Speed Skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 8 and 22 February 2014 at Adler Arena Skating Center.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands |
8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 |  Poland |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Czech Republic |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 South Korea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 |  China |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Russia |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Canada |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metre | Michel Mulder
|
Jan Smeekens
|
Ronald Mulder
|
| 1000 metre | Stefan Groothuis
|
Denny Morrison
|
Michel Mulder
|
| 1500 metre | Zbigniew Brodka
|
Koen Verweij
|
Denny Morrison
|
| 5000 metre | Sven Kramer
|
Jan Blokhuijsen
|
Jorrit Bergsma
|
| 10000 metre | Jorrit Bergsma
|
Sven Kramer
|
Bob de Jong
|
| Team Pursuit | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij |
South Korea Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon |
Poland Zbigniew Brodka Konrad Niedzwiedzki Jan Szymanski |
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metre | Lee Sang-hwa
|
Olga Fatkulina
|
Margot Boer
|
| 1000 metre | Zhang Hong
|
Ireen Wust
|
Margot Boer
|
| 1500 metre | Jorien ter Mors
|
Ireen Wust
|
Lotte van Beek
|
| 3000 metre | Ireen Wust
|
Martina Sablikova
|
Olga Graf
|
| 5000 metre | Martina Sablikova
|
Ireen Wust
|
Carien Kleibeuker
|
| Team Pursuit | Netherlands Lotte van Beek Marrit Leenstra Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wust |
Poland Katarzyna Bachleda-Curus Natalia Czerwonka Katarzyna Wozniak Luiza Zlotkowska |
Russia Olga Graf Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Shikhova Yuliya Skokova |
Statistics[]
- There were 177 total athletes from 23 countries.
- Emery Lehman was the youngest participant with 17 years and 240 days.
- Claudia Pechstein was the oldest participant with 41 years and 362 days.
- 4 athletes were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Netherlands won 4 podium sweeps, the highest by one nation in speed skating ever.
- 8 Olympic records were broken in 6 distances.
- Netherlands won 23 medals, more than any nation in any other sport.
- Poland won 3 medals, more than in any other sport.