Speed Skating Winter Olympic Medal Winners (1924-2022): List by Year, Country & Athlete

Speed Skating Olympic medal winners represent nearly 100 years of ice racing excellence across long-track and short-track disciplines. Eric Heiden’s five golds in 1980 remain the greatest single-Games achievement in Winter Olympic history.

The Netherlands leads with 133+ total medals, followed by Norway (87 medals) and the United States (71 medals).

Speed skating debuted at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix with men’s races at 500m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10000m distances. Women’s events began officially in 1960 at Squaw Valley.

The sport expanded significantly over decades, and short-track speed skating joined as an official Olympic discipline in 1992. Today, long-track competitions feature ten individual events plus team pursuits for both genders.

Complete Speed Skating Olympic Medal Winners (1924-2022)

Speed skating competitions include multiple distance events: 500m (sprint), 1000m, 1500m (middle distance), 3000m, 5000m, and 10000m (endurance). Men and women compete separately in time-trial format on 400-meter ovals.

Year	Host City	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Country	Time
1924	Chamonix	Men’s 500m	Charles Jewtraw	Oscar Mathisen	Roald Larsen	USA	44.0
1924	Chamonix	Men’s 1500m	Clas Thunberg	Roald Larsen	Symonds	Finland	2:20.8
1924	Chamonix	Men’s 5000m	Roald Larsen	Fridtjov Paulsen	Oscar Mathisen	Norway	8:39.0
1924	Chamonix	Men’s 10000m	Julius Skutnabb	Roald Larsen	Fridtjov Paulsen	Finland	18:04.8
1928	St. Moritz	Men’s 500m	Bernt Evensen	Clas Thunberg	John Farrell	Norway	43.4
1928	St. Moritz	Men’s 1500m	Clas Thunberg	Bernt Evensen	Roald Larsen	Finland	2:17.6
1928	St. Moritz	Men’s 5000m	Ivar Ballangrud	Roald Larsen	Julius Skutnabb	Norway	8:50.5
1928	St. Moritz	Men’s 10000m	Irving Jaffee	Ivar Ballangrud	Roald Larsen	USA	18:36.5
1932	Lake Placid	Men’s 500m	Jack Shea	Bernt Evensen	Alexander Hurd	USA	43.4
1932	Lake Placid	Men’s 1500m	Jack Shea	Alexander Hurd	William Logan	USA	2:16.3
1932	Lake Placid	Men’s 5000m	Irving Jaffee	Alex Hurd	Ivar Ballangrud	USA	8:40.8
1932	Lake Placid	Men’s 10000m	Irving Jaffee	Ivar Ballangrud	Frank Stack	USA	18:43.6
1936	Garmisch	Men’s 500m	Ivar Ballangrud	Georg Krog	Leo Freisinger	Norway	43.5
1936	Garmisch	Men’s 1500m	Charles Mathiesen	Ivar Ballangrud	Birger Wassberg	Norway	2:19.2
1936	Garmisch	Men’s 5000m	Ivar Ballangrud	Birger Wassberg	Antero Ojala	Norway	8:44.9
1936	Garmisch	Men’s 10000m	Ivar Ballangrud	Odd Lundberg	Antero Ojala	Norway	18:48.6
1948	St. Moritz	Men’s 500m	Ken Henry	Donald McDermott	Ary Schoondorp	Canada	43.1
1948	St. Moritz	Men’s 1500m	Henry McLeod	Arn Sørensen	Ken Henry	Canada	2:17.6
1948	St. Moritz	Men’s 5000m	Reidar Liaklev	Odd Lundberg	Arn Sørensen	Norway	8:29.4
1948	St. Moritz	Men’s 10000m	Arne Sørensen	Odd Lundberg	Reidar Liaklev	Norway	17:36.3
1952	Oslo	Men’s 500m	Ken Henry	Donald McDermott	Eirik Hjelm	Canada	43.2
1952	Oslo	Men’s 1500m	Hoagy Carmichael	Eirik Hjelm	Reidar Liaklev	USA	2:20.4
1952	Oslo	Men’s 5000m	Hjalmar Andersen	Cornelis Broege	Arne Sørensen	Norway	8:48.5
1952	Oslo	Men’s 10000m	Hjalmar Andersen	Arne Sørensen	Odd Lundberg	Norway	16:45.8
1956	Cortina	Men’s 500m	Yevgeny Grishin	Yuri Mikhaylov	Toivo Salonen	USSR	40.2
1956	Cortina	Men’s 1500m	Yevgeny Grishin	Eirik Hjelm	Reidar Liaklev	USSR	2:08.6
1956	Cortina	Men’s 5000m	Boris Shilkov	Sigurd Ericsson	Oleg Goncharenko	USSR	7:48.7
1956	Cortina	Men’s 10000m	Sigurd Ericsson	Ivar Ballangrud	Boris Shilkov	Sweden	16:35.9
1960	Squaw Valley	Men’s 500m	Yevgeny Grishin	William Disney	Rafael Grudinin	USSR	40.2
1960	Squaw Valley	Men’s 1500m	Roald Aas	Yevgeny Grishin	Boris Stenin	Norway	2:10.4
1960	Squaw Valley	Men’s 5000m	Viktor Kosichkin	Knut Johannesen	Oleg Goncharenko	USSR	7:51.4
1960	Squaw Valley	Men’s 10000m	Knut Johannesen	Viktor Kosichkin	Oleg Goncharenko	Norway	15:46.6
1960	Squaw Valley	Women’s 500m	Helga Haase	Natalia Donchenko	Jeanne Ashworth	Germany	45.9
1960	Squaw Valley	Women’s 1000m	Klara Guseva	Helga Haase	Natalia Donchenko	USSR	1:34.1
1960	Squaw Valley	Women’s 1500m	Lydia Skoblikova	Elfi Serocka	Helga Haase	USSR	2:25.2
1960	Squaw Valley	Women’s 3000m	Lydia Skoblikova	Klara Guseva	Annie Suissova	USSR	5:14.3
1964	Innsbruck	Men’s 500m	Richard McDermott	Vladimir Orlov	Alv Gjestvang	USA	40.1
1964	Innsbruck	Men’s 1500m	Ants Antson	Cornelis Verkerk	Vladimir Orlov	USSR	2:10.3
1964	Innsbruck	Men’s 5000m	Knut Johannesen	Fred Anton Maier	Jan Pesman	Norway	7:38.4
1964	Innsbruck	Men’s 10000m	Jonny Nilsson	Fred Anton Maier	Ivar Erikssen	Sweden	15:23.6
1964	Innsbruck	Women’s 500m	Lydia Skoblikova	Irina Voronina	Tatiana Sidorova	USSR	45.0
1964	Innsbruck	Women’s 1000m	Lydia Skoblikova	Irina Voronina	Kaija Mustonen	USSR	1:33.2
1964	Innsbruck	Women’s 1500m	Lydia Skoblikova	Kaija Mustonen	Berta Hunefeld	USSR	2:22.6
1964	Innsbruck	Women’s 3000m	Lydia Skoblikova	Kaija Mustonen	Berta Hunefeld	USSR	5:14.9
1968	Grenoble	Men’s 500m	Erhard Keller	Yevgeny Grishin	Neil Ayling	Germany	40.3
1968	Grenoble	Men’s 1500m	Cornelis Verkerk	Ivar Erikssen	Ard Schenk	Netherlands	2:03.4
1968	Grenoble	Men’s 5000m	Fred Anton Maier	Gaëtan Boucher	Ard Schenk	Norway	7:22.4
1968	Grenoble	Men’s 10000m	Jonny Höglin	Ard Schenk	Fred Anton Maier	Sweden	15:23.6
1968	Grenoble	Women’s 500m	Lydia Skoblikova	Dianne Holum	Jennifer Fish	USSR	46.1
1968	Grenoble	Women’s 1000m	Carolina Geijssen	Lydia Skoblikova	Dianne Holum	Netherlands	1:32.6
1968	Grenoble	Women’s 1500m	Kaija Mustonen	Dianne Holum	Elizabeth van Zanten	Finland	2:20.4
1968	Grenoble	Women’s 3000m	Johanna Schut	Kaija Mustonen	Dianne Holum	Netherlands	4:56.2
1972	Sapporo	Men’s 500m	Erhard Keller	Hein Verwey	Leonid Barhatov	Germany	39.44
1972	Sapporo	Men’s 1500m	Ard Schenk	Roar Grøtheim	Iver Erikssen	Netherlands	2:02.96
1972	Sapporo	Men’s 5000m	Ard Schenk	Roar Grøtheim	Iver Erikssen	Netherlands	7:23.61
1972	Sapporo	Men’s 10000m	Ard Schenk	Cornelis Verkerk	Iver Erikssen	Netherlands	15:01.35
1972	Sapporo	Women’s 500m	Anne Henning	Dianne Holum	Sheila Young	USA	43.33
1972	Sapporo	Women’s 1000m	Monika Pflug	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Anne Henning	Germany	1:31.40
1972	Sapporo	Women’s 1500m	Dianne Holum	Christine Errath	Anna Machtschonas	USA	2:20.85
1972	Sapporo	Women’s 3000m	Carry Geijssen	Atje Keulen-Deelstra	Toshi Ishihara	Netherlands	4:52.14
1976	Innsbruck	Men’s 500m	Yevgeny Kulikov	Valery Muratov	Dan Immerfall	USSR	39.17
1976	Innsbruck	Men’s 1000m	Peter Mueller	Jørn Didriksen	Ievgeny Kulikov	USA	1:19.32
1976	Innsbruck	Men’s 1500m	Jan Egil Storholt	Yevgeny Kulikov	Hans van Helden	Norway	1:59.97
1976	Innsbruck	Men’s 5000m	Ard Schenk	Piet Kleine	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	7:24.48
1976	Innsbruck	Men’s 10000m	Piet Kleine	Ard Schenk	Hans van Helden	Netherlands	14:50.59
1976	Innsbruck	Women’s 500m	Sheila Young	Cathy Bewick	Lydia Skoblikova	USA	42.76
1976	Innsbruck	Women’s 1000m	Tatiana Averina	Sheila Young	Lydia Skoblikova	USSR	1:28.43
1976	Innsbruck	Women’s 1500m	Galina Zankova	Dianne Holum	Sheila Young	USSR	2:16.58
1976	Innsbruck	Women’s 3000m	Tatiana Averina	Andrea Schöne	Lydia Skoblikova	USSR	4:45.19
1980	Lake Placid	Men’s 500m	Eric Heiden	Yevgeny Kulikov	Lieuwe de Boer	USA	38.03
1980	Lake Placid	Men’s 1000m	Eric Heiden	Gaëtan Boucher	Frode Rønning	USA	1:15.18
1980	Lake Placid	Men’s 1500m	Eric Heiden	Gaëtan Boucher	Vladimir Lobanov	USA	1:55.44
1980	Lake Placid	Men’s 5000m	Eric Heiden	Hilbert van der Duyn	Tom Plant	USA	7:02.29
1980	Lake Placid	Men’s 10000m	Eric Heiden	Piet Kleine	Tom Plant	USA	14:28.13
1980	Lake Placid	Women’s 500m	Karin Enke	Leah Poulos Mueller	Natalia Petruseva	East Germany	41.78
1980	Lake Placid	Women’s 1000m	Karin Enke	Leah Poulos Mueller	Natalya Petruseva	East Germany	1:24.10
1980	Lake Placid	Women’s 1500m	Karin Enke	Leah Poulos Mueller	Ineke Weertman	East Germany	2:10.95
1980	Lake Placid	Women’s 3000m	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Sabine Becker	Leah Poulos Mueller	Norway	4:32.13
1984	Sarajevo	Men’s 500m	Sergei Fokichev	Yao Fen	Nick Thometz	USSR	38.19
1984	Sarajevo	Men’s 1000m	Gaëtan Boucher	Sergei Khlebin	Dan Jansen	Canada	1:15.80
1984	Sarajevo	Men’s 1500m	Sergei Khlebin	Gaëtan Boucher	Hans van Helden	USSR	1:58.36
1984	Sarajevo	Men’s 5000m	Tomas Gustafson	Igor Malkov	Reuben Koertje	Sweden	7:12.28
1984	Sarajevo	Men’s 10000m	Igor Malkov	Tomas Gustafson	Reuben Koertje	USSR	14:39.90
1984	Sarajevo	Women’s 500m	Christa Rothenburger	Leah Poulos Mueller	Karin Enke	East Germany	41.02
1984	Sarajevo	Women’s 1000m	Karin Enke	Andrea Schöne	Christa Rothenburger	East Germany	1:21.61
1984	Sarajevo	Women’s 1500m	Karin Enke	Andrea Schöne	Leah Poulos Mueller	East Germany	2:03.42
1984	Sarajevo	Women’s 3000m	Andrea Schöne	Bjørg Eva Jensen	Sabine Becker	East Germany	4:24.09
1988	Calgary	Men’s 500m	Sergei Fokichev	Nick Thometz	Igor Zhelezovsky	USSR	36.45
1988	Calgary	Men’s 1000m	Nikolai Guliaev	Yves Lamoreux	Ulf Timmermans	USSR	1:13.03
1988	Calgary	Men’s 1500m	André Ehrhoff	Yuki Muramoto	Yves Lamoreux	Germany	1:52.06
1988	Calgary	Men’s 5000m	Tomas Gustafson	Michael Hadschieff	Igor Zhelezovsky	Sweden	6:44.63
1988	Calgary	Men’s 10000m	Tomas Gustafson	Yuri Zakharov	Bonnie Blair	Sweden	13:48.20
1988	Calgary	Women’s 500m	Bonnie Blair	Leah Poulos Mueller	Christa Rothenburger	USA	39.10
1988	Calgary	Women’s 1000m	Christa Rothenburger	Leah Poulos Mueller	Bonnie Blair	East Germany	1:17.65
1988	Calgary	Women’s 1500m	Christa Rothenburger	Tamara Huraneva	Bonnie Blair	East Germany	2:00.68
1988	Calgary	Women’s 3000m	Yvonne Murray	Andjelika Haas	Bonnie Blair	Scotland	4:17.04
1988	Calgary	Women’s 5000m	Yvonne Murray	Christa Rothenburger	Bonnie Blair	Scotland	7:14.13
1992	Albertville	Men’s 500m	Uwe-Jens Mey	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa	Sergei Fokichev	Germany	37.14
1992	Albertville	Men’s 1000m	Olaf Zinke	Kim Yoon-man	Sergei Klevchenya	Germany	1:14.85
1992	Albertville	Men’s 1500m	Johann Olav Koss	Adne Søndrål	Igor Zhelezovsky	Norway	1:54.81
1992	Albertville	Men’s 5000m	Geir Karlstad	Falko Zandstra	Leo Visser	Norway	6:59.97
1992	Albertville	Men’s 10000m	Bart Veldkamp	Johann Olav Koss	Leo Visser	Netherlands	14:12.12
1992	Albertville	Women’s 500m	Yanya Huebner	Christa Rothenburger	Leah Poulos Mueller	Germany	40.33
1992	Albertville	Women’s 1000m	Bonnie Blair	Ye Qiaobo	Christa Rothenburger	USA	1:21.90
1992	Albertville	Women’s 1500m	Jacqueline Börner	Anke Baier	Bonnie Blair	Germany	2:05.87
1992	Albertville	Women’s 3000m	Gunda Niemann	Heike Warnicke	Jacqueline Börner	Germany	4:19.90
1992	Albertville	Women’s 5000m	Gunda Niemann	Jacqueline Börner	Bonnie Blair	Germany	7:31.57
1994	Lillehammer	Men’s 500m	Alexandr Golubev	Sergei Klevchenya	Manabu Horii	Russia	36.33
1994	Lillehammer	Men’s 1000m	Dan Jansen	Igor Zhelezovsky	Sergei Klevchenya	USA	1:12.43
1994	Lillehammer	Men’s 1500m	Johann Olav Koss	Rintje Ritsma	Falko Zandstra	Norway	1:51.29
1994	Lillehammer	Men’s 5000m	Johann Olav Koss	Kjell Storelid	Rintje Ritsma	Norway	6:34.96
1994	Lillehammer	Men’s 10000m	Johann Olav Koss	Kjell Storelid	Bart Veldkamp	Norway	13:30.55
1994	Lillehammer	Women’s 500m	Bonnie Blair	Susan Auch	Ye Qiaobo	USA	39.25
1994	Lillehammer	Women’s 1000m	Bonnie Blair	Susan Auch	Jacqueline Börner	USA	1:18.74
1994	Lillehammer	Women’s 1500m	Emese Hunyady	Anke Baier	Susan Auch	Austria	2:02.19
1994	Lillehammer	Women’s 3000m	Svetlana Fedotienko	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Carla Zijlstra	Russia	4:17.04
1994	Lillehammer	Women’s 5000m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Heike Warnicke	Carla Zijlstra	Germany	7:14.37
1998	Nagano	Men’s 500m	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Jeremy Wotherspoon	Sergei Klevchenya	Japan	35.59
1998	Nagano	Men’s 1000m	Ids Postma	Jan Bos	Sergei Klevchenya	Netherlands	1:10.64
1998	Nagano	Men’s 1500m	Adne Søndrål	Rintje Ritsma	Ids Postma	Norway	1:47.87
1998	Nagano	Men’s 5000m	Gianni Romme	Rintje Ritsma	Falko Zandstra	Netherlands	6:22.20
1998	Nagano	Men’s 10000m	Gianni Romme	Bob de Jong	Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	13:15.33
1998	Nagano	Women’s 500m	Catriona LeMay Doan	Susan Auch	Tomomi Okazaki	Canada	38.21
1998	Nagano	Women’s 1000m	Marianne Timmer	Catriona LeMay Doan	Tomomi Okazaki	Netherlands	1:16.60
1998	Nagano	Women’s 1500m	Marianne Timmer	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Catriona LeMay Doan	Netherlands	1:57.58
1998	Nagano	Women’s 3000m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Carla Zijlstra	Cathrin Pötschke	Germany	4:07.29
1998	Nagano	Women’s 5000m	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Carla Zijlstra	Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:59.61
2002	Salt Lake City	Men’s 500m	Casey FitzRandolph	Hiroyasu Shimizu	Kip Carpenter	USA	34.42
2002	Salt Lake City	Men’s 1000m	Joey Cheek	Sergei Klevchenya	Jae-Bum Lee	USA	1:09.23
2002	Salt Lake City	Men’s 1500m	Speed_Skating	Rintje Ritsma	Joey Cheek	Japan	1:43.95
2002	Salt Lake City	Men’s5000m	Jochem Uytdehaage	Gianni Romme	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	6:14.66
2002	Salt Lake City	Men’s 10000m	Jochem Uytdehaage	Gianni Romme	Carsten Nicolai	Netherlands	12:58.92
2002	Salt Lake City	Women’s 500m	Catriona LeMay Doan	Svetlana Zhurova	Tomomi Okazaki	Canada	37.45
2002	Salt Lake City	Women’s 1000m	Chris Witty	Sabine Völker	Jennifer Rodriguez	USA	1:13.83
2002	Salt Lake City	Women’s 1500m	Anne Friesinger	Sabine Völker	Cindy Klassen	Germany	1:54.02
2002	Salt Lake City	Women’s 3000m	Claudia Pechstein	Catriona LeMay Doan	Cindy Klassen	Germany	3:57.70
2002	Salt Lake City	Women’s 5000m	Claudia Pechstein	Catriona LeMay Doan	Carla Zijlstra	Germany	6:46.91
2006	Turin	Men’s 500m	Joey Cheek	Dmitry Lobkov	Jae-Bum Lee	USA	34.82
2006	Turin	Men’s 1000m	Shani Davis	Joey Cheek	Dmitry Lobkov	USA	1:08.89
2006	Turin	Men’s 1500m	Enrico Fabris	Shani Davis	Sergei Klevchenya	Italy	1:42.50
2006	Turin	Men’s 5000m	Chad Hedrick	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	USA	6:14.30
2006	Turin	Men’s 10000m	Chad Hedrick	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	USA	12:41.69
2006	Turin	Women’s 500m	Svetlana Zhurova	Margot Boer	Tomomi Okazaki	Russia	37.59
2006	Turin	Women’s 1000m	Cindy Klassen	Laurie Saint-Martin	Tomomi Okazaki	Canada	1:16.56
2006	Turin	Women’s 1500m	Cindy Klassen	Kristina Saalbach	Catriona LeMay Doan	Canada	1:56.34
2006	Turin	Women’s 3000m	Cindy Klassen	Kristina Saalbach	Claudia Pechstein	Canada	4:02.37
2006	Turin	Women’s 5000m	Claudia Pechstein	Kristina Saalbach	Cindy Klassen	Germany	6:59.40
2010	Vancouver	Men’s 500m	Mo Tae-bum	Havard Bokko	Joji Kato	South Korea	34.91
2010	Vancouver	Men’s 1000m	Shani Davis	Mo Tae-bum	Havard Bokko	USA	1:08.94
2010	Vancouver	Men’s 1500m	Shani Davis	Havard Lorentzen	Bjørnar Magnussen	USA	1:45.00
2010	Vancouver	Men’s 5000m	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	Bob de Jong	Netherlands	6:14.60
2010	Vancouver	Men’s 10000m	Lee Seung-hoon	Sven Kramer	Enrico Fabris	South Korea	12:58.55
2010	Vancouver	Women’s 500m	Sophie Fenn	Laurie Saint-Martin	Tomomi Okazaki	USA	38.45
2010	Vancouver	Women’s 1000m	Margot Boer	Jennifer Rodriguez	Lee-sang Kim	Netherlands	1:16.56
2010	Vancouver	Women’s 1500m	Cindy Klassen	Kristina Saalbach	Stephanie Beckert	Canada	1:55.88
2010	Vancouver	Women’s 3000m	Stella Maris Camarena	Kristina Saalbach	Cindy Klassen	Mexico	3:56.61
2010	Vancouver	Women’s 5000m	Claudia Pechstein	Kristina Saalbach	Cindy Klassen	Germany	6:50.91
2014	Sochi	Men’s 500m	Viktor Ahn	Joji Kato	Zbigniew Brodka	Russia	34.97
2014	Sochi	Men’s 1000m	Stefan Grothe	Kjeld Nuis	Yuri Melnitchenko	Russia	1:08.39
2014	Sochi	Men’s 1500m	Zbigniew Brodka	Koen Verweij	Simen Spieler Nilsen	Poland	1:45.00
2014	Sochi	Men’s 5000m	Sven Kramer	Jorrit Bergsma	Enrico Fabris	Netherlands	6:10.76
2014	Sochi	Men’s 10000m	Sven Kramer	Jorrit Bergsma	Enrico Fabris	Netherlands	12:44.45
2014	Sochi	Women’s 500m	Adelina Sotnikova	Jeanne Greenberg	Michelle Duffaux	Russia	37.71
2014	Sochi	Women’s 1000m	Ireen Wüst	Margot Boer	Olga Fatkulina	Netherlands	1:14.02
2014	Sochi	Women’s 1500m	Ireen Wüst	Kristina Saalbach	Margot Boer	Netherlands	1:54.01
2014	Sochi	Women’s 3000m	Ireen Wüst	Martina Sáblíková	Claudia Pechstein	Netherlands	3:53.34
2014	Sochi	Women’s 5000m	Martina Sáblíková	Claudia Pechstein	Ireen Wüst	Czech	6:55.48
2018	PyeongChang	Men’s 500m	Erin Jackson	Havard Lorentzen	Pavel Kulizhnikov	USA	34.41
2018	PyeongChang	Men’s 1000m	Kjeld Nuis	Thomas Krol	Yura Min	Netherlands	1:07.91
2018	PyeongChang	Men’s 1500m	Kjeld Nuis	Thomas Krol	Yura Min	Netherlands	1:44.01
2018	PyeongChang	Men’s 5000m	Sverre Lunde Pedersen	Patrick Roest	Simen Spieler Nilsen	Norway	6:09.76
2018	PyeongChang	Men’s 10000m	Sven Kramer	Patrick Roest	Ted-Jan Bloemen	Netherlands	12:39.77
2018	PyeongChang	Women’s 500m	Erin Jackson	Ayuko Sato	Brianna Decker	USA	37.68
2018	PyeongChang	Women’s 1000m	Jorien ter Mors	Ayuko Sato	Erin Jackson	Netherlands	1:13.60
2018	PyeongChang	Women’s 1500m	Ireen Wüst	Ayuko Sato	Brianna Decker	Netherlands	1:53.37
2018	PyeongChang	Women’s 3000m	Ireen Wüst	Martina Sáblíková	Ayuko Sato	Netherlands	3:57.70
2018	PyeongChang	Women’s 5000m	Erin Jackson	Martina Sáblíková	Claudia Pechstein	USA	6:47.61
2022	Beijing	Men’s 500m	Gao Tingyu	CHA Min Kyu	Morishige Wataru	China	34.32
2022	Beijing	Men’s 1000m	Thomas Krol	Laurent Dubreuil	Havard Lorentzen	Netherlands	1:07.92
2022	Beijing	Men’s 1500m	Kjeld Nuis	Thomas Krol	Min-Seok Kim	Netherlands	1:43.21
2022	Beijing	Men’s 5000m	Nils VAN DER POEL	Patrick Roest	Hallgeir Engebraaten	Sweden	6:08.84
2022	Beijing	Men’s 10000m	Nils VAN DER POEL	Patrick Roest	Hallgeir Engebraaten	Sweden	12:30.74
2022	Beijing	Women’s 500m	Erin Jackson	Miho Takagi	Jennifer Dodds	USA	37.04
2022	Beijing	Women’s 1000m	Erin Jackson	Miho Takagi	Ayuko Sato	USA	1:13.01
2022	Beijing	Women’s 1500m	Ireen Wüst	Miho Takagi	Ayuko Sato	Netherlands	1:53.28
2022	Beijing	Women’s 3000m	Francesca Lollobrigida	Irene Schouten	Ayuko Sato	Italy	3:57.70
2022	Beijing	Women’s 5000m	Erin Jackson	Irene Schouten	Carlijn Schoutens	USA	6:47.04

Most Decorated Speed Skaters in Olympic History

Skater	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Span
Ireen Wüst	Netherlands	6	5	2	13	2006-2022
Claudia Pechstein	Germany	2	4	3	9	1992-2006
Sven Kramer	Netherlands	4	3	2	9	2006-2022
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	Germany	3	4	1	8	1992-1998
Bonnie Blair	USA	5	0	1	6	1988-1994
Lidiya Skoblikova	USSR	6	0	0	6	1960-1964
Eric Heiden	USA	5	0	0	5	1980
Johann Olav Koss	Norway	4	1	0	5	1992-1994
Kjeld Nuis	Netherlands	3	2	1	6	2014-2022
Ard Schenk	Netherlands	3	2	0	5	1972-1976
Shani Davis	USA	2	2	0	4	2006-2010
Erin Jackson	USA	3	1	2	6	2018-2022
Chad Hedrick	USA	2	1	0	3	2006
Cindy Klassen	Canada	1	5	1	7	2002-2010

Speed Skating Medals by Country (All-Time)

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Notable Athletes
Netherlands	48	42	43	133	Ireen Wüst, Sven Kramer, Ard Schenk
Norway	28	31	28	87	Johann Olav Koss, Jan Egil Storholt
USA	30	22	19	71	Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, Shani Davis, Erin Jackson
USSR/Russia	21	17	11	49	Lidiya Skoblikova, Viktor Ahn
East Germany/Germany	13	15	11	39	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, Claudia Pechstein
Sweden	8	7	9	24	Nils van der Poel, Tomas Gustafson
Finland	4	4	2	10	Clas Thunberg, Julius Skutnabb
Canada	7	11	7	25	Johann Olav Koss (guest), Cindy Klassen
South Korea	3	2	2	7	Mo Tae-bum, Lee Seung-hoon
Japan	1	3	4	8	Hiroyasu Shimizu
China	1	1	2	4	Gao Tingyu

Speed Skating Events & Medal Distribution (1924-2022)

Event	First Year	Gold Medals Awarded	Netherlands Golds	USA Golds	Norway Golds
Men’s 500m	1924	25	2	4	3
Men’s 1000m	1976	13	2	5	1
Men’s 1500m	1924	25	4	2	6
Men’s 5000m	1924	25	7	2	4
Men’s 10000m	1924	25	3	2	5
Women’s 500m	1960	16	2	4	0
Women’s 1000m	1960	16	4	3	0
Women’s 1500m	1960	16	3	1	1
Women’s 3000m	1960	16	1	0	2
Women’s 5000m	1988	9	1	1	0
TOTAL	—	211	29	24	22

Age Records & Notable Achievements

Youngest Gold Medalists:

• Tara Lipinski (USA): 15 years old, Women’s 500m, 1998 (Note: Not speed skating)
• Erin Jackson (USA): 21 years old, Women’s 500m, 2018 (first Black Winter Olympian)
• Mo Tae-bum (South Korea): 23 years old, Men’s 500m, 2010

Oldest Gold Medalists:

• Ivar Ballangrud (Norway): Won golds at ages 26-28 (1936, 1948)
• Eric Heiden (USA): Won all 5 golds at age 21 (1980)
• Ireen Wüst (Netherlands): Won golds at ages 24-36 across 3 decades (2006-2022)

Most Olympic Appearances:

• Ireen Wüst: 5 Olympics (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) — won 6 golds
• Claudia Pechstein: 5 Olympics (1992, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) — won 2 golds, 4 silvers
• Sven Kramer: 4 Olympics (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) — won 4 golds

Historic Feats:

• Eric Heiden: Won 5 golds at 1980 Lake Placid, most ever won by one athlete in single Games
• Lidiya Skoblikova: Won 6 golds in 1960-1964, first to win gold in all available events (1964)
• Erin Jackson: First Black Winter Olympian to win gold (2018 and 2022)

FAQs

Who is the most decorated speed skater in Olympic history?

Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands holds the record with 13 Olympic medals (6 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze) across five Winter Games from 2006 to 2022. Wüst competed in long-track speed skating and achieved medals in multiple distances, cementing her legacy as the sport’s greatest all-time performer.

Which country dominates Olympic speed skating?

The Netherlands leads decisively with 133 total medals (48 gold, 42 silver, 43 bronze) since 1924. Their dominance is particularly strong in modern eras, especially in long-track speed skating. Norway (87 medals) and the USA (71 medals) follow distantly, showing Dutch supremacy in the sport.

Who won speed skating at the 2022 Beijing Olympics?

Men: Gao Tingyu (China, 500m), Thomas Krol (Netherlands, 1000m), Kjeld Nuis (Netherlands, 1500m), Nils van der Poel (Sweden, 5000m/10000m). Women: Erin Jackson (USA, 500m/1000m), Ireen Wüst (Netherlands, 1500m), Francesca Lollobrigida (Italy, 3000m), Erin Jackson (USA, 5000m).

What distances are contested in Olympic speed skating?

Long-track speed skating features five distances: 500m (sprint), 1000m, 1500m (middle distance), 5000m, and 10000m (endurance). Women compete in 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, and 5000m. Team pursuit events for both genders were added in 2006. Short-track speed skating is a separate discipline with different distances.

When did speed skating become an Olympic sport?

Speed skating was one of the original sports at the first Winter Olympics in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Men’s events featured 500m, 1500m, 5000m, and 10000m distances. Women’s speed skating was added officially in 1960 at Squaw Valley, though demonstration events occurred in 1932.

Why is the Netherlands so dominant in speed skating?

The Netherlands’ dominance stems from deep cultural roots in ice skating, dating back centuries when frozen canals became natural racecourses. Modern advantages include excellent training facilities, systematic coaching programs, and consistent talent development. Dutch skaters inherit a culture where speed skating is a national passion.

Did any speed skater win five medals at one Olympics?

Eric Heiden (USA) won five gold medals at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, sweeping all men’s long-track events (500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m). This remains the greatest single-Games achievement by any Winter Olympian. Cindy Klassen (Canada) won five medals in 2006 (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) across multiple distances.

Who was the youngest speed skating gold medalist?

Erin Jackson of the USA became the youngest recent gold medalist in women’s 500m at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics (age 21). She later made history as the first Black athlete to win individual Olympic medals in Winter sports, winning multiple golds in 2018 and 2022.