List of Olympic records in speed skating

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This is the current list of Olympic records in speed skating .

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Men's records

♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of 11 February 2022.

EventTimeNameNationGamesDateRef
500 metres34.32  Gao Tingyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2022 Beijing 12 February 2022 [1]
500 metres × 2 [upper-alpha 1] 69.23  Casey FitzRandolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2002 Salt Lake City 11 February 2002 [2]
1000 metres1:07.18  Gerard van Velde Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2002 Salt Lake City 16 February 2002 [2]
1500 metres1:43.21  Kjeld Nuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2022 Beijing 8 February 2022 [3]
5000 metres6:08.84  Nils van der Poel Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2022 Beijing 6 February 2022 [4]
10,000 metres♦ 12:30.74  Nils van der Poel Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2022 Beijing 11 February 2022 [5]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)
3:36.62  Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov
Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 2022 Beijing 15 February 2022 [6]

Women's records

EventTimeNameNationGamesDateRef
500 metres36.94  Nao Kodaira Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2018 Pyeongchang 18 February 2018 [7]
500 metres × 2 [upper-alpha 1] 74.70  Lee Sang-hwa Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2014 Sochi 11 February 2014 [8]
1000 metres1:13.19  Miho Takagi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2022 Beijing 17 February 2022 [9]
1500 metres1:53.28  Ireen Wüst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2022 Beijing 7 February 2022 [10]
3000 metres3:56.93  Irene Schouten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2022 Beijing 5 February 2022 [11]
5000 metres6:43.51  Irene Schouten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2022 Beijing 10 February 2022 [12]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)
2:53.44  Ivanie Blondin
Valérie Maltais
Isabelle Weidemann
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2022 Beijing 15 February 2022 [13]
Note
  1. 1 2 race format change

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