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Speed Skating
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
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Speed skating pictogram at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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Venue
| Gangneung Oval
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Dates
| 10?24 February 2018
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No.
of events
| 14 (7 men, 7 women)
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Competitors
| 184 from 29 nations
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Speed skating
at the
2018 Winter Olympics
was held at the
Gangneung Oval
in
Gangneung
,
South Korea
between 10 and 24 February 2018.
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Qualification
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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.
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Competition schedule
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The following was the competition schedule for all speed skating events.
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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
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Date
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Start
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Event
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Day 1
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Saturday, 10 February 2018
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20:00
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Women's 3000 metres
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Day 2
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Sunday, 11 February 2018
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16:00
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Men's 5000 metres
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Day 3
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Monday, 12 February 2018
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21:30
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Women's 1500 metres
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Day 4
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Tuesday, 13 February 2018
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20:00
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Men's 1500 metres
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Day 5
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Wednesday, 14 February 2018
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19:00
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Women's 1000 metres
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Day 6
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Thursday, 15 February 2018
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20:00
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Men's 10,000 metres
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Day 7
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Friday, 16 February 2018
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20:00
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Women's 5000 metres
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Day 9
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Sunday, 18 February 2018
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20:00
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Team pursuit men ? Heats
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Women's 500 metres
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Day 10
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Monday, 19 February 2018
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20:00
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Team pursuit women ? Heats
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Men's 500 metres
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Day 12
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Wednesday, 21 February 2018
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20:00
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Team pursuit men ? Finals
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Team pursuit women ? Finals
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Day 14
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Friday, 23 February 2018
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19:00
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Men's 1000 metres
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Day 15
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Saturday, 24 February 2018
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20:00
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Mass start men
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Mass start women
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Medal summary
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Medal table
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*
Host nation (
South Korea
)
Men's events
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Women's events
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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
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World & Olympic records
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Eight
Olympic records
(OR) and five
Sea level world bests
(WB) were set during the competition.
Other records
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The Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the
women's 3000m
event, making it a Dutch
podium sweep
.
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Participating nations
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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).
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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
.
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References
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External links
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