Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	L'anneau de vitesse
Dates	February 9-20
Competitors	154 from 23 nations

For the short track speed skating events, see Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, was held from 9 February to 20 February. Ten events were contested at L'anneau de vitesse.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	5	3	3	11
2	Norway (NOR)	2	2	1	5
3	United States (USA)	2	0	0	2
4	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	2	4
5	China (CHN)	0	2	0	2
6	Japan (JPN)	0	1	3	4
7	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
8	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Total	10	10	10	30

Germany, in its first Olympics since reunification, topped the medal table with five gold medals, and eleven total medals. All the medals were won by athletes from the former East Germany. Germany's Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann led the individual medal table with two golds and a silver, and Norway's Johan Olav Koss was the most successful male skater, with one gold and one silver.

South Korea's Kim Yoon-Man and China's Ye Qiaobo became the first ever medalists for their countries at the Winter Olympics.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Uwe-Jens Mey Germany (GER)	37.14	Toshiyuki Kuroiwa Japan (JPN)	37.18	Junichi Inoue Japan (JPN)	37.26
1000 metres	Olaf Zinke Germany (GER)	1:14.85	Kim Yun-Man South Korea (KOR)	1:14.86	Yukinori Miyabe Japan (JPN)	1:14.92
1500 metres	Johann Olav Koss Norway (NOR)	1:54.81	Ådne Søndrål Norway (NOR)	1:54.85	Leo Visser Netherlands (NED)	1:54.90
5000 metres	Geir Karlstad Norway (NOR)	6:59.97	Falko Zandstra Netherlands (NED)	7:02.28	Leo Visser Netherlands (NED)	7:04.96
10000 metres	Bart Veldkamp Netherlands (NED)	14:12.12	Johann Olav Koss Norway (NOR)	14:14.58	Geir Karlstad Norway (NOR)	14:18.13

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Bonnie Blair United States (USA)	40.33	Ye Qiaobo China (CHN)	40.51	Christa Luding-Rothenburger Germany (GER)	40.57
1000 metres	Bonnie Blair United States (USA)	1:21.90	Ye Qiaobo China (CHN)	1:21.92	Monique Garbrecht Germany (GER)	1:22.10
1500 metres	Jacqueline Börner Germany (GER)	2:05.87	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany (GER)	2:05.92	Seiko Hashimoto Japan (JPN)	2:06.88
3000 metres	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany (GER)	4:19.90	Heike Warnicke Germany (GER)	4:22.88	Emese Hunyady Austria (AUT)	4:24.64
5000 metres	Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany (GER)	7:31.57	Heike Warnicke Germany (GER)	7:37.59	Claudia Pechstein Germany (GER)	7:39.80

Records

There were no Olympic or World records set at the 1992 Games, as the outdoor rink in Albertville was not conducive to fast times.^[2][3]

Participating NOCs

Twenty-three nations competed in the speed skating events at Albertville. The Unified Team made its only Olympic appearance.

References

Sports-Reference 1992 Olympics - Speed Skating

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