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She is the only Canadian Olympian to win five medals in a single Olympic Games and the first female speed skater to win five medals in a single Games at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. [1] She was a world record holder in the 3000 m until March 2019, when her time was beaten by Martina Sáblíková. [2]
Games Date Ref 500 metres 39.584 Wu Dajing China (CHN) 2018 Pyeongchang: 22 February 2018 [1] 1000 metres 1:23.042 Hwang Dae-heon South Korea (KOR) 2022 Beijing: 5 February 2022 [2] 1500 metres 2:09.213 Shaolin Sándor Liu Hungary (HUN) 2022 Beijing: 9 February 2022 [3] 5000 metre relay 6:31.971 Shaoang Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu Viktor Knoch
Speed skating is a sport that has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games in 1924. [1] Events held at the first Winter Olympics included the men's 500-metre, 1500-metre, 5000-metre, and 10,000-metre races.
The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics began on 24 February, with the final held on 26 February, at the Pacific Coliseum. Records [ edit ]
The governing body for speed skating, the International Skating Union (ISU), was included in the list of recognized federations when the International Olympic Committee was founded, but was first discussed seriously for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. No speed skating events were contested, although figure skating – also governed by the ...
Games Date Ref 500 metres 34.32 Gao Tingyu China: 2022 Beijing: 12 February 2022 [1] 500 metres × 2 [A] 69.23 Casey FitzRandolph United States: 2002 Salt Lake City: 11 February 2002 [2] 1000 metres 1:07.18 Gerard van Velde Netherlands: 2002 Salt Lake City: 16 February 2002 [2] 1500 metres 1:43.21 Kjeld Nuis Netherlands: 2022 Beijing: 8 ...
The men's and women's 1500 metres were added in 2002 [3] and these eight events have been held at every Olympic Games since. [2] In 2022, a ninth event was added to the program: the mixed 2000 metre relay. Arianna Fontana won 11 olympic medals in short track. Arianna Fontana of Italy is the most decorated short-tracker in Olympic history ...
A total quota of 166 athletes was allowed to compete at the Games (maximum 83 men and 83 women). [3] For the 2018 Winter Olympics the total quota was 180 athletes (maximum 100 men and 80 women). [4] The maximum total number of athletes per gender per nation was 9, compared to 10 in 2018. Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of ...