Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
| Speed skating at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for speed skating
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| Venue | L'anneau de vitesse |
| Dates | February 9-20 |
| Competitors | 154 from 23 nations |
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- For the short track speed skating events, see Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, was held from 9 February to 20 February. Ten events were contested at L'anneau de vitesse.[1]
Contents
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Germany (GER) |
5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR) |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Netherlands (NED) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Japan (JPN) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  South Korea (KOR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Germany, in its first Olympics since reunification, topped the medal table with five gold medals, and eleven total medals. All the medals were won by athletes from the former East Germany. Germany's Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann led the individual medal table with two golds and a silver, and Norway's Johan Olav Koss was the most successful male skater, with one gold and one silver.
South Korea's Kim Yoon-Man and China's Ye Qiaobo became the first ever medalists for their countries at the Winter Olympics.
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Uwe-Jens Mey Germany |
37.14 | Toshiyuki Kuroiwa Japan |
37.18 | Junichi Inoue Japan |
37.26 |
| 1000 metres |
Olaf Zinke Germany |
1:14.85 | Kim Yoon-man South Korea |
1:14.86 | Yukinori Miyabe Japan |
1:14.92 |
| 1500 metres |
Johann Olav Koss Norway |
1:54.81 | Ådne Søndrål Norway |
1:54.85 | Leo Visser Netherlands |
1:54.90 |
| 5000 metres |
Geir Karlstad Norway |
6:59.97 | Falko Zandstra Netherlands |
7:02.28 | Leo Visser Netherlands |
7:04.96 |
| 10000 metres |
Bart Veldkamp Netherlands |
14:12.12 | Johann Olav Koss Norway |
14:14.58 | Geir Karlstad Norway |
14:18.13 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 500 metres |
Bonnie Blair United States |
40.33 | Ye Qiaobo China |
40.51 | Christa Luding Germany |
40.57 |
| 1000 metres |
Bonnie Blair United States |
1:21.90 | Ye Qiaobo China |
1:21.92 | Monique Garbrecht Germany |
1:22.10 |
| 1500 metres |
Jacqueline Börner Germany |
2:05.87 | Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany |
2:05.92 | Seiko Hashimoto Japan |
2:06.88 |
| 3000 metres |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany |
4:19.90 | Heike Warnicke Germany |
4:22.88 | Emese Hunyady Austria |
4:24.64 |
| 5000 metres |
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Germany |
7:31.57 | Heike Warnicke Germany |
7:37.59 | Claudia Pechstein Germany |
7:39.80 |
Records
There were no Olympic or World records set at the 1992 Games, as the outdoor rink in Albertville was not conducive to fast times.[2][3]
Participating NOCs
Twenty-three nations competed in the speed skating events at Albertville. The Unified Team made its only Olympic appearance.
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