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.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

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Men's events

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Women's events

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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.^[3]

Participating NOCs

Twenty-three nations competed in the speed skating events at Salt Lake City.

•  Austria (1)
•  Belarus (5)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Canada (15)
•  China (12)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Finland (3)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (13)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (8)
•  Japan (20)
•  Kazakhstan (8)
•  South Korea (12)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Netherlands (17)
•  Norway (7)
•  Poland (4)
•  Romania (2)
•  Russia (13)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (17)

References

1. "Speed Skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
2. "Salt Lake City 2002 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Salt Lake City Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. February 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
3. "Slow Italian oval keeps speedskating records on ice". ESPN. Associated Press. February 24, 2006. Retrieved February 5, 2010.

External links

• "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.
• Official Results Book – Speed skating