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.
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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(Text) CC BY-SA