Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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At the 2002 Winter Olympics, ten speed skating events were contested.

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[edit] Men's Events

[edit] 500 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Casey FitzRandolph (USA) 1:09.23 (34.42 + 34.81)
Silver Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN) 1:09.26 (34.61 + 34.65)
Bronze Kip Carpenter (USA) 1:09.47 (34.68 + 34.79)

Favorite Jeremy Wotherspoon falls in the first heat, taking him out of contention, but posts the fastest time in the second heat. FitzRandolph was the first American to win the event since Eric Heiden in 1980, who was in attendance as the team orthopedist. American Speedskater Wins Gold, The New York Times, February 12, 2002

[edit] 1,000 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Gerard van Velde (NED) 1:07.18 (WR)
Silver Jan Bos (NED) 1:07.53
Bronze Joey Cheek (USA) 1:07.61

Van Velde, who had finished 4th in the Olympics twice already, delivers a huge surprise by skating a World Record and winning the gold medal.

[edit] 1,500 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Derek Parra (USA) 1:43.95 (WR)
Silver Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) 1:44.57
Bronze Ådne Søndrål (NOR) 1:45.26

In reverse order of the 5000 m, Uytdehaage first breaks the world record, which is later bettered by Parra, who wins the third US skating gold of the Games. He is the first Mexican-American to medal in a winter sport.

[edit] 5,000 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) 6:14.66 (WR)
Silver Derek Parra (USA) 6:17.98
Bronze Jens Boden (GER) 6:21.73

Parra and Boden break their personal bests by 15 seconds to win surprise medals, while Uytdehaage skates a new world record.

[edit] 10,000 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Jochem Uytdehaage (NED) 12:58.92 (WR)
Silver Gianni Romme (NED) 13:10.03
Bronze Lasse Sætre (NOR) 13:16.92

2 x gold medal winner from Nagano '98 Romme wins another medal, while Uytdehaage wins with a stunning world record, breaking the 13 minute barrier.

[edit] Women's Events

[edit] 500 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Catriona LeMay Doan (CAN) 1:14.75 (37.30 + 37.45)
Silver Monique Garbrecht (GER) 1:14.94 (37.34 + 37.60)
Bronze Sabine Völker (GER) 1:15.19 (37.62 + 37.57)

World Record holder Catriona LeMay-Doan retains her Olympic title by beating 4 time World Sprint Champion Monique Garbrecht.

[edit] 1,000 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Christine Witty (USA) 1:13.83 (WR)
Silver Sabine Völker (GER) 1:13.96
Bronze Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) 1:14.24

After suffering from mononucleosis, Witty skates a new World Record to win by surprise. Rodriguez becomes the first US Hispanic woman to win an Olympic speed skating medal.

[edit] 1,500 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Annie Friesinger (GER) 1:54.02 (WR)
Silver Sabine Völker (GER) 1:54.97
Bronze Jennifer Rodriguez (USA) 1:55.32

Finally Friesinger comes to terms with the pressure of being the favorite by skating a world record and winning the Gold Medal. Völker and Rodriguez repeat their 1000 m successes.

[edit] 3,000 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Claudia Pechstein (GER) 3:57.70 (WR)
Silver Renate Groenewold (NED) 3:58.94
Bronze Cindy Klassen (CAN) 3:58.97

Pechstein wins the Gold medal at this distance after winning two bronzes and a silver medal in previous Olympics. Favorite Anni Friesinger finishes fourth, while all medalists break the former world record.

[edit] 5,000 m

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Claudia Pechstein (GER) 6:46.91 (WR)
Silver Gretha Smit (NED) 6:49.22
Bronze Clara Hughes (CAN) 6:53.53

Claudia Pechstein wins the Gold Medal in each of the three times that this distance has been skated by women in the Olympics (1994-2002), and wins some medal in four consecutive Winter Games (1992-2002). Clara Hughes and Gretha Smit surprise by ending up on the podium too. The latter, breaking the world record in her race, only started competing in long track skating this year, although she and her sisters have proven almost unbeatable in marathon skating, which is performed in groups.

[edit] List of participants by nation

[edit] Austria

  1. Emese Hunyady

[edit] Belarus

  1. Svetlana Chepelnikova
  2. Aleksey Khatylyov
  3. Anzhelika Kotyuga
  4. Igor Makovetski
  5. Svetlana Radkevich

[edit] Belgium

  1. Bart Veldkamp

[edit] Canada

  1. Susan Auch
  2. Pat Bouchard
  3. Éric Brisson
  4. Steven Elm
  5. Kristina Groves
  6. Clara Hughes
  7. Mike Ireland
  8. Cindy Klassen
  9. Mark Knoll
  10. Catriona LeMay Doan
  11. Philippe Marois
  12. Kevin Marshall
  13. Dustin Molicki
  14. Cindy Overland
  15. Jeremy Wotherspoon

[edit] PR China

  1. Gao Yang
  2. Jin Hua
  3. Li Yu
  4. Liu Guangbin
  5. Ma Yongbin
  6. Song Li
  7. Wang Manli
  8. Xing Aihua
  9. Yang Chunyuan
  10. You Yanchun
  11. Yu Fengtong
  12. Zhang Xiaolei

[edit] Czech Republic

  1. David Kramár

[edit] Finland

  1. Janne Hänninen
  2. Risto Rosendahl
  3. Vesa Rosendahl

[edit] France

  1. Cédric Kuentz

[edit] Germany

  1. Daniela Anschütz
  2. Jens Boden
  3. Christian Breuer
  4. Frank Dittrich
  5. Monique Enfeldt-Garbrecht
  6. Anni Friesinger
  7. Jan Friesinger
  8. Michael Künzel
  9. Claudia Pechstein
  10. René Taubenrauch
  11. Sabine Völker
  12. Marion Wohlrab
  13. Jenny Wolf

[edit] Hungary

  1. Zsolt Baló
  2. Krisztina Egyed

[edit] Italy

  1. Davide Carta
  2. Stefano Donagrandi
  3. Enrico Fabris
  4. Dino Gillarduzzi
  5. Ermanno Ioriatti
  6. Nicola Mayr
  7. Roberto Sighel
  8. Chiara Simionato

[edit] Japan

  1. Kuniomi Haneishi
  2. Hiroki Hirako
  3. Manabu Horii
  4. Yusuke Imai
  5. Toshihiko Itokawa
  6. Yayoi Nagaoka
  7. Takaharu Nakajima
  8. Nami Nemoto
  9. Hiroyuki Noake
  10. Yuri Obara
  11. Tomomi Okazaki
  12. Sayuri Osuga
  13. Eriko Sanmiya
  14. Eriko Seo
  15. Hiroyasu Shimizu
  16. Keiji Shirahata
  17. Maki Tabata
  18. Toyoki Takeda
  19. Aki Tonoike
  20. Yukari Watanabe

[edit] Kazakhstan

  1. Radik Bikchentayev
  2. Anzhelika Gavrilova
  3. Sergey Ilyushchenko
  4. Vladimir Kostin
  5. Lyudmila Prokasheva
  6. Marina Pupina
  7. Sergey Tsybenko
  8. Nikolay Ulyanin

[edit] Latvia

  1. Ilonda Lūse

[edit] Netherlands

  1. Jan Bos
  2. Renate Groenewold
  3. Bob de Jong
  4. Tonny de Jong
  5. Andrea Nuyt
  6. Ids Postma
  7. Rintje Ritsma
  8. Gianni Romme
  9. Gretha Smit
  10. Annamarie Thomas
  11. Marianne Timmer
  12. Jochem Uytdehaage
  13. Gerard van Velde
  14. Carl Verheijen
  15. Marja Vis
  16. Erben Wennemars
  17. Marieke Wijsman

[edit] Norway

  1. Petter Andersen
  2. Stian Bjørge
  3. Eskil Ervik
  4. Grunde Njøs
  5. Lasse Sætre
  6. Ådne Søndrål
  7. Kjell Storelid

[edit] Poland

  1. Tomasz Świst
  2. Paweł Abratkiewicz
  3. Katarzyna Wójcicka
  4. Paweł Zygmunt

[edit] Romania

  1. Andreea Jakab
  2. Daniela Oltean

[edit] Russia

  1. Varvara Barysheva
  2. Dmitry Dorofeyev
  3. Svetlana Kaykan
  4. Aleksandr Kibalko
  5. Sergey Klevchenya
  6. Yuri Kokhanets
  7. Yevgeni Lalenkov
  8. Dmitry Lobkov
  9. Vadim Sayutin
  10. Dmitry Shepel
  11. Tatyana Trapeznikova
  12. Valentina Yakshina
  13. Svetlana Zhurova

[edit] South Korea

  1. Baek Eun-Bi
  2. Choi Jae-Bong
  3. Choi Seung-Yong
  4. Choi Yun-Suk
  5. Jo Seon-Yeon
  6. Kim Cheol-Su
  7. Lee Kyu-Hyeok
  8. Lee Seung-Hwan
  9. Lee Yong-Ju
  10. Mun Jun
  11. Park Jae-Man
  12. Yeo Sang-Yeop

[edit] Sweden

  1. Johan Röjler

[edit] Ukraine

  1. Andriy Fomin
  2. Olena Myahkikh

[edit] United States

  1. KC Boutiette
  2. Kip Carpenter
  3. Joey Cheek
  4. Ann Driscoll
  5. Casey FitzRandolph
  6. Jason Hedstrand
  7. Elli Ochowicz
  8. Derek Parra
  9. Nick Pearson
  10. Marc Pelchat
  11. Catherine Raney
  12. Jennifer Rodriguez
  13. Amy Sannes
  14. JP Shilling
  15. Becky Sundstrom
  16. Jondon Trevena
  17. Chris Witty

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