Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing, China between 5 and 19 February 2022. It was the 24th time speed skating was held at the Winter Olympics (17th time for women).

A total of 166 quota spots (83 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of 14 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. For the first time, gender equality was achieved in terms of quotas. A total of 14 events were contested, seven for men and seven for women.

Qualification

A total quota of 166 athletes was allowed to compete at the Games (maximum 83 men and 83 women). For the 2018 Winter Olympics the total quota was 180 athletes (maximum 100 men and 80 women). The maximum total number of athletes per gender per nation was 9, compared to 10 in 2018. Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of ISU Speed Skating World Cup competitions. When quota were reached, each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of three athletes per gender for all events apart from the 5000m (women), 10,000m (men) and mass start events, for which they could enter a maximum of two athletes per event.

Qualification times The following qualification times were released on July 1, 2021, and were unchanged from 2018.

Event Men Women 500 metres 35.70 39.50 1000 metres 1:10.50 1:18.00 1500 metres 1:48.00 1:59.50 3000 metres 4:12.00 5000 metres 6:30.00 7:20.00 or 4:08.00 (3000 m) 10,000 metres 13:30.00 or 6:25.00 (5000 m) Mass start 1:57.50 (1500 m) 2:10.00 (1500 m)

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 local times.

Day Date Time Event Day 1 Saturday, 5 February 16:30-18:05 Women's 3000 metres Day 2 Sunday, 6 February 16:30-18:25 Men's 5000 metres Day 3 Monday, 7 February 16:30-18:05Women's 1500 metres Day 4 Tuesday, 8 February 18:30-20:00 Men's 1500 metres Day 6 Thursday, 10 February 20:00-21:30 Women's 5000 metres Day 7 Friday, 11 February 16:00-18:05 Men's 10,000 metres Day 8 Saturday, 12 February 16:00-17:45 Team pursuit women – QuarterfinalsMen's 500 metres Day 9 Sunday, 13 February 21:00-22:50 Team pursuit men – QuarterfinalsWomen's 500 metres Day 11 Tuesday, 15 February 14:30-17:15 Team pursuit men – FinalsTeam pursuit women – Finals Day 13 Thursday, 17 February 16:30-17:55 Women's 1000 metres Day 14 Friday, 18 February 16:30-17:50 Men's 1000 metres Day 15 Saturday, 19 February 15:00-17:35 Mass start menMass start women

Medal summary Medal table

Men's events 500 metres 34.32 OR 34.39 34.49 1000 metres 1:07.92 1:08.32 1:08.48 1500 metres 1:43.21 OR 1:43.55 1:44.24 5000 metres 6:08.84 OR 6:09.31 6:09.88 10,000 metres 12:30.74 WR, OR 12:44.59 12:45.98 Mass start 63 points 40 points 20 points Team pursuitHallgeir EngebråtenPeder KongshaugSverre Lunde Pedersen 3:38.08Daniil AldoshkinSergey TrofimovRuslan Zakharov 3:40.46Casey DawsonEmery LehmanJoey MantiaEthan Cepuran 3:38.81

Women's events 500 metres 37.04 37.12 37.21 1000 metres 1:13.19 OR 1:13.83 1:14.61 1500 metres 1:53.28 OR 1:53.72 1:54.82 3000 metres 3:56.93 OR 3:58.06 3:58.64 5000 metres 6:43.51 OR 6:48.18 6:50.09 Mass start 60 points 40 points 20 points Team pursuitIvanie BlondinValérie MaltaisIsabelle Weidemann 2:53.44 ORAyano SatoMiho TakagiNana Takagi 3:04.47 Marijke GroenewoudIrene SchoutenIreen WüstAntoinette de Jong 2:56.86 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.

Participating nations 27 nations sent speed skaters to compete in the speed skating events.

Records Olympic records

Event Date Round Athlete Country Time Record RefWomen's 3000 metres 5 February Pair 10 Irene Schouten 3:56.93 Men's 5000 metres 6 February Pair 5 Patrick Roest 6:09.31 ORMen's 5000 metres 6 February Pair 10 Nils van der Poel 6:08.84 ORWomen's 1500 metres7 FebruaryPair 12Ireen Wüst 1:53.28OR Men's 1500 metres8 FebruaryPair 11Kjeld Nuis1:43.21ORWomen's 5000 metres10 FebruaryPair 6Irene Schouten6:43.51ORMen's 10,000 metres11 February Pair 5Nils van der Poel12:30.74WR, ORMen's 500 metres12 FebruaryPair 7Gao Tingyu34.32ORWomen's team pursuit 12 February Quarterfinal 1 Ayano SatoMiho TakagiNana Takagi 2:53.61 ORMen's team pursuit 15 February Semifinal 2Daniil AldoshkinSergey TrofimovRuslan Zakharov 3:36.62 ORWomen's team pursuit 15 February Final AIvanie BlondinValérie MaltaisIsabelle Weidemann 2:53.44 ORWomen's 1000 metres 17 February Pair 13Miho Takagi 1:13.19 OR

Controversy In the men's 500 metres event, a false start was called in the last two heats, one of which included current World Cup champion Laurent Dubreuil. This was questioned by 1992 Winter Olympics Champion Bart Veldkamp.

References

External links Official Results Book – Speed skating