Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Olympic event Template:Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics, was held from 8 to 20 February. Ten events were contested at M-Wave.<ref name=OfficialReport>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Netherlands dominated the Nagano speed skating events, winning five gold medals and eleven medals overall, their highest total in any Winter games up until that point. Bart Veldkamp's bronze medal was the first in speed skating for Belgium, and the first at the Winter Games for the country in 50 years. Lyudmila Prokasheva's bronze medal for Kazakhstan was that country's first in the sport as well, and Prokasheva became the first woman from Kazakhstan to earn an Olympic medal.

Gianni Romme and Marianne Timmer led the individual medal tables, with two gold each.

Medal summary

Medal table

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Men's events

500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:11.35 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:11.84 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:11.86
1000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:10.64
(Template:OlyR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:10.71 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:11.00
1500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:47.87
Template:WR 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:48.13 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:48.52
5000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 6:22.20
Template:WR 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 6:28.24 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 6:28.31
10,000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 13:15.33
Template:WR 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 13:25.76 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 13:28.19

Women's events

500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:16.60 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:16.93 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:17.10
1000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:16.51
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:16.79 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:17.37
1500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:57.58 Template:WR Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:58.66 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:58.97
3000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:07.29
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:08.47 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:09.44
5000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 6:59.61 Template:WR Template:FlagIOCmedalist 6:59.65 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 7:11.14

Records

Five world records and twelve Olympic records were set in Nagano.<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
Men's 500 metres 9 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 35.76 OR
11 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 35.59 OR
Men's 1000 metres 15 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 1:10.64 OR
Men's 1500 metres 12 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 1:47.87 OR WR
Men's 5000 metres 8 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 6:22.20 OR WR
Men's 10000 metres 17 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 13:15.33 OR WR
Women's 500 metres 13 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 38.39 OR
14 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 38.21 OR
Women's 1000 metres 19 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 1:16.51 OR
Women's 1500 metres 16 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 1:57.58 OR WR
Women's 3000 metres 11 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 4:07.29 OR
Women's 5000 metres 20 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 6:59.61 OR WR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-five nations competed in the speed skating events at Nagano. New Zealand and Portugal made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

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References

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