Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia, between 8 and 22 February 2014.[1]

Speed skating
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAdler Arena, Sochi, Russia
Dates8–22 February 2014
No. of events12
Competitors179 from 23 nations

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all twelve events.[1] With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
8 February15:30Men's 5000 metres
9 February15:30Women's 3000 metres
10 February17:00Men's 500 metres
11 February16:45Women's 500 metres
12 February18:00Men's 1000 metres
13 February18:00Women's 1000 metres
15 February17:30Men's 1500 metres
16 February18:00Women's 1500 metres
18 February17:00Men's 10000 metres
19 February17:30Women's 5000 metres
21 February17:30Team pursuit men – qualification
Team pursuit women – qualification
22 February17:30Team pursuit men – Finals
Team pursuit women – Finals

Medal summary

Netherlands dominated in speed skating, winning a total of 23 medals including eight out of the twelve gold medals and medals in all events.[2] There were four Dutch podium sweeps where the Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medal, making the Netherlands the first country in Olympic speed skating history to achieve this. The events were the: Men's 5000m, Men's 500m, Women's 1500m and Men's 10000m. In the women's 1,500 metres, Dutch athletes placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; the first such result in Olympic speed skating history by athletes from a single nation.

On 24 November 2017 the silver medal of Olga Fatkulina was disqualified as part of the Russian team doping case. On 1 February 2018, Olga Fatkulina successfully appealed against IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. As a result, her silver medal was reinstated.

(WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record)

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Russia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)87823
2 Poland (POL)1113
3 Czech Republic (CZE)1102
 South Korea (KOR)1102
5 China (CHN)1001
6 Russia (RUS)*0123
7 Canada (CAN)0112
Totals (7 nations)12121236

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Michel Mulder
 Netherlands
69.31 Jan Smeekens
 Netherlands
69.32 Ronald Mulder
 Netherlands
69.46
1000 metres
Stefan Groothuis
 Netherlands
1:08.39 Denny Morrison
 Canada
1:08.43 Michel Mulder
 Netherlands
1:08.74
1500 metres
Zbigniew Bródka
 Poland
1:45.006 Koen Verweij
 Netherlands
1:45.009 Denny Morrison
 Canada
1:45.22
5000 metres
Sven Kramer
 Netherlands
6:10.76
OR
Jan Blokhuijsen
 Netherlands
6:15.71 Jorrit Bergsma
 Netherlands
6:16.66
10,000 metres
Jorrit Bergsma
 Netherlands
12:44.45
OR
Sven Kramer
 Netherlands
12:49.02 Bob de Jong
 Netherlands
13:07.19
Team pursuit
 Netherlands (NED)
Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Koen Verweij
3:37.71
OR
 South Korea (KOR)
Joo Hyong-jun
Kim Cheol-min
Lee Seung-hoon
3:40.85  Poland (POL)
Zbigniew Bródka
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Jan Szymański
3:41.94

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
[a]
Lee Sang-hwa
 South Korea
74.70
OR
Olga Fatkulina
 Russia
75.06 Margot Boer
 Netherlands
75.48
1000 metres
Zhang Hong
 China
1:14.02 Ireen Wüst
 Netherlands
1:14.69 Margot Boer
 Netherlands
1:14.90
1500 metres
Jorien ter Mors
 Netherlands
1:53.51
OR
Ireen Wüst
 Netherlands
1:54.09 Lotte van Beek
 Netherlands
1:54.54
3000 metres
Ireen Wüst
 Netherlands
4:00.34 Martina Sáblíková
 Czech Republic
4:01.95 Olga Graf
 Russia
4:03.47
5000 metres
Martina Sáblíková
 Czech Republic
6:51.54 Ireen Wüst
 Netherlands
6:54.28 Carien Kleibeuker
 Netherlands
6:55.66
Team pursuit
 Netherlands (NED)
Jorien ter Mors
Marrit Leenstra
Lotte van Beek
Ireen Wüst
2:58.05
OR
 Poland (POL)
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś
Natalia Czerwonka
Luiza Złotkowska
Katarzyna Woźniak
3:05.55  Russia (RUS)
Olga Graf
Yekaterina Lobysheva
Yekaterina Shikhova
Yuliya Skokova
2:59.73
  • women's 500 m On 24 November 2017, silver medalist from Russia Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping violation.[3] On 1 February 2018, her results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[4]

Olympic records broken

EventDateRoundNameCountryTimeRecordRef
Men's 5000 metres8 FebruaryPair 10Sven Kramer Netherlands6:10.76OR[5]
Women's 500 metres11 FebruaryRace 2 Pair 17Lee Sang-hwa South Korea37.28OR[6]
11 FebruaryRace 1 Pair 18
Race 2 Pair 17
Lee Sang-hwa South Korea74.70OR[6]
Women's 1500 metres16 FebruaryPair 9Jorien ter Mors Netherlands1:53.51OR[7]
Men's 10000 metres18 FebruaryPair 6Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands12:44.45OR[8]

Other records

  • A total of four podium sweeps were recorded in speed skating, where one nation won the gold, silver and bronze medals in a single event. This was the highest number of podium sweeps to have occurred in speed skating in Olympic history. Every one of these four podium sweeps was won by the Netherlands team.[9]
DateEventNOCGoldSilverBronzeRef
8 FebruaryMen's 5000m NetherlandsSven KramerJan BlokhuijsenJorrit Bergsma[10]
10 FebruaryMen's 500m NetherlandsMichel MulderJan SmeekensRonald Mulder[11]
16 FebruaryWomen's 1500m NetherlandsJorien ter MorsIreen WüstLotte van Beek[12]
18 FebruaryMen's 10000m NetherlandsJorrit BergsmaSven KramerBob de Jong[13]

Qualification

Each NOC was allowed to delegate a maximal number of ten men and ten women speed skaters who reached the qualification criteria. A proposal of the Dutch skating association (KNSB) to add an extra athlete, especially for the team pursuit event, was rejected at the congress of the international federation ISU in Kuala Lumpur in June 2012.[14]

Qualification times

The qualification times were released in July 2013. The women's times stayed the same from Vancouver except for a more stringent standard in the 3000 m, while the men's qualification times have all slightly decreased.[15]

EventMenWomen
500 m35.9039.50
1000 m1:10.801:18.50
1500 m1:48.502:00.00
3000 mN/A4:15.00
5000 m6:33.007:20.00 or 4:10.00 (3000 m)
10000 m13:30.00 or 6:28.00 (5000 m)N/A

Participating nations

A total of 181 athletes from 23 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Chinese Taipei made its debut in the sport.

References

  1. "Speed Skating Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. "Official Results Book Speed Skating 8 to 22 February" (PDF). 1.0. Sochi: Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 23 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-russian-athletes-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings-2017-11-24
  4. "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. "Speed Skating – Men's 5000 m results". Sochi 2014. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  6. Brian Stubits (11 February 2014). "Lee Sang-hwa sets Olympic records to win second straight 500m gold". CBS Sports.com. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  7. "Speed Skating – Women's 1500 m results". Sochi 2014. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  8. "Speed Skating - Men's 10000 m results". Sochi 2014. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  9. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/sochi-needs-one-more-podium-sweep-to-tie-a-winter-games-record-165353295.html Yahoo Sports, Sochi needs one more podium sweep to tie a Winter Games record. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  10. http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-5000-m Sochi 2014, Speed skating: Men's 5000m. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  11. http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-500-m-race-2-of-2 Sochi 2014, Speed skating: Men's 500m. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  12. http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-ladies-1500-m Sochi 2014, Speed skating: Ladies' 1500m. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  13. http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-10000-m Sochi 2014, Speed skating: Men's 10000m. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  14. "Qualification System for XXII Winter Olympics Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). www.isu.org. International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  15. "Qualification Competition and Qualifying Times for Speed Skating Events at the 2014 Winter Olympics" (PDF). www.isu.org. International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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