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Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

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Venue
  
Hamar Olympic Hall

No. of events
  
10

Dates
  
February 13-25, 1994

Competitors
  
150 from 21 nations

Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 February to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall.

Contents

Medal table

Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led by Johann Olav Koss, who won three gold medals. Bonnie Blair was the most successful woman, with a pair of gold medals. Germany won the most total medals, with six, though only a single gold.

Belarus and Russia won their first medals in speed skating, with both nations competing in the Olympics for the first time.

Records

Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.

Participating NOCs

Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.

References

Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics Wikipedia