Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics, was held from 30 January to 7 February. Eight events were contested at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.<ref name=OfficialReport>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Medal summary
Medal table
The Soviet Union led the medal table with five gold and twelve total, with four of the gold medals won by Lidiya Skoblikova, who swept the women's events.
North Korea's Han Pil-Hwa was the first medalist for her country in the Olympics, and the first Asian woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics.
Skoblikova easily led the individual medal table, while Knut Johannesen was the most successful male skater with one gold and one bronze medal.
Men's events
| 500 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 40.1 (OR) |
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40.6 | none awarded | |
| 1500 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:10.3 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:10.6 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:11.2 |
| 5000 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 7:38.4 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 7:38.6 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 7:42.0 |
| 10,000 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 15:50.1 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 16:06.0 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 16:06.3 |
Women's events
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 45.0 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 45.4 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 45.5 |
| 1000 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 1:33.2 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 1:34.3 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 1:34.8 |
| 1500 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:22.6 (OR) |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:25.5 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 2:27.1 |
| 3000 metres Template:DetailsLink |
Template:FlagIOCmedalist | 5:14.9 | Template:FlagIOCmedalist Template:FlagIOCmedalist |
5:18.5 | none awarded |
Records
Five new Olympic records were set in Innsbruck.<ref name=ISUWR>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=ISUOlyR>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Event | Date | Team | Time | OR | WR |
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| Men's 500 metres | 4 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 40.1 | OR | |
| Men's 5000 metres | 5 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 7:38.4 | OR | |
| Women's 500 metres | 30 January | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 45.0 | OR | |
| Women's 1000 metres | 1 February | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 1:33.2 | OR | |
| Women's 1500 metres | 31 January | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 2:22.6 | OR |
Participating NOCs
Twenty-two nations competed in the speed skating events at Innsbruck. Mongolia and North Korea made their Olympic speed skating debuts.
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References
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