Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval
Dates	9–23 February 2002
No. of events	10
Competitors	166 from 23 nations
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Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held over fourteen days, from 9 to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the Utah Olympic Oval. ^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	3	5	0	8
2	Germany	3	3	2	8
3	United States	3	1	4	8
4	Canada	1	0	2	3
5	Japan	0	1	0	1
6	Norway	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		10	10	10	30

Men's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Casey FitzRandolph   United States	69.23	Hiroyasu Shimizu   Japan	69.26	Kip Carpenter   United States	69.47
1000 metres details	Gerard van Velde   Netherlands	1:07.18 WR	Jan Bos   Netherlands	1:07.53	Joey Cheek   United States	1:07.61
1500 metres details	Derek Parra   United States	1:43.95 WR	Jochem Uytdehaage   Netherlands	1:44.57	Ådne Søndrål   Norway	1:45.26
5000 metres details	Jochem Uytdehaage   Netherlands	6:14.66 WR	Derek Parra   United States	6:17.98	Jens Boden   Germany	6:21.73
10,000 metres details	Jochem Uytdehaage   Netherlands	12:58.92 WR	Gianni Romme   Netherlands	13:10.03	Lasse Sætre   Norway	13:16.92

Women's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Catriona Le May Doan   Canada	74.75	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt   Germany	74.94	Sabine Völker   Germany	75.19
1000 metres details	Chris Witty   United States	1:13.83 WR	Sabine Völker   Germany	1:13.96	Jennifer Rodriguez   United States	1:14.24
1500 metres details	Anni Friesinger   Germany	1:54.02 WR	Sabine Völker   Germany	1:54.97	Jennifer Rodriguez   United States	1:55.32
3000 metres details	Claudia Pechstein   Germany	3:57.70 WR	Renate Groenewold   Netherlands	3:58.94	Cindy Klassen   Canada	3:58.97
5000 metres details	Claudia Pechstein   Germany	6:46.91 WR	Gretha Smit   Netherlands	6:49.22	Clara Hughes   Canada	6:53.53

Records

Salt Lake City's high altitude was a major contributing factor to the speed of the Utah Olympic Oval's ice, as new Olympic records were set in all ten events, and new World records in eight. ^[3]

Event [2]	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
Men's 500 metres	11 February	Heat 1	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42	OR
Men's 1000 metres	16 February		Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1:07.18	OR	WR
Men's 1500 metres	19 February		Derek Parra	United States	1:43.95	OR	WR
Men's 5000 metres	9 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	6:14.66	OR	WR
Men's 10000 metres	22 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	12:58.92	OR	WR
Women's 500 metres	13 February	Heat 1	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	37.30	OR
Women's 1000 metres	17 February		Chris Witty	United States	1:13.83	OR	WR
Women's 1500 metres	20 February		Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:54.02	OR	WR
Women's 3000 metres	10 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70	OR	WR
Women's 5000 metres	23 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:46.91	OR	WR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-three nations competed in the speed skating events at Salt Lake City.

•   Austria  (1)
•   Belarus  (5)
•   Belgium  (1)
•   Canada  (15)
•   China  (12)
•   Czech Republic  (1)
•   Finland  (3)
•   France  (1)
•   Germany  (13)
•   Hungary  (2)
•   Italy  (8)
•   Japan  (20)
•   Kazakhstan  (8)
•   South Korea  (12)
•   Latvia  (1)
•   Netherlands  (17)
•   Norway  (7)
•   Poland  (4)
•   Romania  (2)
•   Russia  (13)
•   Sweden  (1)
•   Ukraine  (2)
•   United States  (17)

References

1. "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
2. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
3. "Slow Italian oval keeps speedskating records on ice". ESPN. Associated Press. February 24, 2006. Retrieved February 5, 2010.

External links

• "Results of the 2002 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
• "Results of the 2002 Olympic Games Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
• Official Results Book – Speed skating