Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held from 9 to 18 February. Nine events were contested at Zetra Ice Rink.[1][2]

Speed skating
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueZetra Ice Rink
Dates9–18 February 1984
No. of events9
Competitors139 from 24 nations
Speed skating at the
1984 Winter Olympics
500 mmenwomen
1000 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen

Medal summary

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)44311
2 Soviet Union (URS)2349
3 Canada (CAN)2013
4 Sweden (SWE)1102
5 Japan (JPN)0101
6 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (6 nations)99927

East Germany topped the medal table with four gold medals, and eleven total, including a complete sweep of gold and silver medals in the four women's events.

This was only the second Games in which the United States did not win a speed skating medal, and as of 2018, the only time since 1960 the Netherlands did not win a medal in the sport. Japan's Yoshihiro Kitazawa won his country's first Olympic medal in speed skating.

East Germany's Karin Enke led the individual medal table, winning a medal in each of the women's events, finishing with two golds and two silvers. Canada's Gaétan Boucher was the most successful male skater, with two gold medals and a bronze.

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Sergey Fokichev
 Soviet Union		38.19 Yoshihiro Kitazawa
 Japan		38.30 Gaétan Boucher
 Canada		38.39
1000 metres
Gaétan Boucher
 Canada		1:15.80 Sergey Khlebnikov
 Soviet Union		1:16.63 Kai Arne Engelstad
 Norway		1:16.75
1500 metres
Gaétan Boucher
 Canada		1:58.36 Sergey Khlebnikov
 Soviet Union		1:58.83 Oleg Bozhev
 Soviet Union		1:58.89
5000 metres
Tomas Gustafson
 Sweden		7:12.28 Igor Malkov
 Soviet Union		7:12.30 René Schöfisch
 East Germany		7:17.49
10,000 metres
Igor Malkov
 Soviet Union		14:39.90 Tomas Gustafson
 Sweden		14:39.95 René Schöfisch
 East Germany		14:46.91

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Christa Rothenburger
 East Germany		41.02
(OR)		 Karin Enke
 East Germany		41.28 Natalya Glebova
 Soviet Union		41.50
1000 metres
Karin Enke
 East Germany		1:21.61
(OR)		 Andrea Schöne
 East Germany		1:22.83 Nataliya Petrusyova
 Soviet Union		1:23.21
1500 metres
Karin Enke
 East Germany		2:03.42 WR Andrea Schöne
 East Germany		2:05.29 Nataliya Petrusyova
 Soviet Union		2:05.78
3000 metres
Andrea Schöne
 East Germany		4:24.79
(OR)		 Karin Enke
 East Germany		4:26.33 Gabi Zange
 East Germany		4:33.13

Records

No men's records were broken in Sarajevo, but all four women's Olympic records were bettered, and there was one world record set as well.[3][4]

EventDateTeamTimeORWR
Women's 500 metres10 February Christa Rothenburger (GDR)41.02OR
Women's 1000 metres13 February Karin Enke (GDR)1:21.61OR
Women's 1500 metres9 February Karin Enke (GDR)2:03.42ORWR
Women's 3000 metres15 February Andrea Schone (GDR)4:24.79OR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-four nations competed in the speed skating events at Sarajevo. The British Virgin Islands and Yugoslavia made their debuts in the sport.

References
  1. "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. "Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 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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