List of Olympic champions in speed skating

The list of Olympic champions in speed skating lists all winners as well as the second and third places of the speed skating competitions at the Olympic Winter Games , broken down by men and women and the individual competitions. In the further part, all Olympic medalists who have won at least one gold medal are listed separately for men and women. The individual nation ratings conclude.
Competitions
Men
Since the Olympic Winter Games in Turin , the men's speed skating competitions have included the following six disciplines:
- 500 meter distance since the 1924 Games with 22 competitions.
- 1000 meter distance since the 1976 Games with 11 competitions.
- 1500 meter distance since the 1924 Games with 22 competitions.
- 5000 meter distance since the 1924 Games with 22 competitions.
- 10,000 meter distance since the 1924 Games with 21 competitions.
- Team pursuit since 2006 games with 3 competitions.
- Mass start since the 2018 games with 1 competition.
- All-around competition only at the 1924 Games.
A total of 103 gold medals have been awarded in speed skating at the Winter Olympics.
500 meters
1000 meters
1500 meters
5000 meters
10,000 meters
Mass start
Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
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Team chase
Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
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2006 |
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2010 |
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2014 |
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2018 |
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All-around
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Women
Since the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, women's speed skating competitions have included the following six disciplines:
- 500 meters distance since the 1960 games with 15 competitions.
- 1000 meters distance since the games of 1960 with 15 competitions.
- 1500 meters distance since the 1960 games with 15 competitions.
- 3000 meters distance since the games of 1960 with 15 competitions.
- 5000 meters distance since the 1988 Games with 8 competitions.
- Team pursuit since 2006 games with 3 competitions.
- Mass start since the 2018 games with 1 competition.
A total of 72 gold medals have been awarded in speed skating at the Winter Olympics.
- (A demonstration competition was held over distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters at the 1932 Games . No medals were awarded in the demonstration competitions.)
500 meters
1000 meters
1500 meters
3000 meters
5000 meters
Mass start
Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
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2018 |
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Team chase
Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
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2006 |
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2010 |
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2014 |
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2018 |
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Medalist
As of February 25, 2018
- Placement: order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
- Name: name of the athlete.
- Country: The country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
- By: The year the athlete won the first medal.
- Until: The year in which the athlete won the last medal.
- Gold: Number of gold medals won.
- Silver: Number of silver medals won.
- Bronze: Number of bronze medals won.
- Total: Number of all medals won.
Top 10
space | Surname | country | from | to | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1. | Lidija Skoblikova |
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1960 | 1964 | 6th | - | - | 6th |
2. | Ireen Wüst |
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2006 | 2018 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
3. | Claudia Pechstein |
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1992 | 2006 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
4th | Clas Thunberg |
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1924 | 1928 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7th |
5. | Bonnie Blair |
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1988 | 1994 | 5 | - | 1 | 6th |
6th | Eric Heiden |
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1980 | 1980 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
7th | Sven Kramer |
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2006 | 2018 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 9 |
8th. | Ivar Ballangrud |
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1928 | 1936 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 7th |
9. | Yevgeny Grishin |
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1956 | 1964 | 4th | 1 | - | 5 |
9. | Johann Olav Koss |
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1992 | 1994 | 4th | 1 | - | 5 |
Men
space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1. | Clas Thunberg |
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1924 | 1928 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7th |
2. | Eric Heiden |
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1980 | 1980 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
3. | Sven Kramer |
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2006 | 2018 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 9 |
4th | Ivar Ballangrud |
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1928 | 1936 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 7th |
5. | Yevgeny Grishin |
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1956 | 1964 | 4th | 1 | - | 5 |
5. | Johann Olav Koss |
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1992 | 1994 | 4th | 1 | - | 5 |
7th | Tomas Gustafson |
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1984 | 1988 | 3 | 1 | - | 4th |
7th | Ard Schenk |
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1968 | 1972 | 3 | 1 | - | 4th |
9. | Hjalmar Andersen |
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1952 | 1952 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
10. | Lee Seung-hoon |
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2010 | 2018 | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
11. | Knut Johannesen |
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1956 | 1964 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
12. | Shani Davis |
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2006 | 2010 | 2 | 2 | - | 4th |
13. | Gaétan Boucher |
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1980 | 1984 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
14th | Uwe-Jens Mey |
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1988 | 1992 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
14th | Gianni Rummy |
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1998 | 2002 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
14th | Jochem Uytdehaage |
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2002 | 2002 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
17th | Enrico Fabris |
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2006 | 2006 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
18th | Irving Jaffee |
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1932 | 1932 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
18th | Erhard Keller |
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1968 | 1972 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
18th | Kjeld Nuis |
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2018 | 2018 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
18th | Jack Shea |
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1932 | 1932 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
22nd | Cornelis Verkerk |
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1964 | 1972 | 1 | 3 | - | 4th |
23. | Chad Hedrick |
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2006 | 2010 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
24. | Bernt Evensen |
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1928 | 1932 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
24. | Fred Anton Maier |
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1964 | 1968 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
24. | Denny Morrison |
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2006 | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
24. | Julius Skutnabb |
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1924 | 1928 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
28. | Piet Kleine |
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1976 | 1980 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
29 | Jan Blokhuijsen |
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2010 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
29 | Bob de Jong |
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1998 | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
29 | Sten Stensen |
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1972 | 1976 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
29 | Koen Verweij |
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2014 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
33. | Jorrit Bergsma |
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2014 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
33. | Joey Cheek |
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2002 | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
33. | Hiroyasu Shimizu |
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1998 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
33. | Ådne Søndrål |
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1992 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
37. | Ted-Jan Bloemen |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Sigvard Ericsson |
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1956 | 1956 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Viktor Kosichkin |
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960 | 1960 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Yevgeny Kulikov |
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1976 | 1980 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Igor Malkov |
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1984 | 1984 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Richard McDermott |
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1964 | 1968 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Mo Tae-bum |
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2010 | 2010 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Derek Parra |
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2002 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Ids Postma |
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1998 | 1998 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
37. | Åke Seyffarth |
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1948 | 1948 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
48. | Mark Tuitert |
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2006 | 2010 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
48. | Bart Veldkamp |
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1992 | 1998 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
50. | Roald Carrion |
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1952 | 1960 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
50. | Zbigniew Bródka |
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2014 | 2014 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
50. | Håvard Bøkko |
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2010 | 2018 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
50. | Geir Karlstad |
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1992 | 1992 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
50. | Michel Mulder |
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2014 | 2014 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
50. | Sverre Lunde Pedersen |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
56. | Matteo Anesi |
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2006 | 2006 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Ants Antson |
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1964 | 1964 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Stefano Donagrandi |
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2006 | 2006 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Sverre Farstad |
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1948 | 1948 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Casey Fitz Randolph |
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2002 | 2002 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Sergei Fokichev |
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1984 | 1984 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Mathieu Giroux |
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2010 | 2010 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Alexander Golubev |
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1994 | 1994 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Stefan Groothuis |
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2014 | 2014 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Nikolai Gulyayev |
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1988 | 1988 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Finn Helgesen |
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1948 | 1948 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Sindre Henriksen |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Kenneth Henry |
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1952 | 1952 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | André Hoffmann |
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1988 | 1988 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Johnny Höglin |
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1968 | 1968 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Dan Jansen |
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1994 | 1994 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Charles Jewtraw |
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1924 | 1924 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Reidar Liaklev |
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1948 | 1948 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Lucas Makowsky |
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2010 | 2010 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Charles Mathiesen |
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1936 | 1936 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Yuri Mikhailov |
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1956 | 1956 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Peter Mueller |
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1976 | 1976 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Simen player Nilsen |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Jonny Nilsson |
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1964 | 1964 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Ippolito Sanfratello |
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2006 | 2006 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Boris Shilkov |
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1956 | 1956 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Jan Egil Storholt |
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1976 | 1976 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Gerard van Velde |
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2002 | 2002 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
56. | Olaf Zinke |
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1992 | 1992 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Women
space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1. | Lidija Skoblikova |
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1960 | 1964 | 6th | - | - | 6th |
2. | Ireen Wüst |
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2006 | 2018 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
3. | Claudia Pechstein |
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1992 | 2006 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
4th | Bonnie Blair |
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1988 | 1994 | 5 | - | 1 | 6th |
5. | Karin Enke |
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1980 | 1988 | 3 | 4th | 1 | 8th |
5. | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann |
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1992 | 1998 | 3 | 4th | 1 | 8th |
7th | Martina Sáblíková |
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2010 | 2018 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6th |
8th. | Anni Friesinger |
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1998 | 2010 | 3 | - | 2 | 5 |
9. | Jorien ter Mors |
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2014 | 2018 | 3 | - | 1 | 4th |
10. | Yvonne van Gennip |
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1988 | 1988 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
10. | Marianne Timmer |
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1998 | 2006 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
12. | Christa Luding-Rothenburger |
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1984 | 1992 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
13. | Lee Sang-hwa |
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2010 | 2018 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
14th | Tatiana Awerina |
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1976 | 1976 | 2 | - | 2 | 4th |
15th | Catriona LeMay Doan |
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1988 | 1994 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
16. | Daniela Anschütz-Thoms |
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2006 | 2010 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
16. | Nana Takagi |
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2018 | 2018 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
18th | Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich |
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1976 | 1988 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7th |
19th | Cindy classes |
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2002 | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
20th | Dianne Holum |
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1968 | 1972 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
20th | Clara Hughes |
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2002 | 2010 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
20th | Kaija Mustonen |
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1964 | 1968 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
20th | Sabine Völker |
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2002 | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
24. | Stephanie Beckert |
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2010 | 2010 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
24. | Nao Kodaira |
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2010 | 2018 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
26th | Christina Baas-Kaiser |
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1968 | 1972 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
27. | Emese Hunyady |
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1992 | 1994 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
27. | Miho Takagi |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
27. | Lyudmila Titova |
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1968 | 1972 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
27. | Lotte van Beek |
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2014 | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
27. | Chris Witty |
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1998 | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
27. | Sheila Young |
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1976 | 1976 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
33. | Carolina Geijssen |
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1968 | 1968 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
33. | Helga Haase |
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1960 | 1960 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
33. | Christine Nesbitt |
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2006 | 2010 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
36. | Natalia Petrusjowa |
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1980 | 1984 | 1 | - | 3 | 4th |
37. | Anne Henning |
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1972 | 1972 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
37. | Marrit Leenstra |
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2014 | 2018 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
39. | Carlijn eight-eects |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Svetlana Bashanova |
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1994 | 1994 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Annie Borckink |
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1980 | 1980 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Jacqueline Borner |
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1992 | 1992 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Klara Gussewa |
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1960 | 1960 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Bjørg Eva Jensen |
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1980 | 1980 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Ayaka Kikuchi |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Lucille Opitz |
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2006 | 2006 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Katrin Mattscherodt |
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2010 | 2010 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Monika Pflug |
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1972 | 1972 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Ayano Sato |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Svetlana Schurowa |
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2006 | 2006 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Johanna Schut |
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1968 | 1968 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Galina Stepanskaya |
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1976 | 1976 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Esmee Visser |
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2018 | 2018 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
39. | Zhang Hong |
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2014 | 2014 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Nations ratings
As of February 25, 2018
total
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1. |
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42 | 40 | 39 | 121 |
2. |
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29 | 22nd | 17th | 68 |
3. |
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27 | 29 | 28 | 84 |
4th |
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25 (9) (3) |
28 (13) (0) |
19 (9) (0) |
72 (31) (3) |
5. |
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24 | 17th | 19th | 60 |
6th |
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9 | 13 | 15th | 37 |
7th |
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7th | 8th | 9 | 24 |
8th. |
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7th | 4th | 5 | 16 |
9. |
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5 | 8th | 3 | 16 |
10. |
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4th | 7th | 10 | 21st |
11. |
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3 (-) |
5 (-) |
6 (1) |
14 (1) |
12. |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 7th |
13. |
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2 | - | 2 | 4th |
14th |
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1 | 3 | 4th | 8th |
15th |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
15th |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
17th |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
17th |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
19th |
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
20th |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Men
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1. |
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26th | 29 | 27 | 82 |
2. |
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22nd | 26th | 26th | 74 |
3. |
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20th | 13 | 7th | 40 |
4th |
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12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
5. |
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7th | 4th | 5 | 16 |
6th |
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6th | 6th | 7th | 19th |
7th |
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6 (2) (2) |
1 (1) (0) |
3 (2) (0) |
10 (5) (2) |
8th. |
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4th | 6th | 8th | 18th |
9. |
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3 | 6th | 2 | 11 |
10. |
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2 | - | 2 | 4th |
11. |
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1 | 4th | 6th | 11 |
12. |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 6th |
13. |
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1 | - | 1 | 2 |
14th |
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- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
15th |
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16. |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
17th |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Women
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1. |
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19 (7) (1) |
27 (12) (0) |
16 (7) (0) |
64 (26) (1) |
2. |
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19th | 13 | 13 | 45 |
3. |
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12 | 7th | 10 | 29 |
4th |
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9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
5. |
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5 | 7th | 7th | 19th |
6th |
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3 | 3 | 4th | 10 |
7th |
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3 | 2 | 2 | 7th |
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2 (-) |
2 (-) |
4 (1) |
8 (1) |
9. |
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2 | 2 | - | 4th |
10. |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 7th |
11. |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
12. |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
13. |
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1 | - | 1 | 2 |
14th |
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- | 2 | 2 | 4th |
15th |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
16. |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Remarks
- ↑ a b c Not officially in the competition program as it is only held as a demonstration competition.