List of Olympic medalists in speed skating

Speed skating is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games in 1924. Events held at the first Winter Olympics included the men's 500-metre, 1500-metre, 5000-metre, and 10,000-metre races. Points from the four races were combined and counted towards the all-round event, which was dropped following the 1924 Olympics. Speed skating events for women were first held at the 1932 Winter Olympics, as part of the demonstration program. The organizing committee of those Games advocated for the full inclusion of the women's events, but the IOC rejected that.The results of those events are not considered official and are not included in this list. The first official women's events were held in Squaw Valley 1960 with the 500-metre, 1000-metre, 1500-metre, and 3000-metre distances. The men's 1000-metre event was added in 1976 and the women's 5000-metre event was added in 1988. All 10 events have been held at every Olympic Games since, and a team pursuit event for both genders was added in 2006, for a total of 12 medal events.

Dutch skater Ireen Wüst has won thirteen medals — six gold, five silver, and two bronze — more than any other speed skater at the Olympics. Russian Lidiya Skoblikova, who represented the Soviet Union, is one of four female Winter Olympians to win six gold medals (cross-country skier Lyubov Yegorova, luger Natalie Geisenberger and the aforementioned Ireen Wüst are the others). At the 1924 Winter Olympics, Finn Clas Thunberg became the first athlete to win two or more gold medals; in 1928, he became the first speed skater to successfully defend an Olympic title. At the 1964 Games, Skoblikova won four gold medals and became the first athlete to win a gold in every available event. The feat was repeated in 1980 by American Eric Heiden, who won five golds, the most that any Winter Olympian has won at one edition of the Games. In 2006, Canadian Cindy Klassen became the only other speed skater, and one of seven Winter Olympians, to win five medals—one gold, two silver, two bronze—at a single edition of the Games. Pechstein, American Bonnie Blair, and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands are the only speed skaters to win gold in the same event three times in a row. Andrea Schöne, who won a silver medal in 1976, is the youngest female athlete in an individual event to win a medal. German Christa Luding-Rothenburger and Canadian Clara Hughes are the only medal-winning speed skaters who have also won a medal at the Summer Olympic Games, having won medals in cycling.

Dutch speed skaters have been the most successful in terms of combined medals (121), as well as gold medals (42). After the 2018 Winter Olympics, 190 gold medals, 193 silver medals and 186 bronze medals have been awarded since 1924 and have been won by speed skaters from 23 National Olympic Committees.

__NOTOC__ Table of contentsMen500 m • 1000 m • 1500 m • 5000 m • 10,000 m • Mass start • Team pursuitWomen500 m • 1000 m • 1500 m • 3000 m • 5000 m • Mass start • Team pursuitDiscontinuedAll-round Statistics        See also        References

Men

500 metres 1924 Chamonix 1928 St. Moritz None awarded 1932 Lake Placid 1948 St. Moritz None awarded 1952 Oslo 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck None awarded 1968 Grenoble None awarded 1972 Sapporo 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1992 Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal18541724641434521142002514510613267121481203910231010121110011001130156140101Total 14 nations262726 79

1000 metres 1976 Innsbruck1980 Lake Placid1984 Sarajevo1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver2014 Sochi2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina

Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal161292532103130441135510016023570213801010101100022110011 0011Total 12 nations141415 43

1500 metres 1924 Chamonix1928 St. Moritz1932 Lake Placid1948 St. Moritz1952 Oslo1956 Cortina d'AmpezzoNone awarded 1960 Squaw ValleyNone awarded 1964 Innsbruck1968 GrenobleNone awarded1972 Sapporo1976 Innsbruck1980 Lake Placid1984 Sarajevo1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver2014 Sochi 2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal187823259418342284331752024611247100110011001100112110022120011Total 12 nations262323 69

5000 metres 1924 Chamonix1928 St. Moritz1932 Lake Placid1948 St. Moritz1952 Oslo1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo1960 Squaw Valley1964 Innsbruck1968 Grenoble1972 Sapporo1976 Innsbruck1980 Lake Placid1984 Sarajevo1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin2010 Vancouver2014 Sochi2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal110682426972233205431145211461315701128 01010101100022110011001100110011Total 14 nations252525 75

10,000 metres 1924 Chamonix1928 St. MoritzCancelled halfway through the running of the event due to poor ice conditions.1932 Lake Placid 1948 St. Moritz1952 Oslo1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo1960 Squaw Valley1964 Innsbruck1968 Grenoble1972 Sapporo1976 Innsbruck1980 Lake Placid1984 Sarajevo1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal178823261310347617421035131561113710128100110011001121101010101120022130011Total 13 nations232323 69

Mass start 2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal1111321102310114 01015 0011Total 5 nations333 9

Team pursuit 2006 TurinMatteo AnesiStefano DonagrandiEnrico FabrisIppolito SanfratelloArne DankersSteven ElmDenny MorrisonJason ParkerJustin WarsylewiczSven KramerRintje RitsmaMark TuitertCarl VerheijenErben Wennemars2010 VancouverMathieu GirouxLucas MakowskyDenny MorrisonBrian HansenChad HedrickJonathan KuckTrevor MarsicanoJan BlokhuijsenSven KramerSimon KuipersMark Tuitert2014 SochiJan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen VerweijJoo Hyong-junKim Cheol-minLee Seung-hoonZbigniew BródkaKonrad NiedźwiedzkiJan SzymańskiHåvard BøkkoSimen Spieler NilsenSverre Lunde PedersenSindre HenriksenLee Seung-hoonChung Jae-wonKim Min-seokPatrick RoestJan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen Verweij2022 Beijing Hallgeir EngebråtenPeder KongshaugSverre Lunde PedersenDaniil AldoshkinSergey TrofimovRuslan Zakharov Ethan CepuranCasey DawsonEmery LehmanJoey Mantia2026 Milano Cortina Davide GhiottoAndrea GiovanniniMichele MalfattiCasey DawsonEmery LehmanEthan Cepuran Li WenhaoLiu HanbinWu YuNing Zhongyan

Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal120022110231034420025020260213701018001180011Total 9 nations666 18

Women

500 metres 1960 Squaw Valley1964 Innsbruck1968 GrenobleNone awarded1972 Sapporo1976 Innsbruck1980 Lake Placid1984 Sarajevo1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin2010 Vancouver2014 Sochi2022 Beijing 2026 Milano-Cortina Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal1641112235732305422155210361124711138110291001100235110224120011120011Total 13 nations171916 37

1000 metres 1960 Squaw Valley1964 Innsbruck1968 Grenoble1972 Sapporo1976 Innsbruck1980 Lake Placid1984 Sarajevo1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin2010 Vancouver2014 Sochi2022 Beijing 2026 Milan

Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal1552122422833361242215512256112471113111390011Total 9 nations181818 54

1500 metres 1960 Squaw Valley1964 Innsbruck1968 Grenoble1972 Sapporo1976 Innsbruck1980 Lake Placid1984 Sarajevo1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin2010 Vancouver2014 Sochi2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina

Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal1846182303632439412145112461102110281001902121001121101010101130011Total 13 nations181818 54

3000 metres 1960 Squaw Valley1964 InnsbruckNone awarded1968 Grenoble1972 Sapporo1976 Innsbruck1980 Lake Placid1984 Sarajevo1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin2010 Vancouver2014 Sochi2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina Medals: Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal1733132420633328414275111361102110281012901121001120112110101120055Total 13 nations181917 54

5000 metres 1988 Calgary1992 Albertville1994 Lillehammer1998 Nagano2006 Turin2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver BronzeTotal1462102331732114411355100160011001100110011Total 9 nations111111 33

Mass start 2022 Beijing 2026 Milan Cortina

Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total12013210013020140101500110011Total 6 nations333 9

Team pursuit 2006 TurinDaniela Anschütz-ThomsAnni FriesingerLucille OpitzClaudia PechsteinSabine VölkerKristina GrovesClara HughesCindy KlassenChristine NesbittShannon RempelYekaterina AbramovaVarvara BaryshevaGalina LikhachovaYekaterina LobyshevaSvetlana Vysokova2010 Vancouver Daniela Anschütz-ThomsStephanie BeckertAnni Friesinger-PostmaKatrin Mattscherodt Masako HozumiNao KodairaMaki Tabata Katarzyna Bachleda-CuruśKatarzyna WoźniakLuiza Złotkowska2014 Sochi Lotte van BeekMarrit LeenstraJorien ter MorsIreen Wüst Katarzyna Bachleda-CuruśNatalia CzerwonkaKatarzyna WoźniakLuiza ZłotkowskaOlga GrafYekaterina LobyshevaYekaterina ShikhovaYuliya Skokova Miho TakagiAyano SatoNana TakagiAyaka Kikuchi Marrit LeenstraIreen WüstAntoinette de JongLotte van Beek Heather BergsmaBrittany BoweMia ManganelloCarlijn Schoutens 2022 Beijing Ivanie BlondinValérie MaltaisIsabelle Weidemann Ayano SatoMiho TakagiNana Takagi Marijke GroenewoudIreen WüstAntoinette de JongIrene Schouten2026 Milano Cortina Ivanie BlondinValérie MaltaisIsabelle Weidemann Joy BeuneMarijke GroenewoudAntoinette Rijpma-de Jong Miho TakagiAyano Sato Hana NoakeMomoka Horikawa Medals: Medals Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total12002212033111341102501116002270011Total 7 nations555 15

Discontinued

Men's all-round 1924 Chamonix

Medals: Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total1101220101

Statistics

Athlete medal leaders

Athlete Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 2006–2022 6 5 2 13 2010–2026 2 4 4 10 1992–2022 5 2 2 9 2006–2022 4 2 3 9 1980–1988 3 4 1 8 1988–1998 3 4 1 8 1924–1928 5 1 1 7 1928–1936 4 2 1 7 2006–2022 3 2 2 7 1976–1988 1 5 1 7 1960–1968 6 0 0 6 1984–1994 5 0 1 6 Lee Seung-Hoon 2010–2022 2 3 1 6 2002–2006 1 2 3 62018–20261236 1992–2006 0 2 4 6 1924–1928 0 2 4 6 1976–1980 5 0 0 5 1992–1994 4 1 0 5 1956–1968 4 1 0 5 2018–2022 3 0 2 5 1998–2010 3 0 2 5 1956–1964 2 2 1 52014–20262125 2006–2010 1 2 2 5

Medals per year Key     = Countries that did not participate in the Olympic Winter Games in that year, or didn't exist at the time. Countries in bold appeared in all Olympic Winter Games Numbers in bold indicate the highest medal count at that year's Olympic Winter Games. Country24283236485256606468727680848892949802061014182226Total                                 1 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – –   –   – – – – – – – 1 – – – – 1 1 3                         – – – 2 1 – – 2 1 1 1 1 9                                 – – – – 3 2 2 1 8   – – –   –                   11 6 6 8 3 4 − – – 38             – 2 –                                 2                   – – 1 4 11 13                     29                   1 2 – – – –                     3   – – –   – – – – – – – – 1 1 4 2 3 1 – 3 – 6 5 26                                 – 1 – – – – – − 1   –   – – 3 – 1 1 9 9 5 4 – 7 4 4 11 8 9 7 23 16 12 133                 1   –     – – –   –   – –   –   1                                 5 – – 3 2 3       13                                             1     1         –   – – – – – – – – – 1 – – – 1 5 2 7 4 20                                               2   2             7 12 12 2 3 9 4 9 2                     60

Medal sweep events These are podium sweep events in which athletes from one NOC won all three medals.