# Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Gangneung Oval in Gangneung, South Korea between 10 and 24 February 2018.

## Qualification

A total quota of 180 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games (maximum 100 men and 80 women). Countries were assigned quotas based on the results of the entire 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in the autumn of 2017. Each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of three athletes per gender for all events apart from the 5000m, 10,000m and mass start events, for which they could enter a maximum of two athletes per event.

## Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for all speed skating events. With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.
All times are (UTC+9).
| Day | Date | Start | Event |
| Day 1 | Saturday, 10 February 2018 | 20:00 | Women's 3000 metres |
| Day 2 | Sunday, 11 February 2018 | 16:00 | Men's 5000 metres |
| Day 3 | Monday, 12 February 2018 | 21:30 | Women's 1500 metres |
| Day 4 | Tuesday, 13 February 2018 | 20:00 | Men's 1500 metres |
| Day 5 | Wednesday, 14 February 2018 | 19:00 | Women's 1000 metres |
| Day 6 | Thursday, 15 February 2018 | 20:00 | Men's 10,000 metres |
| Day 7 | Friday, 16 February 2018 | 20:00 | Women's 5000 metres |
| Day 9 | Sunday, 18 February 2018 | 20:00 | Team pursuit men – Heats |
| Day 9 | Sunday, 18 February 2018 | 20:00 | Women's 500 metres |
| Day 10 | Monday, 19 February 2018 | 20:00 | Team pursuit women – Heats |
| Day 10 | Monday, 19 February 2018 | 20:00 | Men's 500 metres |
| Day 12 | Wednesday, 21 February 2018 | 20:00 | Team pursuit men – Finals |
| Day 12 | Wednesday, 21 February 2018 | 20:00 | Team pursuit women – Finals |
| Day 14 | Friday, 23 February 2018 | 19:00 | Men's 1000 metres |
| Day 15 | Saturday, 24 February 2018 | 20:00 | Mass start men |
| Day 15 | Saturday, 24 February 2018 | 20:00 | Mass start women |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea* | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Norway | 34.41 OR | Cha Min-kyu South Korea | 34.42 | Gao Tingyu China | 34.65 |
| 1000 metres details | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:07.95 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen Norway | 1:07.99 | Kim Tae-yun South Korea | 1:08.22 |
| 1500 metres details | Kjeld Nuis Netherlands | 1:44.01 | Patrick Roest Netherlands | 1:44.86 | Kim Min-seok South Korea | 1:44.93 |
| 5000 metres details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:09.76 OR | Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada | 6:11.616 | Sverre Lunde Pedersen Norway | 6:11.618 |
| 10,000 metres details | Ted-Jan Bloemen Canada | 12:39.77 OR | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:41.98 | Nicola Tumolero Italy | 12:54.32 |
| Mass start details | Lee Seung-hoon South Korea | 60 | Bart Swings Belgium | 40 | Koen Verweij Netherlands | 20 |
| Team pursuit details | Norway Håvard Bøkko Simen Spieler Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen Sindre Henriksen | 3:37.32 | South Korea Lee Seung-hoon Chung Jae-won Kim Min-seok | 3:38.52 | Netherlands Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Patrick Roest Koen Verweij | 3:38.40 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Nao Kodaira Japan | 36.94 OR | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 37.33 | Karolína Erbanová Czech Republic | 37.34 |
| 1000 metres details | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 1:13.56 OR | Nao Kodaira Japan | 1:13.82 | Miho Takagi Japan | 1:13.98 |
| 1500 metres details | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:54.35 | Miho Takagi Japan | 1:54.55 | Marrit Leenstra Netherlands | 1:55.26 |
| 3000 metres details | Carlijn Achtereekte Netherlands | 3:59.21 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 3:59.29 | Antoinette de Jong Netherlands | 4:00.02 |
| 5000 metres details | Esmee Visser Netherlands | 6:50.23 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:51.85 | Natalya Voronina Olympic Athletes from Russia | 6:53.98 |
| Mass start details | Nana Takagi Japan | 60 | Kim Bo-reum South Korea | 40 | Irene Schouten Netherlands | 20 |
| Team pursuit details | Japan Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi Ayaka Kikuchi | 2:53.89 OR | Netherlands Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst Lotte van Beek | 2:55.48 | United States Heather Bergsma Brittany Bowe Mia Manganello Carlijn Schoutens | 2:59.27 |
$^a$ Skaters who did not participate in the final of the team pursuit event, but received medals as part of the team, having taken part in an earlier round.

## Records
### World & Olympic records

Eight Olympic records (OR) and five Sea level world bests (WB) were set during the competition.
| Event | Date | Round | Athlete | Country | Time | Record |
| Men's 5000 metres | 11 February | Pair 10 | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 6:09.76 | OR |
| Women's 1000 metres | 14 February | Pair 12 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 1:13.56 | OR WB (sea level) |
| Men's 10,000 metres | 15 February | Pair 5 | Ted-Jan Bloemen | Canada | 12:39.77 | OR |
| Women's 500 metres | 18 February | Pair 14 | Nao Kodaira | Japan | 36.94 | OR WB (sea level) |
| Women's team pursuit | 19 February | Quarterfinal 1 | Antoinette de Jong Marrit Leenstra Ireen Wüst | Netherlands | 2:55.61 | OR WB (sea level) |
| Men's 500 metres | 19 February | Pair 16 | Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen | Norway | 34.41 | OR |
| Men's team pursuit | 21 February | Semifinal 2 | Håvard Bøkko Simen Spieler Nilsen Sverre Lunde Pedersen | Norway | 3:37.08 | OR WB (sea level) |
| Women's team pursuit | 21 February | Final | Ayano Sato Miho Takagi Nana Takagi | Japan | 2:53.89 | OR WB (sea level) |

### Other records

The Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the women's 3000m event, making it a Dutch podium sweep.

## Participating nations

A total of 184 athletes from 29 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Colombia was scheduled to make its debut in the sport. A record number of nations qualified to compete in these games, with the previous high being 25 at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (2)
* Belarus (4)
* Belgium (3)
* Canada (19)
* China (13)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Colombia (2)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Denmark (3)
* Estonia (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (1)
* Germany (9)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (16)
* Kazakhstan (6)
* Latvia (1)
* Netherlands (20)
* New Zealand (3)
* Norway (9)
* Olympic Athletes from Russia (4)
* Poland (14)
* Romania (1)
* South Korea (16)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* United States (13)