List of Olympic speed skating records

The Olympic speed skating records are recorded by the International Skating Union (ISU) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Olympic records for women

discipline	sportswoman	time	date	train	Games	Duration
0500 m	Sang Hwa Lee	0 37.28 s	11th of February 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 202 days
1000 m	Jorien ter Mors	1: 13.56 min	February 14, 2018	Gangneung oval	Pyeongchang	2 years and 199 days
1500 m	Jorien ter Mors	1: 53.51 min	February 16, 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 197 days
3000 m	Claudia Pechstein	3: 57.70 min	February 10, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 203 days
5000 m	Claudia Pechstein	6: 46.91 min	February 23, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 190 days
Team run (6 laps)	Netherlands Ter Mors , Van Beek , Wüst	2: 58.61 min	February 21, 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 192 days
2 × 500 m	Sang Hwa Lee	1: 14.70 min	11th of February 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 202 days

500 meters

sportswoman	Time (s)	date	train	Games	Duration
Helga Haase	45.9	February 20, 1960	Olympic Skating Rink	Squaw Valley	3 years and 344 days
Lidija Skoblikova	45.0	January 30, 1964	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	8 years and 11 days
Anne Henning	43.33	February 10, 1972	Makomanai Stadium	Sapporo	3 years and 361 days
Sheila Young	42.76	February 6, 1976	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 9 days
Karin Enke	41.78	February 15, 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	3 years and 360 days
Christa Rothenburger	41.02	February 10, 1984	Zetra Olympic Hall	Sarajevo	4 years and 12 days
Bonnie Blair	39.10	February 22, 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	9 years and 357 days
Catriona LeMay Doan	38.21	February 14, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 0 days
Catriona LeMay Doan	37.30	February 14, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	11 years and 362 days
Sang Hwa Lee	37.28	11th of February 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 202 days

1000 meters

sportswoman	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Klara Gussewa	1: 34.1	February 22, 1960	Olympic Skating Rink	Squaw Valley	3 years and 344 days
Lidija Skoblikova	1: 33.2	February 1, 1964	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 10 days
Carolina Geijssen	1: 32.6	February 11, 1968	Parc Paul Mistral Stadium	Grenoble	4 years and 0 days
Monika Pflug	1: 31.40	February 11, 1972	Makomanai Stadium	Sapporo	3 years and 361 days
Tatiana Awerina	1: 28.43	7th February 1976	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 10 days
Natalia Petrusjowa	1: 24.10	17th February 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	3 years and 361 days
Karin Enke	1: 21.61	February 13, 1984	Zetra Olympic Hall	Sarajevo	4 years and 13 days
Christa Rothenburger	1: 17.65	February 26, 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	9 years and 358 days
Marianne Timmer	1: 16.51	February 19, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 1 day
Chris Witty	1: 13.83	February 20, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 193 days
Jorien ter Mors	1: 13.56	February 14, 2018	Gangneung oval	Pyeongchang	2 years and 199 days

1500 meters

sportswoman	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Lidija Skoblikova	2: 25.2	February 21, 1960	Olympic Skating Rink	Squaw Valley	3 years and 344 days
Lidija Skoblikova	2: 22.6	January 31, 1964	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 10 days
Kaija Mustonen	2: 22.4	February 10, 1968	Parc Paul Mistral Stadium	Grenoble	3 years and 364 days
Dianne Holum	2: 20.85	February 9, 1972	Makomanai Stadium	Sapporo	3 years and 361 days
Galina Stepanskaya	2: 16.58	5th February 1976	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 9 days
Annie Borckink	2: 10.95	February 14, 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	3 years and 360 days
Karin Enke	2: 03.42	February 9, 1984	Zetra Olympic Hall	Sarajevo	4 years and 18 days
Yvonne van Gennip	2: 00.68	February 27, 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	9 years and 354 days
Marianne Timmer	1: 57.58	February 16, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 1 day
Anni Friesinger	1: 54.02	February 17, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	11 years and 364 days
Jorien ter Mors	1: 53.51	February 16, 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 197 days

3000 meters

sportswoman	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Lidija Skoblikova	5: 14.3	February 23, 1960	Olympic Skating Rink	Squaw Valley	7 years and 354 days
Johanna Schut	4: 56.2	February 12, 1968	Parc Paul Mistral Stadium	Grenoble	4 years and 0 days
Christina Baas-Kaiser	4: 52.14	February 12, 1972	Makomanai Stadium	Sapporo	3 years and 361 days
Tatiana Awerina	4: 45.19	February 8, 1976	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 12 days
Bjørg Eva Jensen	4: 32.13	February 20, 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	3 years and 360 days
Andrea Schöne	4: 24.79	February 15, 1984	Zetra Olympic Hall	Sarajevo	4 years and 8 days
Yvonne van Gennip	4: 11.94	February 23, 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	9 years and 353 days
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann	4: 07.29	February 11, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	3 years and 364 days
Claudia Pechstein	3: 57.70	February 10, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 203 days

5000 meters

sportswoman	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Yvonne van Gennip	7: 14.13	February 28, 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	9 years and 357 days
Claudia Pechstein	6: 59.61	February 20, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 3 days
Claudia Pechstein	6: 46.91	February 23, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 190 days

Team run (6 laps)

sportswoman	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Canada Nesbitt , Klassen , Groves	3: 01.24	February 15, 2006	Oval lingotto	Turin	8 years and 7 days
Netherlands Leenstra , Ter Mors , Wüst	2: 58.43	February 22, 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 191 days

2 × 500 meters

sportswoman	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Catriona LeMay Doan	1: 16.60	February 13-14, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 0 days
Catriona LeMay Doan	1: 14.75	February 14, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	11 years and 362 days
Sang Hwa Lee	1: 14.70	11th of February 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 202 days

Men's Olympic Records

discipline	athlete	time	date	train	Games	Duration
00500 m	Håvard Lorentzen	00 34.41 s	19th February 2018	Gangneung oval	Pyeongchang	2 years and 194 days
01000 m	Gerard van Velde	01: 07.18 min	February 16, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 197 days
01500 m	Derek Parra	01: 43.95 min	February 19, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 194 days
05000 m	Sven Kramer	06: 09.76 min	February 8, 2018	Gangneung oval	Pyeongchang	2 years and 202 days
10,000 m	Ted-Jan Bloemen	12: 39.77 min	15th February 2018	Gangneung oval	Pyeongchang	2 years and 198 days
Team run (8 laps)	Netherlands Blokhuijsen , Kramer , Verweij	03: 37.71 min	February 22, 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 191 days
2 × 500 m	Casey Fitz Randolph	01: 09.230 min	February 11-12, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 201 days
Big MK	Clas Thunberg	000 5.5	January 26-27, 1924	Mont Blanc stadium	Chamonix	96 years and 217 days

500 meters

athlete	Time (s)	date	train	Games	Duration
Charles Jewtraw	44.0	January 26, 1924	Mont Blanc stadium	Chamonix	4 years and 18 days
Bernt Evensen Clas Thunberg	43.4	February 13, 1928	Badrutts Park	St. Moritz	19 years and 352 days
Finn Helgesen	43.1	January 31, 1948	Badrutts Park	St. Moritz	7 years and 362 days
Yevgeny Grishin	40.2	January 28, 1956	Misurina lake	Cortina d'Ampezzo	8 years and 7 days
Richard McDermott	40.1	4th February 1964	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	8 years and 1 day
Erhard Keller	39.44	5th February 1972	Makomanai Stadium	Sapporo	4 years and 5 days
Yevgeny Kulikov	39.17	February 10, 1976	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 5 days
Eric Heiden	38.03	February 15, 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	7 years and 364 days
Uwe-Jens Mey	36.45	February 14, 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	6 years and 0 days
Alexander Golubev	36.33	February 14, 1994	Vikingskipet	Lillehammer	3 years and 361 days
Hiroyasu Shimizu	35.59	9-10 February 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 2 days
Casey Fitz Randolph	34.42	February 12, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 201 days

1000 meters

athlete	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Peter Mueller	1: 19.32	February 12, 1976	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 7 days
Eric Heiden	1: 15.18	19th February 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	7 years and 364 days
Nikolai Gulyayev	1: 13.03	February 18, 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	6 years and 0 days
Dan Jansen	1: 12.43	February 18, 1994	Vikingskipet	Lillehammer	3 years and 362 days
Ids Postma	1: 10.64	February 15, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 1 day
Gerard van Velde	1: 07.18	February 16, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 197 days

1500 meters

athlete	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Clas Thunberg	2: 20.8	February 27, 1924	Mont Blanc stadium	Chamonix	11 years and 351 days
Charles Mathiesen	2: 19.2	February 13, 1936	Rießersee	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	11 years and 354 days
Sverre Farstad	2: 17.6	February 2, 1948	Badrutts Park	St. Moritz	7 years and 362 days
Yevgeny Grishin Yuri Mikhailov	2: 08.6	January 30, 1956	Misurina lake	Cortina d'Ampezzo	12 years and 17 days
Kees Verkerk	2: 03.4	February 16, 1968	Parc Paul Mistral Stadium	Grenoble	3 years and 355 days
Ard Schenk	2: 02.96	February 6, 1972	Makomanai Stadium	Sapporo	4 years and 7 days
Jan Egil Storholt	1: 59.38	February 13, 1976	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 8 days
Eric Heiden	1: 55.44	February 21, 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	7 years and 364 days
André Hoffmann	1: 52.05	20th of February 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	5 years and 361 days
Johann Olav Koss	1: 51.29	February 16, 1994	Vikingskipet	Lillehammer	3 years and 361 days
Ådne Søndrål	1: 47.87	February 12, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 7 days
Derek Parra	1: 43.95	February 19, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 194 days

5000 meters

athlete	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Clas Thunberg	8: 39.0	January 26, 1924	Mont Blanc stadium	Chamonix	12 years and 17 days
Ivar Ballangrud	8: 19.6	February 12, 1936	Rießersee	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	16 years and 5 days
Hjalmar Andersen	8: 10.6	17th February 1952	Bislett Stadium	Oslo	3 years and 346 days
Boris Shilkov	7: 48.7	January 29, 1956	Misurina lake	Cortina d'Ampezzo	8 years and 7 days
Knut Johannesen	7: 38.4	5th February 1964	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 10 days
Fred Anton Maier	7: 22.4	15th February 1968	Parc Paul Mistral Stadium	Grenoble	12 years and 1 day
Eric Heiden	7: 02.29	February 16, 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	8 years and 1 day
Tomas Gustafson	6: 44.63	17th February 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	5 years and 361 days
Johann Olav Koss	6: 34.96	February 13, 1994	Vikingskipet	Lillehammer	3 years and 360 days
Gianni Rummy	6: 22.20	February 8, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 1 day
Jochem Uytdehaage	6: 14.66	February 9, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	8 years and 4 days
Sven Kramer	6: 14.60	February 13, 2010	Richmond Olympic Oval	Vancouver	3 years and 360 days
Sven Kramer	6: 10.76	February 8, 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 205 days
Sven Kramer	6: 09.76	February 11, 2018	Gangneung oval	Pyeongchang	2 years and 202 days

10,000 meters

athlete	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Julius Skutnabb	18: 04.8	January 27, 1924	Mont Blanc stadium	Chamonix	12 years and 18 days
Ivar Ballangrud	17: 24.3	February 14, 1936	Rießersee	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	16 years and 5 days
Hjalmar Andersen	16: 45.8	19th February 1952	Bislett Stadium	Oslo	3 years and 346 days
Sigvard Ericsson	16: 35.9	January 31, 1956	Misurina lake	Cortina d'Ampezzo	4 years and 27 days
Knut Johannesen	15: 46.6	February 27, 1960	Olympic Skating Rink	Squaw Valley	7 years and 355 days
Johnny Höglin	15: 23.6	17th February 1968	Parc Paul Mistral Stadium	Grenoble	3 years and 355 days
Ard Schenk	15: 01.35	7th February 1972	Makomanai Stadium	Sapporo	4 years and 7 days
Piet Kleine	14: 50.59	February 14, 1976	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck	innsbruck	4 years and 9 days
Eric Heiden	14: 28.13	February 23, 1980	James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink	Lake Placid	7 years and 363 days
Tomas Gustafson	13: 48.20	February 21, 1988	Olympic oval	Calgary	5 years and 364 days
Johann Olav Koss	13: 30.55	February 20, 1994	Vikingskipet	Lillehammer	3 years and 362 days
Gianni Rummy	13: 15.33	February 17, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 5 days
Jochem Uytdehaage	12: 58.92	February 22, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	8 years and 1 day
Seung-Hoon Lee	12: 58.55	February 23, 2010	Richmond Olympic Oval	Vancouver	3 years and 360 days
Jorrit Bergsma	12: 44.45	February 18, 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 195 days
Ted-Jan Bloemen	12: 39.77	15th February 2018	Gangneung oval	Pyeongchang	2 years and 198 days

Team run (8 laps)

athlete	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Italy Fabris , Sanfratello , Anesi	3: 43.64	February 15, 2006	Oval lingotto	Turin	4 years and 12 days
Netherlands Blokhuijsen , Kramer , Tuitert	3: 39.95	February 27, 2010	Richmond Olympic Oval	Vancouver	3 years and 360 days
Netherlands Blokhuijsen , Kramer , Verweij	3: 37.71	February 22, 2014	Adler Arena	Sochi	6 years and 191 days

2 × 500 meters

athlete	Time (min)	date	train	Games	Duration
Hiroyasu Shimizu	1: 11.35	February 9-10, 1998	M-Wave	Nagano	4 years and 2 days
Casey Fitz Randolph	1: 09.23	February 11-12, 2002	Utah Olympic Oval	Salt Lake City	18 years and 201 days

Big all-around

athlete	Points	date	train	Games	Duration
Clas Thunberg	5.5	January 26-27, 1924	Mont Blanc stadium	Chamonix	96 years and 217 days

See also

• List of speed skating world records
• List of competition records in speed skating
• List of German speed skating records
• List of the fastest speed skating rinks in the world

Web links

• www.isu.org ( ISU )
• Olympic records database on olympic.org
• Record overview on speedskatingnews.info
• championships on www.speedskatingstats.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sum of the individual distance placements over 500, 5000, 1500 and 10,000 meters.