Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval
Dates	9–23 February 2002
No. of events	10
Competitors	166 from 23 nations

For the short track speed skating events, see Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held over fourteen days, from 9 to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the Utah Olympic Oval.

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	3	5	0	8
2	Germany (GER)	3	3	2	8
3	United States (USA)	3	1	4	8
4	Canada (CAN)	1	0	2	3
5	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
6	Norway (NOR)	0	0	2	2
	Total	10	10	10	30

Men's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Casey FitzRandolph  United States	69.23	Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan	69.26	Kip Carpenter  United States	69.47
1000 metres	Gerard van Velde  Netherlands	1:07.18 WR	Jan Bos  Netherlands	1:07.53	Joey Cheek  United States	1:07.89
1500 metres	Derek Parra  United States	1:43.95 WR	Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands	1:44.57	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:45.26
5000 metres	Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands	6:14.66 WR	Derek Parra  United States	6:17.98	Jens Boden  Germany	6:21.73
10,000 metres	Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands	12:58.92 WR	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	13:10.03	Lasse Sætre  Norway	13:16.92

Women's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Catriona Le May Doan  Canada	74.75	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt  Germany	74.94	Sabine Völker  Germany	75.19
1000 metres	Chris Witty  United States	1:13.83 WR	Sabine Völker  Germany	1:13.96	Jennifer Rodriguez  United States	1:14.24
1500 metres	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:54.02 WR	Sabine Völker  Germany	1:54.97	Jennifer Rodriguez  United States	1:55.32
3000 metres	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	3:57.70 WR	Renate Groenewold  Netherlands	3:58.94	Cindy Klassen  Canada	3:58.97
5000 metres	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	6:46.91 WR	Gretha Smit  Netherlands	6:49.22	Clara Hughes  Canada	6:53.53

Records

Salt Lake City's high altitude was a major contributing factor to the speed of the Utah Olympic Oval's ice, as new Olympic records were set in all ten events, and new World records in eight.^[2]

Event[1]	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
Men's 500 metres	11 February	Heat 1	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42	OR
Men's 1000 metres	16 February		Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1:07.18	OR	WR
Men's 1500 metres	19 February		Derek Parra	United States	1:43.95	OR	WR
Men's 5000 metres	9 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	6:14.66	OR	WR
Men's 10000 metres	22 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	12:58.92	OR	WR
Women's 500 metres	13 February	Heat 1	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	37.30	OR
Women's 1000 metres	16 February		Chris Witty	United States	1:13.83	OR	WR
Women's 1500 metres	16 February		Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:54.02	OR	WR
Women's 3000 metres	16 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70	OR	WR
Women's 5000 metres	16 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:46.91	OR	WR

Participating NOCs

References

• "Results of the 2002 Olympic Games Men". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012. 
• "Results of the 2002 Olympic Games Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012. 

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