Speed Skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held between 10 and 24 February 2018 at Gangneung Oval. Since the last edition, a mass start event was added (for both sexes), making speed skating the biggest event of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The format of the 500 metres was changed from a two-race to a one-race format.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands |
7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 |  Japan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Norway |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  South Korea |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 |  Canada |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Czech Republic |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Belgium |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  China |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Olympic Athletes from Russia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
Women[]
Statistics[]
- There were 184 total athletes from 29 countries.
- Chung Jae-won was the youngest participant with 16 years and 242 days.
- Claudia Pechstein was the oldest participant with 45 years and 354 days.
- 6 athletes were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- 10 Olympic records were broken in 7 distances.
- Netherlands won 16 medals, more than any nation in any other sport.
- South Korea won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Japan won 6 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Belgium won their only medal of this edition of the Olympic Games.