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Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, was held from 13 to 25 February. Ten events were contested at Hamar Olympic Hall.
Medal summary
Medal table
Norway led the medal table in speed skating on home ice, led by Johann Olav Koss, who won three gold medals. Bonnie Blair was the most successful woman, with a pair of gold medals. Germany won the most total medals, with six, though only a single gold. Belarus won its first medal in speed skating, with the nation competing in the Winter Olympics for the first time. Russia competed not as the Soviet Union for the first time and clinched five medals, building on its huge speed skating tradition.
Men's events
Women's events
Records
Four world records and five Olympic records were set in Lillehammer.
Participating NOCs
Twenty-one nations competed in the speed skating events at Lillehammer. Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine made their Olympic speed skating debuts.
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