Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics


Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea between 10 and 24 February 2018.

Qualification

A total quota of 180 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of the entire 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in the autumn of 2017. Each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of three athletes per gender for all events apart from the 5000m, 10,000m and mass start events, for which they could enter a maximum of two athletes per event.

Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all speed skating events. With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.
All times are.
DayDateStartEvent
Day 1Saturday, 10 February 201820:00Women's 3000 metres
Day 2Sunday, 11 February 201816:00Men's 5000 metres
Day 3Monday, 12 February 201821:30Women's 1500 metres
Day 4Tuesday, 13 February 201820:00Men's 1500 metres
Day 5Wednesday, 14 February 201819:00Women's 1000 metres
Day 6Thursday, 15 February 201820:00Men's 10,000 metres
Day 7Friday, 16 February 201820:00Women's 5000 metres
Day 9Sunday, 18 February 201820:00Team pursuit men – Heats
Day 9Sunday, 18 February 201820:00Women's 500 metres
Day 10Monday, 19 February 201820:00Team pursuit women – Heats
Day 10Monday, 19 February 201820:00Men's 500 metres
Day 12Wednesday, 21 February 201820:00Team pursuit men – Finals
Day 12Wednesday, 21 February 201820:00Team pursuit women – Finals
Day 14Friday, 23 February 201819:00Men's 1000 metres
Day 15Saturday, 24 February 201820:00Mass start men
Day 15Saturday, 24 February 201820:00Mass start women

Medal summary

Medal table

Men's events

Women's events

Skaters who did not participate in the final of the team pursuit event, but received medals as part of the team, having taken part in an earlier round.

Records

World & Olympic records

Eight Olympic records and five Sea level world bests were set during the competition.
EventDateRoundAthleteCountryTimeRecordRef
Men's 5000 metres11 FebruaryPair 10Sven Kramer6:09.76OR
Women's 1000 metres14 FebruaryPair 12Jorien ter Mors1:13.56OR
WB
Men's 10,000 metres15 FebruaryPair 5Ted-Jan Bloemen12:39.77OR
Women's 500 metres18 FebruaryPair 14Nao Kodaira36.94OR
WB
Women's team pursuit19 FebruaryQuarterfinal 1Antoinette de Jong
Marrit Leenstra
Ireen Wüst		2:55.61OR
WB
Men's 500 metres19 FebruaryPair 16Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen34.41OR
Men's team pursuit21 FebruarySemifinal 2Håvard Bøkko
Simen Spieler Nilsen
Sverre Lunde Pedersen		3:37.08OR
WB
Women's team pursuit21 FebruaryFinalAyano Sato
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi		2:53.89OR
WB

Other records

The Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the women's 3000m event, making it a Dutch podium sweep.

Participating nations

A total of 184 athletes from 29 nations were scheduled to participate. Colombia was scheduled to make its debut in the sport. A record number of nations qualified to compete in these games, with the previous high being 25 at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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