Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Speed Skating

at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games

Speed skating pictogram

Venue| National Speed Skating Oval
Dates| 5–19 February 2022
No. of events| 14 (7 men, 7 women)

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Speed skating at the
2022 Winter Olympics

Qualification

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500 m| men| women
1000 m| men| women
1500 m| men| women
3000 m| | women
5000 m| men| women
10,000 m| men|
Mass start| men| women
Team pursuit| men| women

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Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon") in Beijing, China between 5 and 19 February 2022. It was the 24th time speed skating was held at the Winter Olympics (17th time for women).

A total of 166 quota spots (83 per gender) were distributed to the sport, a decline of 14 from the 2018 Winter Olympics. For the first time, gender equality was achieved in terms of quotas.[1] A total of 14 events were contested, seven for men and seven for women.[2]

## Qualification

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Main article: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

A total quota of 166 athletes was allowed to compete at the Games (maximum 83 men and 83 women).[3] For the 2018 Winter Olympics the total quota was 180 athletes (maximum 100 men and 80 women).[4] The maximum total number of athletes per gender per nation was 9, compared to 10 in 2018. Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of ISU Speed Skating World Cup competitions. When quota were reached, each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of three athletes per gender for all events apart from the 5000m (women), 10,000m (men) and mass start events, for which they could enter a maximum of two athletes per event.[3]

### Qualification times

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The following qualification times were released on July 1, 2021, and were unchanged from 2018.[5]

Event | Men | Women

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500 metres | 35.70 | 39.50
1000 metres | 1:10.50 | 1:18.00
1500 metres | 1:48.00 | 1:59.50
3000 metres | — | 4:12.00
5000 metres | 6:30.00 | 7:20.00 or 4:08.00 (3000 m)
10,000 metres | 13:30.00 or 6:25.00 (5000 m) | —
Mass start | 1:57.50 (1500 m) | 2:10.00 (1500 m)

## Competition schedule

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The following was the competition schedule for all speed skating events.[6] With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.

All times are local times.

Day | Date | Time | Event

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Day 1 | Saturday, 5 February | 16:30-18:05 | Women's 3000 metres
Day 2 | Sunday, 6 February | 16:30-18:25 | Men's 5000 metres
Day 3 | Monday, 7 February | 16:30-18:05 | Women's 1500 metres
Day 4 | Tuesday, 8 February | 18:30-20:00 | Men's 1500 metres
Day 6 | Thursday, 10 February | 20:00-21:30 | Women's 5000 metres
Day 7 | Friday, 11 February | 16:00-18:05 | Men's 10,000 metres
Day 8 | Saturday, 12 February | 16:00-17:45 | Team pursuit women – Quarterfinals
Men's 500 metres
Day 9 | Sunday, 13 February | 21:00-22:50 | Team pursuit men – Quarterfinals
Women's 500 metres
Day 11 | Tuesday, 15 February | 14:30-17:15 | Team pursuit men – Finals
Team pursuit women – Finals
Day 13 | Thursday, 17 February | 16:30-17:55 | Women's 1000 metres
Day 14 | Friday, 18 February | 16:30-17:50 | Men's 1000 metres
Day 15 | Saturday, 19 February | 15:00-17:35 | Mass start men
Mass start women

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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*   Host nation (China)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Netherlands| 6| 4| 2| 12
2|  Sweden| 2| 0| 0| 2
3|  Canada| 1| 3| 1| 5
Japan| 1| 3| 1| 5
5|  Norway| 1| 0| 2| 3
United States| 1| 0| 2| 3
7|  Belgium| 1| 0| 0| 1
China*| 1| 0| 0| 1
9|  South Korea| 0| 2| 2| 4
10|  Italy| 0| 1| 2| 3
11|  ROC| 0| 1| 1| 2
12|  Czech Republic| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 14| 14| 14| 42

### Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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500 metres
details | Gao Tingyu
China | 34.32 OR | Cha Min-kyu
South Korea | 34.39  | Wataru Morishige
Japan | 34.49
1000 metres
details | Thomas Krol
Netherlands | 1:07.92  | Laurent Dubreuil
Canada | 1:08.32  | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
Norway | 1:08.48
1500 metres
details | Kjeld Nuis
Netherlands | 1:43.21 OR | Thomas Krol
Netherlands | 1:43.55  | Kim Min-seok
South Korea | 1:44.24
5000 metres
details | Nils van der Poel
Sweden | 6:08.84 OR | Patrick Roest
Netherlands | 6:09.31  | Hallgeir Engebråten
Norway | 6:09.88
10,000 metres
details | Nils van der Poel
Sweden | 12:30.74 WR, OR | Patrick Roest
Netherlands | 12:44.59  | Davide Ghiotto
Italy | 12:45.98
Mass start
details | Bart Swings
Belgium | 63 points  | Chung Jae-won
South Korea | 40 points  | Lee Seung-hoon
South Korea | 20 points
Team pursuit
details |  Norway
Hallgeir Engebråten
Peder Kongshaug
Sverre Lunde Pedersen | 3:38.08  |  ROC
Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov | 3:40.46  |  United States
Casey Dawson
Emery Lehman
Joey Mantia
Ethan Cepuran[a] | 3:38.81

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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500 metres
details | Erin Jackson
United States | 37.04  | Miho Takagi
Japan | 37.12  | Angelina Golikova
ROC | 37.21
1000 metres
details | Miho Takagi
Japan | 1:13.19 OR | Jutta Leerdam
Netherlands | 1:13.83  | Brittany Bowe
United States | 1:14.61
1500 metres
details | Ireen Wüst
Netherlands | 1:53.28 OR | Miho Takagi
Japan | 1:53.72  | Antoinette de Jong
Netherlands | 1:54.82
3000 metres
details | Irene Schouten
Netherlands | 3:56.93 OR | Francesca Lollobrigida
Italy | 3:58.06  | Isabelle Weidemann
Canada | 3:58.64
5000 metres
details | Irene Schouten
Netherlands | 6:43.51 OR | Isabelle Weidemann
Canada | 6:48.18  | Martina Sáblíková
Czech Republic | 6:50.09
Mass start
details | Irene Schouten
Netherlands | 60 points  | Ivanie Blondin
Canada | 40 points  | Francesca Lollobrigida
Italy | 20 points
Team pursuit
details |  Canada
Ivanie Blondin
Valérie Maltais
Isabelle Weidemann | 2:53.44 OR |  Japan
Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi | 3:04.47  |  Netherlands
Marijke Groenewoud
Irene Schouten
Ireen Wüst
Antoinette de Jong[a] | 2:56.86

a Skaters who did not participate in the final of the team pursuit event, but received medals as part of the team, having taken part in an earlier round.

## Participating nations

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27 nations sent speed skaters to compete in the speed skating events.

*  Argentina
*  Austria
*  Belarus
*  Belgium
*  Canada
*  China
*  Chinese Taipei
*  Colombia
*  Czech Republic
*  Denmark
*  Estonia
*  Germany
*  Great Britain
*  Italy
*  Japan
*  Kazakhstan
*  Latvia
*  Netherlands
*  New Zealand
*  Norway
*  Poland
*  ROC
*  Romania
*  South Korea
*  Sweden
*  Switzerland
*  United States

## Records

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### Olympic records

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See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Event | Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record | Ref

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Women's 3000 metres | 5 February  | Pair 10  | Irene Schouten |  Netherlands | 3:56.93  | OR | [7]
Men's 5000 metres | 6 February  | Pair 5  | Patrick Roest |  Netherlands | 6:09.31  | OR | [8]
Men's 5000 metres | 6 February  | Pair 10  | Nils van der Poel |  Sweden | 6:08.84  | OR | [9]
Women's 1500 metres | 7 February  | Pair 12  | Ireen Wüst |  Netherlands | 1:53.28  | OR | [10]
Men's 1500 metres | 8 February  | Pair 11  | Kjeld Nuis |  Netherlands | 1:43.21  | OR | [11]
Women's 5000 metres | 10 February  | Pair 6  | Irene Schouten |  Netherlands | 6:43.51  | OR | [12]
Men's 10,000 metres | 11 February  | Pair 5  | Nils van der Poel |  Sweden | 12:30.74  | WR, OR | [13]
Men's 500 metres | 12 February  | Pair 7  | Gao Tingyu |  China | 34.32  | OR | [14]
Women's team pursuit | 12 February  | Quarterfinal 1  | Ayano Sato
Miho Takagi
Nana Takagi |  Japan | 2:53.61  | OR | [15]
Men's team pursuit | 15 February  | Semifinal 2  | Daniil Aldoshkin
Sergey Trofimov
Ruslan Zakharov |  ROC | 3:36.62  | OR | [16]
Women's team pursuit | 15 February  | Final A  | Ivanie Blondin
Valérie Maltais
Isabelle Weidemann |  Canada | 2:53.44  | OR | [17]
Women's 1000 metres | 17 February  | Pair 13  | Miho Takagi |  Japan | 1:13.19  | OR | [18]

## Controversy

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In the men's 500 metres event, a false start was called in the last two heats, one of which included current World Cup champion Laurent Dubreuil. This was questioned by 1992 Winter Olympics Champion Bart Veldkamp.[19]

## References

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1. ^ "Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
2. ^ "Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022" (PDF). www.olympic.org/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
3. ^ a b "Beijing 2022 qualification system speed skating" (PDF). nocnsf.nl. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
4. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018". International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
5. ^ "Communication No. 2405 Qualifying competitions and qualifying times for Speed Skating events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
6. ^ "Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 9" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2021.
7. ^ "Speed Skating – Women's 3000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
8. ^ "Speed Skating – Men's 5000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
9. ^ "Speed Skating – Men's 5000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
10. ^ "Speed Skating – Women's 1500m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
11. ^ "Speed Skating – Men's 1500m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
12. ^ "Speed Skating – Women's 5000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
13. ^ "Speed Skating – Men's 10000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
14. ^ "Speed Skating – Men's 500m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
15. ^ "Speed Skating – Women's Team Pursuit – Quarterfinals – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
16. ^ "Speed Skating – Men's Team Pursuit – Semifinals – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
17. ^ "Speed Skating – Women's Team Pursuit – Finals – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
18. ^ "Speed Skating – Women's 1000m – Results" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
19. ^ "Jury veroorzaakt ophef met "valse start" voor Canadese topfavoriet: "Heel verdacht"" [Jury causes controversy with "false start" for Canadian top favorite: "Very suspicious"]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

## External links

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* Official Results Book – Speed skating

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