Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held over fourteen days, from 9 to 23 February. Ten events were contested at the Utah Olympic Oval.^[1]

Speed skating at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Utah Olympic Oval
Dates	9–23 February 2002
No. of events	10
Competitors	166 from 23 nations
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Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	3	5	0	8
2	Germany	3	3	2	8
3	United States	3	1	4	8
4	Canada	1	0	2	3
5	Japan	0	1	0	1
6	Norway	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		10	10	10	30

Men's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Casey FitzRandolph  United States	69.23	Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan	69.26	Kip Carpenter  United States	69.47
1000 metres details	Gerard van Velde  Netherlands	1:07.18 WR	Jan Bos  Netherlands	1:07.53	Joey Cheek  United States	1:07.61
1500 metres details	Derek Parra  United States	1:43.95 WR	Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands	1:44.57	Ådne Søndrål  Norway	1:45.26
5000 metres details	Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands	6:14.66 WR	Derek Parra  United States	6:17.98	Jens Boden  Germany	6:21.73
10,000 metres details	Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands	12:58.92 WR	Gianni Romme  Netherlands	13:10.03	Lasse Sætre  Norway	13:16.92

Women's events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
500 metres details	Catriona Le May Doan  Canada	74.75	Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt  Germany	74.94	Sabine Völker  Germany	75.19
1000 metres details	Chris Witty  United States	1:13.83 WR	Sabine Völker  Germany	1:13.96	Jennifer Rodriguez  United States	1:14.24
1500 metres details	Anni Friesinger  Germany	1:54.02 WR	Sabine Völker  Germany	1:54.97	Jennifer Rodriguez  United States	1:55.32
3000 metres details	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	3:57.70 WR	Renate Groenewold  Netherlands	3:58.94	Cindy Klassen  Canada	3:58.97
5000 metres details	Claudia Pechstein  Germany	6:46.91 WR	Gretha Smit  Netherlands	6:49.22	Clara Hughes  Canada	6:53.53

Records

Salt Lake City's high altitude was a major contributing factor to the speed of the Utah Olympic Oval's ice, as new Olympic records were set in all ten events, and new World records in eight.^[3]

Event[2]	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	OR	WR
Men's 500 metres	11 February	Heat 1	Casey FitzRandolph	United States	34.42	OR
Men's 1000 metres	16 February		Gerard van Velde	Netherlands	1:07.18	OR	WR
Men's 1500 metres	19 February		Derek Parra	United States	1:43.95	OR	WR
Men's 5000 metres	9 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	6:14.66	OR	WR
Men's 10000 metres	22 February		Jochem Uytdehaage	Netherlands	12:58.92	OR	WR
Women's 500 metres	13 February	Heat 1	Catriona Le May Doan	Canada	37.30	OR
Women's 1000 metres	17 February		Chris Witty	United States	1:13.83	OR	WR
Women's 1500 metres	20 February		Anni Friesinger	Germany	1:54.02	OR	WR
Women's 3000 metres	10 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	3:57.70	OR	WR
Women's 5000 metres	23 February		Claudia Pechstein	Germany	6:46.91	OR	WR

Participating NOCs

Twenty-three nations competed in the speed skating events at Salt Lake City.

•  Austria (1)
•  Belarus (5)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Canada (15)
•  China (12)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Finland (3)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (13)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (8)
•  Japan (20)
•  Kazakhstan (8)
•  South Korea (12)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Netherlands (17)
•  Norway (7)
•  Poland (4)
•  Romania (2)
•  Russia (13)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (17)