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Short track speed skating had little following in the long track speed skating countries of Europe, such as Norway, the Netherlands and the former Soviet Union, with none of these nations having won official medals (though the Netherlands won two gold medals when the sport was a demonstration event in 1988).
Speed skating venues by country (4 C) A. Speed skating in Argentina (1 P) Speed skating in Australia (2 C, 2 P) Speed skating in Austria (2 C, 2 P) B.
For comparison, the fastest known 400m lap was skated by Jenning de Boo on 25 January 2025 in Salt Lake City during a 1000-meter, with a lap time of 23.92 seconds and an average speed of 60.20 km/h (37.41 mph).
Speed skating by country (49 C). Speed skating by decade (17 C) Speed skating by year (99 C, 1 P) + Women's speed skating (3 C, 1 P) A. All-round speed skating (8 P)
This is a list of federations that are members of International Skating Union (ISU). As of 24 January 2022, there are 101 member federations. [1] [2]In many countries, figure skating and speed skating are governed by different federations, but both can be members of the ISU; the national federations are ISU members for figure skating, for speed skating or for both.
Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, short-track speedskating, inline speedskating, and quad speed skating are also called speed skating.
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.
Netherlands dominated in speed skating, winning a total of 23 medals including eight out of the twelve gold medals and medals in all events. [2] There were four Dutch podium sweeps where the Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medal, making the Netherlands the first country in Olympic speed skating history to achieve this.