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]

Speed skating
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueM-Wave
Dates8–20 February 1998
No. of events10
Competitors169 from 25 nations

Medal summary

Medal table

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 nations)10101030

The Netherlands dominated the Nagano speed skating events, winning five gold medals and eleven medals overall, their highest total in any Winter games, as of 2010. 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.

Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer led the individual medal tables, with two gold each.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2x500 metres
Hiroyasu Shimizu
 Japan
1:11.35 Jeremy Wotherspoon
 Canada
1:11.84 Kevin Overland
 Canada
1:11.86
1000 metres
Ids Postma
 Netherlands
1:10.64
(OR)
Jan Bos
 Netherlands
1:10.71 Hiroyasu Shimizu
 Japan
1:11.00
1500 metres
Ådne Søndrål
 Norway
1:47.87
WR
Ids Postma
 Netherlands
1:48.13 Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands
1:48.52
5000 metres
Gianni Romme
 Netherlands
6:22.20
WR
Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands
6:28.24 Bart Veldkamp
 Belgium
6:28.31
10,000 metres
Gianni Romme
 Netherlands
13:15.33
WR
Bob de Jong
 Netherlands
13:25.76 Rintje Ritsma
 Netherlands
13:28.19

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2x500 metres
Catriona Le May Doan
 Canada
1:16.60 Susan Auch
 Canada
1:16.93 Tomomi Okazaki
 Japan
1:17.10
1000 metres
Marianne Timmer
 Netherlands
1:16.51
(OR)
Chris Witty
 United States
1:16.79 Catriona Le May Doan
 Canada
1:17.37
1500 metres
Marianne Timmer
 Netherlands
1:57.58 WR Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
1:58.66 Chris Witty
 United States
1:58.97
3000 metres
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
4:07.29
(OR)
Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
4:08.47 Anni Friesinger-Postma
 Germany
4:09.44
5000 metres
Claudia Pechstein
 Germany
6:59.61 WR Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
 Germany
6:59.65 Lyudmila Prokasheva
 Kazakhstan
7:11.14

Records

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

EventDateTeamTimeORWR
Men's 500 metres9 February Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)35.76OR
11 February Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)35.59OR
Men's 1000 metres15 February Ids Postma (NED)1:10.64OR
Men's 1500 metres12 February Ådne Søndrål (NOR)1:47.87ORWR
Men's 5000 metres8 February Gianni Romme (NED)6:22.20ORWR
Men's 10000 metres17 February Gianni Romme (NED)13:15.33ORWR
Women's 500 metres13 February Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)38.39OR
14 February Catriona Le May Doan (CAN)38.21OR
Women's 1000 metres19 February Marianne Timmer (NED)1:16.51OR
Women's 1500 metres16 February Marianne Timmer (NED)1:57.58ORWR
Women's 3000 metres11 February Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (GER)4:07.29OR
Women's 5000 metres20 February Claudia Pechstein (GER)6:59.61ORWR

Participating NOCs

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

References

  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.
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