Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics explained

Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held from 9 to 18 February. Nine events were contested at Zetra Ice Rink.^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Medal table

East Germany topped the medal table with four gold medals, and eleven total, including a complete sweep of gold and silver medals in the four women's events.

This was only the second Games in which the United States did not win a speed skating medal, and as of 2018, the only time since 1960 the Netherlands did not win a medal in the sport. Japan's Yoshihiro Kitazawa won his country's first Olympic medal in speed skating.

East Germany's Karin Enke led the individual medal table, winning a medal in each of the women's events, finishing with two golds and two silvers. Canada's Gaétan Boucher was the most successful male skater, with two gold medals and a bronze.

Men's events

500 metres		38.19		38.30		38.39
1000 metres		1:15.80		1:16.63		1:16.75
1500 metres		1:58.36		1:58.83		1:58.89
5000 metres		7:12.28		7:12.30		7:17.49
10,000 metres		14:39.90		14:39.95		14:46.91

Women's events

500 metres		41.02 (OR)		41.28		41.50
1000 metres		1:21.61 (OR)		1:22.83		1:23.21
1500 metres		2:03.42		2:05.29		2:05.78
3000 metres		4:24.79 (OR)		4:26.33		4:33.13

Records

No men's records were broken in Sarajevo, but all four women's Olympic records were bettered, and there was one world record set as well.^{[3] [4]}

Event	Date	Team	Time	OR	WR
	10 February		41.02	OR
	13 February		1:21.61	OR
	9 February		2:03.42	OR	WR
	15 February		4:24.79	OR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-four nations competed in the speed skating events at Sarajevo. The British Virgin Islands and Yugoslavia made their debuts in the sport.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sarajevo 1984 Official Report. LA84 Foundation. Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. 1984. 28 January 2014.
2. Web site: Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043022/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1984/SSK/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 November 2019.
3. Web site: ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.
4. Web site: ISU – Speed Skating – Records – Olympic Records. International Skating Union. 29 January 2014.