List of Olympic medalists in speed skating
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway ( NOR ) 8 7 8 23
2 Netherlands ( NED ) 4 8 4 16
3 Soviet Union ( URS ) 4 2 2 8
4 United States ( USA ) 3 3 1 7
5 Finland ( FIN ) 2 2 4
6 Canada ( CAN ) 1 1 2 4
7 East Germany ( GDR ) 1 1
7 Italy ( ITA ) 1 1
7 Poland ( POL ) 1 1
10 Sweden ( SWE ) 1 1 2
11 Austria ( AUT ) 1 1
11 South Korea ( KOR ) 1 1
Men -- 1500 metres
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1924 Chamonixdetails Clas Thunberg Finland Roald Larsen Norway Sigurd Moen Norway 1928 St. Moritzdetails Clas Thunberg Finland Bernt Evensen Norway Ivar Ballangrud Norway 1932 Lake Placiddetails Jack Shea United States Alexander Hurd Canada Willy Logan Canada 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchendetails Charles Mathiesen Norway Ivar Ballangrud Norway Birger Wasenius Finland 1948 St. Moritzdetails Sverre Farstad Norway Åke Seyffarth Sweden Odd Lundberg Norway 1952 Oslodetails Hjalmar Andersen Norway Wim van der Voort Netherlands Roald Aas Norway 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzodetails Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union None awarded Toivo Salonen Finland Yuri Mikhaylov Soviet Union 1960 Squaw Valleydetails Roald Aas Norway None awarded Boris Stenin Soviet Union Yevgeny Grishin Soviet Union 1964 Innsbruckdetails Ants Antson Soviet Union Kees Verkerk Netherlands Villy Haugen Norway 1968 Grenobledetails Kees Verkerk Netherlands Ivar Eriksen Norway None awarded Ard Schenk Netherlands 1972 Sapporodetails Ard Schenk Netherlands Roar Grønvold Norway Göran Claeson Sweden 1976 Innsbruckdetails Jan Egil Storholt Norway Yuri Kondakov Soviet Union Hans van Helden Netherlands 1980 Lake Placiddetails Eric Heiden United States Kay Arne Stenshjemmet Norway Terje Andersen Norway 1984 Sarajevodetails Gaétan Boucher Canada Sergey Khlebnikov Soviet Union Oleg Bozhev Soviet Union 1988 Calgarydetails André Hoffmann East Germany Eric Flaim United States Michael Hadschieff Austria 1992 Albertvilledetails Johann Olav Koss Norway Ådne Søndrål Norway Leo Visser Netherlands 1994 Lillehammerdetails Johann Olav Koss Norway Rintje Ritsma Netherlands Falko Zandstra Netherlands 1998 Naganodetails Ådne Søndrål Norway Ids Postma Netherlands Rintje Ritsma Netherlands 2002 Salt Lake Citydetails Derek Parra United States Jochem Uytdehaage Netherlands Ådne Søndrål Norway 2006 Turindetails Enrico Fabris Italy Shani Davis United States Chad Hedrick United States 2010 Vancouverdetails Mark Tuitert Netherlands Shani Davis United States Håvard Bøkko Norway 2014 Sochidetails Zbigniew Bródka Poland Koen Verweij Netherlands Denny Morrison Canada 2018 PyeongChangdetails Kjeld Nuis Netherlands Patrick Roest Netherlands Kim Min-seok South Korea Medals :
Speed skating is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games in 1924. Events held at the first Winter Olympics included the men's 500-metre, 1500-metre, 5000-metre, and 10,000-metre races. Points from the four races were combined and counted towards the all-round event, which was dropped following the 1924 Olympics. Speed skating events for women were first held at the 1932 Winter Olympics, as part of the demonstration program. The organizing committee of those Games advocated for the full inclusion of the womens events, but the IOC rejected that. The first official women's events were held in 1960 in the 500-metre, 1000-metre, 1500-metre, and 3000-metre distances. The men's 1000-metre event was added in 1976 and the women's 5000-metre event was added in 1988. All 10 events have been held at every Olympic Games since, and a team pursuit event for both genders was added in 2006, for a total of 12 medal events. Dutch skater Ireen Wüst has won eleven medals - five gold, five silver, and one bronze - more than any other speed skater at the Olympics. Lidiya Skoblikova, who represented the Soviet Union, is one of two female Winter Olympians to win six gold medals (cross-country skier Lyubov Yegorova is the other). At the 1924 Winter Olympics, Finn Clas Thunberg became the first athlete to win two or more gold medals; in 1928, he became the first speed skater to successfully defend an Olympic title. At the 1964 Games, Skoblikova won four gold medals and became the first athlete to win a gold in every available event.