Speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games

Speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Venue	Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink
Dates	29 January 2007 (2007-01-29) – 1 February 2007 (2007-02-01)
Competitors	71 from 6 nations

Speed skating featured as part of the 2007 Asian Winter Games in the newly constructed Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink in Changchun. Ten medal events were contested, with the men's 10000 metres, a part of the Games since 1986, replaced by 100 metres for both genders. Events were held from 29 January to 1 February.

China won the most gold medals, taking five of the ten on offer, by sweeping the women's events. Wang Fei won two gold medals and one silver medal in the three longest distances, while Wang Beixing two gold medals and a silver medal in the three shortest. Japan won the shortest and the longest distance for men, through Yuya Oikawa and Hiroki Hirako, while Lee Kyou-hyuk and Lee Kang-seok of South Korea won the three middle distances.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	Yuya Oikawa  Japan	Yu Fengtong  China	Lee Kang-seok  South Korea
500 m	Lee Kang-seok  South Korea	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	Yuya Oikawa  Japan
1000 m	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	Mun Jun  South Korea	Choi Jae-bong  South Korea
			Takaharu Nakajima  Japan
1500 m	Lee Kyou-hyuk  South Korea	Gao Xuefeng  China	Mun Jun  South Korea
5000 m	Hiroki Hirako  Japan	Yeo Sang-yeop  South Korea	Dmitriy Babenko  Kazakhstan

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m	Xing Aihua  China	Wang Beixing  China	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea
500 m	Wang Beixing  China	Lee Sang-hwa  South Korea	Zhang Shuang  China
1000 m	Wang Beixing  China	Wang Fei  China	Ren Hui  China
			Kim Yoo-rim  South Korea
1500 m	Wang Fei  China	Lee Ju-yeon  South Korea	Ji Jia  China
3000 m	Wang Fei  China	Masako Hozumi  Japan	Maki Tabata  Japan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	5	4	3	12
2	South Korea	3	5	5	13
3	Japan	2	1	3	6
4	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		10	10	12	32

Participating nations

A total of 71 athletes from 6 nations competed in speed skating at the 2007 Asian Winter Games:

References

• 2007 Winter Asiad sports schedule
• speedskatingresults.com