Speed ​​skating at the Olympic Games

Speed ​​skating has beenpart of the program of the Winter Olympics since the first Winter Olympics in 1924 . Competitions for women have only existed since the 1960 Winter Games , after they were held as a demonstration in 1932.

There are currently six disciplines each for men and women. The most recent discipline is Team Pursuit , which was added at the 2006 Games .

Competitions

• = official competition , D = held as a demonstration

discipline		24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	94	98	02	06	10	14th	18th	total
Men	500 meters	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	23
	1000 meters												•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12
	1500 meters	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	23
	5000 meters	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	23
	10,000 meters	•	• 1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	22nd
	All-around	•																							1
	Team chase																				•	•	•	•	4th
	Mass start																							•	1
Women	500 meters			D.					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
	1000 meters			D.					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
	1500 meters			D.					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
	3000 meters								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
	5000 meters															•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
	Team chase																				•	•	•	•	4th
	Mass start																							•	1
Total (without D)		5	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	8th	8th	8th	8th	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	14th	187

¹ = At the 1928 Games, the 10,000 meter run was canceled due to bad ice conditions and not counted.

Medal table

rank	country				Total
1	Netherlands	42	40	39	121
2	United States	29	22nd	17th	68
3	Norway	27	29	28	84
4th	Russia (of which Soviet Union ) (of which OA from Russia )	27 (24) (0)	22 (17) (0)	25 (19) (1)	74 (60) (1)
5	Germany (including all German team ) (including GDR ) (including BR Germany )	25 (1) (8) (3)	27 (1) (12) (0)	19 (0) (9) (0)	71 (2) (29) (3)
6th	Canada	9	13	15th	37
7th	Finland	7th	8th	9	24
8th	Sweden	7th	4th	5	16
9	South Korea	5	8th	3	16
10	Japan	4th	7th	10	21st
11	Czech Republic	3	2	2	7th
12	Italy	2	0	2	4th
13	People's Republic of China	1	3	4th	8th
14th	Austria	1	2	3	6th
	Poland	1	2	3	6th
16	North Korea	0	1	0	1
	Belarus	0	1	0	1
18th	Belgium	0	1	1	2
19th	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1

updated after the 2018 Winter Olympics