Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia, between 8 and 22 February 2014.

Competition schedule The following is the competition schedule for all twelve events. With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.

All times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Event 8 February 15:30 Men's 5000 metres 9 February 15:30 Women's 3000 metres 10 February 17:00 Men's 500 metres 11 February 16:45 Women's 500 metres 12 February 18:00 Men's 1000 metres 13 February 18:00 Women's 1000 metres 15 February 17:30 Men's 1500 metres 16 February 18:00 Women's 1500 metres 18 February 17:00 Men's 10000 metres 19 February 17:30 Women's 5000 metres21 February 17:30 Team pursuit men – qualification Team pursuit women – qualification22 February 17:30 Team pursuit men – Finals Team pursuit women – Finals

Medal summary Netherlands dominated in speed skating, winning a total of 23 medals including eight out of the twelve gold medals and medals in all events. There were four Dutch podium sweeps where the Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medal, making the Netherlands the first country in Olympic speed skating history to achieve this. The events were the: Men's 5000m, Men's 500m, Women's 1500m and Men's 10,000m. In the women's 1,500 metres, Dutch athletes placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; the first such result in Olympic speed skating history by athletes from a single nation.

On 24 November 2017 the silver medal of Olga Fatkulina was disqualified as part of the Russian team doping case. On 1 February 2018, Olga Fatkulina successfully appealed against IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. As a result, her silver medal was reinstated.

(WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record)

Medal table

Men's events

500 metres 69.3169.32 69.46 1000 metres 1:08.39 1:08.43 1:08.74 1500 metres 1:45.006 1:45.009 1:45.22 5000 metres 6:10.76OR6:15.71 6:16.66 10,000 metres 12:44.45OR 12:49.02 13:07.19 Team pursuit Jan BlokhuijsenSven KramerKoen Verweij 3:37.71ORJoo Hyong-junKim Cheol-minLee Seung-hoon 3:40.85Zbigniew BródkaKonrad NiedźwiedzkiJan Szymański 3:41.94

Women's events 500 metres 74.70OR 75.06 75.48 1000 metres 1:14.02 1:14.69 1:14.90 1500 metres 1:53.51 OR 1:54.09 1:54.54 3000 metres 4:00.34 4:01.95 4:03.47 5000 metres 6:51.54 6:54.28 6:55.66 Team pursuit Jorien ter MorsMarrit LeenstraLotte van BeekIreen Wüst 2:58.05 ORKatarzyna Bachleda-CuruśNatalia Czerwonka Luiza ZłotkowskaKatarzyna Woźniak 3:05.55Olga GrafYekaterina LobyshevaYekaterina ShikhovaYuliya Skokova 2:59.73 On 24 November 2017, silver medalist from Russia Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping violation. On 1 February 2018, her results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.

Olympic records broken

Event Date Round Name Country Time Record Ref Men's 5000 metres 8 February Pair 10 Sven Kramer 6:10.76 OR Women's 500 metres 11 February Race 2 Pair 17 Lee Sang-hwa 37.28 OR 11 February Race 1 Pair 18Race 2 Pair 17 Lee Sang-hwa 74.70 OR Women's 1500 metres 16 February Pair 9 Jorien ter Mors 1:53.51 OR Men's 10,000 metres 18 February Pair 6 Jorrit Bergsma 12:44.45 OR

Other records A total of four podium sweeps were recorded in speed skating, where one nation won the gold, silver and bronze medals in a single event. This was the highest number of podium sweeps to have occurred in speed skating in Olympic history. Every one of these four podium sweeps was won by the Netherlands team.https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/sochi-needs-one-more-podium-sweep-to-tie-a-winter-games-record-165353295.html Yahoo Sports, Sochi needs one more podium sweep to tie a Winter Games record. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

Date Event NOC Gold Silver Bronze Ref 8 February Men's 5000m Sven Kramer Jan Blokhuijsen Jorrit Bergsma http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-5000-m Sochi 2014, Speed skating: Men's 5000m. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014. 10 February Men's 500m Michel Mulder Jan Smeekens Ronald Mulder http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-500-m-race-2-of-2 Sochi 2014, Speed skating: Men's 500m. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014. 16 February Women's 1500m Jorien ter Mors Ireen Wüst Lotte van Beek http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-ladies-1500-m Sochi 2014, Speed skating: Ladies' 1500m. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014. 18 February Men's 10,000m Jorrit Bergsma Sven Kramer Bob de Jong http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-10000-m Sochi 2014, Speed skating: Men's 10000m. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

Qualification

Each NOC was allowed to delegate a maximal number of ten men and ten women speed skaters who reached the qualification criteria. A proposal of the Dutch skating association (KNSB) to add an extra athlete, especially for the team pursuit event, was rejected at the congress of the international federation ISU in Kuala Lumpur in June 2012.

Qualification times The qualification times were released in July 2013. The women's times stayed the same from Vancouver except for a more stringent standard in the 3000 m, while the men's qualification times have all slightly decreased.

Event Men Women 500 m 35.90 39.50 1000 m 1:10.80 1:18.50 1500 m 1:48.50 2:00.00 3000 m 4:15.00 5000 m 6:33.00 7:20.00 or 4:10.00 (3000 m) 10,000 m 13:30.00 or 6:28.00 (5000 m)

Participating nations A total of 181 athletes from 23 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Chinese Taipei made its debut in the sport.

References

External links Official Results Book – Speed Skating