianni Romme
  Netherlands
13:15.33
WR
Bob de Jong
  Netherlands
13:25.76 Rintje Ritsma
  Netherlands
13:28.19

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
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Catriona Le May Doan
  Canada
1:16.60 Susan Auch
  Canada
1:16.93 Tomomi Okazaki
  Japan
1:17.10
1000 metres
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Marianne Timmer
  Netherlands
1:16.51
(OR)
Chris Witty
  United States
1:16.79 Catriona Le May Doan
  Canada
1:17.37
1500 metres
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Marianne Timmer
  Netherlands
1:57.58 WR Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
  Germany
1:58.66 Chris Witty
  United States
1:58.97
3000 metres
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Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
  Germany
4:07.29
(OR)
Claudia Pechstein
  Germany
4:08.47 Anni Friesinger-Postma
  Germany
4:09.44
5000 metres
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Claudia Pechstein
  Germany
6:59.61 WR Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
  Germany
6:59.65 Lyudmila Prokasheva
  Kazakhstan
7:11.14

Records

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Five world records and twelve Olympic records were set in Nagano.[3][4]

Event Date Team Time OR WR
Men's 500 metres 9 February   Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 35.76 OR
11 February   Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 35.59 OR
Men's 1000 metres 15 February   Ids Postma (NED) 1:10.64 OR
Men's 1500 metres 12 February   Ådne Søndrål (NOR) 1:47.87 OR WR
Men's 5000 metres 8 February   Gianni Romme (NED) 6:22.20 OR WR
Men's 10000 metres 17 February   Gianni Romme (NED) 13:15.33 OR WR
Women's 500 metres 13 February   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.39 OR
14 February   Catriona Le May Doan (CAN) 38.21 OR
Women's 1000 metres 19 February   Marianne Timmer (NED) 1:16.51 OR
Women's 1500 metres 16 February   Marianne Timmer (NED) 1:57.58 OR WR
Women's 3000 metres 11 February   Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER) 4:07.29 OR
Women's 5000 metres 20 February   Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:59.61 OR WR

Participating NOCs

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Twenty-five nations competed in the speed skating events at Nagano. New Zealand and Portugal made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

References

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  1. ^ "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.