Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
Venue	Zetra Ice Rink
Dates	February 9-18
No. of events	9
Competitors	139 from 24 nations

Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held from 9 February to 18 February. Nine events were contested at Zetra Ice Rink.^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	4	4	3	11
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	3	4	9
3	Canada (CAN)	2	0	1	3
4	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
5	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
6	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Total	9	9	9	27

East Germany topped the medal table with four gold medals, and eleven total, including a complete sweep of gold and silver medals in the four women's events.

This was only the second Games in which the United States did not win a speed skating medal, and as of 2010, the only time since 1960 the Netherlands did not win a medal in the sport. Japan's Yoshihiro Kitazawa won his country's first Olympic medal in speed skating.

East Germany's Karin Enke led the individual medal table, winning a medal in each of the women's events, finishing with two golds and two silvers. Canada's Gaétan Boucher was the most successful male skater, with two gold medals and a bronze.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Sergey Fokichev  Soviet Union	38.19	Yoshihiro Kitazawa  Japan	38.30	Gaétan Boucher  Canada	38.39
1000 metres	Gaétan Boucher  Canada	1:15.80	Sergey Khlebnikov  Soviet Union	1:16.63	Kai Arne Engelstad  Norway	1:16.75
1500 metres	Gaétan Boucher  Canada	1:58.36	Sergey Khlebnikov  Soviet Union	1:58.83	Oleg Bozhev  Soviet Union	1:58.89
5000 metres	Tomas Gustafson  Sweden	7:12.28	Igor Malkov  Soviet Union	7:12.30	René Schöfisch  East Germany	7:17.49
10,000 metres	Igor Malkov  Soviet Union	14:39.90	Tomas Gustafson  Sweden	14:39.95	René Schöfisch  East Germany	14:46.91

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres	Christa Rothenburger  East Germany	41.02 (OR)	Karin Enke  East Germany	41.28	Natalya Glebova  Soviet Union	41.50
1000 metres	Karin Enke  East Germany	1:21.61 (OR)	Andrea Schöne  East Germany	1:22.83	Nataliya Petrusyova  Soviet Union	1:23.21
1500 metres	Karin Enke  East Germany	2:03.42 WR	Andrea Schöne  East Germany	2:05.29	Nataliya Petrusyova  Soviet Union	2:05.78
3000 metres	Andrea Schöne  East Germany	4:24.79 (OR)	Karin Enke  East Germany	4:26.33	Gabi Zange  East Germany	4:33.13

Records

No men's records were broken in Sarajevo, but all four women's Olympic records were bettered, and there was one world record set as well.^[2][3]

Event	Date	Team	Time	OR	WR
Women's 500 metres	10 February	Christa Rothenburger (GDR)	41.02	OR
Women's 1000 metres	13 February	Karin Enke (GDR)	1:21.61	OR
Women's 1500 metres	9 February	Karin Enke (GDR)	2:03.42	OR	WR
Women's 3000 metres	15 February	Andrea Schone (GDR)	4:24.79	OR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-four nations competed in the speed skating events at Sarajevo. The British Virgin Islands and Yugoslavia made their debuts in the sport.

Australia (2)  Austria (4)  Canada (7)  China (12)  Finland (3)  France (2)  West Germany (7)  Great Britain (1)

East Germany (10)  Hungary (1)  Italy (3)  British Virgin Islands (1)  Japan (9)  South Korea (6)  Netherlands (11)  Norway (8)

Poland (3)  North Korea (6)  Romania (2)  Switzerland (1)  Sweden (6)  Soviet Union (17)  United States (13)  Yugoslavia (4)

References

1. "Sarajevo 1984 Official Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
2. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
3. "ISU - Speed Skating - Records - Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

Sports-Reference 1984 Olympics - Speed Skating