| Speed skating at the IX Olympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
 Pictogram for speed skating | |
| Venue | Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck |
| Date | 30 January – 7 February 1964 |
| No. of events | 8 |
| Competitors | 134 from 22 nations |
| Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics | ||
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| 500 m | men | women |
| 1000 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics, was held from 30 January to 7 February. Eight events were contested at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck. [1] [2]
| 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 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 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.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Terry McDermott  United States | 40.1 (OR) | Alv Gjestvang  Norway Yevgeny Grishin  Soviet Union Vladimir Orlov Soviet Union | 40.6 | none awarded | |
| 1500 metres | Ants Antson Soviet Union | 2:10.3 | Kees Verkerk  Netherlands | 2:10.6 | Villy Haugen Norway | 2:11.2 |
| 5000 metres | Knut Johannesen Norway | 7:38.4 (OR) | Per Ivar Moe Norway | 7:38.6 | Fred Anton Maier Norway | 7:42.0 |
| 10,000 metres | Jonny Nilsson  Sweden | 15:50.1 | Fred Anton Maier Norway | 16:06.0 | Knut Johannesen Norway | 16:06.3 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 45.0 (OR) | Irina Yegorova Soviet Union | 45.4 | Tatyana Sidorova Soviet Union | 45.5 |
| 1000 metres | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 1:33.2 (OR) | Irina Yegorova Soviet Union | 1:34.3 | Kaija Mustonen  Finland | 1:34.8 |
| 1500 metres | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 2:22.6 (OR) | Kaija Mustonen Finland | 2:25.5 | Berta Kolokoltseva Soviet Union | 2:27.1 |
| 3000 metres | Lidiya Skoblikova Soviet Union | 5:14.9 | Han Pil-Hwa  North Korea Valentina Stenina Soviet Union | 5:18.5 | none awarded | |
Five new Olympic records were set in Innsbruck. [3] [4]
| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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)
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