Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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Speed skating
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Speed skating pictogram.svg
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue L'anneau de vitesse
Dates9–20 February 1992
No. of events10
Competitors154 from 23 nations
  1988
1994  

Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, was held from 9 to 20 February. Ten events were contested at L'anneau de vitesse. It was the last time in Winter Olympics in which speed skating events were contested in an outdoor ice rink. [1] [2]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)53311
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)2215
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2002
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1124
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0202
6Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)0134
7Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR)0101
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0011
Totals (8 entries)10101030

Germany, in its first Olympics since reunification, topped the medal table with five gold medals, and eleven total medals. All the medals were won by athletes from the former East Germany. Germany's Gunda Niemann led the individual medal table with two golds and a silver, and Norway's Johan Olav Koss was the most successful male skater, with one gold and one silver.

South Korea's Kim Yoon-Man and China's Ye Qiaobo became the first ever medalists for their countries at the Winter Olympics. Bonnie Blair collected two gold medals to become the second most successful female speed skater of the games.

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
500 metres
details
Uwe-Jens Mey
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
37.14 Toshiyuki Kuroiwa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
37.18 Junichi Inoue
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
37.26
1000 metres
details
Olaf Zinke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:14.85 Kim Yoon-man
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
1:14.86 Yukinori Miyabe
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
1:14.92
1500 metres
details
Johann Olav Koss
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:54.81 Ådne Søndrål
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:54.85 Leo Visser
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:54.90
5000 metres
details
Geir Karlstad
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
6:59.97 Falko Zandstra
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
7:02.28 Leo Visser
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
7:04.96
10,000 metres
details
Bart Veldkamp
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
14:12.12 Johann Olav Koss
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
14:14.58 Geir Karlstad
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
14:18.13

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
500 metres
details
Bonnie Blair
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
40.33 Ye Qiaobo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
40.51 Christa Luding
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
40.57
1000 metres
details
Bonnie Blair
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:21.90 Ye Qiaobo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:21.92 Monique Garbrecht
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:22.10
1500 metres
details
Jacqueline Börner
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2:05.87 Gunda Niemann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2:05.92 Seiko Hashimoto
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
2:06.88
3000 metres
details
Gunda Niemann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4:19.90 Heike Warnicke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4:22.88 Emese Hunyady
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
4:24.64
5000 metres
details
Gunda Niemann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7:31.57 Heike Warnicke
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7:37.59 Claudia Pechstein
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
7:39.80

Records

There were no Olympic or World records set at the 1992 Games, as the outdoor rink in Albertville (as of today the last speed skating outdoor rink in Winter Games history) was not conducive to fast times. [3] [4]

Participating NOCs

Twenty-three nations competed in the speed skating events at Albertville. The Unified Team was in essence a Soviet team under a different name as the USSR collapsed several months prior to the Games' start.

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