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 (maximum 100 men and 80 women). 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 (UTC+9).

Day Date Start Event Day 1 Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:00 Women's 3000 metres Day 2 Sunday, 11 February 2018 16:00 Men's 5000 metres Day 3 Monday, 12 February 2018 21:30 Women's 1500 metres Day 4 Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:00 Men's 1500 metres Day 5 Wednesday, 14 February 2018 19:00 Women's 1000 metres Day 6 Thursday, 15 February 2018 20:00 Men's 10,000 metres Day 7 Friday, 16 February 2018 20:00 Women's 5000 metres Day 9 Sunday, 18 February 2018 20:00 Team pursuit men – HeatsWomen's 500 metres Day 10 Monday, 19 February 2018 20:00 Team pursuit women – HeatsMen's 500 metres Day 12 Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:00 Team pursuit men – FinalsTeam pursuit women – Finals Day 14 Friday, 23 February 2018 19:00 Men's 1000 metres Day 15 Saturday, 24 February 2018 20:00 Mass start menMass start women

Medal summary Medal table

Men's events 500 metres 34.41 OR 34.42 34.65 1000 metres 1:07.95 1:07.99 1:08.22 1500 metresMen's 1500 metres results 1:44.01 1:44.86 1:44.93 5000 metresMen's 5000 metres results 6:09.76 OR 6:11.616 6:11.618 10,000 metres 12:39.77 OR 12:41.98 12:54.32 Mass start 60 40 20 Team pursuit Håvard BøkkoSimen Spieler NilsenSverre Lunde PedersenSindre Henriksen 3:37.32 Lee Seung-hoonChung Jae-wonKim Min-seok 3:38.52 Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerPatrick RoestKoen Verweij 3:38.40

Women's events 500 metres 36.94 OR 37.33 37.34 1000 metres 1:13.56 OR 1:13.82 1:13.98 1500 metres 1:54.35 1:54.55 1:55.26 3000 metres 3:59.21 3:59.29 4:00.02 5000 metres 6:50.23 6:51.85 6:53.98 Mass start 60 40 20 Team pursuitAyano SatoMiho TakagiNana TakagiAyaka Kikuchi 2:53.89 ORAntoinette de JongMarrit LeenstraIreen WüstLotte van Beek 2:55.48Heather BergsmaBrittany BoweMia ManganelloCarlijn Schoutens 2:59.27 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 (OR) and five Sea level world bests (WB) were set during the competition.

Event Date Round Athlete Country Time Record Ref Men's 5000 metres 11 February Pair 10 Sven Kramer 6:09.76 OR Women's 1000 metres 14 February Pair 12 Jorien ter Mors 1:13.56 ORWB (sea level) Men's 10,000 metres 15 February Pair 5 Ted-Jan Bloemen 12:39.77 OR Women's 500 metres 18 February Pair 14 Nao Kodaira 36.94 ORWB (sea level) Women's team pursuit 19 February Quarterfinal 1 Antoinette de JongMarrit LeenstraIreen Wüst 2:55.61 ORWB (sea level) Men's 500 metres 19 February Pair 16 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen 34.41 OR Men's team pursuit 21 February Semifinal 2 Håvard BøkkoSimen Spieler NilsenSverre Lunde Pedersen 3:37.08 ORWB (sea level) Women's team pursuit 21 February Final Ayano SatoMiho TakagiNana Takagi 2:53.89 ORWB (sea level)

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 (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses).Number of Entries by NOC pyeongchang2018.com 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.

References

External links Official Results Book – Speed Skating