# Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia, between 8 and 22 February 2014.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all twelve events. With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session.
All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 8 February | 15:30 | Men's 5000 metres |
| 9 February | 15:30 | Women's 3000 metres |
| 10 February | 17:00 | Men's 500 metres |
| 11 February | 16:45 | Women's 500 metres |
| 12 February | 18:00 | Men's 1000 metres |
| 13 February | 18:00 | Women's 1000 metres |
| 15 February | 17:30 | Men's 1500 metres |
| 16 February | 18:00 | Women's 1500 metres |
| 18 February | 17:00 | Men's 10000 metres |
| 19 February | 17:30 | Women's 5000 metres |
| 21 February | 17:30 | Team pursuit men – qualification |
| 21 February | 17:30 | Team pursuit women – qualification |
| 22 February | 17:30 | Team pursuit men – Finals |
| 22 February | 17:30 | Team pursuit women – Finals |

## Medal summary

Netherlands dominated in speed skating, winning a total of 23 medals including eight out of the twelve gold medals and medals in all events. 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. The events were the: Men's 5000m, Men's 500m, Women's 1500m and Men's 10,000m. In the women's 1,500 metres, Dutch athletes placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; the first such result in Olympic speed skating history by athletes from a single nation.
On 24 November 2017 the silver medal of Olga Fatkulina was disqualified as part of the Russian team doping case. On 1 February 2018, Olga Fatkulina successfully appealed against IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. As a result, her silver medal was reinstated.
(WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record)

### Medal table

* Host nation (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS)* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 69.31 | Jan Smeekens Netherlands | 69.32 | Ronald Mulder Netherlands | 69.46 |
| 1000 metres details | Stefan Groothuis Netherlands | 1:08.39 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:08.43 | Michel Mulder Netherlands | 1:08.74 |
| 1500 metres details | Zbigniew Bródka Poland | 1:45.006 | Koen Verweij Netherlands | 1:45.009 | Denny Morrison Canada | 1:45.22 |
| 5000 metres details | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 6:10.76 OR | Jan Blokhuijsen Netherlands | 6:15.71 | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 6:16.66 |
| 10,000 metres details | Jorrit Bergsma Netherlands | 12:44.45 OR | Sven Kramer Netherlands | 12:49.02 | Bob de Jong Netherlands | 13:07.19 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands (NED) Jan Blokhuijsen Sven Kramer Koen Verweij | 3:37.71 OR | South Korea (KOR) Joo Hyong-jun Kim Cheol-min Lee Seung-hoon | 3:40.85 | Poland (POL) Zbigniew Bródka Konrad Niedźwiedzki Jan Szymański | 3:41.94 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 500 metres details | Lee Sang-hwa South Korea | 74.70 OR | Olga Fatkulina Russia | 75.06 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 75.48 |
| 1000 metres details | Zhang Hong China | 1:14.02 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:14.69 | Margot Boer Netherlands | 1:14.90 |
| 1500 metres details | Jorien ter Mors Netherlands | 1:53.51 OR | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 1:54.09 | Lotte van Beek Netherlands | 1:54.54 |
| 3000 metres details | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 4:00.34 | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 4:01.95 | Olga Graf Russia | 4:03.47 |
| 5000 metres details | Martina Sáblíková Czech Republic | 6:51.54 | Ireen Wüst Netherlands | 6:54.28 | Carien Kleibeuker Netherlands | 6:55.66 |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands (NED) Jorien ter Mors Marrit Leenstra Lotte van Beek Ireen Wüst | 2:58.05 OR | Poland (POL) Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś Natalia Czerwonka Luiza Złotkowska Katarzyna Woźniak | 3:05.55 | Russia (RUS) Olga Graf Yekaterina Lobysheva Yekaterina Shikhova Yuliya Skokova | 2:59.73 |
* $^{women's500m}$ On 24 November 2017, silver medalist from Russia Olga Fatkulina was disqualified for a doping violation. On 1 February 2018, her results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.

## Olympic records broken

| Event | Date | Round | Name | Country | Time | Record |
| Men's 5000 metres | 8 February | Pair 10 | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | 6:10.76 | OR |
| Women's 500 metres | 11 February | Race 2 Pair 17 | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 37.28 | OR |
| Women's 500 metres | 11 February | Race 1 Pair 18 Race 2 Pair 17 | Lee Sang-hwa | South Korea | 74.70 | OR |
| Women's 1500 metres | 16 February | Pair 9 | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | 1:53.51 | OR |
| Men's 10,000 metres | 18 February | Pair 6 | Jorrit Bergsma | Netherlands | 12:44.45 | OR |

### Other records

* A total of four podium sweeps were recorded in speed skating, where one nation won the gold, silver and bronze medals in a single event. This was the highest number of podium sweeps to have occurred in speed skating in Olympic history. Every one of these four podium sweeps was won by the Netherlands team.
| Date | Event | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 8 February | Men's 5000m | Netherlands | Sven Kramer | Jan Blokhuijsen | Jorrit Bergsma |
| 10 February | Men's 500m | Netherlands | Michel Mulder | Jan Smeekens | Ronald Mulder |
| 16 February | Women's 1500m | Netherlands | Jorien ter Mors | Ireen Wüst | Lotte van Beek |
| 18 February | Men's 10,000m | Netherlands | Jorrit Bergsma | Sven Kramer | Bob de Jong |

## Qualification

Each NOC was allowed to delegate a maximal number of ten men and ten women speed skaters who reached the qualification criteria. A proposal of the Dutch skating association (KNSB) to add an extra athlete, especially for the team pursuit event, was rejected at the congress of the international federation ISU in Kuala Lumpur in June 2012.

### Qualification times

The qualification times were released in July 2013. The women's times stayed the same from Vancouver except for a more stringent standard in the 3000 m, while the men's qualification times have all slightly decreased.
| Event | Men | Women |
| 500 m | 35.90 | 39.50 |
| 1000 m | 1:10.80 | 1:18.50 |
| 1500 m | 1:48.50 | 2:00.00 |
| 3000 m | — | 4:15.00 |
| 5000 m | 6:33.00 | 7:20.00 or 4:10.00 (3000 m) |
| 10,000 m | 13:30.00 or 6:28.00 (5000 m) | — |

## Participating nations

A total of 181 athletes from 23 nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Chinese Taipei made its debut in the sport.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (2)
* Belgium (2)
* Canada (17)
* China (10)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* Germany (14)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (6)
* Japan (17)
* Kazakhstan (6)
* Latvia (1)
* Netherlands (20)
* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (9)
* Poland (10)
* Russia (19)
* South Korea (18)
* Sweden (1)
* United States (17)