Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Speed skating
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Speed Skating, Sochi 2014.png
Venue Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia
Dates8–22 February 2014
No. of events12
Competitors179 from 23 nations
  2010
2018  

Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia, between 8 and 22 February 2014. [1]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all twelve events. [1] With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
8 February15:30Men's 5000 metres
9 February15:30Women's 3000 metres
10 February17:00Men's 500 metres
11 February16:45Women's 500 metres
12 February18:00Men's 1000 metres
13 February18:00Women's 1000 metres
15 February17:30Men's 1500 metres
16 February18:00Women's 1500 metres
18 February17:00Men's 10000 metres
19 February17:30Women's 5000 metres
21 February17:30Team pursuit men – qualification
Team pursuit women – qualification
22 February17:30Team pursuit men – Finals
Team pursuit women – Finals

Medal summary

Netherlands dominated in speed skating, winning a total of 23 medals including eight out of the twelve gold medals and medals in all events. [2] There were four Dutch podium sweeps where the Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medal, making the Netherlands the first country in Olympic speed skating history to achieve this. The events were the: Men's 5000m, Men's 500m, Women's 1500m and Men's 10,000m. In the women's 1,500 metres, Dutch athletes placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; the first such result in Olympic speed skating history by athletes from a single nation.

On 24 November 2017 the silver medal of Olga Fatkulina was disqualified as part of the Russian team doping case. On 1 February 2018, Olga Fatkulina successfully appealed against IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. As a result, her silver medal was reinstated.

(WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)87823
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1113
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1102
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)1102
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1001
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)*0123
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0112
Totals (7 entries)12121236

Men's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
500 metres
details
Michel Mulder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
69.31 Jan Smeekens
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
69.32 Ronald Mulder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
69.46
1000 metres
details
Stefan Groothuis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:08.39 Denny Morrison
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1:08.43 Michel Mulder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:08.74
1500 metres
details
Zbigniew Bródka
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1:45.006 Koen Verweij
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:45.009 Denny Morrison
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1:45.22
5000 metres
details
Sven Kramer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6:10.76
OR
Jan Blokhuijsen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6:15.71 Jorrit Bergsma
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6:16.66
10,000 metres
details
Jorrit Bergsma
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
12:44.45
OR
Sven Kramer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
12:49.02 Bob de Jong
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
13:07.19
Team pursuit
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
3:37.71
OR
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
3:40.85Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański
3:41.94

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
500 metres
details [a]
Lee Sang-hwa
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
74.70
OR
Olga Fatkulina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
75.06 Margot Boer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
75.48
1000 metres
details
Zhang Hong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1:14.02 Ireen Wüst
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:14.69 Margot Boer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:14.90
1500 metres
details
Jorien ter Mors
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:53.51
OR
Ireen Wüst
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:54.09 Lotte van Beek
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:54.54
3000 metres
details
Ireen Wüst
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
4:00.34 Martina Sáblíková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
4:01.95 Olga Graf
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
4:03.47
5000 metres
details
Martina Sáblíková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
6:51.54 Ireen Wüst
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6:54.28 Carien Kleibeuker
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6:55.66
Team pursuit
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Jorien ter Mors
Marrit Leenstra
Lotte van Beek
Ireen Wüst
2:58.05
OR
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś
Natalia Czerwonka
Luiza Złotkowska
Katarzyna Woźniak
3:05.55Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)
Olga Graf
Yekaterina Lobysheva
Yekaterina Shikhova
Yuliya Skokova
2:59.73

Olympic records broken

EventDateRoundNameCountryTimeRecordRef
Men's 5000 metres 8 FebruaryPair 10 Sven Kramer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:10.76 OR [5]
Women's 500 metres 11 FebruaryRace 2 Pair 17 Lee Sang-hwa Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 37.28 OR [6]
11 FebruaryRace 1 Pair 18
Race 2 Pair 17
Lee Sang-hwa Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 74.70 OR [6]
Women's 1500 metres 16 FebruaryPair 9 Jorien ter Mors Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:53.51 OR [7]
Men's 10,000 metres 18 FebruaryPair 6 Jorrit Bergsma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 12:44.45 OR [8]

Other records

DateEventNOCGoldSilverBronzeRef
8 February Men's 5000m Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Sven Kramer Jan Blokhuijsen Jorrit Bergsma [10]
10 February Men's 500m Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Michel Mulder Jan Smeekens Ronald Mulder [11]
16 February Women's 1500m Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst Lotte van Beek [12]
18 February Men's 10,000m Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jorrit Bergsma Sven Kramer Bob de Jong [13]

Qualification

Each NOC was allowed to delegate a maximal number of ten men and ten women speed skaters who reached the qualification criteria. A proposal of the Dutch skating association (KNSB) to add an extra athlete, especially for the team pursuit event, was rejected at the congress of the international federation ISU in Kuala Lumpur in June 2012. [14]

Qualification times

The qualification times were released in July 2013. The women's times stayed the same from Vancouver except for a more stringent standard in the 3000 m, while the men's qualification times have all slightly decreased. [15]

EventMenWomen
500 m35.9039.50
1000 m1:10.801:18.50
1500 m1:48.502:00.00
3000 m4:15.00
5000 m6:33.007:20.00 or 4:10.00 (3000 m)
10,000 m13:30.00 or 6:28.00 (5000 m)

Participating nations

A total of 181 athletes from 23 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Chinese Taipei made its debut in the sport.

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