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Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics was held from 9 to 18 February. Nine events were contested at Zetra Ice Rink.[1][2]

Speed skating
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueZetra Ice Rink
Dates9–18 February 1984
No. of events9
Competitors139 from 24 nations
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Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (GDR)44311
2  Soviet Union (URS)2349
3  Canada (CAN)2013
4  Sweden (SWE)1102
5  Japan (JPN)0101
6  Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (6 entries)99927

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 2018, 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

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

Women's events

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

Records

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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.[3][4]

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

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

References

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  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. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ^ "ISU – Speed Skating – Records – World Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ "ISU – Speed Skating – Records – Olympic Records". International Skating Union. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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