Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics, was held from 5 to 14 February. Nine events were contested at Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.[1] This was the first Olympics which included the men's 1000 metres, and the first change to the men's program at the Olympics since the elimination of the all-round event in 1928.[2]

Speed skating
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
Dates5–14 February
No. of events9
Competitors111 from 19 nations

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)4239
2 United States (USA)2226
3 Norway (NOR)2215
4 Netherlands (NED)1135
5 Canada (CAN)0101
 East Germany (GDR)0101
Totals (6 nations)99927

The Soviet Union led the medal table, with four gold and nine overall. The silver medal for East Germany's Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich was the country's first in speed skating.

Tatyana Averina led the individual medal table, winning a medal in all four women's events, two gold and two bronze. Sheila Young won three medals one of each value on the three shortest distances for women,. The most successful male skaters were Norway's Sten Stensen and the Netherlands' Piet Kleine, who both won one gold and one silver medal, splitting the long distance events. The dutch speed skater Hans van Helden von the bronze-medals on all the three longest distances for men. The Soviet Union speed skater Valery Muratov also got a multiple set of medals with a silver medal in the 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the 1000 metres event.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Yevgeny Kulikov
 Soviet Union
39.17
(OR)
Valery Muratov
 Soviet Union
39.25 Dan Immerfall
 United States
39.54
1000 metres
Peter Mueller
 United States
1:19.32
(OR)
Jørn Didriksen
 Norway
1:20.45 Valery Muratov
 Soviet Union
1:20.57
1500 metres
Jan Egil Storholt
 Norway
1:59.38
(OR)
Yury Kondakov
 Soviet Union
1:59.97 Hans van Helden
 Netherlands
2:00.87
5000 metres
Sten Stensen
 Norway
7:24.48 Piet Kleine
 Netherlands
7:26.47 Hans van Helden
 Netherlands
7:26.54
10,000 metres
Piet Kleine
 Netherlands
14:50.59
(OR)
Sten Stensen
 Norway
14:53.30 Hans van Helden
 Netherlands
15:02.02

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Sheila Young
 United States
42.76
(OR)
Cathy Priestner
 Canada
43.12 Tatyana Averina
 Soviet Union
43.17
1000 metres
Tatyana Averina
 Soviet Union
1:28.43
(OR)
Leah Poulos
 United States
1:28.57 Sheila Young
 United States
1:29.14
1500 metres
Galina Stepanskaya
 Soviet Union
2:16.58
(OR)
Sheila Young
 United States
2:17.06 Tatyana Averina
 Soviet Union
2:17.96
3000 metres
Tatyana Averina
 Soviet Union
4:45.19
(OR)
Andrea Mitscherlich
 East Germany
4:45.23 Lisbeth Korsmo
 Norway
4:45.24

Records

Eight out of the nine events, including the debuting men's 1000 metres, had new Olympic records set, with only the men's 5000 metres record remaining unbroken.[3][4]

EventDateTeamTimeORWR
Men's 500 metres10 February Yevgeny Kulikov (URS)39.17OR
Men's 1000 metres12 February Peter Mueller (USA)1:19.32OR
Men's 1500 metres13 February Jan Egil Storholt (NOR)1:59.38OR
Men's 10000 metres14 February Piet Kleine (NED)14:50.59OR
Women's 500 metres6 February Sheila Young (USA)42.76OR
Women's 1000 metres7 February Tatyana Averina (URS)1:28.43OR
Women's 1500 metres5 February Galina Stepanskaya (URS)2:16.58OR
Women's 3000 metres8 February Tatyana Averina (URS)4:45.19OR

Participating NOCs

Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Innsbruck.

References

  1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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